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Pojo's VS System Card of the Day
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Ethan
Edwards
Visitor
From Another World
Card MHG-187
Heralds
of Galactus Preview
Date Reviewed: 08.22.06
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Jason
Bunch |
We're only a
few days away from getting our filthy little
gamer hands on the new Heralds of Galactus set,
and finally getting to see what the mad
scientists at Upper Deck have cooked up for us
all. Until then, however, you'll have to make do
with a small taste of what's to come. Today's
card not only reintroduces the little-used
Cosmic mechanic, but also explores dual
affiliations to their fullest.
Without his Cosmic ability, Ethan Edwards is a
fairly vanilla 4 drop. 7/7 with Flight is a nice
utility character, but nothing to write home
about. However, once he comes into play, he
gains a Cosmic counter, and then he gets all
sorts of crazy good. While Ethan has his
counter, he gains +1 ATK for every team
affiliation he has. Lucky for us, he starts out
with two affiliations, Spider-Friends, and
Skrull.
See, Ethan came to Earth in a rocket ship when
he was just a baby. He was raised by kind
farmers who taught him that "With great power
comes great responsibility" (apparently that was
the "Where's the Beef?" of the Marvel Universe).
He discovered that he had superpowers, so when
he grew into adulthood, he moved to New York to
be a superhero and work at a newspaper in his
spare time. Sound familiar? Calling himself
Virtue, Ethan fought crime in the big city and
teamed up with Spider-Man on multiple occasions.
It wasn't until Reed Richards ran some tests on
him that they discovered that Ethan Edwards was
a member of the shapeshifting race called the
Skrull. Ethan is still a new superhero, but one
who understands the power of teamwork.
The more teams Ethan is affiliated with, the
bigger he gets. Slap an Image Inducer on him,
and he's an automatic 11/7, and that's if he's
the only character on the field. The main
drawback is that no matter how big his ATK gets,
his DEF is going to stay at 7, and that makes
him easy to stun (and thus lose his Cosmic
counter). However, his Spider-Friends
affiliation means that you can use Spider Senses
on him, giving him +3 DEF, and keeping his
Cosmic ability online.
Also, there will be several ways to add Cosmic
counters to characters in this set, so you can
swing in with a your 9/7 (or bigger), then give
him another counter the next turn for another
attack. He's definitely a good 4 drop for when
you have the initiative, and his ATK is enough
to stunback most 5 drops on the next turn.
In Sealed or Draft play, just about any team-up
will become a +1 ATK boost for Ethan; the more
friends he makes, the bigger he gets. His
ability almost makes him more valuable as a
splash instead of using him in a Skrull-based
deck. In addition, his dual affiliations allow
him to use Skrull-stamped plot twists, as well
as any legacy Spider-Friends stuff that might
pop in this set. Flexibility is always a plus,
especially in a new set.
If you're going out to a Heralds of Galactus
sneak preview this weekend (and if you aren't,
why not?), then keep an eye out for Ethan
Edwards. You're almost certain to see a copy of
him in your card pool, and a quality 4 drop is
always nice to have in your deck.
Judge
Staff Group Photo (including Jason Bunch ;-) |
Nakaiya21 |
Ethan
Edwards - Visitor from Another World
Today we
are going to look at another common card
from the new Galactus set. Unlike the last
preview card, I see some hope for this
card...at least in terms of limited play.
Ethan is
a typical 7/7 4-drop which shares the
affiliations of Skrull and Spider-Friends.
He has flight, which is nice, but this is
not the reason you are going to want to put
this card in your deck. This guy has an
amazing cosmic ability where he gains +1
attack for every affiliation he shares.
That bascally means that he hits the field
at a 9/7. Of course this is a cosmic
ability so you are only going to be able to
take advantage of Ethan on the turn you drop
him. Ideally you will want to drop this
chracter on turn 4 since he may not be
strong enough to take down a 5-drop. This
can raise issues since dropping Ethan on
turn 4 and taking advantage of his effect
will force you into even initiatives.
Playability:
This is a
very good pick for limited play. If nothing
else splashing this card will be worthwhile
at the sneak peak. He can certainly help
guarantee that taking the even initiative
will not be so bad. As far as playing this
character constructed, I don't think this
guy will make it. His cosmic ability will
last one turn at best and since Skrull and
SF don't really have any other cosmic
characters there isn't really anyway of
restoring cosmic counters without taking up
needless space in your deck. Of course
we still don't know everything these teams
have in store for them...
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BoyofSteel |
Ethan Edwards
4-Drop
Flight Yes
Range No
Attack/Def 7/7
Team- Skrull/Spider-Friends
Text- COSMIC Ethan Edwards gets +1 for each
team affiliation he has.
I looked at it, then looked again. A 9/7
four drop. Then things clicked into place
for me. I hate playing with more than two
teams tops, but he has two teams already, so
if I way tossed him in with the FF.
(Skull/FF I mean we have cards for it) that
would be three teams. So a 10/7. Add a
Fantastic Car and a 11/8 on drop 4. Okay, so
I got a head of myself (It could work) then
I thought, Spider Friends could use a little
help, and with the FF (We have a Spider-Man
for each) and we have a little push for
them. Skrull army characters from MOV. Okay,
I have found uses for this guy. Toss any
free equipment on him on drop 4, and we have
someone that can last past drop five.
X-Faces, which hardly uses 4 drops, means we
have get this man three more teams. a 12/7
with just his effect.
The fun, the fun.
Playability: 3/5 (With Spider-Man, or his
other team, he at least comes in above the
curve.)
Mixed Team Deck: 4/5 (If you can team him up
from the start, your good to go)
Sealed: 3/5 (You need a team up card which
makes it harder, but his attack comes in
handy)
BoyofSteel
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