xiong2mao;n7442840 said:
I just don't get how you guys use Johnny except with things like Roach and Ciri. Usually he just gives irrelevant stuff.
Just lost a game because of him. In round 3, I got him and had Aard in hand, with Dagon as leader (still not used, i.e. 3 cards in total), against Skellige on melee row, with me having the last turn. ANY card but Johnny would be a win! Yet I could not just skip his ability and had to exchange away my Aard
I don't think it's a good plan to use Johnny on a gold card if you don't have a clear tactic in mind. I rarely do that and generally prefer using him to replace dead cards.
I prefer getting Gerald Aard than dying with a dead Renew in my hand.
If you're playing him as a card replacement in decks that need this kind of effect he will never fail you.
Personally I use him in my Monster absorption deck. Allowing me to replace Ghouls if my opponent is pushing the first round and we have no card in our Graveyard, absorption units when I have no good target, Quen sign if my opponent play very few damaging spells....
It's amazing how many game he won me, sometimes in a ridiculous way.
Not later than today, I played a game against ST control my opponent was setting up for Gerald Aard on my 15 str Grave hag (yes, I have the Grave hag in my deck, it's actually a descent card at least imo). I Johnnied a bronze card before and got an Elvish mercenary.
Guess what? I played the mercenary and got a Quen sign for the win...