B · Engine & Sequencing · §13
Seven cards with a wrong default, and the specific default that is wrong in each case.
Its ceiling is entirely about the target. Premium uses reuse a play ability, reposition to the scoring battlefield, clear damage or Stun, generate another Legend trigger, pay Accelerate for another ready attack, or rescue a unit from a targeted spell by moving it through a non-board zone.
Weak uses are Trophy Hunter when repositioning is irrelevant, Ferrous when its body is already placed correctly, a unit carrying temporary bonuses you are relying on, a unit whose departure loses you the battlefield, and Kinkou when the draw condition will fail.
It gives one unit +5 Might for the turn and demands substantial Body Power. Use it to secure a point, protect a conquest draw, win a combat, force through a tall defender, move a unit beyond lethal damage, or create a second scoring battlefield.◆src
Do not use it before exhausting the unit-based alternatives, into obvious recall or hard removal, on a combat they can simply abandon, to produce excess Might, or when the double Body is needed for Trophy Hunter or another sequence.
It cleanly answers two three-Might units, one six-Might unit without protection, damaged units, and small support units at separate battlefields. It is weak against Deflect with spare Power, damage prevention, high-Might targets, replacement effects, and decks with very few units.
The two copies are a metagame statement rather than an automatic staple. Another successful build replaced them with Rampage entirely, which is a fair indication that the interaction package is not settled.◆src
It is excellent readying Trophy Hunter, , , a unit that already attacked, a unit moved by or Ganking, or a key defender. It is mediocre when you cannot attack safely, when everything else is already ready, when they can remove Twilight before it attacks, and when the matchup is about noncombat interaction.
Use it before the all-in movement chain, before multiple unit plays, before a decisive , before a Thrill replay, and before a two-battlefield scoring turn. Do not hold it so long that six Energy never becomes pressure at all.
It buys early occupation, cheap Kinkou support, a cheap Legend trigger, an enabler and a Legion enabler. It also cannot move to base, so cannot recall it, it can be stranded at the wrong battlefield, it can be trapped defending alone at , and it is poor off the top late.
It is +2 against one enemy unit, +4 against two, +6 against three, +8 against four. It is not a fourth combat trick: it is the card for a swarm that has already committed, and it stays in the sideboard against compact one-unit strategies.◆src