Last night, I FOMO'd and bought what is likely a pretty useless card for the very high price it was released at, Zyriel. And the price so far has been reflected in the sales, with only 3500/1500 sold so far, out of the 30 day sale. I expect more will go, but I don't think it is going to sell out and the remainder will be burned.

The price per card was 80,000 DEC, or with vouchers, there was up to a 50% "discount" on it. As a legendary, it requires 11 cards for a MAX-level version, so with maximum discount (1760 VOUCHERS in total), it would be 40,000 DEC each, or 440,000 in total. I had enough vouchers for maximum discount, so it was the DEC that was the direct cost, with vouchers bein an opportunity cost to sell.

Even though I used all 1760 vouchers, I paid 502,000 DEC for my MAX.

Before I get to that, what makes Zyriel hot, is the nice pair she has.

Hey...

Eyes down here.

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She is the first card to be sitting on a pair of Splinters, which sounds painful, but makes her a little more versatile than a single splinter card, less so than a neutral. But at max, she does have a decent rack on her.

• Weapons Training - which will give monsters without an attack +3 Range
• Life Leach - which will steal some of the life she takes from monsters she damages
• Divine Shield - For a thin layer of protection - stay safe
• Rust - Which melts a little of the opponents defenses

Definitely one of the better looking cards.

Sitting eternally on the precipice between Life and Death, Zyriel might be a bit of fun at times to play with and see what kind of damage she can get up to. It is an interesting set of attributes and I think it is going to be a pretty decent bit player, once I work out how to use it. I haven't played it at all yet.

So why did I pay 62,000 more DEC for it?

*Because I bought it on the third-party markets.

That is 45,600 per BCX - 13% over priced from buying in-game.
But that doesn't tell the whole story.

Because I sold the 1760 vouchers on Hive Engine for 230,000 DEC first, so rather than 440,000 + vouchers, I paid 272,000 + vouchers. I believe that is still overpriced for what it is, however depending on how the sale progresses, it could be that it ends up going up a bit more in price. Currently it is sitting at around the same value as Dr Blight, but it is definitely not as strong or useful as that card. However, there were over 21,000 of those printed, this has a max of 15,000 and it will unlikely sell through.

For me though who likely would have got the card anyway, instead of the 40,000 BCX price, I paid 24,700 on average, which is about a 40% discount on it. So, the "break even" on what I would have paid, means it can drop down to about 27 dollars and it will still be in the black - like Zyriel's raven hair. This is probably likely give the card, but I am not too concerned about that today.

I am yet to get a decent ruleset to give her a roll in the hay, but with weapons training and on Life, I could see a decent snipe ruleset with Almo in the second position, with Chanseus and an additional backline healer like Renova. With Kitty it would be good too, as that would make Almo fast so it would likely take some misses. It does need some protection from opportunity though, because it is slow as hell, so having Shieldbearer in first position to attract and return fire and Chanseus to resurrect it, gives a chance for it to build up a bit of a buffer, before Almo takes Tank position. No idea about for Death lineups yet.

Have to experiment a bit to see.

So, while the card was discounted on the discount, it is still an expensive card for what it is and is pretty much useless to put on Land, so hopefully I can work out a way to get some wins with it and make it worth the buy. Because even discounted, if it isn't used, it is still a waste of money.

It isn't saving 40 percent - it is spending 60.

Anyone got any battles with her to share?

Taraz
[ Gen1: Hive ]