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Baron Samedi



Baron Samedi

Baron Samedi


Lord of the Cemetery
Type: Character Faction: Shub-Niggurath
Cost: 4 Skill: 4 Icons: (T) (C) (C)
Game Text:
Avatar.
Villainous. Resilient.
Disrupt: When you win a (C) struggle at a story where Baron Samedi is committed, instead of the normal struggle effect, wound each other character at that story.
Set: The Thousand Young
Number: 19
Illustrator:


2 Comments

From http://www.cardgamed...ew-part-1-r1364

 

BanalityBob - 4/5 - I want to give Baron Samedi a 5 for that art. While he’s only middle ground for avatars, he’s the one most likely to be played, because Handmaiden is the best enabler for avatars, meaning Shub is the faction to play it out of. His ability can be quite debilitating, especially combined with icon boosters and cards like Smoke Serpent, although he does lack arcane and investigation which hurts. His Resilient keyword means he keeps coming back nicely, meaning he’s down to be sacrificed to bring out new Nyarly, and his combat abilities mean your opponent will think twice before opposing him.
Danigral - 3/5 - Decent body, but there are better characters for Shub at the 4 slot. I’d run him in a Nyarly avatar deck. He is a good defender to slow the game down since an opponent can’t get easy tokens just by overcommitting at one story.
dboeren - 3/5 - His ability is strong but I think it will mostly be a deterrent and not actually get triggered. Also, he does not play well with your other characters at the same story. Probably a 4 if you can find a good way to trigger him by surprise and wipe out a bunch of enemy character.
Kamacausey - 3/5 - Another story bully to add to the shub ranks. He kind of reminds me of ravager from the deep but for shub instead of Cthulhu.He is one of the better avatars and if avatars become a thing I'm sure he will be a part of the deck.
mnBroncos - 3/5 - Isn’t anything too powerful but I do think this guy will see some play in decks. He has good icons and a situational extremely powerful effect. But, that is the problem for a guy at 4 cost is having the situational effect.
Reckoner - 4/5 - He gains a bit from the fact that he is an amazing Shocking Transformation target and the fact that he is the Avatar that is most likely to see play due to the Hand Maiden.

Might be my favorite art in the game, and this is a game with a ton of great art.  His ability probably won't trigger often even with Nyarlathotep doing his thing.  Baron Samedi does work well with jumpers though, and he creates one of the few circumstances where you'd probably rather have a Tommy Malloy or even Ambushing Ghoul in your hand rather than a Black Dog.  

 

Underwhelming icons and keywords, but such a cool card doesn't need extra reason to build a deck around it.


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