Saturday, May 31, 2008

Twisting the Knife vs. Shoulder Drop

Here's "Dasein's" version of comparing the new upstart combat card "Shoulder Drop", to our esteemed elder statesmen of true combat mastery, "Twisting the Knife".
Twisting the Knife
Cardtype: Combat
Cost: 1 blood
Discipline: Potence
[pot] Only usable as damage from a hand or melee weapon strike is resolved; only usable if this vampire inflicts 3 or more damage. He or she inflicts an additional point of damage. Only one Twisting the Knife may be played by a vampire during a strike phase.
[POT] As above, with an optional press.

Shoulder Drop
Cardtype: Combat
Cost: nothing
Grapple. Play when you successfully inflict damage from a hand strike. After strike resolution, if this minion is still ready, the opposing minion takes 1 additional damage. The opposing minion cannot press this round. A minion may play only one Shoulder Drop each strike.

  • Discipline:
    • "Twisting the Knife" requires "Potence".
    • "Shoulder Drop" may be played by any stupid monkey.
    • Everyone knows that "Potence" wins games, and stupid monkeys lose games, mainly to "Potence" decks.
    • Winner: "Twisting the Knife"

  • Cost:
    • "Twisting the Knife" costs one blood.
    • "Shoulder Drop" is free.
    • Winner: "Shoulder Drop" (just)

  • Requirements:
    • "Twisting the Knife" requires 3 or more damage from a hand or melee weapon strike.
    • "Shoulder Drop" requires any damage from a hand strike.
    • Everyone knows that melee weapons are for winners, and winners are grinners. Only chumps make hand strikes.
    • Winner: "Twisting the Knife"

  • Damage:
    • "Twisting the Knife" does one damage.
    • "Shoulder Drop" does one extra damage.
    • Winner: Tie

  • Other effects:
    • "Twisting the Knife" gives you a press, at superior. Everyone knows that winners play superior "Potence". Although they will have to fish out a "Potence" skill card to give "Appolonius" superior "Potence".
    • "Shoulder Drop" means the opponent cannot press at all.
    • Everyone knows that it’s fun when you and your opponent each play a bunch of presses. "Shoulder Drop" doesn’t let them play a press so you don’t get to cycle your presses. Although you don’t really need to, because "Appolonius" gets one in-build!
    • Winner: "Twisting the Knife" by far
Overall winner: need I state the obvious?

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