The new OTA update contains a series of buffs for cards: En Sabah Nur, Debrii, White Tiger, Ghost, Hydro-Man and Pixie, no nerfs this time!
Check out the full OTA update details below, as well as our analysis and breakdown of the changes that includes decks for you to play!
March 12th – Balance Updates
Hey folks, we have a bit of a different OTA this week. Today we’re going to have no nerfs, just a handful of buffs!
For the most part, the metagame looks stable after nerfs to Star-Lord and some other outliers from a few weeks ago.
The popularity of Star-Lord has been steadily declining, no doubt in part because of its nerf but also the desire from the community to engage more with the new seasonal content.
While we aren’t taking further action against Star-Lord today, we do want to impart that we are closely monitoring it as well as community sentiment. We are aware that it has led to some frustration over the previous month.
That said, for today, we are just going to be buffing as previously mentioned. So let’s go ahead and get started.
En Sabah Nur
Decks with En Sabah Nur
Decks with Apocalypse, Celestials’ Chosen
- [Old] 4/5 – Objective: Have a full front row at each location Transform into Apocalypse, Celestials’ Chosen. (0/6)
- [Change] 4/5 > 4/6
Apocalypse, Celestials’ Chosen
- [Old] 4/8 – On Reveal: Swap the lowest-Power card in your front row at any location with a card from your deck.
- [Change] 4/8 > 4/9
En Sabah Nur has arrived a little short this season. Some of this is likely related to folks settling into the complexities that Objective offers, but even considering those growing pains we think it is worthwhile to quickly give En Sabah Nur and his upgraded form an extra point of Power to help settle him into the metagame.
Debrii
- [Old] 3/7 – On Reveal: Add a Rock to each other location.
- [Change] 3/7 > 3/8
We’re giving Debrii and White Tiger an additional Power to support some other new arrivals from the Origins of Apocalypse season. We are hopeful that the Rocks from Debrii will be given some new context with the addition of Ozymandias but given her low numbers for quite some time now we feel comfortable giving her a point to start.
White Tiger
Decks with White Tiger
- [Old] 5/1 – On Reveal: Add a 9-Power Tiger to another location.
- [Change] 5/1 – On Reveal: Add a 10-Power Tiger to another location.
White Tiger on the other hand is an early series all-star that rarely gets too much love elsewhere. With the addition of Caliban and Selene Horsemen we’re hoping that gives her a little more context for folks to experiment with. Her Tiger getting a point is a nod towards her synergies with those cards.
Ghost
Decks with Ghost
- [Old] 3/4 – On Reveal: Remove the abilities from all End of Turn cards here.
- [Change] 3/4 > 3/5
The other recent overperformer recently has been End of Turn. Maybe we’re cheating a little bit by calling it a no nerf patch with this buff, but Ghost does feel considerably under rate unless sniping a high value EOT card. Hopefully this buff makes Ghost more enticing to play if folks are looking to target that deck more specifically.
Hydro-Man
Decks with Hydro-Man
- [Old] 5/8 – On Reveal: Set the Cost of EACH deck’s top card to 1.
- [Change] 5/8 > 5/9
Rounding things out, here are a few more blue sky cards that people enjoy that could use a point.
Pixie
Decks with Pixie
- [Old] 2/2 – On Reveal: Shuffle the base Costs of all cards in your deck that started there.
- [Change] 2/2 > 2/3
Pixie in particular is a fan-favorite that’s base number has fallen out of favor with the general point output of the game, so we’re happy to give her a little love.
That was a quick one, but we’re excited to see how the Objective mechanic shakes out as things calm down from the past few season’s metagames. Enjoy the rest of Origins of Apocalypse, and happy Snapping!
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