The Book of Anica

[Phoenixio]

The Book of Anica
Champion of the Fallen Kingdom - Reinforcements 2: Goodwin's Blade

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Bio: Anica was a princess of the city-nation of Galnon. On the eve of Galnon’s destruction, she performed a spell that told Ret-Talus of the location of the barracks and guard posts within the city, and she begged him to preserve her beauty in unlife. When her parents were killed and the city burning, Ret-Talus was all too pleased to honor the princess’s wishes. And so she became his beautiful undead thrall, though perhaps not as she would have wished. For though she possesses the same beauty she had in life, she is doomed to be seen by the living for what she is inside – a dead, rotting thing, fit only for feasting worms.

Rulings and Clarifications
Q: What happens if my opponent doesn't have any magic to pay for Spirit Drain?
A: Nothing happens.

Community Contributions
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[airdroppers]

The only thing she is doing is getting you double magic per kill, I don't think Fallen Kingdom has trouble with magic due to Force Summon, Summon By Blood and discarding Zombies. She does steal from your opponent though...

[Sera Eldwyn's boyfriend]

Yeah, but maybe the point of her ability is to save you the trouble of using Forced Summon. I mean after all when you use the FS it leaves Ret-Talus really open for a quick strike from a variety of units. I think she will do very well in my FK deck.

[Infection Reflection]

I'll probably replace Malevolence with her in my deck. I might still use FS, but only to get Elut out as a surprise.;)

[killercactus]

She does steal from your opponent though...

That's really the point. The FK has a ton of cards that deny the opponent magic (Archers, Reavers and Phantoms to an extent, magic drain, dark sacrifice, Elut-Bal, Dragos). Anica is the lynchpin to that strategy. Plus, she can take FK units out of your opponents magic pile for Raise.

[Sera Eldwyn's boyfriend]

She has even more purpose now; she will definitely tie together my FK deck.

[sitnam90]

I think I may take out Dragos for Anica. I really like Dragos, I chose to replace Elut-bal instead of him to put in Malevolence, but I think Spirit Drain goes hand in hand with the Skeletons who have won me games on magic denial alone.

[Sera Eldwyn's boyfriend]

I agree, plus even though Anica costs one more magic she can easily make it up with her power. Than a combo between her and Malevolence might be very deadly.

[Anoir]

I think Anica will be one of my favourite champions.

[Sauam]

The only thing she is doing is getting you double magic per kill, I don't think Fallen Kingdom has trouble with magic due to Force Summon, Summon By Blood and discarding Zombies. She does steal from your opponent though...

Stealing magic is huge in this game... especially true for FK since they need their unit back on your discard

not to mention her stats is mighty fine and she look god damn cute in a sadistic kinda way ;)

[r0gershrubber]

I like her in a 10 Skeleton Archer deck for supreme magic denial. That could mess up a lot of decks.

[Sera Eldwyn's boyfriend]

I personally don't find her to be good for a magic blocking deck. I think she is more for a use like making the Forced Summons useless. I think she will be very usefull for that.

[killercactus]

I personally don't find her to be good for a magic blocking deck. I think she is more for a use like making the Forced Summons useless. I think she will be very usefull for that.

See, I'd never want to make Forced Summon useless. That's one of the advantages the FK has - the ability to get out a Champion before the open can react to it, or when they aren't expecting it.

Sure it wounds Ret, and you shouldn't play it if you can't protect him, but it's a great card and it helps the FK win games (and they need the help).

I think Anica will help more by fueling Raise the Dead, but even moreso by keeping your opponent either low on magic or low on units. If they want to get and keep magic when she's down, they probably will kill some of their own guys, which helps out the FK.

[Sera Eldwyn's boyfriend]

I think using the FS is very risky. I use it sometimes, but those wounds on Ret end up coming back to kill me, literally. If I can abstane from using them I will.

[Infection Reflection]

I think using the FS is very risky. I use it sometimes, but those wounds on Ret end up coming back to kill me, literally. If I can abstane from using them I will.

FS is very situational, I find. There is a time and a place to use it. With precision timing, FS finishes games, even at the beginning. I keep Elut in my deck because he doesn't need FS to get out for really cheap, and that means I get all my champs out for DIRT!:D It's really sweet if you can pull it off.

[killercactus]

I think using the FS is very risky. I use it sometimes, but those wounds on Ret end up coming back to kill me, literally. If I can abstane from using them I will.

I feel like you almost HAVE to use it to win games. Without it, it's really tough to get all 3 champs out, and that's the only way the FK can kill things (pre-Cultists).

When you get 2 champs down in the same turn, or when you drop a Wall / FS / Champ combo, it really changes the game. If you can follow it with a Greater Raise / Dark Sacrifice combo (or just Dark Sac if you played LotD earlier), the opponent can really struggle to repel those champs, especially Mal and Skhull.

[Sauam]

I feel like you almost HAVE to use it to win games. Without it, it's really tough to get all 3 champs out, and that's the only way the FK can kill things (pre-Cultists).

When you get 2 champs down in the same turn, or when you drop a Wall / FS / Champ combo, it really changes the game. If you can follow it with a Greater Raise / Dark Sacrifice combo (or just Dark Sac if you played LotD earlier), the opponent can really struggle to repel those champs, especially Mal and Skhull.

This is almost the same my friend and I play FK, in fact it is pretty much the only way to win pre-reinforcement. All the current common it's just here to buy time so you can lay down all 3 champ, preferably at the same time, then rush in

I feel there is no other way to win with FK without using FS, or even both of the copies

anyways, ontopicness, I believe Anica here can easily being underrated, she will net you many card advantages, her ability likely will trigger 3 times before she dies (or even more) so that along is 6 cards swing... sweetness. FK is one powerhouse once reinforced

[Thing 2]

I feel like FS is useful at the right time, but not necessary to win. This reminds me of the time that I used FS and the starting Reaper to bring out Elut-Bal on my first turn.

[Infection Reflection]

I feel like FS is useful at the right time, but not necessary to win. This reminds me of the time that I used FS and the starting Reaper to bring out Elut-Bal on my first turn.

Hey, I've done that too! Except I put a wall on the front line and attacked Vlox with him! It was great!:D

[Aleph]

I like her. Dragos' special is good at keeping him alive. Anica's helps you win directly.

I also like her as a reinforcement to the FK's traditional strength at the common-killing side of things, at a time where the FK get 2-3 new commons who are especially good at punishing/frustrating the use of champions (depending on how you assess Reaver).

[esper88]

I've been reactively playing Anica when the opponent goes common heavy, and building her in favor of summoning 3 commons when there are no targets for her. It's been working extremely well.

[Tisroero]

She's a horrible little witch. Just as terrifying as I thought she'd be when I first saw her card on Facebook haha

[joepinion]

Hmm. Was thinking about Anica recently.

Obviously she rocks and I would never play FK without her. Let me emphasize that first. However she does have a couple hidden downsides:

Skhull/Growden/Sprog/Torodin/Glarg/Kynder/Naan'Nashi/Mook are all strictly superior in pure stats. (Obviously Skhull/Nashi are the most relevant here. Mook is especially irrelevant since he's in a league of his own.) So her stats, although not terrible, are not high-end. Her comparables are Colleen and Dagger.

Her power more than makes up for her stats. However, there are situations where it's not useful. At the end game, when magic doesn't matter to your opponent anymore, her ability is not as useful and Dragos could often be preferred. More importantly, her power is useless when your opponent doesn't have magic, which is very possible with Magic Drain plus Skeletal Archers. And once she's on the battlefield, your opponent may just spend all his magic to make her power useless.

Of course, you can also use her to ENSURE that your opponent has no magic for his next turn. So that's good. As I said, she definitely rocks... I guess my conclusion to these thoughts is that, if you're going to use her, make sure you're taking out a unit on her first turn. If you can line it up for her first two turns, even better. It also makes me want to try an Anica/Dragos/Elut-Bal build... After all, Anica/Dragos aren't mutually exclusive. They could even compliment each other by ganging up on a unit and ensuring a kill while getting a benefit for sure. (While Skhull is likely to ruin my plans by killing that 2- or 3-life unit all by himself before Anica/Dragos get a swipe in.)

[esper88]

Common swarming with FK forces the opponent to react with commons, which feeds the fire of Zombie Warriors and Anica (and silly little Dragos). Force the opponent to summon commons tit for tat with you, and then come out on top through Anica and Zombies, who benefit from such an environment. Aggro FK does pretty well for this reason, though they're generally a defensive faction.