Post by Zounder on Feb 17, 2014 1:20:03 GMT -5
Character Profile
Advent 11, codename “Xi” acted as the Lieutenant Commander of Advent Squad, the UGC Alliance’s special operations force. Augmented with hyperkinetic abilities and the mental processing speed to match, Xi is proficient in quick, aggressive combat, and excels when put in the heart of battle. This makes Xi the perfect point man, as he gets the best results where he most wants to be: Right in the thick of it.
Card Mechanics
In Advent Saga, an Advent is the commander of your army. It is always in-play and counts as a Resource, so when choosing an Advent, players decide the theme of their deck. Each Advent is unique and encourages completely different types of strategies.
Today, we are previewing Xi, Advent Saga’s main protagonist and the long-lost hero of our game’s story. Xi’s particular Resource type is Antillium Particle, represented by the color white. Antillium is all about playing Gears and increasing the stats of your Armada, and each of Xi's effects center on this theme. Xi’s focus is utilizing aggression to create scenarios where Armada gain high attack/defense stats and can hit the opponent for a ton of damage through attacks.
Xi's first effect sends Gears to the Resource area instead of the discard pile when they are destroyed. This allows a player to aggress openly by playing many Gears without fear of them going to waste after they are destroyed. Due to this effect, Xi has one of the highest average Resource counts of all the Advents.
Xi's next effect allows him to refresh if you destroy an Armada due to an attack. Aim for destroying Armada through attacks as much as possible so this effect will trigger often.
Xi's final effect comes in at a cost of two Antillium and one generic Resource. It places a +1/+1/+0 Accent Gear counter on an Armada of your choosing. As long as Xi remains unexhausted and you have the Resources to pay for it, you may use this effect as many times as you like during your or your opponent's turn. Xi’s final ability acts as a great fallback plan if you have Resources to spare.
Xi will be featured as the commander for one of Advent’s Saga’s four starter decks at launch. We’ll be previewing more Antillium cards over the course of the week that prove very useful when paired with Xi. Be sure to come back to get a look at Advent Saga’s launch as well as discuss your thoughts on the game as we march toward our Kickstarter date in April.
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