Welcome to the 3rd edition of Alphawog’s Unloved Cards! I’ll be highlighting cards that are relatively cheap and don’t seem to be played often. And since the cards are affordable, I can run a giveaway for a copy.
This week's monster is often one of the cheaper Rares from the Chaos Legion invasion. It is an excellent card, but I almost never see it on the other side. I'm guessing it's because it doesn't synergize with Tarsa's abilities, in an obvious way. He's a starter card, but I think he's worth leveling.
The Djinn Apprentice is a bad ass card. For 1 Mana more that popular Magic attacking Neutrals, he has 1 more Magic attack and 1 more Health. He's the cheap killing machine you want to help deal with Serpent of Eld, Living Lava, Mycelic Infantry, Chaos Knight, Cursded Windeku, Djinn Chwala, and probably a dozen more. Pair him with Djinn Inferni and some of the best common tanks in the game get melted. This card is part of the reason I'm playing Fire way more frequently. Having a Magic option to counter Water and Life makes Fire way stronger.
At the high end of Silver play he gains another point of attack and a point of speed. 3 Magic attack at 3 Speed is a lot of bang for your buck. In Gold he'll gain Deathblow, allowing him to bat cleanup and help counter Llama/Kron or those pesky Self Healing monsters.
Give-Away Rules
Comment below with your Splinterlands account name (if different that your posting account) and your opinion of the Djinn Apprentice.
I’ll pick a random winner and post the result on my next edition of Alphawog's Unloved Cards.
Previous Give-Away Winner Time
From a list of 22 entrants, last week's winner is....
Congratulations @polar99
And a double congratulations, because I accidentally sent you a copy of Djinn Apprentice too. Hope you enjoy them both.
Since Fire doesn't have many good Magic monsters, I've played Djinn Apprentice a few times when I was expecting Shield and/or Amour.
With 3 Magic in Silver it's also a pretty good card for Yodin (if I could afford him at Lvl 2).
@amaari
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I've seen him used in conjunction with poison rule so that the tank goes down faster even if the poison is cleansed.
@daethical
I use the djinn quite often, in higher mana matches. (Is in bronze tough.)
Ign: stekene
Thanks for hosting!
I like the card too & thanks for the giveaway :-)
@summoner-cha
Djinn Apprentice is a nice card if you like to play with the fire deck
@henruc
I rarely see It against me and personally i only use It on High mana matches cause Fire at low mana has Better chooces with +1 melee DMG
@davideownzall
Hi, bronzie here!
I use the djinn only in mana- instensive fights or when I suspect the opponent might play something with a lot of shields- that’s where he shines imo
@lithion
I like to use him as a Fire Magic surprise.
That card is quite usefull, 2 magic damage will really help. This is one of my favorite card in fire decks.
@uchiha-gaming
It´s a very useful card because fire has not so much magic an it´s only 5 Mana. Thanks!
The djinn is good for fire vs fire battles because it can really hurt the typical used living lava and is not reduced by the shield
@noctury
@agitator33
I use the djinn occasionally, but probably should be using him more. You make a good case for him.
i honestly really like him
Usually I pick him when there is only fire splinter available to counter tanks with Shield: Living Lava, Antoid Platoon, Serpentine Soldier...
@elminster
This card is definitely undervalued and you got a point it can melt most tanks, well most magic does, and thinking it is on fire it is a great addition in case other side runs a lot of armor.
ivarbjorn
Wow never thought of using him like that. Gonna have to try this out, thanks!
I do like the Djinn Apprentice, especially for his Mana price. I have been avoinding Fire lately though.
Just building my deck and can use some cards.
Thanks. I am @IndieBandGuru everywhere
There's definitely some niche roles for this card. Thanks for the giveaway
@theacks
Magic can never be unloved :D
@arkasz
Only for magic spams when other splinters aren't available. Especially good with delwyn dragonscale.
I rarely use him, although it's nice to add with high mana battles. @frozenkoreans
I tend to use Tenyii Striker when I have 5 mana. But the Tank Melting ability is what the Fire deck lacks. I guess I will use it more.
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