This Summoner Is Too Powerful-Chapter 363 - 334: Supplementing the Card Pool, Contracting the Ugly Little Wolf
"The advantage of this Six-Stone Formation is its interconnectedness."
"It’s very suitable for a 6+1 card game."
"But the downside... is also quite obvious."
"Anyway, take a look yourself."
With that, the shop owner pushed the cards in front of Li Pu.
Li Pu picked up a card and browsed through its information.
[Stone Warrior Alpha] - 10 points, C
Attack 1, Defense 3
[Avenged Brothers]: When one of your Stone Warrior Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, Zeta exits the field, the remaining cards of the series simultaneously reveal themselves
[Rising Stones]: When Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, and Zeta are all revealed, it allows for an additional 1 Stone-type card to be revealed
"Um..."
Looking at this Stone Warrior Alpha, Li Pu was at a loss for words.
Initially, when the shop owner said this deck was interconnected, he thought it would be like his own rapid-action Mushroom Formation before the version update, where one card’s reveal would chain into another’s.
He didn’t expect the conditions to start this interconnectivity to be so stringent.
And their drawbacks are indeed too apparent.
Clearly, a 10-point card, yet its attack and defense stats are pathetically low.
To be honest, he felt it was somewhat unworthy of a C-level card ranking.
If it were placed on the game table, it wouldn’t have much practical use.
If all 6 cards were revealed right at the start, they could have some threat by leveraging a temporary numerical advantage for focus fire, causing the opponent’s cards to be lost first.
However, to trigger the interconnectedness of the [Stone Warrior Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, Zeta], one card must exit the field first.
A semi-skilled player could easily address this issue.
It’s like the early strategies he used against Shi Zhen, bleeding out the life points.
Without outright killing any Stone Warriors, just pressuring the life points, then slowly revealing his own cards.
Even if both sides reveal all their regular cards at the end, [Stone Warrior Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, Zeta] would just manage to reveal one additional Stone ace card more than the opponent.
But what’s the use of that? They already occupy 60 points, and a mere 10-point ace might not create any significant waves.
So, Li Pu felt this deck was genuinely meaningless.
"How do I trade for this deck?"
However, after putting it down, he casually asked.
"For something akin to the rare cards you offered last time, half a card would do."
The shop owner also understood that this deck has no practical value.
Moreover, he already knew the location of Living Stone Mountain, so if he ever wanted to collect it again, he could do so on his next visit.
"Half a card..."
Li Pu nodded, signaling the shop owner to bring out something else to look at.
"Alright, take a look at this set."
"This one is different. I came up with it myself, and in my youth, I once dominated the field with it."
"Though unfortunately, it’s not very complete; it only has 5 cards."
As the shop owner spoke, he laid out a new set of cards.
[Crackle and Pop!] x5
Five diverse projections appeared, their sound effects similar, resembling the sounds of crackling electricity.
"This is a set with both offensive and defensive capabilities, styled like a hedgehog deck."
"The core card is this one."
A card was pushed in front of Li Pu.
The card’s projection depicted a blue-skinned half-orc, with lightning-patterned markings on its face, which might be natural or painted.
A large drum was tied around its waist, and its two rough hands pounded the drumhead loudly.
Combined with the half-orc’s ugly appearance, this card found favor with few.
"What a card!"
However, after seeing its information, Li Pu couldn’t help but praise it.
[Thunder-Skinned Half-Orc] - 15 points, C
Attack 4, Defense 4
[Super Loud Drum]: Thunder-Skinned Half-Orc uses its drum, causing the nearest 2 targets to [Taunt], CD 2 turns
[Thunder Drum Generating Electricity]: Thunder-Skinned Half-Orc uses its drum, giving 2 Lightning cards 2 points of [Healing] 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺
This card was impressive because it offered both control and healing.
Moreover, its control skill is [Taunt], which is rather rare.
Li Pu had encountered it once in the gold tier, and it was quite troublesome.
Plus, [Taunt] as control doesn’t mean that if he taunts you, you can hit him.
If there’s another card of his blocking the way, you must attack that blocking card first.
Also, there are two lightning hedgehog cards in the shop owner’s deck.
The biggest drawback of hedgehog cards is the lack of attack, but the presence of the [Thunder-Skinned Half-Orc] can solve this issue well; just have the hedgehog cards block in front of it.
What’s more, the [Thunder-Skinned Half-Orc] can heal Lightning cards, which is a beautiful feature.
"How do I trade for this set?"
Compared to the confusing set of Alpha, Beta, Gamma, the incomplete thunder-hog deck tempted Li Pu more.
"This set... a card and a half."
"And it’s not a separate trade. If you take it, you should take the whole set."
The shop owner didn’t hide, revealing a sly smile.
"Quite the calculation."
Li Pu understood his intent and followed up with a smile.
One card can’t be split in half, and the price of a card and a half is somewhat like a bundled sale.
It meant that if he wanted to take this set today, he’d need to trade at least the value of two rare cards with the shop owner.
"Then let’s continue to look at other cards."
A single deck certainly wouldn’t satisfy Li Pu.
He hadn’t forgotten his specific purpose for this trip.
