With the release of Standard 2 and Expert 2, I feel that this is a card that most decks should be considering as a 1x or even a 2x. Many of the new boost abilities lead to additional boost cards being drawn and things can spiral out of control. This is capable of stopping the problems before they start.
A very scenario-dependent card, but agreed it is very powerful when needed. I recall some of the GMW mod sets having minions that come in to play off boost. This is a cheap way to beat a whole minion!
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Stretch22
· 716
There are some scenarios where on Expert, I just pull all three out and say, "okay team, I don't care if it means running a 41 card deck, but everyone is going to do their part on the team and run a copy of this."
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Death by Chocolate
· 4
@death by chocolate Agreed! Even before Standard 2 / expert 2 some villains have nasty boosts... Klaw comes to mind with sometimes two nasty boost effects on a single attack! And not to mention GMW...
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neothechosen
· 10760
@neothechosen Yup! Sometimes you just can't afford to let Star Shark or Under Attack kill five allies!
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Death by Chocolate
· 4
Just a question, it doesn't cancel the boost icons right?
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batman
· 27
Correct, Target Acquired will not cancel boost icons
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Leethus
· 22
That is an important distinction beacuse there are multiple encounter cards that have both both types of boost (Star/Ability & Triangle/Boost Icon).
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SDx
· 3
Another comment is that this is a Hero Response, so you may get unlucky and be unable to trigger this response if you flipped down
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SDx
· 3