Cards that will shine in FFA and 2v2

**QuantumNinja** · 12-12-2013, 10:21 PM

So now the KickStarter campaign raised enough funds to support Free-for-All and 2v2 modes of play, I've been thinking about what cards will start to shine in these new formats. There's definitely a few cards that provide a lot more "bang-for-your-buck" when you have multiple opponents.

For example, Nishaven

's ability affects all allies, which means you could potentially wipe the boards of multiple opponents, not just one. Other cards that similarly damage all opposing allies include Furion Terror, Supernova

, Meteor Shower, and Ice Storm

.

Even better, Crescendo

, Tidal Wave

, and Energy Discharge will *kill* all opposing allies. Crescendo is probably an easy target and unlikely to reach 5 defense, but Energy Discharge

could really turn the tide (although dealing 5 damage to yourself is probably a risky move in a FFA setting). Your allied player in 2v2 might not be happy about your Tidal Wave

...

Smoke Screen

disables all opposing allies for 1 turn, so I could see that getting a lot of play.

Incense of Atonement

deals 1 damage to all opposing heroes whenever any attachment is played. Not sure yet if that would be too "cute" to build a deck around that concept, but it might have potential.

I can definitely see Moonstalker

becoming a very common hero in FFA. Other than some of the weapon-based heroes, he's the only other hero whose shadow ability can persist through multiple opponent turns. Providing stealth to your allies through 3 opponents' turns protects them for a long time and means your opponents have to expend additional resources to deal with them. Similar cards like Valiant Defender

, Cover of Night , Lay Low

, and Rain Delay

would provide protection to your allies through multiple opponent turns.

Ill-gotten Gains and Pride of the Mountain

trigger on the destruction of *all* opposing allies and/or items... LOTS of draw potential there.

Shadowspawn

and Interference

would both be great at preventing all of your opponents from using their shadow abilities.

King's Pride

and War Banner

would boost your allied player's allies in a 2v2 (but Aldon

wouldn't, if you read his card carefully).

There's plenty of other examples of interesting effects, but I just wanted to provide some food for thought.

**Buqs** · 12-12-2013, 10:51 PM

Facing a heavy front of weapon based heroes - Urgent business

I'm actually more interested to see if you can pull off more combos. Theoretically you may have a turn or so where your opponents ignore you giving the window for some combos.

Also I'm curious to see if the card min needs to be increased. With more opponents games could be longer and you may run out of cards

**Mightyoak713** · 12-12-2013, 10:56 PM

Combos depend on allied player decks are preplan if possible. And when I got my cards in I had a guy only play millstalker.
He died first.

**Preybird** · 12-12-2013, 10:57 PM

You forgot Rampage

. Having played a fair amount of FFA in the physical realm that card wins games.

**Mightyoak713** · 12-12-2013, 10:58 PM

And my wife won in a ffa with 3 ppl. 40 card victor. I built it for her and lost to it. It was depressing.

**QuantumNinja** · 12-12-2013, 11:53 PM

Originally Posted by Preybird

You forgot Rampage

. Having played a fair amount of FFA in the physical realm that card wins games.

Ahh, yes Rampage

seems like it would be amazing in FFA. I've never played FFA or 2v2 with the physical cards (or even 1v1 for that matter), so it didn't even occur to me to ask about people's experiences with those formats in the physical realm.

**Jo3yb0i** · 12-13-2013, 12:16 AM

2v2 I can see two rush mages teaming up.

I can also see a possible one deck purely focused on attacking while the other carries the tech cards

**tman507** · 12-13-2013, 12:46 AM

I personally think Interference

would be an interesting one for an FFA. Use your ability, recharge your SE up to the highest opposing player's SE, then prevent any opponent from being able to use their ability until your next turn. Even more hilarious if you can do it a couple times in a row.