Balancing Going Viral
I'm not a Zombie player so I'm going to need input into this card. Let's look at the stats: - All zombies get +1/+1. - All zombies get +Frenzy. - Shuffle 3 Going Viral cards into your deck. - Dra...
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Going Viral seems like a real pain in the butt, from a Plant Hero player's perspective, sure.
But it's not quite as good for the Zombie Hero as you might imagine.
Shuffling three more GV cards into your deck each you play one can mean that, eventually, you're drawing another one practically every other turn. In the late-game, GV might be all you get, when you really need some more zombies to get into play.
Plus Zombology Teacher is not a strong card, and it becomes a target for elimination as soon it appears.
The odds of a player being able to play two (or more) and keep them both in play long enough to get some cheap or free GV in play is rather small, if you ask me.
And yes, as @patdk75 pointed out, without Frenzy GV doesn't have much else going for it. I would put some other 3-cost card into my deck instead if it got nerfed.
you mean, the same argument as clique peas is meant to work when zombies say it? Except instead of affecting one card, it affects all the cards on the board...
Seems fair.
I mean, you can't say it never gets out of control, much like clique peas has the potential to, but also required luck in order to do
https://youtu.be/7XSlNNrkcLM
Seems fair.
I mean, you can't say it never gets out of control, much like clique peas has the potential to, but also required luck in order to do
https://youtu.be/7XSlNNrkcLM
But Clique Peas used to only cost 1 sun to play, but playing one boosted both it and all other CP's on the board.
So yes, Going Viral is a form of CP for the Zombie side, but it only boosts zombies already in play, it doesn't put another one on the board too.
And 1 cost CP versus 3 cost GV is not quite the same, in my opinion. If you haven't got a Zombology Teacher or any other way to reduce trick cost, you're still going to pay the full price of 3 brains.
Edit:
Nice youtube video - I wish I had more games go that way. But still, the odds of 3 Zombology Teachers being out on the board in one go must be pretty small, and that's the only thing that let him keep playing GV over and over, and over, etc.
- check the link. Remember, we can't do anything to counter from your tricks, you can make cards deadly, or give them strikethrough in order to stop a strong clique...
I'm not saying it's OP. Don't get me wrong. But for 3 you get:. Every creature on the board gets +1/1. Every creature on the board gets frenzy. Draw a card. Shuffle 3 more into your deck.
For 1 clique used to get a all cliques only get 1/1 and shuffle 2 more into your deck. Now, if they also Drew a card, sure, that would have been strong, but instead they clogged the deck and would eventually keep you from other cards that could draw more cards for you. Not the case with going viral. On top of that, you could either give a zombie deadly, place a cheap one with teleport that had deadly, it give them deadly and strikethrough after they were played. Plants have no counter after going viral has been played.
Again I'm not calling it op, I'm just saying your argument doesn't really balance out... I also believe maybe you all should start looking at your strong cards before nerfing a card you haven't figured out how to handle yet.Maybe you forgot but clique peas has other advantages which makes it different, maybe superior (before the update), than going viral. Any guesses?
Clique peas falls under the bean and pea type; as a bean whenever Admiral Navy Bean is on the board and a Clique Pea is played, the zombie hero is dealt damage. Its other type means that Podfather can increase its strength and health while also benefiting from Torchwood's ability when played behind it.
I'd say before the update Clique Peas was way overpowered but now has been balanced I guess.
