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Redemption® Collectible Trading Card Game HQ => Redemption® Resources and Thinktank => Topic started by: thecoolguy on March 22, 2019, 10:40:41 AM

Title: New scapegoat
Post by: thecoolguy on March 22, 2019, 10:40:41 AM
so if I banish the new scapegoat does that mean I can't rescue as well??
Title: Re: New scapegoat
Post by: Josh on March 22, 2019, 10:48:46 AM
Yes.
Title: Re: New scapegoat
Post by: thecoolguy on March 22, 2019, 10:50:45 AM
awesome thx
Title: Re: New scapegoat
Post by: thecoolguy on March 26, 2019, 08:46:22 AM
If scapegoat has an offering identifier it can get out of the discard pile with the Ztemple priest guy ! Territory discard all the way!!!!
Title: Re: New scapegoat
Post by: Watchman on March 26, 2019, 08:57:11 AM
Only if it was played as a good enh can you recur it from the discard pile. If it was played as the animal side then you cannot since you banished it.
Title: Re: New scapegoat
Post by: Mr.Hiatus on March 26, 2019, 10:47:23 AM
The main play behind it is to be used to get rid of some of these nasty curses, easily recur it, banish Scapegoat if needed to stall a turn. The more I see of this set the more I think Scapegoat will be used because some of these green variants are scary fast and set up extremely quick and can play aggressively. A player might need a turn to cool off their opponent.
Title: Re: New scapegoat
Post by: The Guardian on March 26, 2019, 11:15:34 AM
+1

I think there will be several "optimal" plays of Scapegoat.

1. You don't have a great blocking option for your opponent's next turn. Obviously you have an EC (Scapegoat), but if you have nothing to support him, just banish him during your discard phase to stall a turn.

2. It's the opponent's turn and you don't have a great rescue option for your next turn (and you're unlikely to draw into one). Banish Scapegoat during your opponent's discard phase and stall a turn.

3. It's the opponent's turn and he has no Lost Souls available for your next turn. If you don't think you'll be able to generate one, banish Scapegoat during his discard phase and make sure he doesn't get ahead of you in terms of attacks.

4. You just got to 4, but you need Son of God (or TSC) to win and it is still in your deck. Banish Scapegoat during your discard phase to ensure your opponent can't catch up and giving you another draw phase before they can attack again.

Not to mention that you have 2 ECs to tutor Scapegoat (Esau and Nebby), and if Scapegoat happens to get negated in territory before you decide to banish him, Esau can discard him to get value through a draw 2.

This is all in addition to the good side...so much versatility.  8)

Title: Re: New scapegoat
Post by: Ironisaac on March 26, 2019, 11:41:22 AM
The more I see of this set the more I think Scapegoat will be used because some of these green variants are scary fast and set up extremely quick and can play aggressively. A player might need a turn to cool off their opponent.
Imagine burial shroud seeing a resurgence in the meta... Scary.  ;D
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