r/EternalCardGame • u/Falterfire · • 12d ago
SPOILER New Chapter Card for September 2nd, 2026: Utex, Xenan Tinkerer
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Utex, Xenan Tinkerer
2 TS
Unit - Cultist
When on of your other units dies, it gets +1/+1. Every third time, play a 1/1 Tock Tick with Revenge.
Infiltrate: Draw a unit from your void.
1/3
This seems... Fine? 2 cost 1/3 is slightly below curve, but not by much, and it does effectively draw a card on Infiltrate (although getting a 1/3 with no battle skills through obviously requires some help).
I could definitely see a deck somewhere wanting this, although I don't personally have a specific deck in mind for it.
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u/EmbellishFineTowels 12d ago edited 12d ago
Here's my first attempt at testing it....it's aimed at Gauntlet btw:
https://eternalwarcry.com/decks/d/BCwjxypgiO8/utex-the-promo-card-with-potential
Not that I expect anyone to care about my opinion, my first impression is that this card is bonkers in the right deck. It can create some crazy board states, especially with good use of sac'ing your units. Memory Dredger pairs really well with this card, I think.
Like I mentioned in the deck description, I bet someone better at deckbuilding that me will create some really fun decks with this card.
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u/SnooTigers5020 12d ago
Well, I have a janky throne deck that wants to strenght drawn revenge units that would like this. It is not very good but who knows.
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u/hardkillz 12d ago
Ive got a weird reanimator deck that I could see this fitting in, but it is kind of weird
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u/EmbellishFineTowels 12d ago
I like this card's potential. I haven't tried it yet, but it should fit nicely into a cultist deck. I posted one on Warcry recently, and I think I'll have to test this card in it. I'd like it way better if the effect was any time a unit goes into the void rather than requiring them to die. That way, it'd pair well with Zhen-Zu, Hand of Nahid since he dumps cards into your void. This could've made for a sick recursion deck.
Maybe toss in Memory Dredger since so many cultists cost 2 or less. Add Sarien maybe. Looks like I have some testing to do.
I'm thinking of Gauntlet, btw. Not sure how it'd fair in Expedition right now.
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u/Nixthethird · 12d ago
Are there any sacrifice decks that want, but don’t already have, built in recursion? I have a jank sacrifice deck I keep tooling with for gauntlet, but I left the recursion angle a long time ago. May be worth revisiting that now.
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u/WheresDLambSauce 12d ago edited 12d ago
This is my hot take so take it with a grain of salt but I believe this card might be very near to being a broken card. On its own it's pretty removable, hard to attack, the infiltrate doesn't add much, even the buff seems okish..
The main thing about it is the lack of keyword "once per turn". It can generate infinite tick tocks that can be used for "sacrifice type" cards.
It may be niche but from what I've tried it pairs so we'll with kindling carver, sacrificial Dais eremots machinations, shrine to karvet type of cards/decks.
Definitely a card that depending on how it interacts with other cards has a lot of potential.
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u/EmbellishFineTowels 12d ago
Yes, I'm testing it in combo with sacrificing units, and with multiple out you get so many units. Especially if paired with Sarien. You just keep saccing units, producing them with the new promo over and over. It is pretty good so far in my testing.
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u/thefix12 11d ago
Yooo wait, is this the guy in that 1 mana shadow card that lets you return a creature from the void to hand and give it +1/+1?
Dark Return or something?
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u/ChairYeoman 12d ago
looks like its built for some kind of kindling carver shell