Sea Bonze.. well *I* under-rated this card!

[CKaz]

Its cost, its text.. neat but not overwhelming..
basically noone gets to use abilities

(ie Grendel critical 20ST or less attack Sea Bonze 20/40, that critical won't happen here)

BUT....!

I think for the first time (otherwise I would have noticed that) fought a sea bonze and tossed a weapon on it (vs Mullyn/Gamigyn on their favorite map vs 2 of my chars).

THE WEAPON ST WAS NOT ADDED!

I had tossed a Kelpie against it (which says defense but isnt a defense creature) and was a bit shocked..

So then I did the Grendel above.

BOTH times the item (well weapon) were negated!

If Sea Bonze stops skills AND items.. WOW!

Now mind you I'll be checking this - I'm guessing it might also negate it's own defense. But think of this..

-levelled up land (+20,30,40,50..!) + its base HPs - breaking past that w/o using abilties *and* items? yikes!

-toss some growth on him for more fun

-obviously watch out for the reverse (enemies blasting for dmg, etc)

-curses may not have any effect! I saw mutation go on one, so it's at *60hp* and has poison. However the poison damage was never resolved during the fight..

I think I might have found my (next) favorite defensive card here (at least for blue) - wow!

This additional item negation (HUGE!) still is boggling me a bit.. maybe others knew about this.. now it's a DEFENSE card, so I didn't think much of it - it'd stop special ST power-up types but not much else (and gaseous form does that anyways). But to negate the special stuff from your enemy -and- its item usage.. with more hp than a gremlin (can survive an evil blast out the door).. nice!

Still trying to get a Vodayni (sp?) which kills the offense if on defense 80% time bonus attk - while first attacking.. nice! However it's beatable (another first attacker, caith sith ignores, etc). I think I'm going to try using the sea bonze's I have now. Still want that Vodayni tho heh.

CKaz

edit - I should add I don't feel bad underrating it (and you shouldn't either) as nothing in the text suggest it ignores items either.. I'm going to have to try using scrolls against it next time/other combos, etc. And the weapons I used didnt rely on abilities/effects (critical/penetrate) - they were just simple +ST adds. crazy!

[WhoseYerLilith]

HAHAH. This card is a MUST for most of my blue decks- I discovered it's wonders about 3-4 months ago- the problem is that the computer knows how invincible it can be when levelled up and will generally try to off a newly placed Sea Bonze with die hard intentions. One of the best uses I had for a Sea Bonze was when I went against Zeneth- I had all four blue territorries from the castle right to Left: Wall of Ice, Sea Bonze, Lilith, Hyde. Lilith was levelled up to 4 and Zeneth came over and took her out with a Decoy. On my next turn I used Telekinesis on the Sea Bonze to move it onto where the decoy was- as far as the Sea Bonze is concerned, a Decoy is a 0 10 creature- no reflect attack took place. The only card the Sea Bonze actually helps in battles is the Hellhound, since it negates the weak attack against blue.

[CKaz]

I'm still a bit bedazzled that it's basically a better gremlin yet doesn't indicate item stoppage as such on the card..

so you could telekinses a defense creature like sea bonze onto another spot? thats one way around no territory move I guess! I got to get that card..!

I like the fact it laughs at decoys, there are at least 3 AI cepters who enjoy the decoy..

But yeah as you might imagine I went from 0-1 sea bonzes in my decks with blue with a bit better showing now

[SeaDragon]

I've had a few rude surprises with this guy as well - I lost my beloved boomerang trying to take one of Mullyn's sea bonzes down - return to hand didn't work. Also, the poison that I gifted it with from a spitting cobra failed to resolve either.