Card of the Day Archive
January 2, 2004: The Stranger

The Stranger

The Stranger’s Bolt ability is great to get around raging characters. He doesn’t even have to be in the action field to use it. On level 2, he gets the strange Paradox ability. If he is not raging, he can set and pay 2 life to switch wounds on two of your gladiators. Use it to save a gladiator or allow a gladiator that pays life to do something to continue doing it like Lillith, Opac, Bull’s Eye or Taa Ra.
The Switch is easy, let’s say you had Ironsides on your team with 3 wounds and Maximillion with 9 wounds. You can switch their wounds so that Maximillion has 3 wounds and Ironsides has 9. Keep in mind if switching the wounds will destroy a gladiator, you cannot do it. For example Maximillion with 9 wounds and Berserker with 5 (Berserker has 6 life); if you switch the wounds Berserker will be destroyed with 9 wounds.
If you choose The Stranger as a target, keep in mind he will get 2 wounds before the switch from paying 2 life.
The Stranger goes well with Arkzilipul, Cray Phillips, Freakshow, Lillith, Queen Alexandra, Goth Garal, Madame Petice, Maximillion, Opac Sentir, Ryla, Bull's Eye, Trace, Simon Bantus, and Taa Ra.