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The Viper's Rage

Submitted Darksbane , Aug 18 2010 08:24 PM | Last updated Mar 01 2011 03:55 PM

The Viper's Rage Type: Event House: Martell Cost: Game Text: House Martell only. Response: After you lose a challenge by 4 or more total STR as the defender, all characters controlled by the attacker lose a Military, an Intrigue, and a Power icon until the end of the phase. Number: 76 Set: TftRK Quantity: 3 Illustrator: Tomasz Jedruszek
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6 Comments

zordren
Aug 28 2012 12:56 AM

So I have played a few games over the past couple months with a Martel player using this. I was actually not really familiar with it when it first got played on me. Seems like all the talk about Martel's "OP", common, and/or Restricted cards are all about Red Vengeance, Prince's Plans, Game of Cyvasse, He Calls it Thinking, etc. But WOW, this card has pummeled me on a few occasions. Do other metas see this a lot? Granted, I have a small meta and non-competetive for the most part and there aren't a lot of Martel decks. Just wondering how others would "rate" this compared to other Martel events, and see how common it is in the "wider" GoT scene.

emptyrepublic
Sep 05 2012 06:57 AM

I suspect this card doesn't get as much play because it's so "old". A lot of people have only started playing in the last year or so and the Kings Landing cycle is several years old at this point. Regardless, the condition to activate is pretty low and the effect is massive. Not only do you prevent additional challenges, if you go next, you can have up to three unopposed challenges yourself.

Ire
Sep 05 2012 09:08 AM

Well I have started playing this a lot more ever since people started to use Manning the City Walls (CD). I think why you don't see it as often is that people usually don't run a revenge Martell that can lose challenges.

jackmerridew
Sep 05 2012 01:04 PM

i dont think ive ever run a Martell deck without at least 2 of these, and its pretty much auto include in a melee build

slothgodfather
Sep 05 2012 01:46 PM

In Melee it is so good because even if they attack with a weak character, their title bonus still applies (provided it is the right challenge naturally). It makes people very nervous on thier Power of Faith turns!

zordren
Sep 18 2012 03:33 AM

Funny - after me initially wondering if this card was widely used, 2Camps1Chump dedicates a whole episode to it! (Episode 80, FYI)