Sorry, But I Never Rely On Luck When Playing Cards

Chapter 1166: Chapter 449 【Black Frog King】_2

The objectives of both sides were straightforward, with basically no room for maneuver.

That’s the charm of a 3+1 card game, its simplicity and brutality are especially favored by a segment of card players.

The Action Phase finally arrived, and the cards from both sides began to move.

On Snow Charm’s side.

[Hidden Dragon] remained in [Stillness].

[Rash Giant] + [Black Frog King] attacked [Five Claws Golden Dragon], inflicting 30 points of damage + 10 points of [Poison] next turn.

On Ree Shil’s side.

[Five Claws Golden Dragon] went on [Defense].

[Stealth Master] attacked [Hidden Dragon] directly, causing 40 points of damage.

[False Saint] attacked [Hidden Dragon], causing 10 points of damage.

Hunchback Woman: "Really, [Stealth Master] seems to have a good handle on restraining [Hidden Dragon]."

Museum Director Phoenix: "Exactly, it can bypass its [Stillness], which is akin to [Defense]. ƒгeewёbnovel.com

Then it can disrupt its extra energy regeneration effect.

[Silence] is considered a soft control, so [Coating] is ineffective.

That means it can be silenced, preventing it from using its normal passive attacks."

Hunchback Woman: "Just looking at the damage values, our side is making a slight profit.

But when you look at both sides’ Health Points, it’s not a profit anymore."

Museum Director Phoenix: "Right, and next turn, the special attack [Poison] from [Black Frog King] will trigger, causing even more damage."

A New round arrived, and Ree Shil also knew he couldn’t just sit there waiting for death.

But his 0 Points concealed cards were only two, namely [Arthur Blade-seeker] and [A-40].

Since the other party prioritized attacking [Five Claws Golden Dragon] instead of [Stealth Master], revealing [Arthur Blade-seeker] wouldn’t be much of a help, and would even hasten the exit of [Stealth Master].

Moreover, since [Arthur Blade-seeker] wouldn’t be unveiled so soon, revealing [A-40] would also be meaningless.

It would instead make it easy for the opponent to guess his tactics and prepare countermeasures in advance.

Fortunately, during the Unveiling Stage, both parties were even.

The worst-case scenario predicted by Museum Director Phoenix—Snow Charm revealing a 0 point Covered Card—did not happen.

Hunchback Woman: "This round, there’s going to be a change.

[Stealth Master] is just too strong.

After the last round, [Hidden Dragon] is already at 50/100 HP.

This round, whether it [Defends] or remains [Stillness], it’s surely going to die.

So it might as well counterattack before dying and make one final DPS."

Museum Director Phoenix: "That’s true, same with Contestant 1 Henry Thompson.

[Five Claws Golden Dragon] is at 70/100 HP, this round it will suffer more than double the damage from the opponent.

It won’t survive either."

The two S-rank cards were about to exit without having much impact, which felt somewhat wasteful.

But since they’re both S-rank, a 1-for-1 trade is no loss to either side.

However, when the Action Phase arrived, Snow Charm did not undertake a mutual elimination through Focusing Fire as everyone had anticipated.

Or perhaps it should be said, she used an even more severe method than mutual elimination.

That was [Rash Giant] consuming 100 Health Points to Taunt the Headline District card from Ree Shil.

It was somewhat disadvantageous, considering it would lose 50 more Health Points every round on its own.

If he used his Active Skills twice and unveiled after two rounds, its Health would directly drop to 50/100 HP.

Moreover, [Stealth Master] had already acted, so being Taunted or not didn’t really matter.

In fact, the only cards that could be Taunted were [Five Claws Golden Dragon] and [False Saint].

But the combined Attack Power of [Five Claws Golden Dragon] and [False Saint] was just 50 points, enough to take it down.

The advantage of doing this was to keep [Hidden Dragon] alive.

Hunchback Woman: "But that doesn’t seem right, it feels a bit redundant.

Even if [Hidden Dragon] is saved this round, it will still be killed on the next.

Looking at [Rash Giant], if it didn’t use its Active Skill, it could live for at least two more rounds."

Museum Director Phoenix: "Hmm, I believe her reason for keeping [Hidden Dragon] alive is twofold.

First, it’s to draw fire to protect [Black Frog King].

If [Rash Giant] survives, others may not necessarily attack it.

If [Hidden Dragon] survives, others will definitely attack it.

However, considering that [Black Frog King] is a Determination Card and doesn’t really need allies to draw fire, it’s probably the second possibility."

Hunchback Woman: "Is Snow Charm holding back now, and doing this to complement her next move?"

Museum Director Phoenix: "Exactly."

And as both commentators analyzed the situation, an unexpected twist occurred.

[Rash Giant]’s [Taunt], fell into the T2 category.

But don’t forget, the Five Claws Golden Dragon’s [Dizziness] and [Seal] also belong to T2.

So he directly released the [Golden Claw Fist] with [Dizziness] on [Hidden Dragon]!

This resulted in what kind of DPS situation.

[Sneak Attack Master] → [Hidden Dragon]

[Five Claws Golden Dragon] → [Hidden Dragon], taking it away.

[Black Frog King] → [Five Claws Golden Dragon], taking it away.

[Rash Berserker] → Taunt, no DPS.

[False Saint] → [Rash Berserker], was unable to take it away.

Hunchback Woman: "Well, the final result doesn’t seem to have changed, huh.

It’s still a swap between two S-rank Cards.

But the output of [Black Frog King] is terrifying, it depleted 85% of [Five Claws Golden Dragon]’s health on its own."

Museum Director Phoenix: "Hmm, even though it’s a swap, Contestant 1 Henry Thompson controlled his losses very well. frёewebηovel.cѳm

Since the [Hidden Dragon]’s DPS couldn’t come out, it’s a perfect outcome for him."

Thus, the end of the 2nd round, both sides’ card faces are as follows:

[Empty Slot][Black Frog][Berserker]

VS

[False Saint][Empty Slot][Sneak Attack]

Hunchback Woman: "If we follow the layout of the previous game, our King Card should have been placed in the middle column.

That means, right now, there’s a very high risk of the other party revealing the King Card.

If it really gets revealed, judging by [Black Frog King]’s DPS, I guess..."

Museum Director Phoenix: "Shouldn’t be that bad.

With a 3+1 Card Game, the margin for error is small, and every card’s every DPS is very important.

If one rashly tries to reveal the opposite King Card and comes up empty, they might fall into trouble just because they missed one DPS.

Or perhaps the opposite King Card has that attribute where the earlier it’s revealed, the stronger it becomes.

So unless there’s a very high certainty, neither party will likely try to reveal the opposite King Card."

Indeed, as Museum Director Phoenix analyzed, Snow Charm wouldn’t try to reveal the King Card prematurely.

She didn’t even have such a thought but revealed a card in the King Card Row instead.

Museum Director Phoenix was right; she revealed a 0 Points card.

"Wow!!!"

The card face revealed, and a struggling, viscous black shadow slowly emerged.

It only had a vague human outline with no apparent details.

Its style was somewhat similar to [Malicious Puppet], but more viscous and indefinite.

[Dark Hide Shadow Clan]

Wither, 0 Points, A

Attack 10, 70/70, 2/2

[Shadow Clan - Passive]: Dark Hide Shadow Clan health upper limit -30, still regains energy when covered

[Waning Shadow Power - Passive]: For every 1 Energy Point the Dark Hide Shadow Clan has, its Attack Power increases by +5

[Shadow Drift - 1 Energy Point]: Dark Hide Shadow Clan can Move to an Empty Slot ignoring distance

[Shadow Harmony - 1 Energy Point]: Dark Hide Shadow Clan goes into [Defense], gaining 10 points of damage reduction

This card has an implication of being versatile in both attack and defense.

points of Attack Power are quite good for a 0 point card.

And then it can also move.

Ignoring distance doesn’t mean ignoring obstacles, meaning it’s able to move multiple squares within an available path.

After moving, activating the [Defense] skill can absorb damage.

Hunchback Woman: "The 3+1 Card table is too small, isn’t its Movement ability difficult to utilize?"

Museum Director Phoenix: "In the early phase, it can just be considered as an extra card with 10 points of Attack Power.

If our King Card gets prematurely revealed by accident, it can also act as a temporary new Guard Card.

All in all, it’s quite nice."

Hunchback Woman: "Indeed, anyway it’s a 0 point card, it’s all pure profit."

At this time, as if responding, Ree Shil also revealed one of his cards.

Just like the previous game, he first revealed the [A-40].

The Action Phase arrived once again.

This time, Snow Charm focused on attacking the [Sneak Attack Master].

Her 3 cards could deliver an immediate 30+30+10=70 points of damage, along with 10 points of [Poisoned] damage.

In contrast, on Ree Shil’s side, only [Sneak Attack Master] performed a basic attack.

[False Saint] chose to [Defense].

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