I have chosen the Phoenix as my third favorite monster in the fire splinter because of a couple things and mainly the abilities.
First let's start with the bad stuff. She is VERY EXPENSIVE. She is one of the top expensive monsters regarding MANA in the entire game with a 9. That is brutal if you are considering a low or medium MANA game.
BUT there are some pluses for sure.
One of the reason I like her is that she attacks with Magic. Magic is able to attack from anywhere on the board. This is important because she doesn't have any stipulations from where she has to be played. she also has an ability known as magic reflect where she is able to reflect some damage back onto the apposing team.
The second reason is her ability for Blast. Blast allows her magic attack to hit the target and also be scattered extra among the remaining monsters in some way. It allows her to attack multiple monsters at once in a secondary way. I believe this has alot of potential in matches. The creators apparently do too considering her 9 MANA!
Her third ability I like is the dodge ability and the flying ability. Both of these will combine and give her a higher defense chance of causing an attack to miss. All of these things are great for this monster and that is why in some games it is VERY POSSIBLE for the 9 MANA to be well worth it.
