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Hello! I haven't been playing Gods Unchained a lot recently because I'm more busy, but I still try to play. After I recently saw an update about GP update, I was curious about it and I found this article where they explained the changes. Here are my personal thoughts about it!

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Sanctum

Sanctum is always important in games: if you have enough favor, that one card can change the game. Until now, the price of cards were mostly cheap in general, however they changed it with this update.

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Answers

Answers usually contain Relic hate and void removals. With the new update there are following cards:

• Bronze Servant came back into play, with 18 favor. As it was originally in the last sanctum, there isn't much to say.
• Valka got actually more expensive with 22 favor cost! It is a very useful removal, though.
• Vow of Champions, which I think were originally in Removal & Value, came to Answers with 25 favor cost. It is very versatile so I think the favor cost is very logical.
• Ironclad Minotaur seems really strong with 5/6 and protected, as well as sleep removal, but it is also expensive with 6 mana and 30 favors.

It is also interesting to not see Void Hate and 2 Sleep removals, and I think it would affect Death positively and Deception negatively, since Death uses void a lot and Deception uses sleep.

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Defenders

Frontline units and more defensive side of units / spells.

• City Sniper seems odd, as it gives -2 strength for only 1 turn, which seems bad for 2 mana, However, it can shine in certain situations.
• Shield Maiden is actually good with costing only 2 mana and having a cheap favor cost compared to others.
• Dead Sentry is interesting with Blessed ability. With that blessed you can get some favor back to you, which technically can make this card cheaper than 15.
• Last but not least, Angry Angry Hippo is a very tanky frontline with 5 mana 4/6 stat. Although it is very expensive, it can be worth it for control decks.

I think Defenders actually got some buffs with good Frontline units (Angry Angry Hippo) and debuff units. It is interesting to see how it would be played out.

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Removal

Removal was one of the better sanctum types, with damage dealing units.

• Ranger Firstbow is back with 15 favor cost. It is a decent unit to have, especially if you need a 1 damage dealer.
• Flamecaller is actually interesting because although some may say it is bad, it is actually a nice threat to have and your opponent would be having a hard time if they are heavily focused on creatures.
• Reckless Flamebreather is not good... Although the ability is okay, it has too high mana cost, making it useless in the first few rounds.
• Piercing Bolt is good with the standard 1 mana 2 dmg + Armor removal.

There are some cards that got added in Removal that does not get played often, so I am curious how would people use it.

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Threats

Threats have mostly units that the opponent should take out fastly.

• Skeletal Hoplite is good with 1 armor, which makes it tanky for 1 mana.
• Bonded Warrior is also nice, with a total of 3/3 stat for only 2 mana.
• Harvest Arachne is not that good? Although Deadly is nice, it does not have other abilities and unless you can make it attack, it would be removed fast.
• Belligerent Insomniac has a standard 4 mana 4/5 stat with the bonus of sleep removal.

Out of these, I feel like the 2 lower cost will be more used, especially aggro decks would like the extra units.

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Value

Lastly, the most important Value sanctum, which had basically drawing cards.

• Student of Truth doesn't draw you cards, but it gives favor after you draw a card.
• Foreign Diplomat gives you +3 favor while giving enemy +1 favor for 2 times. It has a nice stat, and overall you would be ahead by 4 favors.
• Encumbered Looter is one of the best Neutrals in this game, and it is also one of the best card in this version of Sanctum in my opinion.
• Militant Extortionist Steals 3 favor from opponent. Although the 6 favor gap is nice to have, I feel like 22 mana is too expensive for a 1 mana 3/1.

Overall, they really seem to change the focus of Value cards to Favors, which I think kind of make sense because Sanctum is all about favors.

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God Power Changes

Next, I will be taking about the God Power changes.

Create -> Selena's Mark

Selena's Mark is back again! Create is too slow, but in Sealed it is one of the best GPs. So, I think they decided to bring Selena's Mark back.

Thievery -> Guild Shiv

Similarly, Thievery is also great in Sealed, so I think they changed it. The new GP is also nice. It makes the opponent's Relic Removal useless, with new Shiv appearing consistently. I think it is a good cheap substitute to Thievery.

Flip

Flip had the issue of returning the same card that they shuffled, so they changed it, which is basically a buff for Deception Mayday & Combos.

Radiance -> Bestow

Radiance changed to Bestow, which gives +1/+1 to the chosen one. Chosen One is not really used much now, and with the Dread set giving buffs to chosen one archetype, I think it would be more popular.

Overcharge

Mana cost is now 1 mana. Although giving +1 spell boost is not much against Magebolt GP, it may see future play in some Control magic decks.

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Conclusion

So, here is my thoughts about the recent changes in GU! I might return with gameplay posts, but I am currently kind of busy right now so it would be hard to write some, though. Thanks for reading!