Tactical Upheaval

[victorybot]

So it is a great card right!

I have actually read on different threads that its characteristics are

cantrip
booster
makes low heath/ high power agents harmless
kills agents with 0 power
OR (if you add at least 1 power to it)
Turns a defensive agent into a beast

Since then I noticed, to my dismay, that by using it on my opponent's Silvio (at 0 power), it allows to recover lost power on SAFE agents.
Safe being a condition which means: no harm can be done to the health.

So instead of killing the agent by giving it a 0 power, it leaves the health untouched and transfer it to the power side.

Now if you make any agent safe, with Evasive Maneuvers or Dante Moro, and then use TU on it, a 0/6 agent becomes 6/6....ouch

I noticed another implication this time with the RECOVER ability.
Recover means: at the end of the rest, the health goes back to its former value.

I think its easier to explain with an example:

You have the Zealous Banker out, Magnetic Personality and TU in your hand. Nothing to counter on the horizon, so lets use MP on ZB, that becomes 3/9.
Then you attack, and throw TU on it so it becomes 9/3...
You scored 9 points the agent goes to rest and...dies. THe Recover ability in this case brings the health to its former value: 0

Now lets say you had an active Dante Moro as well. By making your agent safe while it is resting (so no harm to health) you end up with a 6/3 agent... sweet!

You can play with Amerigo vespucci as well, and transform him into a 5/5 agent with the recover ability.

[Tuism]

Well, the zealous banker case can be disputed - I'm not exactly sure how it *should* work - does it go to its original value, which is 0/6, or does the current value return to a 0/6 reversed by the tactical upheaval?

Does that mean if the banker got, say sudden exhaustion played on it, it should affect the health instead of power, as it is "under the power of TU", I doubt that should be the case, as TU is once off and not permanent, like mtg's enchantments.

Anyhoo yes TU is a brilliant card, I play it in a great majority of my decks that doesn't need the spot for something else or is vulnerable to 0 power walls like Amerigo.

[victorybot]

When you launch MP it gives a virtual +3/+3,
and at the end of rest the agent gets a -3/-3.

So whatever happens to the agent in between, if at the end of the rest the health is 3 it will die... Unless as I mentioned you make it safe so in fact it only gets -3/-0

With Amerigo I must say I am a little confused, I just had this happen to me:

I make 2 AV safe with 2 Dante, I throw 1 TU on each
1 AV is blocked by a 1/1 militia, and becomes 5/4 after rest and lives
1 AV scores 5, and dies after rest (I think I could have saved him by making him safe again while resting)

[The Rancord]

I still find this card a bit overrated. It doesnt to that much most of the times.

[victorybot]

It depends how and when you use it I guess. To me in the top 5 cards

[jmeredith06]

The card is terrific personally...a 2 cost card that nets you +1 income, a free card (thinning out your deck) and possibly killing off a creature or making one very powerful..oh ya...an it's a surprise. That card is BEAST!

[gamemaestro]

Yeah, many people just use it for +1 income and a new card. It's a surprise Knowledge is Power that is gold and costs 2 instead of 1 at worst.

[Brontobeuf]

You need a target to treat it like that.

[Tuism]

Yep, spamming it in your own agentless deck isn't such a wise move in all cases.

[The Rancord]

Well i think 5 tactical like many ppl play is to much

[Brontobeuf]

^ This.

It's a good card, but it's not a perfect deck thiner like KIP.
It only works on agents, doesn't grant you a kill or a power boost for sure and costs 2. It *IS* situational.

I'd play 2/3 of it with Sudden Exhaustion, 1/2 without it or with Familly Heirloom. 5 looks to me like a lot of wasted precious rooms in your 50 cards. Even with small combos with Safe agents.

[Tuism]

Really depends on your deck. I play 5 when my deck can live with it. Often I CAN just spam it on equal power health agents. I wouldn't play 5 in every deck of course, especially agentless decks.

[gamemaestro]

I don't play it a ton although I did add 5 of them to a couple of my agent decks. Worst case they thin the deck (I have only run out of cards once in 1000+ games and it was to a mill, I'm not worried about running out), best case they kill Amerigo or Dante or turn an agent into the killing blow/slow down an opponent. Yes, you need agents for them to work

[madstryfe]

I like it, solid card, great utility lots of pros very few cons. I try to use it in many of my decks also.