Holy Word 0 tricks

[shaowebb]

I tried to make this thread in the Culdcept Saga strategy section but it doesn't have the "new thread" icon so Ill post it here for your benefit.

I acquired a usefull card known as swamp spawn recently. Pretty healthy blue creature that doesnt cost you a lot. Its main benefit is it territory ability of casting Holy Word "0".


The strategy I used with this card was basically to force someone away from forts and make them go broke using teleporters and not your simply idea of just making them hit the same land each turn for tolls. Basically if your on any board with teleporters that are triggered by landing on them you can do this.
Either wait till they roll enough to land exactly on a teleporter or holy word them onto it. Next turn either activate a Holy Word"0" or Swamp Spawn's territory ability of casting that spell.
Now on the opponents next turn when it rolls "0" it REACTIVATES the teleporter changing their direction on the board.
This approach is particularly effective if you can hit it on a teleporter near the end of the board because of how long it will take them to lap.
Usually the last fort you have to hit to get a lap bonus is located behind a teleporter which means they would essentially have to go back and lap twice to hit the goal. Once to gain the last required fort and once more around to make it back to the goal.
This strategy gets easier if you have the ability to cast holy words or gain territory abilities via cards or creature abilities since it makes it really easy to land them on teleporters and activate swamp spawn if you have holy words and telegnosis(I think its called enchant now).

Anyhow simple but effective. Have fun with this one.

[notmetalenough]

Holy word 0 is also very useful for breaking your opponent's back. If they land on your big toll with nothing to defend against it, holy word 0 them the next turn, and again, and again.

[Thumpasaurus]

notmetalenough said:

Holy word 0 is also very useful for breaking your opponent's back. If they land on your big toll with nothing to defend against it, holy word 0 them the next turn, and again, and again.

Indeed, but that is the most common and widely known use for it, so it's nice to see new possible, less obvious uses.

[thesideburns]

Just a small comment to add:

Some think of HW0 as a little too situational to go into a lot of decks, but don't forget you can use it to cancel positive status effects on the enemy, or really nasty ones that were cast on you (silence, waste, etc)

[cr4ck3rj4k]

I don't have any Holy Word 0's or the creature, but it seems this can also be used to guarantee you won't have to move next turn, so you can wait out the opponents landing on your territories. Of course you have to have the G, and you aren't going to boost your territories or G in anyway except for opponents landing on your territories, but in the right situation I believe it would be useful to stay on your territory (if you landed directly on the creature) in certain situations.

[cr4ck3rj4k]

And I'm sire someone already thought of this, but it would be even more useful in a Kelpie deck, since the opponent has to stop directly on Kelpie, then stay on Kelpie for as long as you can make him.

[thelostone]

Just to broaden people's minds, don't forget to use it on yourself if YOU end up stuck on a teleporter you didn't want to land on. Also, the obvious usage of staying on a fort or castle for multiple Territory commands.

I've used it in 3 and 4 match games in conjunction with Trespass. If you're opponents are staggered when heading back to the fort, Holy Word 0 on the lead one can sometimes allow the second and/or third to catch up and then you can cast trespass and get them all across in the 2 round window.