What Nymphs are actually worth it?

[BluePriest]

I know people like collecting rare cards and things like tat, but what nymphs are worth keeping aside from their rarity? As of right now I have a Grey, Amber, and Turquise Nymph. The Amber one (Black Hole) Im definity keeping, but what about the turquoise and Grey nymph? one has Aflatoxin (grey nymph) and the other has Immortality (turquoise). Im not sure which of these are really worth keeping aside from their rarity though. And also, not just these, but which are nymphs are better as extra cash than a card to play?

[jorign]

mmm all  nymphs are useful but the light nymph and the earth nymph no too much

[-Phiryos-]

I think that all of them are worth keeping (some more, some less), especially in a mono deck.

Also it's not worth selling them, you'll get less than a 1000 Electrums for a very rare card than can be found only by chance at the oracle. There are faster and better ways to make gold than selling nymphs, imho.

[Terroking]

LOL@ earth nymph being weak, 6 turn freeze=weak?

Grey nymphs are fairly good, and a renewable source of aflatoxin is always nice to have, it could very well turn out more useful with more cards, and a double infection is always good. Turqouse is also a nice nymph, could be the solution to the immortal phase recluse deck problem (Packing 6 quints isn't worth it with the 6 recluses, 6 adrens, and then some control). And immortality is always handy. The light nymph however is cannot see ever becoming useful, even with the "Fractal" card Zanz proposed. The only time luciferine is effective is in a rustler deck, where you should never have too much light quanta anyways, and saving up the 9 quanta really isn't worth it, each one could count as 2 life, and light is generally scarce anyway when playing that deck.

[Wisemage]

i agree, keep every nymph except for Light (which is worthless)

[Kael Hate]

Oddly I find the Water Nymph the least useful. The Light nymph is 9|9 for 9 so goes quitewell in a Light Hardcore deck with Golden Dragons. The Water Nymph is 1|2 for 9 and then another 4 to create the new Nymph where the tears cost 7 and I can make a Water Nyph if I need one from a Sapphire pillar.

[Kael Hate]

Second to that, all activated effects on all the Nymphs except Light are extremely useful if needed. The Grey Nymph kills very quickly and the malignant cells can be offset with a skull shield or better. This is probably why people dislike the light nymph but she has muscle to replace lack of skill.

[Terroking]

9/9 for 9 quanta cannot contend with other light cards, sorry, you MAY want to put this in your deck, it's a 1:1 ratio of attack to cost, which the dragons have (With more attack and better stats), and archangel is 7/7 for 6, and can heal itself, the light nymph's power doesn't make up for it's ability simply because light has better options.

[Kael Hate]

9|9 for 9 is better than 10|10 for 12 or 12|12 for 13 especially if you want 6 more cards in your stock to put on the table.

Agreed the Archangel is superior than the Nymph but I'm not comparing it against the Archangel only.

I'm comparing the use of the Light Nymph in a light deck to the use of a Water Nymph in a Water deck. At this evaluation the Light Nymph is better for me.

In any case I would always keep 6 even if I never used them simply because of the effort to aquire them if they one day became useful.

[Astaroth]

This is just what I was looking for because the Oracle just gave me an Auburn Nymph. In my opinion, it seems to have very limited use. I'll break it down to how I see it:

Pros:

• "Unique" effect for a creature. Decent for stopping those strong creatures.

Cons:

• Very costly. Think about it. Overall, Auburn Nymph's cost just to use its ability is 13 Earth quantum in all (9 to summon, 4 for the effect). Basilisk Blood does the same for a lesser cost, AND its effect can be used immediately, instead of waiting one turn.
• Low health. MANY things threaten it. Fire Storm, Fire Lance, Oty, Eagle's Eye, etc. Basically, if it gets damaged, it's going to die.
• ZERO strength. It can't attack unless you buff it.
• Petrify in general. I don't like the idea of buffing up an opponent's creature, even if it stops attacking for 6 turns. I'd rather remove it from the board. Rewind or killing it seems to be far more effective IMO.

Unless the cost to use its ability gets patched down to two or three Earth quantums, I don't really see me using it. If I wanted to stop something from attacking, I would switch to Water and use Arctic Octopus, Congeal, and Permafrost Shield.

EDIT: I see now that the upgraded version of Auburn Nymph, Earth Nymph, has stats of 0/5. That disposes of one of the disadvantages, but still not enough to warrant use.

[Kael Hate]

Earth Nymph can lock down 6 creatures whereas Squid can only lock down 4. Also the Earth Nymph is locking down in an element that doesn't have any other re-usable control. Its good in its own right but maybe not what you're after.

[Astaroth]

Yeah, I can kind of see what you're saying there, but I've always felt like Earth's control shines with Earthquake/Quicksand. Control their source of quantum, and you control them. Why stop their creatures in play when you can prevent them from bringing them out in the first place?