Broken Arrows will limit ranged cards from being deployed into the battle. Players will have limited choice of card to deal damage from the rear rows. Therefor melee with Sneak or Opportunity and magic cards will be more likely to be deployed. Melee cards deal higher damage compared to magic cards, but it will be difficult to focus the attack toward the front row. In contrary magic cards are much more similar to ranged cards (even better due to its able to bypass armor) but didn't have a high damage while costing extra mana. The ruleset will also open higher possibility to trap opponents using Thorns, Retaliate, or Magic Reflect.

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