I remember when a certain other CCG came out with a new ability called "shadow" which was just like flying, except that decks that can deal with flying couldn't deal with shadow. It felt cheap...like unoriginal, but just a way for us to be forced to buy the new cards and make decks that didn't feel as elegant if we wanted to take all-comers.
I see that there are two brands of stealth in Shadow Era. There's the kind that stealth specialists get, like moonstalker and many rogue allies. And then there's the kind that goes into warrior decks: Valliant Defender and Eleanor, Princess of Ellos (not just for warriors, but common in warrior decks). These are cards that read "can't be attacked", which is essentially the same as what stealth does, but they don't say the word stealth on them.
This is a problem because there are other cards out there that specifically deal with stealth, but don't work with these cards. What this effectively does is make it so there are two versions of stealth. A regular stealth and a "super stealth" that is immune to anti-stealth cards. This seems silly, because there are cards that specifically target stealth, and are mediocre in other ways. People should be rewarded for putting those cards in their deck when going up against people using stealth. Instead, they quickly learn; you're just going to have to bring some direct damage, or straight ally killing cards, because the rules don't work consistently.
This practice isn't wide-spread in this game but it generally limits the diversity in competitive decks, since there are a few general ways to deal with all allies, and alternatives that deal with specific abilities don't work consistently enough to be viable. It also goes against the flavor of the game, since moonstalker and rogues are stealth specialists, but warriors wind up with one of the best stealth cards (Valliant Defender: because it isn't called "stealth").
I suppose its possible that the aim of valliant defender is to effectively give your hero something like protector - but then it should say that, because there are other ways to deal with protector that should work in that situation as well.
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