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Spore Burst
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Spore BurstType: Event Faction: Tyranids Cost: 2 Shields: 2 Signature/Loyalty: Traits: Power. Deploy Action: Put a unit with printed cost 3 or lower into play from your discard pile at an infested planet. Set: The Great Devourer Number: 37 Quantity: 3 Illustrator: Alexandr Elichev |
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8 Comments
Is this the worst card ever? It's one of two 2-shielders that the 'nids can get, is there a way to make it work for you?
However it is very good in the right circumstances. With Old One Eye it can be a Lurking Hormagaunt or Toxic Pyrovore (a cheap one at that), both cards that win games. Tyranid Warriors is not exactly bad either.
In niche circumstances it can be a Virulent Spore Sacs, which, if you are running Venomthrope Polluter, can even be pinged to a non-infested planet, detonated for the AoE and infestation, and finish the game with your Harpy.
Obviously the caveat is that you are running some form of infest, otherwise, yes, it becomes exclusively 2 shields.
Its a decent card, not sure what you are expecting! Paying 2 resources for a 3 coster like Volatile Pyrovore or Tyranid Warrios is perfectly fine as a move. The only things stopping it from being up there with Drop Pod Assault are the deploy action (which at least allows a little stall) and the fact it has to be an infested planet.
On the contrary, its a very strong card. While its no Gift of Isha (as deploy action is a far worse timing than combat action for a surprise unit) it still effectively paying 2R for a 3R unit, and with a free choice of any of the 3R units in your discard. Volatile Pyrovore and Termagant Horde are great cards to recurse, and even a Tyranid Warrior is decent (for the 2-for-2 command and the decent fighting stats).
If Gift is a 5/5 card, then this is a 4/5 card.
Its also the better of the two Tyranid 2-shielders, though Heavy Venom Cannon is still runnable because of its 2 shields, and because Tyranids currently rely on Elites for game-closing power,
Worst card ever, btw is Dark Possession, with Guardian Mesh Armour a close second.
being one of the actual few 2-shield for 'Nids it's usual to include it in decks: on the other end the ability requires infestation so IMHO it's ok more for the discard comeback that for the 1R saving.
Either Spore Sacs/Pyrovore or Termagant Horde is best imo. Yeah Spore Sacs recursion at a decisive/last battle is amazing