Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-10214922-20130602042349/@comment-10214922-20130603122116

I'm loosely crunching some numbers to see from a deck performance perspective what kind of bang for buck Ironhide would be.

Consider that the X3/X5 cards carry the deck in any given episode (one X3 and X5 card in your backline) increasing the total damage output by roughly 70% for approximately $40.

Consider that you could spend potentially $200 to get a full Ironhide - $200 could get you six X5 cards, putting 3 in your frontline and 3 in your backline increasing your deck strength by roughly 260%.

That means Ironhide would need to be 2.6 times more powerful than your entire 9 card deck or 23.5 times stronger than a typical backline worthy R4 card.

However you would expect to hang on to Ironhide for more than once episode.

Let's say you bought a X3/X5 combo every week for 5 weeks. That provides your 70% increase each week. If Ironhide alone could boost your deck by 70% for 5 weeks then he would be of equal value. That means he would have to be 70% stronger than your entire 9 card deck or 15.3 times stronger than a typical backline worthy R4 card.

Do you think Ironhide will be 15 times stronger than any card we've ever seen? Or is this just collector bait?