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Cave Troll: Balrog Specific?
Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2019 7:20 pm
by Theo
Cave Troll does not state that it is Balrog specific, but it has the Balrog-specific border color. Which of these is typically considered the mistake?
Re: Cave Troll: Balrog Specific?
Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2019 8:17 pm
by the JabberwocK
I use Cave Troll in my non-Balrog minion decks.
If it doesn’t say “Balrog-specific” on the card, then it’s not Balrog-specific.
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Re: Cave Troll: Balrog Specific?
Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2019 8:40 pm
by Konrad Klar
Balrog, Getting Ready to Play, Declaring that You are a Balrog Player wrote:If you include The Balrog card (the character card with the special reddish
background) in your deck or sideboard, you are a “Balrog player.” In this case, you
must tell your opponent before choosing starting companies.
Re: Cave Troll: Balrog Specific?
Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2019 12:42 am
by Theo
On the other hand, I haven't found any Balrog update to:
MELE wrote:Minion resources have a blue-grey metal background while hero resources have a copper metal background.
At least the Balrog has:
TB wrote:“Balrog specific” cards may be included. Such cards may only be included in a Balrog player’s deck. “Balrog specific” cards do not require that The Balrog be in play, only that you are a Balrog player.
Apparently no one can use the Cave Troll... or any of the other straight-blue cards from The Balrog that don't have "Balrog specific"?
Maybe there was a planned Troll expansion where he would have been used.
Re: Cave Troll: Balrog Specific?
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2019 2:59 am
by Kjeld
Theo wrote: ↑Sat Feb 09, 2019 7:20 pm
it has the Balrog-specific border color.
I believe you are conflating a difference in print quality/color control between sets with an intended difference in the border itself. See some of the discussion in this thread,
http://www.councilofelrond.org/forum/vi ... &start=30., for examples.
Re: Cave Troll: Balrog Specific?
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2019 9:25 pm
by Zakath
Yeah, Balrog-specific cards are still just minion resources. They gain the Balrog-specific attribute from their text, not their artwork.
Cave Troll is usable by any minion deck that wants to head into the Under-deeps.