What we are trying to do here is open up discussion about The Eye of Judgment and how to play the game with different strategies. EoJ is unique in many different ways thanks to the PS3 and online play. So, we want to highlight the deck that is closest to all our hearts… the starter deck!
The first 30 cards you get actually give you a sense of what the game plays like. There are some decent monsters in the pack (Bioliths FTW) and the spell cards can turn the tide of battle in a second. In my experience, you can concoct some crazy strategies just with the cards everyone else has. Let’s just start with the quick impressions that the elements that stood out. The one element I was slightly disappointed by were the Earth monsters. They just didn’t seem as “cool” as the other present and accounted for elements. Maybe it was the generic-ish dwarfs and soldiers? Biolith really made me happy, I like the steampunk look and the devastating attacks of the mid-range monster they give you. Fire has the potential to really impress, I think. The ones that are in the starter show it has some cool physical and magic monster attacks. Plus, the quickness ability of the Hellfire Spitters is extremely useful. Water has some of the coolest looking creatures in the starter deck, even if there are only two varieties to start with. Wood falls into the same category for me as fire. Loads of potential in the future but right now, you can tell it is holding back. Of course, you can expect Wizards and Sony to do their best to even the playing field for all the elements. As it stands with the starter, you can get the feeling that there is much more to expect but let’s face it, some elements will naturally be more popular than others. That will leave a huge opening for some neat strategies from under-used cards.
