I used my break at work the other day just to watch this video. I am so excited for Nightcrawler. He's always been one of my favorite X-Men, and if I can't have Beast, I'm glad I at least have Nightcrawler. I love that they they merged his cutlasses into one card but made it essentially act like two cards, with the double restriction, two stat buffs, and retaliate. Kind of makes me think of what Drax's knives would have looked like as one card. Definitely streamlines his deck and gives one card spot to add something else to his kit, which I am absolutely here for. And it's always a good day to see new cards added to Protection that make you immediately start mentally deck building. I am super excited to try out the much more viable "kill things during the villain phase" archetype due to Change of Fortune coming out so you have things to do during your actual turn as well. As much as I like smacking the villain back during his turn, it always felt kind of bad when it was finally your turn and you didn't have cards to play (or couldn't afford what you had) because you played them all during his turn.
Jocasta is going to be great with him. She can hold onto those protection events to trigger at the right time with Change of Fortune. His cutlasses look incredible. That is a mulligan hard for this card.
Holy cow, those Cutlasses are SICK! That is SO MUCH VALUE - getting Retaliate and +1 Defense on a hero whose kit already synergizes so well with defending is really amazing. I love it! I think Riposte is an awesome addition as well, Protection has long been my favorite aspect, and I love that we are getting a new Archetype in which to explore.
Man, I was hoping he would get his sword... and man... it rocks. I can see why it counts as two restricted keywords. That's a lot of bonuses for one upgrade at cost 2. Also I've never been a huge fan of Protection, but I'm liking it more as more cards are released that enhance a more "Aggression" playstyle in Protection ;)
If you have flow like water, electrostatic armour and Nightcrawler's swords on the table when you play Riposte you could be doing 6 damage back to the villain. Nightcrawler is looking so fun and interesting
Really stoked for Nightcrawler. He's one of my favorite mutuants, and his kit is shaping up to be really fun. I also love protection and this pack is bringing lots of cool new toys to play with!
One important difference I see between Riposte and Preemptive Strike is that you can play Preemptive Strike after you reveal the boost card, where with Riposte you have to play it when you defend and therefore you don't get to see the boost card. For me that makes them about equally strong!
Nightcrawler is my favourite X-Man and after Iceman and Jubilee I was a little worried that his design wouldn’t quite come together. With the cards revealed the last few days I'm not worried anymore. And all these new Protection cards also have me stoked! Protection is my favourite aspect but it has felt a little stale lately, so getting a new archetype feels great.
So exciting! I don’t usually preorder but Nightcrawler got the special treatment! Love the character and loving all the cards. I agree that hopefully we see a restricted card in Protection! Maybe something with retaliate??
Thanks for preview! As a newer player, I'm hoping Nightcrawler's preconstructed deck is good. (Would you ever consider making a video about the "best" [i.e., covers the most bases] preconstructed hero decks for new players?)
I think Nelson and Villain theory made a video where they draft and pick which hero packs are worth to buy for newer players or so. They also each did a buying guide video. I watched them even though I already have all the content lol This is also helpful (Vid by Get Up and Game): th-cam.com/video/7UA0UYpFIv8/w-d-xo.htmlsi=QugpHUJlSCRLniwr
Looks like there is one card left in his set to be revealed, which is the #2 slot Since he wont have two separate cutlasses, is it gonna be a shadowmeld upgrade, a chapel support card? Who knows, but i am so pumped for Nightcrawler!
After Bishop and Magik, who have become two of my favorite heroes to play, I was looking forward to the rest of the AoA wave. So far, however, the latest heroes haven't excited me much at all. The hero I've been hoping for most since the X-Men sets started is Nightcrawler, and these newest reveals have got me hyped. I hope his BAMF mechanic doesn't feel awkward to play, it looks really fun on paper. Do we know how many copies of BAMF he'll have in his deck?
Nothing has said specifically, but the "Bamf!" shown is card #5, card #4 is "Prehensile Tail", and card #8 is "Port & Punch", so assuming cards 6 & 7 are also "Bamf!" there should be 3 copies. That's also how many tokens BTST is selling to replace the card, so I think it's a safe bet. 😉
Those swords are CRAZY! Getting Kurt up to 4 DEF in any aspect?! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-
+1 ATK and Retaliate is also huge, massive gains for its cost.
It’s so much value for on a single card
Reminds me of your worst cards in Quicksilver video, Just compare Kurt's Cutlasses to Accelerated Reflexes...
I used my break at work the other day just to watch this video. I am so excited for Nightcrawler. He's always been one of my favorite X-Men, and if I can't have Beast, I'm glad I at least have Nightcrawler. I love that they they merged his cutlasses into one card but made it essentially act like two cards, with the double restriction, two stat buffs, and retaliate. Kind of makes me think of what Drax's knives would have looked like as one card. Definitely streamlines his deck and gives one card spot to add something else to his kit, which I am absolutely here for. And it's always a good day to see new cards added to Protection that make you immediately start mentally deck building. I am super excited to try out the much more viable "kill things during the villain phase" archetype due to Change of Fortune coming out so you have things to do during your actual turn as well. As much as I like smacking the villain back during his turn, it always felt kind of bad when it was finally your turn and you didn't have cards to play (or couldn't afford what you had) because you played them all during his turn.
Excellent. Kurt is shaping up to be one BAMF (see what I did there?).
Love it 😂
Cool to see the birth of new archetype in Protection.
Jocasta is going to be great with him. She can hold onto those protection events to trigger at the right time with Change of Fortune. His cutlasses look incredible. That is a mulligan hard for this card.
Totally agree!
Holy cow, those Cutlasses are SICK! That is SO MUCH VALUE - getting Retaliate and +1 Defense on a hero whose kit already synergizes so well with defending is really amazing. I love it! I think Riposte is an awesome addition as well, Protection has long been my favorite aspect, and I love that we are getting a new Archetype in which to explore.
Hyped. Nightcrawler is shaping up to be a great protection hero pack!
More cards for Drax… Yeah!!!
Man, I was hoping he would get his sword... and man... it rocks. I can see why it counts as two restricted keywords. That's a lot of bonuses for one upgrade at cost 2. Also I've never been a huge fan of Protection, but I'm liking it more as more cards are released that enhance a more "Aggression" playstyle in Protection ;)
I will be having a lot of fun when this pack drops in a couple of weeks. Nightcrawler looks great and the protection cards look good too
Riposte looks great! Sad it won’t work with Gambit though. Kurt is looking to be protection MVP
4 restricted slots? Laser swords & cutlasses!!
Now I gotta see it!
If you have flow like water, electrostatic armour and Nightcrawler's swords on the table when you play Riposte you could be doing 6 damage back to the villain. Nightcrawler is looking so fun and interesting
Really stoked for Nightcrawler. He's one of my favorite mutuants, and his kit is shaping up to be really fun. I also love protection and this pack is bringing lots of cool new toys to play with!
The new green cards are so enticing!
One important difference I see between Riposte and Preemptive Strike is that you can play Preemptive Strike after you reveal the boost card, where with Riposte you have to play it when you defend and therefore you don't get to see the boost card. For me that makes them about equally strong!
Nightcrawler is my favourite X-Man and after Iceman and Jubilee I was a little worried that his design wouldn’t quite come together. With the cards revealed the last few days I'm not worried anymore.
And all these new Protection cards also have me stoked! Protection is my favourite aspect but it has felt a little stale lately, so getting a new archetype feels great.
So exciting! I don’t usually preorder but Nightcrawler got the special treatment! Love the character and loving all the cards.
I agree that hopefully we see a restricted card in Protection! Maybe something with retaliate??
I was of course expecting to see cards for Kurt's swords and tail...but holy smokes! Those are amazing! 4 Defense + Retaliate? Yowza!
Wow….. is anyone not playing Kurt in protection?
Nightcrawler is looking so fuckin cool! Can’t wait for his release
I cannot wait to try to throw out some of these new protection cards! The videos are going to be fire!
Thumbs up for the Spider-Man shirt!
Thanks for preview! As a newer player, I'm hoping Nightcrawler's preconstructed deck is good. (Would you ever consider making a video about the "best" [i.e., covers the most bases] preconstructed hero decks for new players?)
I think Nelson and Villain theory made a video where they draft and pick which hero packs are worth to buy for newer players or so. They also each did a buying guide video. I watched them even though I already have all the content lol
This is also helpful (Vid by Get Up and Game): th-cam.com/video/7UA0UYpFIv8/w-d-xo.htmlsi=QugpHUJlSCRLniwr
I'm calling it now 2:04 s tier
Looks like there is one card left in his set to be revealed, which is the #2 slot
Since he wont have two separate cutlasses, is it gonna be a shadowmeld upgrade, a chapel support card? Who knows, but i am so pumped for Nightcrawler!
I dont know a ton about Nightcrawler - but mechanically I would really love a support card!
Siiiiuuuuu
Where did the reveal for his tail get posted?
After Bishop and Magik, who have become two of my favorite heroes to play, I was looking forward to the rest of the AoA wave. So far, however, the latest heroes haven't excited me much at all. The hero I've been hoping for most since the X-Men sets started is Nightcrawler, and these newest reveals have got me hyped. I hope his BAMF mechanic doesn't feel awkward to play, it looks really fun on paper. Do we know how many copies of BAMF he'll have in his deck?
Nothing has said specifically, but the "Bamf!" shown is card #5, card #4 is "Prehensile Tail", and card #8 is "Port & Punch", so assuming cards 6 & 7 are also "Bamf!" there should be 3 copies. That's also how many tokens BTST is selling to replace the card, so I think it's a safe bet. 😉