Prelude
Hi all, good day to all of you. It's time again for Community Engagement Challenge. Today's topic is on Hidden Gems, so I will be talking about a card that I don't really see many people talking about which I recently started to use in my Water Splinter Lineup - Abyssal Elemental.
Abyssal Elemental
I don't really see much discussion on this card even when it does carry a new ability that is only seen when Conclave Arcana set is being released.
And what exactly is resurgence?
Resurgence - Self-resurrects once per battle with 100% health and armour. All magic debuffs are removed, and all magic buffs are reapplied. Skips turn. Deals 1 physical damage to all units.
This is actually a very good ability because the card gets resurrected with full health and armour stats with all negatives removed while boosts get added back. And it even gives a 1 damage physical attack to whole enemy lineup with the only downside of this being skipping the turn. This effectively put back a meat shield that can continuously harm opponent if it doesn't get killed too quickly considering it gets full health and armour. How crazy is that? A very solid ability that can make a difference to match outcomes.
Battle Sharing
Reference Battle
Battle Link: https://splinterlands.com/battle/sl_62da7992681c2af9152254620c1bd198?ref=vaynard86
Ruleset: Standard (no special ruleset)
Mana Limit: 42
Selection Analysis
In the matchup, we have 4 splinters available for selection, Fire, Water, Death and Dragon. For me, I would like to use Water since they are really strong if used with the foundation archon that boost the magic attack. So, in this match I picked water splinter.
To lead the lineup, I call upon Mariel Singariel, water splinter foundation archon that is like the higher mana cost version of the previously scary Alric that give +1 magic attack to all the magic attackers in your lineup. In terms of tank, for this case I like to use Asel Alagosdil which is a cheap 4 mana card with divine shield and decent amount of health/armour. Not the toughest tank but able to hold up some damage. To support it, I have Abyssal Elemental at second position as an additional tank which will resurrect itself with the resurgence ability and dealing 1 physical damage to everyone upon its resurrection. Next will be Mystic Scaleweaver with the slow that will be applied to opponent lineup. And following it will be Saltwater Mage which is able to strike from the back, surprising your opponent and trimming them down from the rear. Up next is a pair that I like to use together which is Shock Trooper and Razorhound. Reason for using them as a pair is that Shock Trooper will zap the whole lineup for 1 damage after each turn, having Razorhound will allow the lineup to absorb one more damage since it gives everyone 1 more health.
Opponent apparently used exactly the same archon as me as he also push up a full magic attack lineup. Leading their lineup is Ujurak Elder which also have divine shield. Nice selection on this with the same intent as me and having additional magic damage. At 2nd position, it is Mystic Scaleweaver which has the same intent as me so no more speed advantage. 3rd card is a Conclave Arcana reward card that I would like to get my hands on as it synergizes with Shock Trooper that will give it 1 damage each turn and this card will continue to get bigger attack due to painforge ability. So the next card is also Shock Trooper which will trigger the painforge. Last 2 cards in opponent lineup is Quillstorm Mage and Conclave Tracker of which both are opportunity magic attackers that will take out smaller health cards.
From the looks of it, my opponent's lineup is way more comprehensive than mine and way more well thought. Will my lineup stand a chance?
So let's get ready to battle and go through the round by round synopsis.
Round by Round Synopsis
Round 1 - Very high intensity round though only 1 card fallen after the round before the 2 Shock Trooper applies the 1 damage to their respective lineups. For mine, Asel will definitely fall and Abyssal will come to the front.
Round 2 - After the damages, things move super fast with my Shock Trooper taking out Mystic Scaleweaver and then opponent Shock Trooper and Conclave Tracker took out my Abyssal Elemental. So many damage dished out. And a revived Abyssal Elemental even took a 4 damage blow from Torrent Sniper before being taken out by Quillstorm Mage. Really a big time damage buffet between both side. Even with this I still have relatively a bulk of my lineup available.
Round 3 - After damage applied, everything was super fast paced, Shock Trooper took out Torrent Sniper, Mystic Scaleweaver took out opponent Shock Trooper and Saltwater Mage clear out Quillstorm Mage. Victory easily secured.
Battle Summary
Very similar lineup even with a strong double opportunity and a painforged card but Abyssal Elemental bought sufficient sandbag through the resurgence taking so much damage and allowing my other cards to dish out their damage towards my opponent to help me secure the win! This card is such a gem and can really help change the fate of the match because it soak in so many damage.
Wrap Up
Thank you for coming by my post and walking through with me my sharing on Abyssal Elemental and its resurgence ability which give so much more meat shield to the lineup and at the same time deal 1 physical damage upon resurrection. This card will certainly feature more in my future matches.
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