Speculation Genesis
I don't usually play the market in Gods Unchained. I've typically only ever bought packs and a playset for myself of whatever I was missing. However, I purchased about 20 copies of one card the other day that I believe will be massive in the future, and also picked up 2 gold copies for my own decks. (I know, I'm no whale. 20 copies of a card is a lot for me; I'll either forge them into higher shines or sell them if the price gets ridiculous, but I'd love some diamonds one day... Hey, a guy can dream! Either way, thought I'd start with the disclosure that I just bought a bunch of these.)
This is NOT financial advice, all I am doing is speculating, and I could be totally wrong. I'll tell you what I purchased and why I'm so exited, but be careful out there, you never know what the future holds. They could scrap future plans, they could power creep, they could print a nearly identical Core card making this obsolete, etc. You've been warned!
Core Set Refresh
In the next few months, Gods Unchained will undergo the largest changes in the history of the game with the Core Set Refresh. This is both a series of massive balancing changes to the Core and Welcome Sets (see the pinned post by @meltysquid if you haven't read it yet!), and a brand new set of 60 cards coming to the Core Set.
This will reshape the entire landscape of Gods Unchained as we know it. It's truly hard to predict what will happen when it releases as the changes are so massive BUT one thing I can tell you for 100% certain is they are moving into an era of Tribal synergies.
Amazon
One of my favorite tribes in Gods Unchained has long been Amazons. Not the Prime package delivery kind. These gals have a ton of synergy and really pack a lethal punch when it comes to the 5 Mana buff cards like Arkmonian Onslaught, Penthesilean Warrior, and lastly, the Genesis creature I'm excited about: Myrto's Daughter.
I'd hate to meet Myrto's Daughter's mom...
The new Core Set Refresh contains a bunch of updated Amazons and a whole slew of new ones.
All the new Nature cards: 6 brand new Amazons!!
Gersemi is being updated to an Amazon, with 3/3 stats!
Penthesilean Warrior is getting changed in the Core Set Refresh, and will no longer be part of the trilogy of 5 Mana buff payoff cards for Amazons. (Penthesilean Warrior: Changed domain from Neutral to Nature. Changed stats from 5 mana 6/3 to 2 mana 2/3. Changed text from "Roar: Give each other friendly Amazon +2/+2." To "Roar: Give +1/+1 to the strongest other friendly amazon.")
That leaves only Arkmonian Onslaught, and the unchangeable Myrto's Daughter.
Myrto's Daughter
At 5 Mana, the option for a 4/4 with Blitz and an Amazon tag is a great card. If this was all Myrto's Daughter was, she'd still be a nice creature. However, where Myrto's offspring really shines is the other option you get when playing her: give a random friendly Amazon +4/+3. This collectively makes this 5 Mana card a 2/2 with Blitz + a 4/3 buff for a total of 6/5 worth of stats AND the Blitz + surprise massive buff to a creature that can either go face or make an easy value trade.
Even hitting the smallest Amazon, a 1/1 Nimble Pixie, it suddenly becomes a 5/4. Hit a 4 mana target like Agrodor Protector, and you're looking at a 7/8 with Regen 1 and Frontline.
Clearly, in my opinion, Amazons will be huge again, and are an archetype that the devs are pushing for from Nature. Will they be more popular than Wild tribe nature, which is also receiving a lot of support? Probably not, Wild will possibly always be the "new player friendliest" deck intro to Gods Unchained.
Even still, I'm extremely excited to see where Amazons go in the future and I cannot wait to play with my Gold Myrto's Daughter's.
PS. I also picked up 2 Gold Primal Guidances! Can't wait for $GODS shine bonuses!
~Copper
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Huge thanks to @kephler for this!!
Edit: Also a big thanks to @kstreet for bringing up Amazons in my discord! He's the one who got me looking at Amazons in the first place! Sorry I forgot to mention this in the original draft!!
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