Card Highlight - Hoffel Brown

Hello guys and welcome to yet another Card Highlight article. 

Continuing with the focus on the new set, Secrets of Spirata, this time I want to go into detail on a card that has really caught my eye as a powerhouse in almost any palette going; Hoffel Brown.

Hoffel Brown utilises the new keyword from the set, Menagerie, which I’ll go into further at a later point; for now all you need to know is it means its an ability that can be used as long as you control at least 3 different types of characters and can be used at any point in your turn, like an action. 

With this knowledge, along with the fact Hoffel Brown is already two of those types being a Fairy and a Teacher, you can see why he’s such a standout card. As long as you can fulfill the requirement he’s at least a +1 on the same turn you deploy him and after that he’s just pure gains at any point in your turn, so you don’t even have to wait until your resolve step to get the shards from him.

If you’re building a deck that doesn’t have any Fairy or Teacher characters in it already, such as a Pixie one, he’s almost an auto include as far as I’m concerned; although Hoffel Brown might not really fit the theme in terms of your win condition or board control he becomes a really powerful source of shards, particularly as the same set has given us the new Mechanical type that is on a lot of the new Pixies, such as Sorrono, The First Mechanical Pixie. Let’s also not forget the very unique Spiral Traitorius who has two cards that both have a double typing, although Fairy overlaps with Hoffel Brown, but his presence on the canvas will also benefit both Spiral Traitorius’ resolves.

In these situations its possible to compare him to other powerful shard gaining cards like Abundance of Quintessence, Full Palette or even Orium Diamond; however, unlike these examples, Hoffel Brown remains on the canvas so if you can protect him he’ll continue to gain you those shards.

Of course there are several cards within the set that can increase his usefulness since he’s got the Menagerie keyword like Hue’s Laboratory, which allows him to trigger twice; or Habitat 101, which makes it slightly harder to take him out in combat as long as Menagerie is active.


 You’ll find Hoffel Brown in The Revived faction palettes from The Secrets of Spirata, headed up by either Coffey, Lab Assistant or Nella the First Cured Pixie.


 That's all from me for now guys!

If you wish to purchase any product from the Achroma website use my affiliate link that will get you 5% off your purchases. Simply follow the link below or use the code ‘antinomy93’ when you checkout.

Also we are now into the Norso Winter season! Purchase £30 of product from the Achroma store (that’s before discounts!) and get yourself a copy of the limited edition seasonal promotion card Norso Winter!
See ya real soon folks! 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Competitive Talk - What are ‘Staples’?

Image
Hello to you all and welcome to another of my Competitive Talk articles!  Today I want to delve into an area that people less experienced with card games might not be so familiar with but it’s something that, no matter the game is always present especially on the tournament scene - ‘ Staples ’. In every card game ever created there are always certain cards that stick out as being incredibly versatile and generic in what they can do so you’ll find them appear in most, if not all, of the strongest decks within the game. Achroma is no exception to this pattern; whilst the separation of palettes into the different Realms makes wide arcing staples less frequent, within each one there are stand-out cards that I’d always be looking to fit into my palettes regardless of the overall theme of it if I was looking to make it a top tier build.  I know I’ve already talked through a few of these cards in more detail in my Card Highlight series but I thought that, as the game grows, it always helps t
Read more

A First Look - Monsters of Norso

Image
 Hello and welcome realmrunners! As we’re now well into sneak peek season for the up and coming Monsters of Norso the content creators of the community are starting to get our own individual cards to look over. So here’s the first piece I have - just some artwork to get us started off; The Minotaur’s Domain . Along with the artwork I’ve got the following little bit of lore to go with it - “The Minotaur resides here when he isn't out wandering the labyrinth.”  So what we know for sure is that it’s a Location that directly relates to ‘The Minotaur’ whom I suspect features in the set’s cover art. First impression I get from this art is that it’s very dark and misty, so most likely Achrom-leaning if not fully Achrom. It’s also giving me a very similar sort of feel to cards like Murky Manor  or Throne Room from the other realms; a very foreboding and shadowy building that’s most likely to be related to a very dark Character. With this similarity in mind I’m getting the feeling it’s goi
Read more

Competitive Talk - Palette Archetypes

Image
Hello realm runners and welcome! It’s been a hot minute since I did any competitive-based articles; since before the last GT actually, so thought it was about time to revisit them. As Achroma’s card-pool expands we start to see palettes across every realm that have similar playstyles or gameplans in how they are going to hit 30 shards or drain their opponents down to 0. For anyone already involved in the competitive scene of card gaming this topic is already a known thing; Archetypes . Generally speaking, when it comes to most card games, there are three main branches of  Archetypes; Aggro , Combo  &  Control . So let's give a general idea of what each one is for those not so familiar with them. Aggro  - Arguably the most simplistic Archetype  and very newbie-friendly; put out a lot of threats quickly so you're opponent is unlikely to be able to deal with everything and win through sheer force. Combo  - Using your cards in a way that they all synergise with each other to ge
Read more