Dominate the Arena: The Guardians

[Laddinfance]

Here is our first preview article for Domination. Get ready to see the guardians you'll be slaying to gain control over the powerful V'Tar Orbs! Find the article >>HERE<<

[Boocheck]

ITS HERE! SPOILERS ARE HERE! YAY!

[Borg]

Noticed this is creature nr 5 and 6 from the expansion.
Does this mean other schools than Arcane/Dark are getting guardians as well ?

[Laddinfance]

There are other creatures, but these are the only guardians.

Though the nature school has a way of making their own guardian.

[iNano78]

The Sslak/Usslak seem pretty "vanilla" in a vacuum.  And I'm surprised there is nothing in their text suggesting they Counterstrike while in a zone with an orb.  Perhaps when they don't belong to a player (e.g. start in a zone with an orb, and don't have an action marker) they are always on guard (e.g. their attacks have Counterstrike)?

[Laddinfance]

Sslak and Usslak not controlled by a player get a free guard marker each round, if they're in the zone of an orb. They're there to protect the Orbs, but they are not insurmountable obstacles.

[Wildhorn]

Again Wizard get an upper hand on these creatures, sbp wise.

[Coshade]

This is gonna be a really great expansion!

[Laddinfance]

Again Wizard get an upper hand on these creatures, sbp wise.

As cool as they are, I didn't use them in my spellbooks during testing. There was too much else to do.

[ChimpZilla]

I wouldn't waste my time with these as Wizard... meh².

Otherwise, cool. Need to see these in context with the rest of the orb/battlegrounds rules. I'm optimistic about the concept of objectives in general. If done well, could shore up one of the weakest aspects of the game IMO.

[iNano78]

Again Wizard get an upper hand on these creatures, sbp wise.

As cool as they are, I didn't use them in my spellbooks during testing. There was too much else to do.

After reading the rules (specifically how V'Torrak works), I get why their sbp costs don't really matter.