Hi there!
3 MANA card with 4 Melee damage, fast and vulnerable, with Opportunity and Poison abilities. Outstanding.
The action is: Look for the weakest opponent, hit him, if not killed maybe poison with 50% chance.
Don't underestimate its POISON ability! There are only other 3 cards in the game capable of poisoning a monster not in first position (so out of cleanse):
As told before this card is amazing also in lower leagues having 2 melee attack since level 1.
Actually, sometimes is also really risky to play it, let's see why in the following section.
I think this card has a definite use case and is not made to kill puppets. I think that putting him to kill furious chickens is just wasting its power. Other opportunity monsters (Slower and with scavenge ability) are better suited to do that task. For this reason I see him better played in high mana matches than low mana ones.
Caution also in always playing him!! There are some monsters it has to avoid at all costs:
In my opinion the rule sets to be avoided are:
In all other rule sets it can be a good idea to pair to the Spy a fast ranged attacker (Spark Pixies are perfect) to take out Exploding Dwarf since the beginning.
Let's come now to rule sets where Serpentine Spy is preferable: well, in all other! ..including especially:
Today I present an unusual match to show how much deadly can be Exploding Dwarf to Serpentine Spy and its team. Actually I was the one playing the Dwarf and the Spy was my opponent 😎
There is noting more to add to what already previously pointed out. Just enjoy the battle! 💣💣
To conclude, I own a lvl 6 Sepentine Spy, but I rarely use it, because to be competitive in my league (Diamond+) it must be maxed out to gain the poison ability. And I think it is too expensive given the risks.
At price of 0.03$ I'll consider to maxing him out.
Thanks for reading, cheers!
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