1) Whirlwind --> bounce a random zombie away. This is probably worst trick in game which has often even negative moment on your game if you want to play it.2) Bubble Up --> Move a plant. It gets +3 hp. Idk, maybe if it aswell drawed a card? Now it is one of the worst tricks. You already get * by tricks.3) Root Wall --> A plant gets +2 hp and can't be hurt this turn. Maybe if it made that plant immune to tricks aswell. Now it just sucks most of the times4) Dolphinado --> bounce a random plant. Same as whirlwind, but sometimes with pet decks it can be ok.Other good mentions but not as useless as those four5) Rock wall --> a zombie gets +5 hp. Definetly better than Bubble up since plants don't use trick so easily on you.6) Posessed --> a zombie gets +2 hp and frenzy. Sometimes usefull, usually bad but not totally worthless thou.

1) Whirlwind --> agreed2) Bubble Up --> amazing in most situations. you are definitely doing it wrong3) Root Wall --> amazing in most situations. you are definitely doing it wrong4) Dolphinado --> agreed - except it has PET DECK synergy5) Rock wall --> this is nearly ALWAYS useful. you are using it wrong6) Posessed --> this is actually one of the best superpowers. you must be using it wrong. put it on a deadly plant, or a gargantuar. especially since it is a trick and the plant hero won't see it coming.

None of the super-powers are useless, but all the ones listed are definitely more situational than the others. They work very well with certain cards and strategies, and need patience and timing. Yes, I see a lot of players using them poorly. As far as I'm concerned, Super! I love easy wins. I also agree with jaydabbler's analysis, except... Whirlwind may be my least favorite super-power, but when my opponent throws an Octo-Zombie in the first lane to finish the match off, and I happen to have a Whirlwind in my hand, I certainly wouldn't be calling it useless at that moment.

Whirlwind and Dolphinado are definitely bad superpowers. About the rest, it seems to me that it is a matter of personal preferences: Posessed, for example, is very useful with The Smash, and Bubble Up more than once has saved me playing with Wall-Knight.

You are just using the cards in the wrong way my friend. Let me help you: 1) Whirlwind/Dolphinado --> Bounce a random target. This is a card that you use to gain control of the board. If your opponent summons a big zombie/plant, you just bounce it back and then you play what you want. It's ALMOST like you opponent skipped their turn. (Due to the random factor, is most effective the less targets are on the board.) 2) Bubble Up --> Move a plant. It gets +3 hp. You use this card to reposition plants in strategic places. For example, to move a Prickly Pear, since they can't attack on their own. Also, you can use it to move a plant to block what would be otherwise, a lethal attack for your hero, giving you an extra turn. 3) Root Wall --> A plant gets +2 hp and can't be hurt this turn. This is to protect key plants for you, for example, a Bananasaurus Rex. 5) Rock wall --> a zombie gets +5 hp. Same as Root Wall, you use it to keep key zombies alive. (Have you seen how insane a Exploding Imp with Rock Wall is?) 6) Posessed --> a zombie gets +2 hp and frenzy. Just use it on your big zombies and you'll be fine.

Bubble Up = could be really useful. for example you place pear cub into ground (1/1) and when it change to 5/4 you move it to water. Or to move punisher mushroom and keep it alive increasing its chance of using its abilty. Root Wall = it has lots of uses, but I love when you use it on soul patch, making you invulnerable for 1 turn. Rock wall = use it on a exploding imp and you'll have a 6/6 zombie by turn 4. Use it with nespaper zombie and you can easily have 5/8 - 9/7 zombie by turn 3.

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Anonymous
9 years ago
Ultimate. I climbed 0-->50 in 3-4 weeks
Anonymous
9 years ago
None of the super-powers are useless, but all the ones listed are definitely more situational than the others.

They work very well with certain cards and strategies, and need patience and timing.

Yes, I see a lot of players using them poorly. As far as I'm concerned, Super! I love easy wins.

I also agree with jaydabbler's analysis, except...

Whirlwind may be my least favorite super-power, but when my opponent throws an Octo-Zombie in the first lane to finish the match off, and I happen to have a Whirlwind in my hand, I certainly wouldn't be calling it useless at that moment.
Azombioso
9 years ago
That's exactly what I was trying to tell. Many beastly zombies play Smashing Gargantuar on turn 5. If you have the Whirlwind superpower, you use it and you still have 4 suns to play whatever you want. (almost like a free turn).

Or many players spent their 3rd turn buffing their 1st/2nd turn card (with Vitamin-Z or Fertilize). You Whirlwind it back, and you can play whatever you want.

If you really have reached Ultimate League, you should know that. I'm surprised how you keep complaining about how a card can be "useless".

That's something people at low rank usually do.
jaydabbler
9 years ago
1. both of your examples assume there is only one zombie on the board

2. you may gain a turn advantage, but you lose a card advantage.
Anonymous
9 years ago
@Azombioso wrote:

That's exactly what I was trying to tell. Many beastly zombies play Smashing Gargantuar on turn 5. If you have the Whirlwind superpower, you use it and you still have 4 suns to play whatever you want. (almost like a free turn).

Or many players spent their 3rd turn buffing their 1st/2nd turn card (with Vitamin-Z or Fertilize). You Whirlwind it back, and you can play whatever you want.

If you really have reached Ultimate League, you should know that. I'm surprised how you keep complaining about how a card can be "useless".

That's something people at low rank usually do.

Maybe I reached ultimate league because I understand flaws of the game and avoid them, unlike you.
Azombioso
9 years ago
@Cryptonox1

How a card that you say it's "useless" can be considered a game "flaw"?

It's not like it's bugged or something, the card is doing what it is supposed to do.

@jaydabbler

1.- THAT is when you are supposed to play this card. If you play it on a full board, of course you are going to think it's effect it's useless.

2.- Yes, but you gain tempo advantage, and that's what the game is all about. You bounce a zombie/plant that would definitely kill you (Strikethrough, for example), or you bounce a zombie/plant that prevents you from getting letal (Undying Pharaoh, Soul Patch)

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