I'm possibly underrating Varys here, as he's the only full reset available. Definitely not in all decks, but a defining feature of the decks that run him. Even just the threat of activation will completely change your opponent’s game plan, and that’s where stealth and an intrigue icon can punish him for holding back too. While this one doesn’t put people in the pile of the dead, it’s still well worth it if you can handle the cost.Ħ gold and one card to eliminate your opponent’s board (in the absence of “Treachery”) is cheap, and keeping him on the board for that turn isn’t all that hard with claim soak, Calm over Westeros, etc. Especially if you can follow up the next turn with a Marched to the Wall to target uniques who were saved by duplicates. In Melee though it’s excellent to pull back your opponents who are running away with the game. In Joust I can see how this is not a good deal. Hard to see a reason not to include him.īatfinger is a an auto include and will remain so for a very long time. He’s a lord for Noble Cause, he’s easy card draw, he boosts economy. Littlefinger's 4 strength with two icons grants plenty of challenge-phase flexibility, but he shines because of the draw/gold combo, which no other card in the Core Set comes close to matching. HIs strength is respectable for the huge resource boost all around that he gives you. If there isn’t any Ally hate, he’s incredible. Until Ally hate becomes a thing this guy is an auto-include in every single deck. Non-limited economy AND cards gained when he enters play, this Little finger is a Big deal. That Ally trait isn’t a drawback (yet?), and you’re going to be happy enough to see that non-limited +1 gold on a decent body, even if it means you have to set him up and decline the draw bonus. Resource, draw and a good body in the same card? 1x for every deck. Keeping that in mind, the reaction plus the ongoing economic benefit makes him a “must” in most early decks. Also, remember that in 2.0 the gold curve is expanded so a 5 gold character is roughly equivalent to a first edition 3 gold character.

So far we haven’t seen any trait based discard/control so the traditionally-bad Ally trait is not an issue. Today we have 10 reviewers today (who you can get to know better here), so scores are out of 50 possible points. Let us know in the comments how you feel about the Neutral cards from the Core set, and we’ll be back shortly with further reviews. We’ve used a one through five scale five being the best possible score.

Our staff has put together a first blush analysis of the newly released A Game of Thrones LCG 2nd Edition Core Set.

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