Hello everyone again, today I will tell you my opinion about the Carnage Titan card and also why I think its value is above other airdrop cards from the same edition.
Edition: Chaos Legion
Rarity: Legendary
Deck: Dragon
Type of attack: Melee
Abilities: Reach, Double Strike e Shield
Mana Cost: 11
Power: 500 ( 1 BCX )
The Carnage Titan is an airdrop card from the chaos legion edition and the way to get it was by buying packs from the splinterlands shop, and for each pack of chaos legion you bought there was a 0.19% chance of win a Carnage Titan card and this percentage was cumulative so if I had bought 10 packs I would have a 1.9% chance and a 100% chance if I had bought 525 packs. Remembering that in addition to the Carnage Titan card you can also participate in other airdrops by buying the chaos legion packs so it's a great way to increase your earnings as you will have the chance to get these cards and also the cards when you open the packs. But now it's only possible to get this card through the splinterlands Marketplace for the price of $18.50 at the current price.
Abilities
As I mentioned before its abilities are Reach, Double Strike and Shield. I will comment on them so you can better understand the role of the Carnage Titan in battle.
Reach - This ability makes Carnage Titan able to attack from second position, as melee cards can only attack from first position unless it has an ability like Reach, Sneak, Opportunity or a battle rule that allows it to attack in any position, so having this ability is very useful for Carnage Titan because it also has the Double Strike ability that I will mention next and that makes it do a lot of damage and even though it has a good defense against melee and ranged cards it is weak against cards with magic attack, so leaving it in second position so that it does as much damage as possible before it becomes a card to defend in first position is an excellent choice.
Double Strike - This ability makes the Carnage Titan attack 2x on its turn and this makes it an excellent card to deal damage in battle since its attack is high and it will attack 2x and as I mentioned before have it in second position so that it deals the maximum damage possible is the best choice, but as its mana cost is very high so using it in the first position in battles where your opponent usually uses a lot of melee and ranged cards is also a great choice as it will also be an excellent defense.
Shield - This ability causes Carnage Titan to receive reduced damage from melee and ranged cards, as I mentioned before it is an excellent card to deal damage and the reason it is also a great defensive card against melee and ranged cards is because of this ability since the damage received by them will be reduced and this will make it very difficult for the Carnage Titan, in addition he also has a lot of shield in his stats.
With this information you can see that Carnage Titan is an excellent card for your battles and even if its mana cost is high it is worth every mana spent and in battles against melee and ranged cards it will be your trump card.
Value
As I mentioned before, you can get the Carnage Titan in the Splinterlands Marketplace for $18.50 and this value draws attention to this card as other airdrop cards from the same edition have much lower values than this one (Doctor Blight is an exception as it is a limited card of airdrop). So from my point of view on this I believe it is for 2 reasons, the first of which is the fact that it is an incredibly useful card in battles and this greatly affects the value of a card as it is the main function of a card in Splinterlands and the second reason is the fact that it takes more packs than previous airdrops to get it and this reduces the number of cards in circulation, so having fewer cards affects the value positively and the utility in battle causes more cards to be burned for players to level up their Carnage Titan card, so I believe these are the reasons why this card continues with a high value and going up as the image below shows.
The image above is a print of a weekly chart available on peakmonster and as you can see in the last week the Carnage Titan has been in an uptrend in its value and this shows how this card is a great choice for battles since its demand is being high and also a possible investment as it has a great potential in its value when the chaos legion packs are no longer sold in the splinterlands shop.
This is my take on this card and because its value is going up, this is not an investment tip and remember that every investment has its risks. If you still don't know Splinterlands then visit the site via the link below.
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LORE
He was called Holicrai the Magnificent and without doubt, he was the finest Gloridax guardian in the history of the land. He was as feared as some of the dragons that lived on Dragon’s Roost. The people of Draykh-Nahka would sing songs about him, and the ancient scholars would say that the sagas told about him didn’t do him justice. When he passed to the other side, they took his armor and displayed it in the Warrior’s Hall, deep within the Centrum. His bones were laid to rest in the Guardian’s Chapel on the far side of the city, a shrine open to the people so they might pay their respects for all he had done.
It cost Morloth, the crazed tinker, not a single penny to acquire the armor. The Chaos Legion had brought it to him, together with a long, thick bone from the chapel’s tomb – probably the femur he guessed. He didn’t ask them how they’d come by it, and the strange man that conveyed the delivery was most peculiar indeed. He wore a long black coat and top hat, with a bizarre beaked mask and shimmering green amulet about his neck, carrying a lantern that pierced the night. He spoke to himself as much as he did to Morloth, and by the end of their conversation, the tinker wasn’t sure who he was more afraid of, the entire Chaos Legion that had descended upon the land, or this one strange man that was standing before him.
Using the green crystals that he’d fuelled the Disintegrator with, Morloth set to work hammering away at the pieces of armor and fusing parts of the bone to the metal. Night passed into morning, as he sharpened its metal fingers into deadly claws, each one as long as his forearm. Then daylight came and went, the cycle repeating until he had lost complete track of time. He took sips of water from the various flasks that littered his workshop, and when the paltry reserves of food ran out, he chewed upon the green crystals themselves, sucking the energy from them. Partway through his labors, Morloth had to drag his creation from the workshop and set a canvas tent outside to continue, so big was the masterpiece. When it was time to attach the head, he rolled the lump of metal across the ground and fused it to the shoulders. Finally, he started work on the impressive helm that would conceal the giant green crystal that fuelled the creation’s mind and body.
When finished, Morloth collapsed in a state of complete exhaustion. He awoke later to find that his creation was gone. The terrible Carnage Titan had come to life and left him whilst he slept. He never did learn where his golem had gone, but then, nor did he discover how fortunate he was that it didn’t tear him to pieces before it left.
“We finally have him!” Shale felt her heart pounding and the blood race through her veins.
“He’ll not escape us now,” the burly sergeant growled beside her. “Calm yourselves and let my men through.”
Shale turned and motioned to her people. There was anger and rage in their eyes, but fear as well, plenty of that. Some carried pitchforks and picks, while others had grabbed old weapons, rusted swords, and axes. They looked like an unruly mob, one that wanted satisfaction, one that wanted answers for the devastation wrought upon them, but the soldiers were here now, and it was for them to carry out justice.
“Let the soldiers through, let them take him!” she called with raised hands.
She saw flashes of armor through the gaps as warriors forced their way between the throngs. Some of the mob shouted curses at the man cornered against the rock face, others looked relieved that it was all coming to an end. And then the laughter started. It was a flightless titter at first, barely audible above the commotion, but then it grew into a crazed cackle. The noise echoed within the beaked mask he wore, making him sound like a complete lunatic.
“That’s enough of that, Blight,” the sergeant barked. “Your reign of madness has come to an end. Put him in chains, men.”
“Enough of this, enough of that,” Blight chattered between prolonged bouts of laughter. “Madness will never end, it has a hold of us all you know.”
As the soldiers started towards him a metallic shriek ripped through the air, reducing everyone to silence apart from the deranged sniggers of Blight. A giant shape stepped from the cave nearby, the mob’s torchlight flickering across its black and silver armor. Two red eyes burned from within the horned helm and long, vicious claws twitched as its gauntleted hands flexed.
Shale gasped. It must have been three times as tall as the sergeant standing beside her. She could feel the panic spread behind her, quickly followed by the sounds of tools and weapons being dropped to the ground and footsteps running away. She would have joined them, but she was rooted to the spot, fear curling about her legs and holding her firmly in place.
The soldiers turned towards this new threat and charged, only for the front rank to be swept aside by a devastating backhand from the creature, sending them flying into rock and bushes. The other warriors hesitated, coming to a halt as Blight’s voice twisted into an evil sneer.
“Finish them my beautiful titan, reap complete and utter carnage!”
And so he did.