I wasn’t sure if I wanted to comment or not, but its a slow boring Monday so I figure I would:
Blind Guardian
Unseeing Eye
Drain up to 10 Mana from an Enemy. Explode 1 Gem for each Mana drained. [1:1]
Mana Color: Yellow, Purple
Mana Cost: 13
Trait #1: Magic Heart
Gain 1 Life for each Purple ally.
Trait #2: Song of Darkness
Summon a Darkstorm at the start of Battle.
Trait #3: Magic Link
Gain bonus Purple Mana from Purple Gem matches.
Mana Color: Yellow, Purple
Mana Cost: 13
Every other “Nyx” troop drains up to 12 mana, so I just don’t see why this one only drains up to 10. What’s worse is since it has no built in base explosion number, once you run out of targets, it does nothing. Admittedly, the other Nyx troops would also do “nothing”, but you expect an exploder to explode as a primary function. .
Should I care? probably, not. I don’t ever see myself using this troop despite having some nice traits. Pattern design calls out to me to create similar troops.
This troop also has a 13 mana cost compared to the nerfed Nyx 14 mana, but honestly, in a world of empowered troops… Nyx and company could be dropped back down to 13 safely.
Do you know what they COULD do to make this troop see frequent gameplay?
… Remove Magic Heart and give it Empowered.
Yeah, Empowered sucks, but at least it can drain other Empowered troops that way (and slightly counter Anu Medals/50% start teams as well). Oh, and the downside being a random explosion gamble.
Sounds good to me.