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Countdown to Untamed - Part 2

4 days left until Untamed and we're back with a new set of cards to whet your appetite! Additionally, we noticed that yesterday we forgot to add a Neutral card, so today we'll add two new Untamed Neutral cards to make up for it, giving a total of 7 new cards to be presented!

As always, please keep in mind that everything is still subject to change before the release. This includes the stats, abilities, names, and even the entire card itself.

Now that that's out of the way, we are excited to present the Coral Wraith, Crystal Jaguar, Living Lava, Orc Sergeant, Soulstorm, Tower Griffin, and Goblin Chariot cards!

Coral Wraith

The Coral Wraith is an Epic Water splinter card which sports a rare Magic attack on a monster with the Sneak ability. Combined with Alric as the Summoner the Wraith will wreak some havoc on your enemy's back line!

It also has the new Rust ability, which, if you don't remember from yesterday's post, reduces the Armor of all enemy monsters by 2 points.

Crystal Jaguar

The Crystal Jaguar is a fairly standard low mana Common rarity tank card for the Life splinter. It should be a good choice for the first position in low mana cap games and can even be put in the back to take advantage of the Thorns and Retaliate abilities in rulesets like Super Sneak.

Living Lava

Living Lava is a more beefy tank for the Fire splinter. With the Shield ability starting at level 1 we expect this will be a great card at low levels and also in the later levels with adding Rust and Thorns as it levels up.

With only 8 Health at 7 Mana it's definitely weak to Magic attack, so make sure you have a good idea what type of team you will likely go up against when you put him in.

Orc Sergeant

The Orc Sergeant is a strong second-position card for the Earth splinter with the Reach ability. With decent health and Inspire at level 6 he should be a shoe-in for any Earth team that wants to focus on Melee attack damage.

Soulstorm

Now we come to an interesting new Epic rarity card for the Death splinter - Soulstorm! In addition to Flying, Headwinds, and Stun it also has a new ability called Snare which means it will always hit targets that have the Flying ability, and those targets to become "Snared" which causes them to lose the benefits from the Flying ability for the rest of the battle (unless they are later Cleansed, of course).

We expect this to be a very strong card for the Death splinter, but with a high Ranged attack and low health you'll need to be careful going up against teams with the Return Fire ability which will feature more heavily in Untamed than it has in the past.

Tower Griffin

First up for the Neutral cards, which can be used along with any other Splinters, we have the Rare Tower Griffin card. The Tower Griffin is the first Neutral card to sport the Protect ability, which gives all friendly monsters +2 Armor.

We had used the Protect ability very sparingly in the past since it is quite powerful, however now with the addition of the Rust ability to counter it we can use it a little more often going forward.

Goblin Chariot

And last, but not least, to make up for leaving out the Neutral cards yesterday, we present the Rare Goblin Chariot card. If you ever need some additional Ranged attack fire power on your team, throw in this rowdy bunch of goblins throwing spears from the back of a chariot. Looks like that one poor goblin in the front is getting quite a workout...

Stay tuned for more updates from the Splinterlands!

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Comments · 29

  • @anjanida(67)· 2465d
  • @minersean(60)· 2466d

    New borders look absolutely gorgeous!

  • @arcange(79)· 2467d

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  • @kargul09(59)· 2467d

    Finally melee tank with thorns in fire splinter!

  • @jarvie(75)· 2467d

    Will there be a second skin pack??... or will that take some time or are you giving up on Skins?

    Some of the art is awesome in the new batch and others the style just hasn't grown on me I guess or maybe we were just spoiled by a better artist for the first set. Maybe better artist isn't the correct term just that beta and alpha had a STYLE that really worked for cards. And some of the decisions of the art seemed so much more deliberate.

    BETA vs UNTAMED ART REVIEW Beta/Alpha were more vibrant with crisp lines and just popped out a bit better. They were perhaps more cartoony but they really stood out. It takes so long to really take in these new cards and they mesh with their backgrounds too much so they have trouble standing out because of that. Maybe because it seems like Every background is a dark background and most characters all have a dark contrast to them.

    Even the white splinter seems to avoid typical white colors and go from muddy or grays immediately into a blown out highlight sort of white. Where as the original beta/alpha had a very consistent branded sort of white on the characters that gave them a distinctive look... you could tell it was a white splinter card. Beta and alpha cards may have appeared more simplistic in design but they did much better at branding their splinters and being easier for the eyes to easily consume and the card standing out against their backgrounds.

    But you know what's awesome about cards on blockchain... you can do skins!

  • @schachoberhessen(54)· 2467d

    Just one advice: In the game FAQ stand that their are 10 reward edition cards (What are the different card editions) - as we are now by 34 would be good to change this.

  • @schachoberhessen(54)· 2467d

    I do mistake by looking for the cards or the stats of the living Java are at Level 3 and Level 4 exactly the same ?

  • @bubke(61)· 2467d

    Interesting, looks like we will have to rethink everything, can't wait to try some stuff out

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  • @yonilkar(79)· 2467d

    I love this cards, so exited about the which will I get.

  • @beeyou(59)· 2467d

    Okay, you guys are making me think way too much for this game. I took this season off in rank play and looks like I will be coming back to a whole different way of playing. Grrr! I have to wrap my brain around all these new cards and abilities. The new set is definitely a game-changer!

  • @eirik(69)· 2467d

    OP.

  • @shyaren(60)· 2467d

    Wanna read some thoughts about these cards? Head over here: click me! Copy of Preview Discussion 1.png

  • @julisavio(70)· 2467d

    Excelent!!!!

  • @masterthematrix(61)· 2467d

    I feel like lord Arianthus will still be OP card of the overall game. We definitely need an ability where an attack causes to lose all abilities from its target. But still great card designs and new abilities so far...I'm very excited to see them live on the Battlefield!!!

  • @bittrio(71)· 2467d

    Tower Griffin so good

  • @gregory-f(72)· 2467d

    Goblin Chariot should have Double Strike since there are multiple goblins in the chariot chucking spears.

  • @flauwy(74)· 2467d

    Here are the graphics of the new cards:

    Coral Wraith.pngCrystal Jaguar.pngGoblin Chariot.pngLiving Lava.pngSoulstorm.pngTower Griffin.pngOrc Sergeant.png

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  • @just2random(63)· 2467d

    Anyone else feel the price of Selenia about to skyrocket? I mean so much ranged and dragon goodness in untamed.

  • @stealthtrader(69)· 2467d

    That Coral Wraith is pretty wicked! I can't wait to use it in battle!!

  • @rafalski(66)· 2467d

    If you have time, you may consider to fix blue/green colours of the (water/nature) cards, both look almost the same. @yabapmatt

  • @marianaemilia(75)· 2467d

    very cool and great look, now new summoners please

  • @cryptkeeper17(65)· 2467d

    Wow, not much else to say other than that-killer additions I love how this will make the game even more dynamic and far less predictable. Stellar job splinterlands team!

  • @jacekw(70)· 2467d

    a new ability called Snare which means it will always hit targets that have the Flying ability, and those targets to become "Snared" which causes them to lose the benefits from the Flying ability for the rest of the battle

    So if the target has Flying then speed difference and Dodge is ignored and target will always be hit?

    Crystal Jaguar seems to replace Crystal Werewolf as a cheap tank in a lot of battles :)

    Soulstorm + Fallen Specter + Zintar Mortalis / Crypt Mancer = -3 Melee :O

  • @dreamryder007(67)· 2467d

    Soul Storm has no difference between level 1 and level 2. Cards are looking good though.

  • @goldmatters(75)· 2467d

    Continue to love the execution of this team! Good work guys!

    Did you know that gold can never rust do to its inert natural properties? Would be cool if GF cards were resistant to ‘rust’, but that might be too geeky even for me.

    Thanks for continuing to make this game exciting and a fun part of my day :)

  • @broxi(61)· 2467d

    Gogogoooooo We need the Release of the Untamed Edition.

  • @rentmoney(77)· 2467d

    All those cards are awesome.

    As I said in the last update topic.....

    Your making it hard for me to keep my money.

  • @tsnaks(68)· 2467d

    Not a fan of the Crystal Jaguars artwork, but still cool cards, cant wait to get them added to my deck :)