Ashur Tablet killer

Ankha wrote:

I'm a bit surprised. Ashur works great in decks without multiple MPA. I play 6 of them in a thin Gangrel deck (with little master), it works like a charm.
It is as wrong as saying you are obliged to play presence in a vote deck because Voter Captivation is great.

True, this works fine, until you find yourself against a 12 Ashur multiple MPA deck who will beat you to the Ashur race. Ashur is a fine card but the cheesy bloat decks stole it from the decks that really needed it and could make an interesting use of it.

Ashur on its own is fine. Liquidation on its own is fine. The combo of both is too much bloat. I think the real killer is the ability to use Ashur to retrieve the Liquidation you just played. There are several ways to correct it without hammering the cards:
- Ashur only retrieves Minion cards
- Liquidation is removed from the game once played

nc-italy wrote:

But ashur could be balanced just making it to retrieve minion cards (and not also master cards)
Minimal text change for an overall balance reword

Hm, not bad. And it would still be very useful.
I like the idea of removing the Liquidation from the game too.

I second that. Like both suggestions.

Ashur Tablet Killer

While you control a copy of Ashur Tablets, your minions have +1 strength. Each turn you have a mandatory action to have one of your minions enter combat with your prey. This action is at +1 stealth.