Personally, I think this card, while somewhat niche is absolutely fantastic.
It has a high provision cost but imo, it equals out due to it's general utility.
Let's go over the targets it can trigger
Joachim (summon top non disloyal unit give it +8)
Cantarella (play top opponent's card)
Villem (play random gold card from deck)
Roderick (look at 2 random golds, play 1)
Duchess (create a bronze enemy unit)
Emissary (boost ally by 6)
Infiltrator (damage enemies on either side by 3)
Anything that Mage Torturer or Fergus tags
Sure there's rot tosser but that's not worth mentioning for super fringe scenarios.
So imo we can basically discount Villem and Duchess becaause both are fairly weak spies because there's better alternatives or because they're highly situational.
Joachim is a fantastic target, giving you a big point swing
Cantarella can be amazing, or terrible. Depends
Roderick is another great target
Emissary is a not bad but not ideal target
Infiltrator is a good to great target, only second to Joachim and Roderick
So all in all, the card ranges from great control to card stealing to power plays+deck thinning
Never mind the potential applications if you run Torturer and/or Fergus.
You essentially take a at maximum, 4 point deficit to get a great range of utility and can easily go plus with the right play.
It has a high provision cost but imo, it equals out due to it's general utility.
Let's go over the targets it can trigger
Joachim (summon top non disloyal unit give it +8)
Cantarella (play top opponent's card)
Villem (play random gold card from deck)
Roderick (look at 2 random golds, play 1)
Duchess (create a bronze enemy unit)
Emissary (boost ally by 6)
Infiltrator (damage enemies on either side by 3)
Anything that Mage Torturer or Fergus tags
Sure there's rot tosser but that's not worth mentioning for super fringe scenarios.
So imo we can basically discount Villem and Duchess becaause both are fairly weak spies because there's better alternatives or because they're highly situational.
Joachim is a fantastic target, giving you a big point swing
Cantarella can be amazing, or terrible. Depends
Roderick is another great target
Emissary is a not bad but not ideal target
Infiltrator is a good to great target, only second to Joachim and Roderick
So all in all, the card ranges from great control to card stealing to power plays+deck thinning
Never mind the potential applications if you run Torturer and/or Fergus.
You essentially take a at maximum, 4 point deficit to get a great range of utility and can easily go plus with the right play.