as the topic says: vandergrift's blade deploy ability is quite pointless. the reason is:
in case the player would have a knight in the hand, any player would rather play the blade BEFORE the knight, cause the blade will also buff the knight by the same amount also later, so the knight will get more power already, when he comes on the board and is less likely to be removed. noone would play first some knight and then the blade.
only reason might be in case you use it in combination with some artifact drawing card, but that is super unlikely, especially for NR players.
therefore my suggestion: the deploy ability should be replaced by "give a knight a shield". this would make also sense lore-wise and would fit well with other knight abilities
in case the player would have a knight in the hand, any player would rather play the blade BEFORE the knight, cause the blade will also buff the knight by the same amount also later, so the knight will get more power already, when he comes on the board and is less likely to be removed. noone would play first some knight and then the blade.
only reason might be in case you use it in combination with some artifact drawing card, but that is super unlikely, especially for NR players.
therefore my suggestion: the deploy ability should be replaced by "give a knight a shield". this would make also sense lore-wise and would fit well with other knight abilities
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