Mimetic crown seems good but i'm not fussed - you just get one or two max per warrior at the cost of a gold token for each mimetic. In general I'd rather just stick with the tokenless crusty helm for its two sweet armors + deck thinning.
I'm not sure I agree entirely with this, but obviously randomness can be very swingy. I had a game earlier where my radiation terrain gave the opposing wizard a Defensiveness, which negated a Fireball and an Accelerate Time.
Hypno Beacon has the same tragic fate as encumbrance, in that it does not affect team moves. So I would drop it down a Tier from wherever you ended up placing it. It's a little too niche now.
That's what I meant, the ____, Team stuff; sorry for any confusion. Which is all I ever see any more; I see Sprint/Walk Team at about a 10:1 ratio with Team Walk. So....if I play it to corner two opponents, and the opponent has a _____, Team, it will be played, and then the Hypno Beacon is dead. Maybe if you could create a maze of them, it might be fruitful, I'm not sure. But it seems like acid would still be a better bet. Random sidenote: I've never seen Team Shift played, I think.
It used to be much worse than Team Walk. It's a much better relatively speaking now. I've seen it used well, and also used it myself, in various teams.
I am enjoying the radiation, especially the goo/spray. Have one tile affect multiple enemies or multiple tiles affecting one, it suprisingly reliable to start a round while getting powerful handicaps out of it. Be it a trip, a clumsy or a vulnerable/squeamish, the list of welcome outcomes is so long that it rarely fails you.
Spray is really effective with Accelerate time. If they get a Vulnerable or Squishy while you have 2 wizards full of spells, it's generally lights out, not to mention the radiation damage is also amplified. Throw in a fragile curse for extra burst.
Getting back to tier of new cards, not sure how impressive the Laser Whip is, as cool as it sounds, feel like it needs penetrating for an emerald card. If I was to play the item Zoltans Laser Scourge I'd want to feel good paying two gold tokens to run four average lunging bash in the hope of getting one of two laser whips. But I don't feel like I would But hey not much else to complain about with ettsc so all good.
http://forums.cardhunter.com/threads/suggestion-laser-whip-upgrade.7549/#post-92493 Lunging Bash has it Fanbase btw, i like it too.
One of the most common pieces of criticism held towards Lunging Bash is the fact it generally doesn't play well with melee attacks. On the other hand, it does have good synergy with Laser Whip (bash opponent out of melee range and then whip him mercilessly). I own Zoltan's Laser Scourge and would at least give it a chance, if only Laser Whip was as sexy as its cost would imply :\
One extra whip and one less bash, I could see it being worth a try, but the bashes outnumber the whips and kind of defy the idea.. :/
Laser Whip is a good card to be sure, but I don't exactly feel it's up to Emerald quality status it has been given...
