You guys are right, Heavy Ballista, Heavy Ballista, and many other cards are better than this (but Goblin Bangchuckers is definetly not on that list. At least this guy can make a surefire shot). As for my soldier deck, I threw this out for a Brimstone Mage in half a second.
Posted By:
deadeye1387
(10/12/2011 3:51:22 PM)
@Mike-C: It can't be used to hit players, so yes, very, very horrible.
Posted By:
SoulShatterer
(7/29/2011 1:01:42 PM)
Only good thing about this card is it's flavor..
Compared to my beatstick Heavy Arbalest.. I prefer the equipment..
Posted By:
BastianQoU
(7/16/2011 7:24:54 AM)
Funny. After getting a bunch of Porcelain Legionnaires, I finally retired the Heavy Ballista from my soldier deck. I thought about how it was sad that power creep had obsoleted what had been a very efficient card. Then I saw this. Now I realize, R&D doesn't want a game to last longer than five minutes.
Posted By:
blindthrall
(7/7/2011 8:21:21 PM)
Seeing as non-personal ranged weapons of that timeframe took a while to reload (even arbalests), the lack of untapping does make some flavour sense.
With that said, the flavour text is kinda nice, too :)
Posted By:
Alsebra
(7/14/2011 4:05:59 AM)
It may not be good, but I'd say that this will see pretty good play in limited.
Posted By:
HippyRei
(7/8/2011 12:11:44 PM)
I think the reason they can't reprint Heavy Ballista is that the rules now allow tapped blockers to do damage. I'm not sure, but I think that back in its day, Heavy Ballista couldn't deal its combat damage after tapping. When you think about its ability to stop two attackers (or a really big one) like this, this card isn't that bad. Goblin Bangchuckers is better than people think for the same reason.
Posted By:
Vandarringa
(7/16/2011 2:05:17 PM)
even if it didn't untap during your next untap step, it still wouldn't be that good. unnecessary nerfings are unnecessary.
Posted By:
Eternal_Blue
(7/10/2011 9:05:13 AM)
I find it funny that there are more Arablest Elite in the background of the artwork. If i was building an army I wouldn't want to have even one of these lazy archers in it, or have this happen:
Me: Enemy troops approaching, FIRE!
*Twang*
Next turn:
Me: More enemy troop approaching, reload &...
Arabalest Elite: Sorry sir, reloading takes quite a bit long than you would like...also those hefty bolts? They cost {2}{W} a piece...so ya.
Posted By:
tcollins
(7/11/2011 6:24:35 PM)
@tcollins: Look again. Those ain't Arbalest Elite in the background, those are a guy with a sword and shield, & 3 folk with some type of spear.
Posted By:
A3Kitsune
(8/7/2011 11:36:14 PM)