As its name suggests, Counterspell is an ability that serves to counter spells, and as we know that spells are magic, it totally refers to counter the opponent's magic, how does it do that? It returns part of the damage received to its user, which is a great help in combats where the enemy has the magic power as the main strategy of his attack. Taking this into account, using cards with magic can be counterproductive, the best thing in my opinion is to take advantage of the other options offered in the battle and forget about magic to avoid inflicting damage on yourself, doing so would be a fatal mistake unless the card levels in the battle are very uneven.
The second condition that I had in the fight was "Up to eleven", better known as amplify, Cabalist became famous thanks to it, and it is quite useful, it serves as a perfect complement to Counterspell and thorns because it returns the amplified damage, in other words it hits harder, so having these two conditions in my battle I was not going to use cards with magic attack, it would be complete madness and stubbornness.
La segunda condición que me toco en la pelea fue “Up to eleven”, mejor conocida como amplificar, Cabalist se volvió famoso gracias a ella, y es que es bastante útil la verdad, sirve como complemento perfecto a Counterspell y a thorns porque devuelve el daño amplificado, en otras palabras pega más duro, por lo que teniendo estas dos condiciones en mi batalla menos iba a usar cartas con ataque mágico, sería una completa locura y una terquedad.
Based on what was written above I decided to go another way and balance my team with what I had available, added to that I had enough mana to have fun in the elaboration of my strategy. As a summoner I used my beloved Skargore, I love this card, especially because in fire it boosts all the stats of the monster once it is hit, and in fire there is power to spare, that makes the attacks more impressive, as a "tank" I used the Venary Martyr to give more power to my Grum after his early death, After the lord and master of bloodlust I placed Tenyii to attack his last monster, followed by Kobold miner to do the same, and then Battering Ram "the crazy goat" to play the opportunist and give the final blow, in the last square I placed Tinderlock, this card is brutal and when it reaches the first position accompanied by Skargore much more, it was the masterpiece of my plan, the icing on the cake.
En base a lo escrito anteriormente decidí irme por otro camino y equilibrar mi equipo con lo que tenía disponible, sumado a eso tenía bastante cantidad de mana para divertirme en la elaboración de mi estrategia. Como invocador use a mi querida Skargore, esta carta me encanta, sobre todo porque en fuego potencia todos los stats del monstruo una vez que es golpeado, y en fuego hay potencia de sobra, eso hace que sean más imponentes los ataques, como “tanque” use al Venary mártir para darle más power a mi Grum luego de su pronta muerte, después del amo y señor del bloodlust coloque a Tenyii para atacar a su ultimo monstruo, seguido de Kobold miner para hacer lo mismo, y luego Battering Ram “la cabra loca” para que haga de oportunista y de el golpe final, en la última casilla coloque a Tinderlock, esta carta es brutal y cuando llega a la primera posición acompañado de Skargore mucho más, fue la pieza maestra de mi plan, la cereza del pastel.
The combat was close, my enemy took a risk and used several cards with magic, Spirit Hoader among them, that way he healed their second row and with the fat healer he healed the first row, Obsidian helped them by boosting their magic but in the end it was a mistake to do so, every time they attacked me with magic they received increased damage because of the magic reflect and the amplification, that gave me the advantage in the balance of the combat. As a teaching, you should not use magic when these rulesets are present, that is fighting against one more enemy, in the end defeat is the consequence.
El combate estuvo reñido, mi enemigo se arriesgó y uso varias cartas con magia, Spirit Hoader entre ellas, de esa forma curaba a sus segunda fila y con el gordito sanador curaba a la primera, Obsidian les ayudo al potenciar su magia pero al final de cuentas fue un error haberlo hecho, cada vez que me atacaban con magia recibían un daño potenciado a causa del reflejo mágico y la amplificación, eso me dio la ventaja en el equilibrio del combate. A modo de enseñanza, no se debe usar magia cuando estas rulesets están presentes, eso es luchar contra un enemigo más, al final la derrota es la consecuencia.
Even though I didn't use magic I received a lot of damage, Grum was defeated without being able to activate his bloodlust, he is my strongest card, the rest did damage but let's be honest, fighting against magic is not easy, even when counterspell is active you need a good team to counter all that magic wave in each turn, at times I thought I was going to lose the fight...nah, just kidding, I had my card saved for the end.
A pesar de que no use magia recibí bastante daño, Grum fue derrotado sin poder activar su bloodlust, es mi carta más fuerte, el resto hizo daño pero seamos honestos, luchar contra magia no es sencillo, aun cuando counterspell está activa se necesita un buen equipo para poder contrarrestar toda esa ola mágica en cada turno, por momentos pensé que iba a perder la pelea…nah, es broma, tenía mi carta guardada para el final.
After the third turn things evened out, and everything leaned to me when Tinderlock activated his last stand and was boosted by Skargore, at that moment there was nothing to do for my rival, maybe he thought he had some advantage because he had three cards left, but it was useless, one by one they died thanks to my powerful attack, "see you soon baby" was the only thing heard from my flamethrower, at the end the victory was mine, a good battle, a good conquest.
Luego del tercer turno las cosas se emparejaron, y todo se inclinó a mi cuando Tinderlock activo su last stand y fue potenciado por Skargore, en ese momento no había nada que hacer para mi rival, quizás pensó que tenía algo de ventaja porque le quedaban tres cartas, pero fue inútil, una a una murieron gracias a mi poderoso ataque, “hasta la vista baby” fue lo único que se escuchó de mi lanza llamas, al final la victoria fue mía, una buena batalla, una buena conquista.
As you may have noticed, using magic with this ruleset active is a mistake, don't do it, otherwise you will be burned like a crackling.
Como has podido notar, usar magia con esta ruleset activa es un error, no lo hagas, sino quedaras quemado como un chicharrón.
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