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Card Highlights #39: Pelacor Conjurer

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No, I never saw an angel, but it is irrelevant whether I saw one or not. I feel their presence around me.
by Palo Coelho
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I like to give the spotlight to units that we usually use but don't realize we're doing so. Sometimes, the way to see the value in something is to put it under a microscope. This week's main hero will be the ever reliant winged unit from Life element, Pelacor Conjurer.

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Lore

Many centuries ago, the Pelacor followed the prophet, Edalus, on what has become known as the 'Exile.' They followed him into the Mountains of Fire surrounding Mount Praetorous. For generations they lived alone in these mountains, hidden away. They were taught to worship the sun and moon gods, Solaki and Lunaki, deities dreamt into existence from the bones of Edalus' dead parents and his zealous mind. The scriptures read that the two Gods were carried into the heavens upon pieces of consecrated land, torn from the World to raise them high, so that their worshipers would always look up to them and forever be beneath their great heavenly power.
On the darkest night of each year, Edalus would invoke rituals that would change the bodies of his people. Drawing upon the dormant power beneath the mountains, he caused angelic wings to sprout from their backs. This change was permanent and, in fact, most Pelacor offspring inherited the appendages from their parents.

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Buy and Rental Costs

Pelacor Conjurer is one of the cheaper cards that you can get for your team. For only $1.50, you can already get a max level. This gives you a very reliable tank for only 2 mana.

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If you are unsure if this card is for you, then you can rent this unit for basically nothing for 0.10 DEC per day. You can rent him whether you will use him or not as his rental price is low enough to be regularly rented.

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Card Stats

Pelacor Conjurer has a very good stats to be fair to compensate for his lack of capability to attack. The abilities are not to laughed at as well as his abilities complement a lot with each other making it very sound as a whole.

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Card Effects

Flying

Has an increased chance of evading Melee or Ranged attacks from Units who do not have the Flying ability

Combined with Pelacor Conjurer's high speed, a lot of melee and range units would normally miss their attacks when facing this unit.

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Magic Reflect

When hit with Magic damage, does reduced Magic damage back to the attacker

Since Flying and his high speed takes care of the melee and range attacks, then any magic attacks, on the other hand, are gets redirected back at the attacker. While this ability does not reduce magic attacks, it's still a good ability to counter magic attacks.

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Divine Shield

The first time the Unit takes damage it is ignored

It's a good ability but nothing fancy. It negates one instance of attack regardless of the damage.

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Phase

Magic attack can miss this Unit (using the same hit/miss calculation as for Melee and Ranged attacks)

So, if you are not satisfied with Magic Reflect, Phase works better since this ability also takes Speed and Flying into consideration when a magic attack tries to hit him. 

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Strengths & Weaknesses

Strengths
His stats and abilities are really good. One good advantage though is that since he does not have any attacks, he can gain one through Weapons Training.

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Weaknesses
Without Weapons Training, Pelacor Conjurer does not have any attacks. Even with Weapons Training though, he still gets double damage from any attacks from units with Fury. Unless that attack misses, then Pelacor Conjurer might die very quick in that situation.

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When To Use

Explosive Weaponry

All Units have the Blast ability.

The reason why this unit is good to use is due to his high speed. If the enemies miss their attacks, then the units beside him won't get any blast damage.

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Earthquake

Non-flying Units take 2 Melee damage at the end of each round.

Since this unit has Flying ability, then he won't get any damage from this rule set.

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Since Pelacor Conjurer does not have any armor, then there's no negative consequence for using him in this rule set.

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When Not To Use

Up Close & Personal

Only Units with Melee attack may be used in battles.

Any rule sets that forces you to use a specific attack is a negative since you cannot use this unit in that rule set.

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Equalizer

The initial Health of all Units is equal to that of the Units on either team with the highest base Health.

Unless you would be using low health units, then the advantage given by Equalizer will mostly be gained by your enemies since Pelacor Conjurer has very high health for 2 mana.

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Ferocity

All units have the Fury ability.

Since everyone has Fury, then Pelacor Conjurer will surely gets double damage for each attack.

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Battle Sample

^{https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sl_4687942089f00af6993cf1449aced707&ref=kpgamingch}

I had huge advantage on set due to Lily Shieldpaw. Since the attacks will surely be coming on the front, then I can abuse Pelacor Conjurer's high health. His high speed was a problem though since in this battle, it has Reverse Speed rule set, which means the higher the speed the unit has, the easier it is to hit them. Rage's Weapons Training with Pelacor Conjurer and Gelatinous Cube though was a big thing giving my team an increased 6 magic damage for both of them making this battle a lot easier than it should be.

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Final Thoughts

It was interesting to see what more this common unit can offer. I always thought he was just a filler since he costs 2 mana but after doing this, it changed my view.

Although requiring a very low mana to use, Pelacor Conjurer is one hell of a tank. Not only you can use him in a lot of ways, but ironically, him lacking the capability to attack is one of the reason why he's so strong.

Weapons Training is God sent from heaven for units such as Pelacor Conjurer and with the multiple choices you can have, every card release increases the potential of Pelacor Conjurer to be stronger. Only the future holds of how much amazing this card can be and only time can tell when we would hit that ceiling.

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