Summary: Another card from Set.2. This time it’s a biolith creature with very interesting ability.
Biolith Temple (UR)
Race – Base
Affiliation – Biolith Castle
Summon/Activation – 7/5
HP/Attack Power – 7/3
- Biolith Temple’s Magic Attack targets all enemies of the same race as the target.
- Each time an enemy is summoned, choose a creature from your graveyard that is not ultrarare and shuffle it into your library.
- Each time an allied Church of Parmus creature is summoned, you may choose a Church Parmus creature from from your graveyard that is not UltraRare, and return it to your hand.
- If an allied Scion Biolith Lord is on the board, you steal the exit mana of enemy creatures.
Comment: This is to just prove correct cracking of the video clip by my roommates. This card is really ability packed.
Sciondar Biolith Gateway (UR)
Race – Ancient
Affiliation – Biolith Castle
Summon/Activation – 7/5
HP/Attack Power – 6/0
- Each time enemy’s creature is summoned, the owner of Sciondar Biolith Gateway reveal the top most card on the library. If the revealed card is a biolith creature, the owner may summon this creature at the time. If the owner does not summon this creature at the time of revealing, the creature must go to graveyard. The creature summoned with this ability cannot attack the turn.
- Other allied creatures will gain biolith incarnation ability.
- Subtract 1 from the *Summoning Cost of other allied Bioilth creatures. (Minimum of 1)
*Note: As stated earlier, in the English version of card it specifically states Summoning cost; however, in Japanese Text it can be interpreted as both activation and summoning cost reduction. Since the text matches with that of Admiral Belta, I have used the Summoning Cost here; however, literal translation would be “mana cost” rather than summoning cost. My guess is this is early error in the card description on either Japanese or English side.
Comment: Gateway could be one of the first card that we all waited, allowing more than 1 creature summoning in 1 cycle (= your turn + opponent’s next turn). Obviously, the limitation here would be whether the player have enough mana to cast two mana expensive biolith creatures back to back.
Gateway is Ancient Race, therefore, if you decide to include this card in your deck, you will no longer be able to use WatchTower + Scion Ultimate Mana Generation Combo.
It seems like Biolith are getting true love here.
Source: Eye of Judgment Official Website Biolith (In Japanese)
Filed under: News, Set.2 News
Both are nice cards and work just as well on there own as they would with the scion. This for me is where Watchtower isn’t so useful, unless you get it on the board with the scion its actually quite a poor card.
I prefer the new temple to the gateway. With the gateway I can see myself having to throw away many biolith cards. If there are better mana generating cards though this could be an awsome card and an easy way of getting your really strong cards on the field. I guess we just have to wait and see if there are any real cards that help Biolith get mana quickly that are lower mana cost because getting 6/7 mana in the first place to cast these big cards is hard enough.
I think Sciondar gateway is more powerful than the watchtower/scion combo. The reason being, that this card doesn’t need a second card on the board to use all its insane abilities (I’ll take a one card combo over a two card combo everyday of the week and twice on Sundays). I wonder what happens when you try to incarnate a smaller creature on to a larger 1 (like incarnate biolith guard onto behemoth groundbreaker) I doubt they give mana back but that would be cool. Can’t thank you enough Houshasen for translating.
Any word on the Japanese sites about the North America delay? PS Keep up the great work Houshasen!
Ahhh, a baby dragon. And a new egg… CLICK or they will DIE!!!
@jayymerk,
>I wonder what happens when you try to incarnate a smaller creature on to a larger 1 (like incarnate biolith guard onto behemoth groundbreaker)
Yeah never thought about it. It’s very interesting idea. Even without mana gain, if you can incarnate the same mana costing creature over the other (like behemoth onto morning star), you can essentially keep doing back and forth and restoring the HP. Plus if like Turtle on the Cubic, each time you swap behemoth onto morning star, you get the field flip effect. Obvious issue with this is you are losing card everytime you do this, plus Gateway must stay on the board .
@GonzoBobH
Nope. They just show official counter until the release date in Japan, which makes me very sad…