Berserkers and Defenders pack

I just bought the 300 berserkers and defenders pack, and very happy with purchase.

I got 2 mythics and 5 rares.

What a fantastic deal, and all the cards are berserkers or defenders.
(I occasionally struggle against runaway carraige, and have had to revise all my decks to include at least one wall)

Very happy!

Ythalacuatha

My wife picked up the 300 as well and received a mythic & two rares, none of which she had. It looks like it’s a pretty good value pack.*

    • your mileage may vary

Nice try, devs.

2 Mythics and 5 Rares is a great return.

Runaway carriage has now been nerfed now tho so you might want to revise your decks again, berserkers will deal with it just fine icon_razz.gif

Always read the small print.

Seems like a good pack for new players who just need some creatures.

I cannot in all good conscience recommend to a new player that they play with any berserkers or defenders.

I feel sorry for any new player who buys it and gets World Breaker as their first mythic!

what’s the chance of getting undergrowth champion? this is the card i’m missing from the pack

You can live without it. I got it right after the nerf. It’s… disappointingly slow and the AI deals with it very efficiently.

300 crystals for a shot at Linvala is tempting, but I already have four of the nine rares so I’m rather hesitant.

(Note that I didn’t have him pre-nerf, so I’m evaluating him based on no priors)

I just got him from the bfz box and he’s pretty impressive. It’s nice to put down a damage wall that can soak up anything and everything for a while. His mana cost for a defender/reach creature is also pretty impressive (mostly because he’s a mythic, I’m sure). Being a 4/4 also means that he can minimally survive 1 round (unless bounced or blasted somehow) against a full field of monsters.

I run Nissa and lots of gem conversions, so he grows at a pretty reasonable rate, as landfall triggers are easy. Permanent buff spells (like zerker plate) will also spiral him out of control.

He’s actually pretty great as a defender while you build up your other cards, which is even more important now hydra and sage got nerfed a bit. With cascades and kazandu he grows pretty quickly, and if you can put a Helm Of The Gods on him too? He can defeat some decks on his own.

really wish they would consider reworking that card. it just a really expensive version of conclave naturalist imo.

I just totally bought one too. My hair is fuller and I have lots of muscles now!
You guys gotta try this! Everybody’s doin’ it!

i just bought one and received world breaker…

Ha Ha Ha…RIP icon_e_sad.gif

I would recommend any new players that read this to ignore the ‘advice’. But I don’t think the pack is all that useful for new players considering the way it splits across the different sets.

Really? What’s the absolute best uncommon defender in Origins? Dwynen’s Elite? What about BFZ? Maybe Resolute Blademaster? Good luck playing allies without the good rares. OGW? Birthing Hulk maybe? SOI? Harvest Hand???

Let’s move onto berserkers. I’ve got time. Rhox Maulers are reasonably playable in a low powered starter deck. You can have that one. Don’t pretend Iroas’ Champion is any good tho. BFZ: Breaker of Armies. I don’t know about you, but I’d rather have Grip of Desolation at uncommon. Or maybe a Smite the Monstrous at Common. OGW doesnt seem to have any. SOI: Maybe Breakneck Rider? It’s Ok, but it’s the same cost as Village Messenger which is better because it has haste, and doesn’t throw itself at enemy creatures suicidally.

Hitting your opponent with creatures is a very efficient way to deal damage to them. But planning your deck around a strategy of deliberately engaging in creature combat with berserkers and defenders is a good way to lose. If you MUST play a Berserker, then play Brawler’s Plate, and play a good creature with it. Likewise, True-Faith Censer.

As usual you forget that not everyone has all the imbal cards and even you went through the phase where iroas champion was the nuts.