Is arlinn kord worth it?

glggwp
glggwp Posts: 202 Tile Toppler
edited October 2016 in MtGPQ General Discussion
Considering i regretted buying sorin and jace2 and arlinn is fairly expensive...
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  • Tilikum
    Tilikum Posts: 159
    Her abilities seem very nitchy. Even more so than Dragon Man. I think if you have Geier Reach Bandit and love getting the secondary rewards from the Terror in the Shadows events then she's worth it...
    Then again you may be able to just ignore the werewolf specific abilities and mash up a bunch of green ramp with OP red cards.

    I think $30 to $40 is only worth spending on really game changing stuff (Kiora, Olivia). I just don't see her being super powerful. Honestly I keep changing my mind back and forth as I type this lol.
    I say give it a couple days.
  • jackvett
    jackvett Posts: 141 Tile Toppler
    Are werewolves playable?
  • HomeRn
    HomeRn Posts: 330 Mover and Shaker
    jackvett wrote:
    Are werewolves playable?
    Yes. In fact, red/green is probably ideal for werewolves right now considering that both have some decent to downright crazy werewolves available currently. Also, Arlinn can transform herself (and I have a feeling that her transformed version is going to be NUTS to play with)!
  • Sway82
    Sway82 Posts: 13
    Is there anywhere showing her level 60 stats and abilities? The link in game is, of course, not working...
  • Feagul
    Feagul Posts: 114
    HomeRn wrote:
    jackvett wrote:
    Are werewolves playable?
    Yes. In fact, red/green is probably ideal for werewolves right now considering that both have some decent to downright crazy werewolves available currently. Also, Arlinn can transform herself (and I have a feeling that her transformed version is going to be NUTS to play with)!
    Other than Geier Reach Bandit, which werewolves are good?
  • jackvett
    jackvett Posts: 141 Tile Toppler
    HomeRn wrote:
    Yes. In fact, red/green is probably ideal for werewolves right now considering that both have some decent to downright crazy werewolves available currently. Also, Arlinn can transform herself (and I have a feeling that her transformed version is going to be NUTS to play with)!

    R/G seems strong for the reasons Tilikum mentioned. I can't think of any werewolves that get me very excited....I should know, they're all in my Nissa deck right now.

    She seems like a cross between Garruk and Gideon; it'll just come down to the cards that get released down the road. Buffing creatures that are considered prohibitively expensive (for low stat payoff, generally) doesn't seem super great.
  • glggwp
    glggwp Posts: 202 Tile Toppler
    thanks for the responses! i will pass this time...
  • Mcjordan
    Mcjordan Posts: 82 Match Maker
    Arlinn Kord at 60:

    Health 114

    Strength of Wolf (6): Target creature you control gets +4/+4, haste, trample, and berserker until end of turn
    Call the Pack (9): Fetch next werewolf in your deck. It gains 9 mana (!!!! nerf inc)
    Touch of the moon (12): Each werewolf you control gets +4/+4, and Arlinn Transforms

    Transformed skills:
    Moon's Embrace (3): target werewolf transforms and gains +3/+3
    Hunt with the Pack (12): Summon 4 2/2 werewolves tokens with Berserker and Trample
    Lycanthropic Frenzy (18): Each werewolf you control gets +10/+10. Arlinn Transforms

    Her deck is 7 creatures, 5 supports, 5 spells

    Mana is:

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  • Feagul
    Feagul Posts: 114
    Mcjordan wrote:
    Arlinn Kord at 60:

    ...
    Call the Pack (9): Fetch next werewolf in your deck. It gains 9 mana (!!!! nerf inc)
    ...
    Amazing with Geier Reach Bandit, awful with every other werewolf. icon_lol.gif I guess we'll see what other werewolves are released in the future.
  • jimilinho_
    jimilinho_ Posts: 292
    Feagul wrote:
    Mcjordan wrote:
    Arlinn Kord at 60:

    ...
    Call the Pack (9): Fetch next werewolf in your deck. It gains 9 mana (!!!! nerf inc)
    ...
    Amazing with Geier Reach Bandit, awful with every other werewolf. icon_lol.gif I guess we'll see what other werewolves are released in the future.

    Wonder how many more people would have bought this card if Sage of ancient lore hadn't been nerfed?
  • Mcjordan
    Mcjordan Posts: 82 Match Maker
    I have only played a handful of QB with her, but she seems very strong. Here is my first iteration of deck for her:

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    I think Bring to Light may need to be replaced with something else, but I haven't had much time to play yet (maybe brawler's plate?). This deck is a really quick killer. No need for damage spells, since everything is berserking into everything. The second skill is incredible, as it allows for quick pulls of both Geier Reach and Sage of Ancient Lore (either of which win games for you quickly). Scourge Wolf with Berserker is a cheap Iroas's champion, and fits the wolf theme of the deck quite well.

    I can't really see myself ever using any skill but her second, since it is so good (and cheap). If you have the cards, I highly recommend getting her. She may be quicker than Koth (especially when the decklist is perfected).

    Edit: Dropped Bring to Light for Brawler's Plate and Demolish for Fevered Visions.
  • EDHdad
    EDHdad Posts: 609 Critical Contributor
    Are werewolves playable?

    Breakneck Rider is an auto-include in all of my red decks. Red-green is a really strong color combo which does not currently exist in this game. I could easily see building a deck where Breakneck Rider is the only werewolf in my deck, I use Arlinn's 2nd ability to fetch it, or her first ability to turn some other creature into a guided missile until end of turn.

    One thing to note is that if you have a werewolf which is flipped, and your creature slots are full on the board, you can't cast an unflipped werewolf until it's flipped back, or until you have an empty creature slot (unless you're replacing a creature).

    Another thing to note, for those unfamiliar with paper Magic, is that werewolves are pretty scarce in this game. They only ever appeared in original Innistrad, which came out about 3 years ago, and they are likely to only appear in Shadows over Innistrad and Eldritch Moon (the set after Shadows). This is similar to the Allies creature type, which only appeared in original Zendikar block (circa 2009), and the sequel block, Battle for Zendikar / Oath of the Gatewatch.
  • ZW2007-
    ZW2007- Posts: 812 Critical Contributor
    Here is where not being able to purchase specific cards with some kind of in-game currency or real world currency really hurts the profits of this game. If I could buy Geier Reach Bandit outright, I would probably drop the money to buy Arlinn Kord today as well. But since I can't and they nerfed the only other really good werewolf, I don't really feel the need to buy her and farm runes to level her. Instead I'll wait till she's available for crystals, which I can earn in game for free over time. I feel like they are shooting themselves in the foot with their current system/pricing policy.
  • Tilikum
    Tilikum Posts: 159
    Well they released the Werewolf and Villagers pack in the vault with only 3 different mythics in it. So if you do happen to get a mythic, the chance of it being her is 1 in 3. D3 just wants you to gamble because the house always wins. Pretty weak-sauce.
  • Barrelrolla
    Barrelrolla Posts: 289
    30 to 40 dollars? What's her price for you? It's 50 usd in my country.
    Also, do you remember how much did Kiora cost and how much do other dual colored planeswalkers cost. I wonder what will her price in crystals be. 600?
  • MaxMagic420
    MaxMagic420 Posts: 126 Tile Toppler
    Played your deck in QB mcjordan. Barely, I mean barely, won. At lvl 60 arlinn is a bad kitty. Worth it? For the asking price eh, but worth grinding for crystals to buy her in the vault in a few weeks? Hell yes. Looking forward to it.
  • HomeRn
    HomeRn Posts: 330 Mover and Shaker
    What makes Around dangerous is her abilities. Once she flips, the clock starts as soon as she has creatures on the board. She can force werewolves to transform and trigger combos and abilities like a switch!
  • Tilikum
    Tilikum Posts: 159
    Barrelrolla wrote:
    30 to 40 dollars? What's her price for you? It's 50 usd in my country.
    Also, do you remember how much did Kiora cost and how much do other dual colored planeswalkers cost. I wonder what will her price in crystals be. 600?
    She's $39.99 in the U.S. Kiora cost me 950 manacrystal.png today but all the other dual colored P-dubs have been 550 manacrystal.png I think. You must be pretty psyched since you mentioned her a few weeks ago.
  • Barrelrolla
    Barrelrolla Posts: 289
    Tilikum wrote:
    Barrelrolla wrote:
    30 to 40 dollars? What's her price for you? It's 50 usd in my country.
    Also, do you remember how much did Kiora cost and how much do other dual colored planeswalkers cost. I wonder what will her price in crystals be. 600?
    She's $39.99 in the U.S. Kiora cost me 950 manacrystal.png today but all the other dual colored P-dubs have been 550 manacrystal.png I think. You must be pretty psyched since you mentioned her a few weeks ago.
    Yeah, I was so happy to see her. And I'm even happier they left her Transform mechanic, I thought they won't implement it. And she looks awesome! But $50 is too much, I'm gonna wait and get her with crystals.
  • yunnnn
    yunnnn Posts: 168 Tile Toppler
    It's strange that Arlinn came out at the same time that Kiora rotated around; they seem to fill the same niche (of replacing Nissa).

    If Kiora wasn't here, I'd heavily debate spending the money to buy her. But instead, my new plan is to hoard crystals and get the arguably superior Green PW.

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