At 4 charges, Blade is on the expensive side of charge powers. But Marvel Knights has plenty of sneaky ways to get 1 or 2 points of damage onto a supporter, and if you get to 4 charges, this sort of effect can really swing the momentum of a game hard in your favor. You’ll be able to get to 4 charges just fine as long as you realize that it’s a lot; you really will be happy with yourself if you pack just a few extra actions into your deck. Fortunately, with so many good damage-dealing spells, many of which combo awesomely with Blade, this is more of a reason to celebrate than it is something to be concerned about.

Rian Fike wrote a great overview of the Blade films recently and previewed Blade: Daywalker, showing you that it’s not just Blade’s leader power, but Blades everywhere that love getting damage on those enemies.

Let’s check out the very best way to get damage on those pesky enemy supporters:

Boy, can this thing be nasty. It usually gets at least a point of damage on every single enemy character. Sure, it’s definitely possible to get more than five supporters into play, especially if you’re playing a squad X-Men deck, but this card can be even more of a nightmare for that type of deck. Forget putting damage on all of their guys—you might just straight up kill two or three of them! And that’s the coolest thing about Blade Flurry—the sheer versatility of the card. Heck, sometimes all you really want is to just plug the opposing leader for 5 damage, and Blade Flurry can make that happen.

So you’re probably starting to get a sense of the way a Blade deck might work: cut 'em up a little bit first and then finish the job. Of course, there comes a time in every Blade’s life when he’s done with all that. You know, it’s that moment when he’s just been stuck full of holes and sacrificed to some horrible demon, or when his only friend has just been left for dead, it’s the moment when he’s just finally done with the vampires and all of their crap. It’s the moment when he decides to become a humongous, powerful 8-drop:

Blade: Vampire Slayer doesn’t look to capitalize on damaged enemy supporters. Nah, he just wants those supporters dead as soon as they get damaged. End of story. I kind of want to write a really juicy couple of sentences about the way a card like Blade Flurry interacts with this guy, but it might be more fun if you just scroll up and re-read the two cards for yourself.

Yes, it works like that.

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