Weekly Featured Cards poll - Other

[Chaotic Elitist]

More people need to vote for Heavy armor. C'mon people, with how many people seem to love Otyguh's with this, it needs more than two votes, myself included. D:<

[Kuroaitou]

Sorry if this article is a tad bit short - I've been pretty busy these past few days, so I'm sorry about that. ^^;

Pulverizer is the rare weapon for Earth. Like its name, the weapon is renowned for its ability to demolish the opponent’s possessions, namely their permanents.

Whether the weapon is non-upped or upgraded, Pulverizer costs 4 quanta to play into the weapon slot. Dealing 5 damage per turn, Pulverizer is a pretty decent weapon for attacking the opponent, but where it shines is its ability. For 3 (or 2 in its upped form), Pulverizer can ‘shatter’ (or Destroy) a targeted permanent on the field, removing it and all of its effects from the user’s access. Unlike Earthquake, Pulverizer can target any permanent; whether it’s a pesky shield, game-turning weapon, or even a pillar from a stack of pillars, being able to continuously destroy the opponent’s permanents makes Pulverizer one of the best forms of permanent control (PC) available in game. The other two forms of reusable PC, Butterfly Effect and a mutated creature with either ‘Steal’ or ‘Destroy’ have several more limitations than Pulverizer. However, Pulverizer does require both and in order to work to its full potential, but at the same time, it also strengthens the synergy between the Earth and Gravity elements in various ways.

Note that the Destroy ability can be somewhat devastating on Pulverizer for quick-clicking users. Many players with jittery fingers can accidentally destroy the Pulverizer using its own ability; one should be very careful about what they target with the Pulverizer, or they might find themselves disarmed!

For Earth, Earthquake is a no-brainer combo card that works well with Pulverizer. Since both cards utilize quanta and deal with permanent control, a player can remove several pillars or pendulums from the opponent’s field to deny them of quanta, while Pulverizer can also remove other vital permanents (shields or Shards of Gratitude). The combination of these two can often ruin any person who relies heavily on such permanents, and especially those who have no other source of quanta generation besides pillar and pendulum stacks.

Enchant Artifact is also perfect with Pulverizer; given the cheap cost of the spell (2 or 1 ), one could have an unstoppable weapon of destruction, shattering permanents left and right. As Pulverizer can be destroyed by PC effects (Explosion, Steal, etc.), having Pulverizer protected and nullify those cards and abilities with ease. Note though that Voodoo Doll can still ‘stun’ a Pulverizer if it becomes afflicted with certain delaying-status effects (Freeze), so a protected Pulverizer can still be stopped (although not destroyed).

As Pulverizer is great for reusable PC, many rainbow decks often include one or two copies of this weapon in their decks against False Gods, as Pulverizer can be integral to removing dangerous or otherwise frustrating permanents that are heavily used by some of them (Feral Bonds from Ferox or Phase Shields from Gemini). Mono-Earth and Duo-earth decks often use Pulverizer to heighten the synergy between Earth and Gravity, especially as many of their cards are great for permanent and creature control and protection. Given the desirability of permanent removal, Pulverizer is one of the most used rare weapons for a reason – and one that should never be overlooked when one spots heavy amounts of both and quanta in the opponents pools.

Quick Facts:
Pulverizer deals 5 damage per turn, and has 12 HP when flown
Has the ability to Destroy other permanents; costs 3 (or 2 when upgraded) quanta to use

Use This Card Together With:
Earthquake | Quicksand
Enchant Artifact | Protect Artifact

Decks Using This Card:
Too big for your boots (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,6085.0.html)
Heavy Quintet (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,7008.0.html)
CC? Why bother? (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,9545.0.html)

LIFE polls are now up!

[Higurashi]

Gogo Rustler, pepopower \m/ >_< \m/

[nilsieboy]

go druidic staff, hooray for SoG on a stick

[TheIdioticIdiot]

hey nilsie, u like water right?
so... why not vote for forest spectre?

[Wonder]

I voted for Heal

[willng3]

Voted for the Frogs.  Most awesome creatures in the game, if anyone asks me

[PlayerOa]

Rustler got another vote

[Hyroen]

Pepo will be proud.

[Higurashi]

I miss her. :<
At least an article would help a bit.

[Kuroaitou]

Pepo will be proud.

On a side note: If Rustler | Leaf Dragon DOES win, there's a high chance that I won't be removing anything from the current article here: http://elementswiki.co.cc/cards-life/rustler-leaf-dragon/ - pepokish has done a pretty awesome job in terms of the analysis, so the only modifications to the article are possibly a few edits to the overall 'layout' (intro and conclusive paragraph), and maybe a credit to pepokish's artwork for Leaf Dragon.

[Tea is good]

Forest Spectre: surviving fire bucklers since turn 1
Also, the theme fits so well.