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Pojo's The Spoils Card of
the Day
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Berserker
Corps
This card
gains 1 strength for each token on it.*At the
start of your turn, you may destroy a character
you control. If you don't, destroy this card. If
you do, put X tokens on this card, where X is
the destroyed character's strength.
Card
Ratings
Limited: 3.5
Constructed: 4
Ratings are based on a 1 to 5
scale 1 being the worst.
3 ... average. 5 is the highest rating.
Date Reviewed - 10.11.06 |
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Today we have
the culmination of the Warlord cards Dragon’s
Catheter and Dragon Juice. With the flavor text “Got
juice?” I give you the Warlord Character Berserker
Corps.
I must say, I love the flavor of this card too,
“shhh…the screaming arouses them.”
First thing you notice (well probably the second
considering the macabre artwork even in black and
white Open Beta art) is this guy’s a 5/5/3 for 3
with threshold 3. So you then ask yourself, what’s
the catch? This guy’s sort of cannibalistic in that
you must destroy one of your own characters at the
start of your turn. But, the loss is made up for in
his amazing pump ability. The strength of the
destroyed character is transferred in the form of
tokens which are each worth +1 strength to the
Berserker Corps.
Since any/all tokens on the card are worth the same
+1 strength, you might consider this beast in an
Arcanist token deck. With the right combo of token
generation and manipulation, this guy could easily
become an unstoppable juggernaut able to take out a
Dragon Tank single handed.
While his drawback of eating your own characters
does knock him down a notch as far as rating goes,
if it’s planned for properly (can you say Micromajig
buffet?) it’ll only be a matter of time before your
opponents board is cleared.
Limited: 3.5/5
Constructed: 4/5
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DarkJake |
Berserker
Corps
I would like to introduce myself. My name is Jake,
mostly known as DarkJake. I have recently passed the
judge test of The Spoils, and am also a COTD
reviewer down at the Pokémon place. Enough with the
exposition!
The quote is hilarious. The image? Not so much. The
card does seem good, even at first glance; paying 3
(although you also need 3 rage in play) for a 5-5-3
character is a good deal. What this has is an
interesting ability; you must destroy a character
you control at the start of your turn, if this is
not done, you must destroy this guy instead. Upon
the death of a fellow character, Berserker Corps
gains a token dependent on how much strength the
previous character held. For each token, Berserker
Corps gains +1 strength. What I learned through
experience in many other card games, is that tanking
one character is never a good idea. There are many
cards in the game that are designed for the combat
of one character only. Although 5 life is excellent,
your opponent could play a number of cards that lead
up to you putting a character back into your hand.
If that character is B. Corps or another card you
have in play usually doesn't matter since it'll be
difficult getting multiple cards in play anyway.
Also, while the cost is low, playing him in the
first turn is extremely stupid, since you will
inevitably die from lack of anyone to consume (if
you will). I guess I am a person who believes
multiple characters with special abilities is where
it's at. That's mainly because you don't have to
rely on one guy that is just a huge bull's-eye, also
attacking with multiple parties can usually fish
your opponent's tactics out, instead of just
attacking with 1 character twice or 2 characters
once, when your opponent will usually be able to
combat this. In other words, if used correctly, I'm
sure this card can be quite useful, but the fact it
is easily destroyed/picked up to hand is a huge
negative because you spent so much time building it
up. You might as well play Kettinger.
Limited: If you were lucky enough to pull characters
that have a cost of 1 to play, then this game would
be a good choice, although there are still many
cards that make him a wasted attempt at attacking.
3/5
Constructed: Maybe I'm missing something here, or
I'm just biased. But I am still against loading up
one big character, who is just shouting for 'kill
me'. Remember, your opponent can just destroy the
other character you have in play (which I assume
will have less strength, making it an easier target)
so B. Corps will just self destruct. 3/5
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