While this 1 mana cost card is included in the current starter deck of ghost cards, lvl.6 is where it actually turns into a game changer in my opinion. Being an untamed card, it's more on the expensive side of things to get it to level 6 with current prices around 60$, but you can easily rent a lvl.6 Albatross for around 10-15 dec which is, I believe, something very affordable. It's worth noting that you only get the heal in golden league on higher but I still believe this card is a nice and crucial addition to the water squad, regardlee of which summoner you go to, as it provides a cheap heal for low mana battles.

While it's 2 health makes it an easy target for opportunity attacks, the flying gives the card a chance of evading even at base 2 speed, but it's never a bad idea to protect the albatross with some shielding which in water splinter is something relatively easy achievable.

The albatross is a really effective healer in Earthquake rulesets as it can help keep alive a tank with mitigation abilities while the enemy teams attack power slowly fades due to the casualties from the non-flying victims.

All in all for a 1 mana cost this card provides a lot of utility even as a "meat shield" for your damaging units and a heal for 2 mana less than both of the other water healers.

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