Looking for some quick advice. I'm a fairly new f2p; started just before the big boxes transitioned to the elite pack, so never really got to take advantage of the big boxes sadly. That said, have a few mythics and a very slowly growing amount of rares. I have all the basic walkers and Kiora. Only one is max level currently.
I'm currently disillusioned about the elite packs as I was able to sample them in the anniversary bundle. I pulled mostly garbage and my 2 rares were the guaranteed and both wound up being exactly the same. As a paper magic player it's a bit odd to not receive a rare in every pack, but that's beside the point.
With the amount I am able to play I finally managed to save up the crystals for Tezzeret the Schemer. Tezzeret looks kinda fun to play with, but I also want to get new stuff and I know that I need more cards. Walkers seem to spice things up a lot easier than cards since it's the rares and mythics that do that, and for f2p newer player those come in at a trickle at best.
So, as the title suggests, what is going to be the better bet currently? Thanks in advance.
I have gotten a lot of mileage out of Kiora which is why I had been looking at more walkers. Is there a good list of the Key Walkers to have? I did a quick search and didn't see anything stand out.
I am actually up into silver because of black, but my white and red aren't that far behind. Probably played around too much with cards, but honestly didn't want to game the mastery system too much because I just want to play the game. (I lurk the forums a lot, so I learned about mastery early on)
I seem to be doing okay in silver. Sometimes a deck comes along and shows up with huge cool mythics I wish I had, but so far it seems few and far between.
Kyokudai said: I have gotten a lot of mileage out of Kiora which is why I had been looking at more walkers. Is there a good list of the Key Walkers to have?
I have gotten a lot of mileage out of Kiora which is why I had been looking at more walkers. Is there a good list of the Key Walkers to have?
Thank you all for the input. I like the PW analysis @madwren
I'll keep with my plan to get walkers over packs. And maybe I'll get lucky and they will make it somewhat easier to pull what I need from the elite packs in the future.
shteev said: Kyokudai said: I have gotten a lot of mileage out of Kiora which is why I had been looking at more walkers. Is there a good list of the Key Walkers to have? I'd say... Kiora and Ob Nixilis most importantly, with Saheeli, Tezz2, and Dovin Baan following close behind.
wereotter said:As far as best to get, there's a lot to be said for your personal card collection, but for me, early on Sorin was one of my most reliable planeswalkers. He's got a lower life total than pretty much every other planeswalker, but his life gain potential is insane. If you put him together right, it's possible that every turn you'll be gaining more life every turn than your opponent can inflict.
EDHdad said: Any walker with the ability to generate their own win condition is worth owning, regardless of your card collection. Ob Nixilis is tier 1 because you can durdle until you hit 18 loyalty, then launch his emblem and win in short order (unless the opponent is packing support removal). This is easier if you have the efficient kill spells and mass draw effects, but even with nothing but commons and uncommons, Ob Nixilis can win reliably.Tezzeret is in a similar position. His 2nd ability (12 loyalty) creates a token which can get out of hand in short order. I generally concur with the list above, though I'd put Gideon II up a notch or so. He isn't tier 1, but he is a solid tier 2 or tier 1.5. I'd also bump Nissa Vital Force up a notch or two because her 3rd ability (24 loyalty) is actually bonkers. Though I wouldn't bump it too high because Green sucks for removal.
So now I've been playing with Tezz 2 for a week, mostly just doing quick battle for runes to level him and the deck whirs along pretty well with nothing special to back it up.
My opinion so far is that he is making me love this game much more. The deckbuilding options with him seem a lot more open and less reliant on the mythics that seem to make many of the other decks function at a higher level. Maybe that just makes him a bit more new player friendly? At any rate he has made me want to actually tune a deck instead of just throwing together goodstuff decks since I don't have the proper cards to make the other walkers truly work.
His 2nd ability is really nice and allows for a lot of tuning to it specifically. Once it comes out it makes all the other stuff a force to be reckoned with since it usually isn't the one receiving the fabricate buffs. So, the computer usually just ignores it. I had been using the sigiled starfish but just got a Padeem from a daily pack today so i'm eager to see if he replaces the starfish like I think he will and protect my little construct!