January 4th Stream: Questions Wanted!

[Scout]

Thanks Mojumbo for helping us to understand the rules of the game. You're a great help.
(And I mean it in a very non-gay way )

[Sh4nx]

2) Oliver is something for Rogues to ramp up to. The Rogue’s have access to cards like Stop Thief, Good Contacts, and Thoughtful Investment. Assuming your opponent has a 3cc ally in play, Oliver represents a 2 card swing on summon: you get 1, your opponent loses 1.

i think the greatest sinergy would be with vozitian orders. you can keep recycling Oliver to take away cards from your opponent.

[Shadow Mann]

Hey, thanks for your responses Mojumbo! I'm really interested to see some of the fun combinations people come up with. Still not convinced about Oliver though

I'm not high on Oliver either, but his base attack sitting at 0 means raven doesn't lower his attack at all...and the card advantage and tempo gained could be huge.

[Bactrian]

I'm not high on Oliver either, but his base attack sitting at 0 means raven doesn't lower his attack at all...and the card advantage and tempo gained could be huge.

Well maybe, you have to remember that with Ill Gotten Gains out simply killing an enemy ally gives you the same card advantage, and isn't conditional on it being cost 3 or less and not being steadfast.

The tempo is nice but seems weaker than Lance hasting in a Marshland or Raven. The other thing to keep in mind is that to get 7 resources you will have to have been working some kind of draw mechanism. On Rogue this means you have probably killed a bunch of low cost allies already. If you go up to 7 with no draw mechanism, Oliver will probably be a 1 or 2 attack ally.