Battle Mage Secrets - Reverse Speed

Hey guys!

In this new Challenge we are going to address the Reverse Speed rule.

Reverse Speed

Very easy to understand rule; “Monsters with the lowest Speed attack first and have the highest chance of evading attacks”. Now, even though is an easy rule, it could be easy to make a mistake and position an unsuitable Monster with high Speed if you have been playing for a while.

Another “interesting” fact, so to speak, is that this is one of those rules where you could win against higher level Monsters, just by using lower level ones, or even Starter cards. This is because, with lower levels you may have lower Speed and in this ruleset this means more evasion.

So, this is one of those rules that creates blooper battles, where you may think that your very strong high level cards will succeed, but the opposite happens against an Starter cards lineup.

Just look alive, mind the ruleset and be careful of not buffing your Speed or debuffing your opponent’s and use Bloodlust with discretion. Not much else to say.

Battle

This battle was done in the Modern Format of the Silver League. Reverse Speed was the only rule, and only Dragon, Life and Water Splinters were active. Mana cap, 37.

Well, Life is my strongest Splinter, so using General Sloan was an easy choice. I have him at level four, fortunately.

• A quite underrated card that I find myself using more and more, or maybe I don’t have many options, is the Gargoya Lion. Under normal circumstances is not a great tank, but for Reverse Speed is amazing, because it’s quite slow and it can also fly. Apart from that, it has Void, so I feel quite covered against all kind of attacks.

• In second position, Djinn Renova. Usually my tanks are kind of weak, so I like using the Djinn’s Strengthen effect to make the tank last longer. And it worked, one less Health point and the Gargoya Lion would’ve fallen.

• Next, the Celestial Harpy. If I have Mana leftovers, she’s one of the Monsters I like to squeeze in the lineup. Not randomly, of course, she’s right before the Range attackers.

• The Venari Crystalsmith, as a Healer.

• Right after, before the last Monster for more protection, the Pelacor Arbalest and his deadly Double Strike. Is funny how in this ruleset you’re much better off with his level one version.

• At last position, because of her Armor, the Prismologist. Usually I don’t use her, because she’s slow, Mana expensive and I haven’t level her up yet. However, Reverse Speed makes her quite dangerous, so she’s there.

Battle Link

Battle Analysis

If it wasn’t for my opponent’s level and the name of his Guild under his username, I would’ve believe that he was a bot, just because of his choice of cards. Maybe he was sleepy, otherwise is hard to understand why he would pick the Helios Matriarch, an Speed booster Summoner, for this ruleset.

I assume it wasn’t a lack of cards, because if you have the Matriarch at level four, I’d assume that you have the Pembrook Nymph at a competitive level too. Anyways, my win; the Monsters that he positioned, with the exception of the Void Dragon, which is extremely fast for this lineup, are great.

I do believe that my lineup was quite good, however I can’t help to think that if my opponent had picked a more suitable Summoner, and maybe a healer instead of the Dragon, the battle would’ve been a little bit different, certainly not a flawless victory.

This is it for this post…

Thank you for reading!!