Karajorma;n9285931 said:But if you have the highest card on the board, Schirru is basically a dead card until the last round. If you play him earlier you actually hurt your game because you'll be forced to transform one of your cards. And if you don't have the highest card on the board, then playing him can still backfire if something changes in the next round so that you do have the highest card (for instance using Unseen Elder to eat the highest cards often makes scorch useless unless you have dimiterium as well.)
If you're playing Schirru and you often have the highest card you're playing him in the wrong deck. I'm not saying he never backfires, just I think he's too good. A card being able to ever be countered (by three cards, two of which are silver) isn't an argument against him being a bit too good. I mean he has the same power as Geralt (assuming he's not boosted.) And no, playing him is never bad, you -can- I repeat -CAN!- turn a card into scorch, you don't have to. And you seem to be acting like all your cards in your hand are freaking gold. Usually there are a lot of cards scorch would be a welcome replacement too.
Restlessdingo32;n9285961 said:Had you considered holding your spy or pushing to force those cards R2? You can put most decks relying on multiple scorch effects into a tight spot by doing either of these, since they tend to win R3 by stacking golds/scorch effects.
If you think a card like Schirru/Borkh hitting 20ish value is somehow overvalued some explanation is in order. Plenty of other golds can do the same, several of which are more difficult to play around.
Not everyone runs spy cards. I'd hate for that to be a requirement to have a viable deck.
Please tell me these golds that don't require outside input that are worth 20. I'm all ears.
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