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Test your Skills... Jade Gremlin
« on: August 05, 2015, 10:09:47 AM »
I get to preview one of my favorite creatures today. Check out the Jade Gremlin >>HERE<<.

As always feel free to share any comments, I'm happy to hear them!

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Re: Test your Skills... Jade Gremlin
« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2015, 01:27:28 PM »
I really like how this creature makes the Gate of Voltari more viable. Usually you spend most of your mana on the creatures that come out, now I can actually have a swarm gremlin strategy :D

Also this guy is great with enchantments! If you can buff his health he is really good! An automatic defense for the cost of 1 mana is a really good price to pay once he is a beast. His biggest fear is ranged attacks (and unavoidable but I invite a flame blast against him :D)
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Re: Test your Skills... Jade Gremlin
« Reply #2 on: August 05, 2015, 01:41:48 PM »
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(and unavoidable but I invite a flame blast against him :D)

I'd be glad to oblige!

But that being said, this little gremlin could be fun.
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Re: Test your Skills... Jade Gremlin
« Reply #3 on: August 05, 2015, 05:56:15 PM »
He just won't die. In academy, he seems to live forever. It's like paying 4 mana for ongoing 2 damage every turn.

Now, in arena, that's a different story.
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Re: Test your Skills... Jade Gremlin
« Reply #4 on: August 05, 2015, 06:06:37 PM »
You have a guard? I have a gremlin.
Oh, counterstrike? About that.. Do you happen to be Brogan? No? Well, I got some bad news for you.

Could be fun to hide Falcon Precision on a guard to get rid of this little guy

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Re: Test your Skills... Jade Gremlin
« Reply #5 on: August 05, 2015, 08:07:29 PM »
Would a counterstrike keep him from using his teleport? Attacking guards might be dangerous, if so.
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Re: Test your Skills... Jade Gremlin
« Reply #6 on: August 05, 2015, 10:26:14 PM »
Would a counterstrike keep him from using his teleport? Attacking guards might be dangerous, if so.

Why would it? A counterstrike is just like any other melee attack (except it can't be counterstriked to prevent infinite loop).

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Re: Test your Skills... Jade Gremlin
« Reply #7 on: August 06, 2015, 03:02:35 AM »
I really like how this creature makes the Gate of Voltari more viable.


Gate is already OP. In fact i'd like to see it errated to only gain mana when the enemy mage is within 2 or 3 zones from it.

This guy is good at removing enemy guards, but he makes a bad guard himself because of 'Pest'.

Nice card regardless.

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Test your Skills... Jade Gremlin
« Reply #8 on: August 06, 2015, 07:14:17 AM »
What makes you think the gate is overpowered? I rarely ever see it used on OCTGN. I've tried to make a mana denial swarm work before. It was really difficult. Enchanting blue gremlins with mana vampirism ended up costing me too much mana on top of everything else. And my creatures would always be killed really fast.

Although you can get up to 4 mana on it a round with harmonize using the enemy mage's actions rather than your own and lasts longer than temple of asyra...
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Re: Test your Skills... Jade Gremlin
« Reply #9 on: August 06, 2015, 07:37:03 PM »
Would a counterstrike keep him from using his teleport? Attacking guards might be dangerous, if so.

You can activate his teleport defense when the Jade Gremlin is being counter attacked. Hope this helps your strats :D
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