Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-198.228.200.42-20130511215556/@comment-9519540-20130513204129

Phaustus242 wrote: 136.166.44.135 wrote: Anybody who gets alt & robot modes of Razorclaw and doesn't MTM them are doing their deck a grave disservice. The MTM has an unmodified ATK of 17922, while the base cards cap out at 9957.

17922 * 1.3 (max) * 1.15 (transscan) * 5 (ep bonus) = 133,967 * 3 (position) = 401,901

9957 * 1.3 (max) * 5 (ep bonus) = 64,721 * 2 (position) = 129,441 * 2 (cards) = 258,882

An MTM Razorclaw is worth far more than the 2 base cards, plus the fact that you can plug an additional card into your deck. And none of this even considers weapon bonuses.

Definitely use the base cards if you have duplicates of the same mode, but don't keep them separate if you have a matched set. It obviously makes it look much better when you only give a X2 bonus to both cards, instead of a X3 one ; )

The difference is actually much smaller than that and, if you don't characters with better attack to put in the X3 row, you might as well use both your Razorclaw forms separately as glass cannons and put damage sponges in the front.

If you DO have other good characters to put in the back then, yes, MTM'ing those two razorclaw forms will prove to be slightly better, overall. I gave a x2 bonus to the separate cards, because if you're devoting TWO x3 spaces to non-MTMed cards with under 10,000 ATK, your deck is terrible. OTOH, if your deck is so good that you're putting a MTMed x5 card on your front row, then you really don't need help.

But for the sake of discussion, the MTMed card is still worth 267,934 on the front line. Still over 9,000 better than the two separate cards combined. Plus you still have to consider the opportunity cost of using only one spot instead of two. The MTMed Razorclaw leaves an open slot for another card. Even someone with an awful deck should be able to score both the R3 Shockwave forms & weapon. If we add the value of an MTMed Shockwave to the MTMed Razorclaw, it's no contest.