Searching (Back)
Name:		Type
Trait:		Faction:
Text:		Set:
fulltext search?

Welcome to Card Game DB
Register now to gain access to all of our features. Once registered and logged in, you will be able to create topics, post replies to existing threads, give reputation to your fellow members, get your own private messenger, post status updates, manage your profile and so much more. If you already have an account, login here - otherwise create an account for free today!

Notice!
We have scheduled maintenance windows for the following times:
Monday (5/20/2013) from 2200 EST to Tuesday (5/21/2013) at 0200 EST.
Tuesday (5/21/2013) from 2200 EST to Wednesday (5/22/2013) at 0200 EST.
Estimated Downtime 1-2 Hours total.
Follow cardgamedb on Facebook, Twitter, or Google+ to recieve updates when we are down.

Javascript Disabled Detected

You currently have javascript disabled. Several functions may not work. Please re-enable javascript to access full functionality.

Aeron Damphair

Submitted Darksbane , May 09 2012 08:49 PM | Last updated May 14 2012 05:19 AM

Aeron Damphair

Type: Character House: Greyjoy
Cost: 3 Strength: 3 Icons: Intrigue, Power
Game Text:
Ironborn.
House Greyjoy only. Stealth.
If Aeron Damphair would be killed, instead attach him to your House card as your only agenda with the text: "Response: After a [Greyjoy] character is saved, draw 2 cards."
Crest: Holy
Number: 10 Set: VM
Quantity: 3 Illustrator: Winona Nelson

Recent Decks:

GJ Unopposed/Saves
Raiding the isle of pyke
GJ Naval non-Winter v10
Greyjoy has lots of good 3 cost characters
undecided

18 Comments

slothgodfather
May 21 2012 04:37 PM

Has anyone used this guy and felt he was worth the effort?

jackmerridew
May 21 2012 06:27 PM

Well i have a greyjoy reset deck built around a lot of saves so i put 2 copies of him in it and played a game with him, i got him out and got him killed and ended up drawing i think only 6 extra cards through his effect the whole game

im not really sold on him yet but ill keep playing around

slothgodfather
May 21 2012 08:30 PM

If you weren't running him as your agenda, which agenda would you have ran? Or would you just not use one?

Orboros
May 23 2012 01:51 PM

I am currently running him in a unnoposed/raider deck with a lot of saves, as my main card draw mechanic. As i think survivability and safe card drawing are the two things raiders lack most and with the new Aeron i not only save my raiders but hit the draw cap every turn. And theres also a psychological factor in it because your oponent knows you can simply ignore military challenges

jackmerridew
May 23 2012 03:18 PM

i wasn't running an agenda in the deck before this card came out, i just built it to combat some of the faster decks in my playgroup, but this card works pretty damn well in it

Nomos
May 30 2012 02:40 AM

Biggest issue here is burn.

Kakarotto
Jun 03 2012 01:40 AM

This guy is good 3 cost, 3 strength, 2 icons and stealth and if you can get him as your agenda great for getting you to your draw cap BUT getting him out and then killing him is such a pain, wastes your time and loses you momentum, and that my biggest problem with the character agendas. Are they that worth it?

Atticus
Jun 08 2012 01:17 AM

Kakarotto, on 03 June 2012 - 01:40 AM, said:

and that my biggest problem with the character agendas. Are they that worth it?

There are plenty of people that like the new Kevan Lannister, Quentin Martell, and Griff characters, they definitely compliment the theme of their decks very well. Aeron however is a little harder to take advantage of since Greyjoy decks don't always revolve heavily around saves.

n4m3l3ss0n3
Jun 14 2012 09:31 AM

Nomos, on 30 May 2012 - 02:40 AM, said:

Biggest issue here is burn.

Why? You want the guy dead...

Reager
Jun 14 2012 10:04 AM

n4m3l3ss0n3, on 14 June 2012 - 09:31 AM, said:

Why? You want the guy dead...

he meant that burn is the perfect counter for a deck that is based on saving your characters

Nomos
Jun 14 2012 12:18 PM

Reager, on 14 June 2012 - 10:04 AM, said:

he meant that burn is the perfect counter for a deck that is based on saving your characters

Yeap.

Nomos
Jun 14 2012 12:29 PM

Atticus, on 08 June 2012 - 01:17 AM, said:

To be honest the new kevan is nice but I dont think he helps lanni more than say the Maester's Path. Since Kneeling characters only works on the attack, for it to be useful you need to be first player. While not impossible (especially against stark decks which use a lot of 2 claim plots) its not guaranteed.

slothgodfather
Jun 14 2012 03:50 PM

I have a hard time paying that much gold for a character you want to die. Also, the Martell one is good but since it only works with uniques you wold have to build your deck with that in mind to gain advantage of it enough to make it worth it.

As for Aeron here, I suppose he would be fine to add to any deck that isn't already running an agenda.

Reager
Jun 20 2012 12:43 AM

the art is beautiful and I like building around this card. The real nemesis as mentioned above is playing against burn, hopefully Moqorro (VD) will help out more.

n4m3l3ss0n3
Jun 20 2012 10:37 AM

Reager, on 14 June 2012 - 10:04 AM, said:

he meant that burn is the perfect counter for a deck that is based on saving your characters

Sorry, my bad.

Anyway... Burn deck is a pain but you can still save the character from being killed. He will be killed again in next action phase but yours are two cards. Am I right?

slothgodfather
Jun 20 2012 01:52 PM

There are few things that save from burn. The kill effect is re-asserted before ever moving on to the next action phase. And the rules state if you can't save something, you are not allowed to try. So if you can't save the character & either 1) increase their strength, 2) remove the attachment/kill effect or 3) remove the character from play [such as to your hand] then you can't attempt to save them.

The new Moqorro is great against burn, so is Risen from the Sea (KotS).

Enrico
Jun 22 2012 12:17 PM

There is one think I have in mind:
One of my characters gets burned (let's say, by Flame-kissed) and I use a save effect that doesn't raise his strenght... but since this card doesn't say "successfully save"... would it trigger Aeron's effect?

Staton
Jun 22 2012 12:59 PM

If a card is in a terminal effect then in order to even attempt the save you must also remove it from the terminal effect at the same time as saving. So you wouldn't even be able to try and save that character.