Proposal to modify Tactical cuke
Tactical cuke is the plant answer to final mission. However, it kills plants as well and cannot be used to attack directly the hero or the external lanes. It seems that no one is using this card...
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I think you’re both underestimating and weakening the card.
1) You don’t play zombies. How would you know anything about the play-rate of -cuke? I can tell you that it has been played and is being played.
2) The difference between -cuke and Final Mission is enormous. That is not to say one is better than the other... they’re just not really in the same category. Mission is kind of like a Goblin Grenade. Cuke is kind of like a Wrath of God. They have very different purposes and belong in different sorts of decks.
3) The most tactical way to play -Cuke (see what I did there?) is to do it when Zombies are clogging the ground lanes (whether or not there are plants) and/or when you have sun left over to plop a plant in a now-empty lane for face damage. Making those lanes unplayable takes some of the tactical out, and weakens the card overall late game.
4) I agree with you about modal cards. Having some (both sides) could be cool. Unfortunately, I can’t think of any cards yet printed allow you to choose between modes when played, plants or zombies. I don’t think modes are really in the cards (see what I did there?). Maybe a card such as -Cuke could read “If there are no Zombies on the ground, kick the Zombie player in the face for X damage,” but I doubt you can swing “Choose one: Destroy all ... OR deal X damage.”
1) You don’t play zombies. How would you know anything about the play-rate of -cuke? I can tell you that it has been played and is being played.
2) The difference between -cuke and Final Mission is enormous. That is not to say one is better than the other... they’re just not really in the same category. Mission is kind of like a Goblin Grenade. Cuke is kind of like a Wrath of God. They have very different purposes and belong in different sorts of decks.
3) The most tactical way to play -Cuke (see what I did there?) is to do it when Zombies are clogging the ground lanes (whether or not there are plants) and/or when you have sun left over to plop a plant in a now-empty lane for face damage. Making those lanes unplayable takes some of the tactical out, and weakens the card overall late game.
4) I agree with you about modal cards. Having some (both sides) could be cool. Unfortunately, I can’t think of any cards yet printed allow you to choose between modes when played, plants or zombies. I don’t think modes are really in the cards (see what I did there?). Maybe a card such as -Cuke could read “If there are no Zombies on the ground, kick the Zombie player in the face for X damage,” but I doubt you can swing “Choose one: Destroy all ... OR deal X damage.”
Incidentally, I think the play rate of Cuke IS down, and I think that’s because cards like Shrinking Violet do -Cuke’s job better.
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