Alliances Unravelled (P)review!

Yep, it's a (P)review. Part preview, part review, because I have all danian pics saved, but the set technically isn't out yet. But I figure why not, might as well give my readers an early look at my opinions on the new set. Unfortunately just the commons and rares for now, or I would die of exhaustion! Stats are C/P/W/S/E

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Common

Ambolx
60/40/80/40/40

Anyone who has made even brief contact with me in the last few days knows that I think this guy is AWESOME! Basically, he is an amped version of topar. Better stats than topar, an element, unlike topar, two counters, like Topar, and he can infect on each of your turns, like topar, but also on your opponents turn. If you get water for him again, maybe even twice. For no cost. This guy ROCKS. Awesome flavour text too. Note that he could fight if he has to.. He has Elementalist and Muge as his creature types, so the pauldrons work for him, as does Muge's Edge.
Support/Infection
Practicality: 8
Diversity: 7
Overall: 8.5


Gareep
70 50 70 30 40

Okay, so if you took part in Kerberos' Create-A-Card contest back on Chaotic Insider, you might be asking yourself if this guy looks familiar.. Well yep, back then the art wasn't used, but now Gareep is a fully fledged Danian Muge.. Basically, once your first creature goes, he becomes a Rebant with Earth elment. Thing is, he gets a counter for it each turn. And in a compost deck, you lose a creature for at least the first three turns, turning this guy into quite the mugical Hive battery. Even if you don't use him for hive its a good way to get more counters handy. He is sort of a less powerful kind of "Reverse Lore AC" Not bad

Support/Hive
Practicality: 6
Diversity: 5
Overall: 6.5


Hiadrom, Rock Ripper.
75 50 60 30 50

The first remake I get to review! I'm really glad they remade Diligent old Hiadrom, a favourite for danian budget decks and 1v1. His old ability was solid and independent, and so is this one. Problem is, to get the energy you need to sacrifice his earth, and without earth he has only his stats to fight with.. Hence two ivelaans go great with this dude.

Combat/Tank
Practicality: 9
Diversity: 5
Overall: 7


Mhein
80 60 40 30 50

Mhein is my favourite guy from the set. For danians at least. He is that good. An additional 5 energy for each creature in ALL discard piles? Three elements? Awesome courage and power? This guy is a really solid creature whom the danians have needed. Being a mandiblor and getting energy from discarded creatures just has to be put with Compost in some deck. From just two makanaz, he gains 40 energy! And if those two took out two of your opponents creatures, its 50! Still, I wish we could do something about those Lore's Chambers.

Combat
Practicality: 9
Diversity: 7
Overall: 9 (yes indeed, 9)



Nom
70 30 60 30 45

The elemental servant of earth.. Simple enough, just like the other servants. Still, you could think of a use for him, like with the new Tharc.

Practicality: 8


Odu Bathax, Reservoir Reclaimer
90 50 30 30 55

Yay! New Odu-Bathax, and he isn't super or rare or ultra or anything, huzzah! A really solid, all round creature, this guy. He excels in using his stats, elements, and mugic. Earth and Earth 5, 90 Courage and outperform courage 5... Pretty sweet. And if you expend his earth before he enters combat, you can use the gear that gives earth at the beginning of combat, or Nom, and get Earth back. That way, you just got free earth 5 and outperform courage 5. Pretty sweet.

Combat
Practicality: 8
Diversity: 6
Overall: 7

Rare

Ghundac
80 40 40 80 50

Wow, I really like this guy. Danians badly needed a jumper.. He has great courage/speed, air/earth and range/swift.. This guy just screams "Put me with Noaz and Majjcan" Braveglint and Whirling Wail and you have yourself a solid deck.

Range/Combat
Practicality: 8
Diversity: 8
Overall: 8



Ketun
80 60 80 55 50

This guys stats are great, which is good because he has no elements. 80 courage and wisdom is great for danian decks, yet again I recommend directed bravery, and you can also use powercut with his 60 power. He has no elements, but can get them from the pauldrons, and has a counter. His ability is really awesome, and that 5 damage all adds up. Really great card.

Combat/Defensive
Practicality: 8
Diversity: 7
Overall: 7.5




Makromil
65 25 35 70 50

Ooh, those sneaky card designers! He gets 5 energy for your danians and 5 for your past creatures.. But there is only one past danian creature.. So his energy won't be soaring to impossible heights or anything, it's either a danian or a past creature deck for him, not both. Ah, pity. But if you can include a Northrange, that works too. Also, he isn't unique.

Combat
Practicality: 8
Diversity: 6
Overall: 7




Orbaat
60 35 60 25 40

This guy is interesting. Two mugic, water, fair enough stats, and while a lot of cards here interact with the discarded creatures, this is the first real composter. Nice ability, it could be used in lots of sneaky ways!

Compost/Support
Practicality: 6.5
Diversity: 8
Overall: 7.5




Tharc, Tablet Translator
70 30 80 30 50

The final card I'll review today. If you ask me, its amazingly good. Tharc is a fairly good fighter with good courage/wisdom and earth. Plus he can give himself 100 courage.. Basically his ability rocks. Use him with cards like Drazz and Elhadd, I really wanted a good danian Stat-raiser. Danian tablet translator really set the standard for them.. Yep, I love this guy, and his one counter is nothing that a mipedian balladeer's flute and some chimegrids wont fix ;^)
Plus, I think his flavour text is the first time that danians have been called "the bugs" officially in chaotic :P xD

Extreme Support
Practicality: 9
Diversity: 7
Overall: 8

And that's it for now. I'll be doing supers and ultras soon. Thr33trib3s, I'll contact you ASAP about your authorship..ness.. But I am busy atm! Anyway, other authors, feel free to review mugic/BG/locations/attacks or do more focussed reviews on cards you like.