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The Book of Marcu Esenwein
The Book of Marcu Esenwein If you cannot see the Army Card graphic, check Hasbro's Unit Page for stats and special powers, plus "character biography" and other non-game unit info.Fields of Valor - Collection 7 - "Vampire and Fiends"
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Character Bio:Marcu Esenwein found himself summoned from Feylund by Utgar just as his brother cursed him. Instead of gaining a clean-limbed, human-like undead creature of the night, Utgar summoned a mangled monster with webbed hands and feet, a misshapen body with shards of bone along his back, and exposed, crimson flesh. Still a member of the Esenwein undead family, Marcu has the deadly ability to drain life essences from foes that challenge him. His terrifying aspect is made more horrible as he glides over the heads of the enemy and attacks from behind with colossal fangs and the fatal strikes of his claws. Marcu Esenwein has no idea when or if the curse that transformed his body will ever be removed. This haunting uncertainty often causes him to fly into a rage, especially during combat. Marcu longs to lead armies and give orders as he did with the Esenwein armies on Feylund. When nothing issues from his monster throat but growls and squeals, his fury knows no bounds. When he can’t communicate his ideas, rage turns Marcu treasonous. He turns on Utgar’s troops, especially targeting members of the Esenwein family. These maniacal episodes never last long, but have resulted in the killing of valuable Utgar troops when they were desperately needed to defeat Jandar forces. (Hasbro) _________________________________________________________________ -Rulings and Clarifications-
ETERNAL HATRED : If Marcu is the last figure you control_________________________________________________________________ -Combinations and Synergies- Synergy Benefits Recieved
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-Heroscapers Community Contributions- Power Rankings Jexik: Marcu Esenwein- Provided Marcu never backstabs you, he is perhaps the best filler unit in the game. Given his 20% of betraying you, Marcu can often hurt you more than help. A- OEAO: A Cleon: Tier 9 (7/208) dok (VC inclusive): A Unit Strategy Review TBA Last edited by superfrog; April 5th, 2019 at 05:58 PM. Reason: vc added |
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Seems to me like the most fun end-game unit. Any game that comes down to Marcu vs. an opposing army will be thrilling with him turning on you every other turn.
Strategy-wise i would save him until the end of the game as you wouldn't want him to damage your own units. He actually has some staying power with his 6 life, and with his high attack it looks like he could easily earn back his pts. Such a cheap and useful filler unit. Too bad his sculpt is kinda crappy with it's lack of detail and lack of a variety of colors. |
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Marcu vs an opposing army seems like a very bad deal for you. As soon as he turns, wouldn't it be game over since you no longer control any figures?
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So do I. You get him back at the end of the turn. The DW7K ruling (which creates a tie condition), states that the result of the game is not determined until the turn is completely over. Therefore, you don't automatically lose like you would with Hawthorne.
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Anyone notice that this is our first figure in the whole game in which you want to roll LOWER on the d20 when rolling? Every other roll you want to get as high as possible.
That's odd I think. I wonder why they made that decision. Were they specifically trying to make him immune to glyph boost? |
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I did notice that, jcb, and it annoys me. But at the same time, I think a couple units with the reverse of the norm could add a bit of interesting tension. Still, I think I prefer everyone to follow the model.
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Marcu seems to be a very fun unit to play.
I've been wanting to see a tragic hero in this game for some time (I've wanted an agile hunchback like Quaismodo since forever!). Or at least I think he's an individual with a curse or some morphed malady. He seems like such a bargain for 20 points - 6 life, 7 Move, 4 attack, Life Drain. Yowsa! |
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Marcu reminds me of my favorite card from when I played Magic: Erhnam Djinn. He is cheap to bring into play, but he can cost you in other ways.
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