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Noble Deed



Noble Deed

Noble Deed


Type: Event
Faction: Astra Militarum
Cost: 1
Shields: 1
Signature/Loyalty:
Traits: Tactic.

Action: Sacrifice an [Astra Militarum] unit to deal damage equal to its printed ATK value to a target enemy army unit at the same planet.

Set: The Howl of Blackmane Number: 8 Quantity: 1
Illustrator: Alberto Bontempi
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12 Comments

Tzeentch Flamers for IG? Yes, please. A good counter to some nasty units and a way to trigger "leaves play" effects like Augur. Can counter Librarians or units that have powerful attack abilities like Lootas or a number of Eldar.

I never would play this card - its a 2 for 1 = awfull !

If you have  an exhausted, high damage unit that is about to be destroyed anyway, you could use this to get one more attack out of him.  Somewhat situational, but something to consider.

    • TwoShedsJackson, SynnerG, Asklepios and 4 others like this

It is a 2-4-1, that's a big hurdle to overcome. I wish it was a Reaction, of When it died then it would be a better card.

Remember AM have lots of units with leave play effects or triggers. Also this can be used to take out a ranged unit or AoE unit or other unit with a nasty ability (as SynnerG notes above) before it gets to do its thing, so used at the right time you gain much, much more than you lose.

    • SynnerG and xraysteve like this
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theamazingmrg
Nov 17 2014 01:51 PM
How about attacking with an Inquisitor Acolyte (2 damage, 3 with Straken), Noble Deed it (2 more damage), trigger its Reaction to draw 2 cards, then deploy an Elysian Assault Squad using its Reaction and attack for another 2 (3 with Straken). For one piddly little resource. Works for me!

Or use it on a damaged Leman Russ Battle Tank for an unexpected 4 damage. Seems to me this has a lot of uses.
    • SynnerG and starkjoy like this
Also nobody has yet pointed out it doesn't have to be done during combat. How about during deployment, using it to remove a key capping unit like Biel Tan Guardians after the opponent has passed? It could win you a command struggle and trigger a leaves play effect to boot, as well as killing an enemy unit.
    • Disguise, SynnerG and starkjoy like this

This card is so bonkers good I can't wait to get my hands on it. 

this card is AMAZING because it can be played in any phase. plus you can get some wonky combos out with it. here is an example

 

Muster the guard + noble deed+ cortez henchman + another muster the guard to reduce cost of everything by 2. 

 

not that hard to pull off. 

It's a good support card with Straken. It doesn't do something amazing but sure helps winning the combats. The only downside of it is that it costs 1 and only has a single Shield icon. If it either was costed 0 or had two Shield icons it could be considerd much better. For now 3/5. Not bad, nothing great.

this card gets better with worr -- signature squad is a beefy 2 cost 1/3/3

 

though with summary execution you maybe sacrificing too many of your units.

Its an option if you aren't at a green planet (and don't have initiative) - you may well decide you'd rather spend the resource to do that damage to a key unit at the end of a round rather than spend it to stick around and be killed, or not spend it and flee.

Guard do seem to like sacrificing their own stuff for sure.