Share your battle: Gem Meteor

Gem Meteor is an epic, 5-mana neutral monster. At Level 5, it has 3 ranged attack, 5 speed, and 5 health. On top of these solid stats, Gem Meteor also has two abilities: Scattershot (randomly hit opponents, ignores taunt) and Piercing (the damage goes through the opponent's armor). With the addition of Grandmaster Rathe and a string of Taunt monsters in the Riftwatchers set, I thought the Gem Meteor increased its value. Couple this with Yodin, then you got yourself an unstoppable backliner!

I almost always use Gem Meteor in my battles. I think I have a high win rate with Gem Meteor because it allows me to melt my opponents away. In this sample battle, I was faced with Kelya. My opponent's Kelya is only Level 4 but I think I would still win this against a Kelya Level 6 because Gem Meteor is so wild!

Even with a speed buff and armor, a Kelya lineup will just be melted away by a Yodin+Gem Meteor combination. I chose a taunt monster called Magnor and boosted its speed to increase its evasion especially when it is enraged. With this, my back line archers could slowly pick off my opponent's monsters. But if you look into my opponent's lineup, there is also a taunt monster in Wave Brood. Gem Meteor ignores Wave Brood's taunt and can randomly hit other cards. My son and I enjoy watching this randomness; however, sometimes, the random number generator does not work in my favor and causes me to lose the battle. But it is not a big deal. The important thing in the end is, my son enjoys the randomness.

I am a fan of Gem Meteor. I think it is a solid monster, but I don't think many people realize this. Well, their loss. But hopefully you get to try to use it so you can appreciate its power. If there is anything I can help with understanding how it can be used, just drop a comment!