Card of the Week #12 - ARMOR OF THE TRUE ASSASSIN

DATE:

Mon 21 Apr 1997

TEXT:

ARMOR OF THE TRUE ASSASSIN
Inquisition / U1
Relic / Brotherhood
GIVE TO A DOOMTROOPER IF YOU ARE A NOTED COLLECTOR. ARMOR. +4 to A. The warrior is now considered a MORTIFICATOR. It may attack any warrior in play, and it automatically kills warriors it wounds. The warrior retains normal affiliations, and when attacked, normal restrictions apply. The warrior attacks opponents first in combat. If opponent survives, it may strike back. A warrior may only have one suit of armor.

USES:

The benefits of the ARMOR are quite obvious. It is especially useful in situations where you are playing a Corp deck and your friend decided to play a Brotherhood deck. There are other cards which can solve this problem for you, i.e. TOTAL WAR, SUBVERSIVE AGENT, SKEPTICISM, but ARMOR OF THE TRUE ASSASSIN will likely be the only one at hand (I put the ARMOR into every Doomtrooper deck because it is multi-purpose; the others would require a little digging). Not only will the ARMOR allow you to attack the Brothers, but it will probably prevent them from striking back the next turn because the warrior Corporate affiliation is still there. Hell, chances are, if you do your math right, that the Brother won't be able to retaliate in that combat, as the ARMOR allows you to strike first AND auto-kill. Plus, you get +4 to A. Oh, yeah, for those who don't know, you don't need to be a Noted Collector anymore. Neat, huh?

COUNTER MEASURES:

Anti-warrior and anti-relic cards. If you are a Brotherhood player, include a few of those nice Art cards which allow you to take one of your opponent's warriors and attack his own warriors, or perhaps the one where you choose the defender of a combat. Use your imagination!

COMBOS:

Hm... Gee... Well... This card doesn't really need any others to be cool. The only cards which you might want are cards to preserve/bring back Relics.

Rating:

10. See Summary...

Summary:

Yeah, 10s are pretty rare. Especially when I rate something (I'm a bit of a perfectionist; it's the German blood). This card, however, earns it. There are few cards to get rid of Relics (well, not as many as for Equipment, anyway), and the fact that you no longer need to be a Noted Collector to bring it out makes it even better. It's sole drawback is the fact that you can have only one in play. Oh, well, nothing's perfect...
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