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Pojo's VS System Card of the Day
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Varnae
First Vampire
Marvel Knights
Date Reviewed: 03.04.05
Constructed Average Rating:
Limited Average Rating:
Ratings are based on a 1 to 5 scale
1 being the worst. 3 ... average.
5 is the highest rating. |
Nakaiya21 |
Varnae -
First Vampire
Today we are going to look at a seriously wicked
card for Underworld - Varnae.
Varnae is plain wicked. His effect
single-handedly guarantees that your opponent
will not be attacking this card. Granted you
have to have 3 underworld characters in your
KO'd pile to use his effect, but if you do, you
simply activate him to give target attacker -15
DEF and he can not be stunned. Of course now you
have nothing to attack with, but some things
just can't be helped.
Ratings:
Underworld Constructed - 3.5/5.0 ...This is a
great defense card for turn 7.
Limited - 3.0/5.0 ....His effect can be harder
to pull off in this format, but it is also much
more effective here.
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Johnny Blaze |
Varnae, 1st
Vampire – This card is disgusting. In many ways,
nobody wants see all that hair, ugh!. Because of
his he cannot be stunned this attack makes
Varnae is wall when on defense, causing your
opponent to attack him two or more times, often
times taking two or more of your opponent's
character with him. Varnae is the only
unboostable seven drop available to use in
Underworld.
Constructed: 4/5 – Varnae’s ability is great
while defending. Activate and make your
opponent’s main attacker –15 DEF and make Varnae
unstunnable. He also has an average ATK value of
15 but with combo of his power he will be able
to stun even an 8 drop if you don’t have
initiative.
Limited: 4/5 – So versatile in limited. With no
loyalty issues you can really screw up your
opponents plan while defending. Good thing
Vernae is a rare card to draft.
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Jason
Bunch |
Varnae, First
Vampire
Our last card this week is an interesting one.
As long as Varnae is ready, he'll be almost
impossible to stun when attacking him. The -15
DEF to the attacker means that he'll be dealing
some stun endurance loss back as well. Having 3
Underworld characters in the KO'd pile is a
condition that should be easy to fulfill in an
Underworld deck. Still, I prefer Nightmare in
the 7 drop. Even with being concealed, his stats
are a little higher, and being able to replace a
resource in the late game is a great effect.
Still, being able to almost guarantee Varnae
sticking around for another turn is a good
ability to have. I suppose it'll come down to
what the board looks like when it's time to
recruit. I don't really see Varnae being a huge
factor in Golden Age, where there are 7 drops
with a lot better abilities.
In Limited he's more useful, although being a
rare, you can't count on getting more than one
copy, if any, meaning it'll be tougher to have
it in hand by the time you want to play it.
However, there's almost no way they'll be able
to attack and stun him as long as you can use
it's effect.
Ratings:
Constructed (Modern) - 3/5
Constructed (Golden) - 2/5
Limited - 2.5/5
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Dawn Yoshi |
Varnae is an
example of how great the underworld can be when
splashed with a variety of decks. This 7 drop
Underworld character can easily be seen in the
X-Stall deck.
Varnae has no loyalty, but his effect does. With
Hypnotic Charms, however, this requirement is
nothing. When activated, Varnae becomes
unstunnable...something your opponent's
attacking character would wish to be, as the -15
DEF will cause any character attacking Varnae to
stun during the attack. Combine this with Rogue
and Mimic, where Varnae's name is replaced with
theirs, and you have unstunnable 4 and 6 drops
too! Who needs Puppet Master by turn 7, right?
The biggest issue of this effect is Gotham
Knights splashes, which usually have 1 or 2
Utility Belts, and Curve Sentinels, which have
Mark II. That reason alone hurts not only
X-Stall, but Varnae as well. Use this character
with care at the moment, as sentinels are just
too powerful right now. As for limited however,
Varnae is a turn 1 draft pick. Good stats, GREAT
effect, a true way to cause havoc in a sealed
event.
Constructed: 3/5
Limited: 4/5
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