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Radagast


Radagast
Type: Ally Sphere: Neutral
Cost: 5
Willpower: 2 Attack: 1 Defense: 1 Hit Points: 3
Istari.
Radagast collects 1 resource each resource phase. These resources can be used to pay for Creature cards played from your hand.
Action: Spend X resources from Radagast's pool to heal X wounds on any 1 Creature.

"I have an urgent errand. My news is evil."
Set: AJtR Number: 59
Quantity: 3
Illustrator: Rio Sabda


9 Comments

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GrandSpleen
Aug 22 2012 03:21 AM
Expensive, but very nice to have if you are running an Eagles deck. Nice addition if you are one man short in Escape from Dol Guldur!
    • CoreSetHeroes likes this
If I'm a man short, I'm not spending the 5 resources to get him into play. I mean, isn't even Resourceful cheaper?

If I'm a man short, I'm not spending the 5 resources to get him into play. I mean, isn't even Resourceful cheaper?

Resourceful is indeed cheaper, but you should view him as an ally and not a resource generator, I guess. Or to put it differently: How much would you pay for a 2/1/1/3 neutral ally? 2 resources would be a bargain, so its probably 3. Which means he breaks roughly even after 2 turns as long as you make good use of his stats.
Obviously useful with Eagles, but also quite good for Word of Command (TLD)
A key part of an Eagles deck, but outside of that there are much better options. This card will become much more useful if more "Creature" cards are added to the game. This may happen as "Bill the Pony" has the creature type and may be a hint that the designers want to increase the use of "creature" in the game.

Can Radagast's resources be used to pay for neutral cards? 

 

As far as I can tell they are normal neutral resources with the added ability that they can be used for all creature cards so I don't see why not...

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Nerdmeister
Jan 13 2016 10:39 AM

Can´t see why not. I have used him like that myself.

No, they cannot. The rules for paying for neutral cards specifically say "they can be payed for with resources from any hero’s pool." (Emphasis mine). If you could put Sword-thain on Radagast to turn him into a hero, then he'd be able to pay for any neutral cards. But since Sword-thain requires the ally to belong to "any sphere of influence", you can't put it on neutral allies, so it's a moot point. Radagast will always be an ally, not a hero, and thus will never be able to pay for cards the "normal" way. Only his text allows you to spend his resources, unfortunately.

    • JonofPDX likes this

No, they cannot. The rules for paying for neutral cards specifically say "they can be payed for with resources from any hero’s pool." (Emphasis mine). If you could put Sword-thain on Radagast to turn him into a hero, then he'd be able to pay for any neutral cards. But since Sword-thain requires the ally to belong to "any sphere of influence", you can't put it on neutral allies, so it's a moot point. Radagast will always be an ally, not a hero, and thus will never be able to pay for cards the "normal" way. Only his text allows you to spend his resources, unfortunately.

 

Sad, but that's how I've been playing him up to now so not the end of the world. 


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