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Cavalry / Cavalry
Cost: 7 :light | 8 :light
Stats (if creature or weapon): 4|6 / 6|8
Ability(ies):
- unupgraded: "Flanking: If the opposing field slot is empty, Cavalry grants adjacent creatures to its left or right +50% attack damage."
- upgraded: "Flanking: If the opposing field slot is empty, Cavalry grants adjacent creatures to its left or right +50% attack damage."
The idea is to have a powerful support card. When the field slot opposing this creature is empty, it grants the creatures in adjacent slots to its left and right a +50% boost to their attack damage. This bonus is multiplicative, so with 2 cavalry providing a boost to a creature in the middle the central creature actually gets a total of +125%
+50% -> 1.5 multiplier
1 cavalry bonus: New attack = Old attack * 1.5
2 cavalry bonus: New attack = Old attack * 1.5 * 1.5 -> Old attack * 2.25
This is a big boost, but should be offset by the difficulty in pulling off the combo because some form of CC will likely be required to ensure that the Cavalry’s opposing slot is cleared.
The reward can be worth the effort though.
Consider: A blessed pegasus with two flanking cavalry will deal 54 damage with dive activated and sky blitz.
Throw in 4 SoFr and this jumps to 81.
With double blessing, this becomes a 121 point OTK.