GALACTA

[kingts]

This is a discussion tread to discuss what you think of the new card coming.
Keep it civil and on topic. December's Battle-pass is nearing and Galacta leads the Marvel Rivals month with an interesting mechanic.

GALACTA (4/6) Each turn, the first card you play at another location reveals with +3 Power.

https://marvelsnapzone.com/cards/galacta/

Well she isn't Galactus' daughter for nothing. How would you have liked to have been at that dinner table. "You don't leave the table until all your planets are eaten young lady." Ooph!. She is pretty straight forward and boy will she not only help daddy dearest, but will make those last 2-3 turns very interesting indeed on curve. With the inclusion of energy enablers, Zabu early, or finding anyway to get her down at turn 3, with Magik, you could be looking at some powerful entries late. This again seems to me to be a card created for instant money to be dulled down later. She simply opens up a ton of problems against you that you may not be able to recover in a two lane game. She also has a broad archetype application, like Elsa did and you would be foolish to leave her alone in a lane for Red Guardian will pounce. To turn 4-costs into 13 power drops, 5-costs to even higher numbers and killer situational 6-cost cards into 'ludicrous" speed outcomes will make vital tech counters even more important to have. People thought Shang-Chi was going away. This one is going to be a problem. It will have an impact on the Meta, the question will be how much.


An interesting mix of Rival cards entering the game. Like, dislike, great, not great, what is your take on the December Battle-pass card.

Peace

[groovador]

already hate this card. galactus is one of the most frustrating things to play against.

[UltraJTB]

I think it's a cool concept but it should be an ongoing card so that countering isn't as painful

[kingts]

It will be painful

[Dodon]

It fits kind of awkwardly in a Galactus deck, with its energy... I guess the ideal play would be Galacta>Symbiote Spiderman>Galactus, but everybody's running Red Guardian and/or Cosmo and Symbiote Spiderman screams "I'm playing Galactus here next turn"... and it's unlikely that you've got a Hobgoblin there, or that you're playing the Galactus early because of Electro (Electro Turn 3, Galacta Turn 4.... Turn 5 Galactus? no room for the SymSpiderman)

I'll be curious to see how it's used to full effect, but I don't expect to see a lot of big-brain Galactus Plays used with it effectively.

[kingts]

I will be grabbing this card.

[LunarisRuin]

People are too focused on the Galacta + Galactus plays. I think she will be a solid card overall outside of those types of plays, able to fit in many types of decks. She's a better Elsa Bloodstone.

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RIP to OG Elsa Bloodstone

[rlh445]

Originally posted by UltraJTB:

I think it's a cool concept but it should be an ongoing card so that countering isn't as painful

it's not ongoing or on reveal so it can't be doubled or multiplied.

[rlh445]

Originally posted by Dodon:

It fits kind of awkwardly in a Galactus deck, with its energy... I guess the ideal play would be Galacta>Symbiote Spiderman>Galactus, but everybody's running Red Guardian and/or Cosmo and Symbiote Spiderman screams "I'm playing Galactus here next turn"... and it's unlikely that you've got a Hobgoblin there, or that you're playing the Galactus early because of Electro (Electro Turn 3, Galacta Turn 4.... Turn 5 Galactus? no room for the SymSpiderman)

I'll be curious to see how it's used to full effect, but I don't expect to see a lot of big-brain Galactus Plays used with it effectively.

lol it's for a turn 6 Galactus deck, so the deck will be built around stacking other locations, Galacta on 4, Klaw on 5, Galactus on 6.

[D.A.S.H.]

I feel like she's a direct upgrade to Gwenpool. Obviously you can use both but still, the random element hurts Gwenpool while you can directly choose which buffs to give with Galacta.

[The Yeen Queen]

Holy ♥♥♥♥ how could you not see this would be broken as hell?!?!?!

[kingts]

Yeah, and I mentioned this, that this will get the Blood-stone treatment, were they rake in all the money for this test card and once again, beat you up at the door and give you a ragged shirt. Pat you on your head and send you on your merry way.
They simply do not test these ideas very well. This is a practice these developers have gotten away with for way too long, with the public, for way too long.

Its a huge difference in purchasing a tangible item, and an illusionary item.

They will justify this excuse as, we need the flexibility to adjust if we get it wrong, but they clearly did this before with many Battle Pass cards.
This is why oversight boards will have to do something about this issue.
Its not about taking your right away to spend.

With this monetization as it is. This compounds the issue.
She is only out a day and already her numbers are insane.
She is currently at a 66.5% win rate. Yes, very small sample size, but players are exploiting her and I noted she would plop down on turn 3 regularly. Players find a way.
She also amplifies Gorr here.

Play her while she stands, because they will tackle you at the door

[Si]

Originally posted by kingts:

Yeah, and I mentioned this, that this will get the Blood-stone treatment, were they rake in all the money for this test card and once again, beat you up at the door and give you a ragged shirt. Pat you on your head and send you on your merry way.
They simply do not test these ideas very well. This is a practice these developers have gotten away with for way too long, with the public, for way too long.

Its a huge difference in purchasing a tangible item, and an illusionary item.

They will justify this excuse as, we need the flexibility to adjust if we get it wrong, but they clearly did this before with many Battle Pass cards.
This is why oversight boards will have to do something about this issue.
Its not about taking your right away to spend.

With this monetization as it is. This compounds the issue.
She is only out a day and already her numbers are insane.
She is currently at a 66.5% win rate. Yes, very small sample size, but players are exploiting her and I noted she would plop down on turn 3 regularly. Players find a way.
She also amplifies Gorr here.

Play her while she stands, because they will tackle you at the door

:dwarven:

They will keep doing it because people keep buying it.

Players are to blame just as much.

[Si]

Originally posted by Night Foxx (She/her):

Holy ♥♥♥♥ how could you not see this would be broken as hell?!?!?!

+3 has always been problematic, but they intentionally release cards overpowered to make $$$ and then nerf later.

[Drakesonofthedragons]

The card is ok, just remove galactus from the game