Foltest vs Dennis Cranmer
Foltest
Faction: Northern Realms
Leader (Gold)
Power: 5
Spawn: Foltest
Deploy: Boost all Loyal Bronze and Silver units in your Hand and Deck by 1
Dennis Cranmer
Faction: Scoia'tael
Dwarf (Silver)
Power: 8
Deploy: Strengthen all other Bronze and Silver Dwarves in your deck, Hand and on your side of the Board by 1
I feel that Dennis Cranmer is way too strong for a silver. It is an auto-include if you play ST dwarf. There isn't a ST card that buffs elves specifically. Did someone on the development team like dwarves so much that they made an entire archetype based on it whilst neglecting the other half of ST?
Also, Strengthen cannot be removed, unlike Boost. Granted, Foltest's ability affects the entire NR faction compared with Dennis Cranmer that only affects half the ST faction (dwarves) but one is a gold card whereas the other is a silver and this itself is huge.
Foltest's design is extremely poor as well. Play on turn 1 or if you intend to use a spy, then play on turn 2. This requires zero thinking.
Dennis Cranmer also affects the Board unlike Foltest that only affects Hand and Deck.
Some ill-thought suggestions to change Foltest to:
Power 5
1) Deploy: return all machines to hand and play them
2) Deploy: return two bronze units to hand and play them
3) Deploy: boost 3 units by 2 and add 1 armour to them
Dennis Cranmer to:
Power 8
1) Boost all Loyal Bronze dwarf units in your Hand and Deck by 1
2) Boost adjacent dwarf units by 2
3) Move two dwarf units to this row and boost them by 1
As an aside, Redanian Knight is a hard counter to weather! This unit effectively heals and boost itself every turn when hit by weather. Learned it the hard way
Foltest
Faction: Northern Realms
Leader (Gold)
Power: 5
Spawn: Foltest
Deploy: Boost all Loyal Bronze and Silver units in your Hand and Deck by 1
Dennis Cranmer
Faction: Scoia'tael
Dwarf (Silver)
Power: 8
Deploy: Strengthen all other Bronze and Silver Dwarves in your deck, Hand and on your side of the Board by 1
I feel that Dennis Cranmer is way too strong for a silver. It is an auto-include if you play ST dwarf. There isn't a ST card that buffs elves specifically. Did someone on the development team like dwarves so much that they made an entire archetype based on it whilst neglecting the other half of ST?
Also, Strengthen cannot be removed, unlike Boost. Granted, Foltest's ability affects the entire NR faction compared with Dennis Cranmer that only affects half the ST faction (dwarves) but one is a gold card whereas the other is a silver and this itself is huge.
Foltest's design is extremely poor as well. Play on turn 1 or if you intend to use a spy, then play on turn 2. This requires zero thinking.
Dennis Cranmer also affects the Board unlike Foltest that only affects Hand and Deck.
Some ill-thought suggestions to change Foltest to:
Power 5
1) Deploy: return all machines to hand and play them
2) Deploy: return two bronze units to hand and play them
3) Deploy: boost 3 units by 2 and add 1 armour to them
Dennis Cranmer to:
Power 8
1) Boost all Loyal Bronze dwarf units in your Hand and Deck by 1
2) Boost adjacent dwarf units by 2
3) Move two dwarf units to this row and boost them by 1
As an aside, Redanian Knight is a hard counter to weather! This unit effectively heals and boost itself every turn when hit by weather. Learned it the hard way