I'm excited that the new set cards have been revealed. If you scroll down a bit at this link, you can look at each one in detail:
https://godsunchained.com/expansions/set-band-of-the-wolf
(Also the source of any/all images.)
General Thoughts
Firstly, I don't see any insane power creep, which is a big positive. Instead, it looks like they have decided to use this set to make some tribal decks more viable (olympians, amazons, and even structure magic). Of course there's also the new keyword: Ally. No one knows what it means, but it's provocative! It gets the people going!
So without further ado, let's jump in.
Ally
So what's this about? My best guess is that it's a spin on the Roar keyword. When a card with "Ally" is on the board, the effect will trigger when you play another creature from the same tribe. This occurs once.
Why do I think this? Let's look at some cards:
So, we know from the Rabbit that this effect can go off when you summon another creature that meets the Ally requirements. Master of the Mill makes it pretty clear that Ally happens only on a subsequent card play. That's why this card uses both Roar and Ally. Shrike would simply be OP if Ally can occur more than once. Especially given that's hidden, making at least 2 activations likely. That just about guarantees it's a 1x effect.
Pretty cool new keyword!
Olympian War
Olympians are getting lots of love. I might actually be able to play my Flame-Touched Paladin again!
Blood Oath Binder
Mentioning here, but also a solid card for Olympian Light. If you can play 2 1 drop olympians on turn one, you've got a better Hog. Putting olympians in your void combos with other cards.
Reios
OK remember when I said no power creep? This one pushes the limit. I think it's OK because the creature is chosen randomly, but A 5 mana 4/6 blitzer by itself is great. At least being leggy means it can only be 1x. Great card.
Deception Nethers
Nethers is the tribe they are helping for Deception. The idea would be that the Lantern can cycle the new nether creatures to take cards from your opponent or take control of creatures (hopefully trading them into your opponent's remaining creatures).
It doesn't look that strong to me, but never forget that Demos are nethers. In fact, Deception has quite a few nether-friendly cards that could help make aggro nethers or control a thing.
Speaking of Aggro Nethers and Shadow Cats, how about this guy?
Shadow cats hit 2x per turn. You'll actually have to be careful not to draw too many cards.
Amazons
Divya
A beefed up Canopy Sniper mechanic. Importantly, can go face. The traditional amazon mechanic was to get a wide board, buff, and then kill your opponent. This card helps that play style by not being completely dead on a small board like Arkmonian would be. It's a 4/4 creature and its ability can go face making it a solid finisher.
Other Cards
Eiko
Cool card! Can be easily blight bombed, but it completely destroys a relic when played which gives it some value even in that case (think zombies). This set has a lot of strength-heavy cards (e.g. 3/2), so we may find magic running more 1-mana, 2-damage cards. That would allow them to clear Eiko for 3 mana (GP + the card). So this card definitely has some bad matchups, but being able to go face (past frontliners) has to be worth something, right?
Assassin's Aim anyone?
Ember Oni
Poor man's Demo. I've got mixed feelings on this one. Giving more neutral healing makes control Magic/Deception stronger. On the other hand, Deception is already running Demos + Wither (and the sleep is better). This also gives F2P players a better option at 7. It's much worse than a Demo, so Genesis players can rest easy.
Light
Some fun new cards for Light.
Aegis
Not sure how strong this will be (it's very expensive), but note that it doesn't lose durability. Starting at 4 means that a lot of the usual relic hate won't remove it. Finally, the roar gives it an immediate impact to make up for the high cost.
It could be just what healing light was looking for, and even if not, Sern would love it.
Camaraderie
Potentially a very fun card for aggro light. Importantly, though, summoning this way won't trigger roar effects. So you're looking to summon things like.
Structure Magic
I'll just mention it here. I could easily be proven wrong here, but I just don't see it. Structure magic can be a fun meme deck, but structures in general are really bad.
Conclusion
Those are the highlights for me. I'm sure as the community mulls things over, people will discover interactions I haven't spotted. Looking forward to seeing what everyone comes up with! We'll have to see how the set actually plays, but in general, I'm happy to see some love being given to tribal synergies outside the current meta.
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Yay! Might see Veteran Hoplite back in action!
Ha! I immediately thought of you!
The way we see Sprinter Land from the past few days is definitely giving some updates and the best part is that it will be seen a lot more in the coming days. And the way we are now seeing that the market is also performing very well. Whenever such features come, people's interest becomes very high.
You nailed it, it really states very clearly.
Gama is tempting, of course, although, I must admit, this card, without abundance of Nethers in the deck, is useless and can become dead in future.
Probably, it has sense to play it with Hierophant since the latter has great synergy with the cats, too - each cat (roared by Hierophant) copies 2 cards each turn.
An interesting move about Deception...
At the same time, I have a fear that these Deception Nethers will be the second Casino Deception - looking good but not Meta. I doubt there was a serious check how Meta the new Deception Nether cards are...
Not sure I should hurry to spend crypto to get the cards... But missing a chance to get Gama is frightening too. 😁 I don't know... Probably, I must raise as much crypto from the new set as possible - win and sell immediately .... ...Let's see.
Recently, I had several buys of some potentially Meta cards. One of them were 2 Parthene Guardians. 🙂 The price of this card has seriously increased since the new set's announcement. But this time, I don't rush to sell since greed tells me Parthene Guardian can become another Shadow of Lethenon, I mean, from the point of importance and price. Getting 50 bucks for 2 of them would be great. 🙂
Gama procs off of himself so he's like a juiced up Vault Vagabond. 5hp and hidden is pretty good and stealing a card can help in the value game. Having to craft for the leggys is going to be interesting.
:o Yes, probably right... Then, Gama is a must-have...
Wishing you the best on those buys! I actually got some ETH ready to speculate, but then they released cards while I was asleep. By the time I saw the announcement, cards had already spiked 200-300%.
Damn... So, wish you good luck winning best BW cards. This is a great opportunity.
Adding new cards and features increases the player interest in the game, it also engage the players towards game and the future of the game, they are doing a great job.
Reios and Automabunn were extremely beautiful cards in the arts. Congratulations to the design team!!!
https://reddit.com/r/GodsUnchained/comments/11tiiv3/the_new_set/
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I am looking forward to seeing what the Ally feature is all about, but that looks like a good guess. I will have to experiment abit with those Deception Nethers and see if I can fit anything into my deck.