Prelude
Greeting to all, a brand new week had just started and welcome back to another new post on Adapting to Modern where I look at how I crossed over from playing in Wild Battles till today focusing and getting more cards on Modern Battles, sharing with the community the struggles, the strategies and things I do to move towards playing in Modern. The more we share, the more we learn and get to know the cards better as we share to the community. And I think we really need to share and learn more from one another to make this a vibrant community.
Rebellion Core Set Cards
Similar to the previous post for this series, we will begin discussing card from the Rebellion Core Set. Using a similar method when I reviewed the Soul Bound reward cards, I will be discussing about the growth of the cards and will give a simple review to whether or not investing into them will level up your game play or not. And let's continue our review and look at 1 epic and 1 legendary card from neutral splinter in today's review.
A small apology to all as I will be sharing using Monster Market interface today as Splinterlands still having maintenance at the point of writing.
Great Porcupine
The first neutral splinter epic card that we will reviewing today will be Great Porcupine. Quite an interesting card that suits the little league and can even hit up to 3 range damage when it reaches max level. This card remain constant in terms of speed throughout and the good thing will be that it can still strike when at first position due to close range. At higher levels, having thorns is also great to allow those that try to hit this card to have a taste of their own medicine. A simple card that is loaded with really decent abilities. I personally feel this card will be a good card for little league considering the fact that is neutral and can fit in many lineups.
Nalara Geinek
Next card we will look at will be Nalara Geinek. I have to be honest, I have never ever encounter this card thus far in my ranked battles. This card is massive at 9 mana, but a big pity is that it only does a maximum of 1 magic damage regardless of levels. For me, this is really a card that load up abilities of all kinds and be that "witch doctor" for the lineup. With silence at level 2, it helps reduce the magic attack incoming from opponent. Void will help it survive longer against magic attacks and finally stun is there to help stun an opponent card for it to miss a turn, give you additional advantage. While this card really has so many abilities, the key is the high mana cost and the very low magic attack that does not scale with level. This card would excel in wands out since everyone will have to use cards with magic attack and this by itself already have 2 abilities that will do you well in such rulesets.
Assessment
1 epic and 1 legendary card that are being reviewed today of which I personally prefer the Great Porcupine due to its nimbleness to fit into any lineup. Nalara Geinek looks decent as well with the only thing is that 9 mana could be a very hard to part with especially if you are playing with a low mana cap.
Rating wise, Great Porcupine would be getting a rating of 4/5 from me. Easy on the mana but a real bang for the buck in terms of stats and it even gain thorns at higher level (how can a porcupine not have thorns). As for Nalara Geinek, I would give it a 3.6/5. Abilities wise I would say it is rather decent and at level 1, it will not be as effective. It truly become way more useful when it gains silence which will be a pain to magic attackers if itself even gan void, which will make it so much harder to kill. The 9 mana is still a challenge and I would think many might drop it for lower mana fights.
My recommendation will be to forget about Great Porcupine to minimally go level 5 or even max if you can for larger attack and thorns. Otherwise, minimally I would say get a level 3 to get the thorns to hold the ground while opponent feels the effect. As for Nalara Geinek, I would recommend to get it at level 2 minimal to get the silence. Otherwise at level 1, it would not be of good use with just the amplify and by itself there is no return attack on it.
Wrap Up
Rebellion do really have good cards that are available within it and with Conclave Arcana establishing its foothold in the meta, synergies built amongst them will yield loads of advantage in the battlefield. 2 very simple to use cards that really elevate your lineup. Do consider adding them to your collection.
Let's continue to grow and find path in modern as we journey on playing Splinterlands.
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Great Porcupine is very good at maxed level, good damage decent health and good abilities for only 3 mana
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