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Pojo's
Marvel VS Card of the Day
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King
Snake,
Sir Edmund
Dorrance
DC Origins
Date Reviewed: 11.02.04
Constructed Average Rating: 2.0
Limited Average Rating: 2.25
Ratings are based on a 1 to 5 scale
1 being the worst. 3 ... average.
5 is the highest rating. |
Nakaiya21 |
King Snake – Sir
Edmund Dorrance
This week we are
going to look at some of the more popular cards
for non-affiliated decks. To start, let’s take
a look at the best 1-drop for non-affiliated
decks – King Snake.
So why is it the
best 1-drop for non-affiliated? Well, to start
you need to look at this guy’s stats. A 2/1 for
a recruit cost of 1 is about as good as you are
going to get for any 1-drop in the game. Next,
let’s move onto his ability. Making sure your
opponent takes 2 endurance loss every time this
character gets stunned is a nice way to annoy
them and make them think twice before
attacking. This guy deserves a PIA factor of
6. Let’s face it, if you are running a
non-affiliated deck your choices are slim. You
are probably going to need to run 4 of this guy.
Now on a side note
you may want to consider how viable a
non-affiliated deck is to run in the first
place. It isn’t viable at all. Until something
is done about reinforcing non-affiliated
characters you might as well consider this build
crap. I know, I know it is harsh to read, but
hey I have tried all kinds of variations of
non-affiliated decks and none have worked. Ok I
am done rambling now. You can stop cheering.
Bottom line: (For
those of you that just skipped the last two
paragraphs)
Non-affiliated =
Crap
+ King Snake =
Good for non-affiliated decks
King
Snake = Good Crap!
Ratings:
Non-affiliated
constructed deck – 4.0/5.0 ….This guy can be
very handy on turn 1 and 2.
Limited – 4.0/5.0 …A
good 1-drop is hard to come by in this format so
pick this guy for some early damage.
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Johnny Blaze |
King Snake –
Non-affiliated Team week. Here we have King
Snake probably one of the best non-affiliated 1
drop out there. You see in addition to his 2 ATK
value which in all reality will stun a majority
of 1 drops King Snake opposes, your opponent
will also lose 2 endurance when King Snake
becomes stun.
Burn damage isn’t a huge concept in VS. yet, but
a nice little strategy to use with King Snake
later in the game is: use Flame Trap on King
Snake so that your opponent loses 2 endurance
directly.
Constructed: 3/5 – Definitely a must for your
non-affiliated deck only team. Use 4 King Snakes
for your 1 drop in the deck. Watch your opponent
cringe as they lose 2 additional endurance when
they stun King Snake.
Limited: 3/5 – A nice draft pick for your 1
drop. Even if you are not drafting a non-team
affiliated deck, which would be difficult
anyways in this set. Any additional enduarance
loss in this format is welcomed.
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Jason
Bunch |
King Snake
Looks like it's an Unaffiliated week, and if
you're playing an unaffiliated deck, you can
certainly do worse than King Snake. 2/1 is
better than average for the 1 drop slot, meaning
you'll usually do a little breakthrough against
whatever your opponent recruits.
1 DEF means that almost everything is going to
stun him, and the extra 2 damage could give you
a little early cushion to work with. Still, the
only time you'd really want to play him is in a
Mojo deck, and those tend to favor Random Punks
or Wildebeest.
In Limited, he makes for nice fodder. Play him
early, swing a couple times, then stick him in
the KO'd pile.
DC characters tend to be a little smaller than
normal, so you might even be able to stun your
opponent's 2 drop with him. Still, he's just
there to fill out your deck if you really need
him. He should be one of the last cards you pick
in a draft.
Ratings:
Constructed - 1.5/5
Limited - 1/5
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Paul Hagan |
King Snake, Sir
Edmund Dorrance --
I'm usually not a huge fan of 1-Drops, and King
Snake is no exception to the rule. Unless my
1-Drop can make a large difference in life
totals (see:
Vulture, Adrianne Toomes) or acts as a
search-card (see: Alfred, Faithful Friend), then
I usually won't play it. As King Snake does
neither, really, he gets marks off.
I will give him *some* credit -- as far as
unaffiliated 1-Drops go, I think King Snake is
the best thus far, well ahead of Random Punks
and Lady Vic.
In limited, I'll usually only include a lone
1-Drop if it is good enough.
For the reasons stated above, King Snake is not.
Constructed Rating: 2.0
Limited Rating: 1.5
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