Explodinator

Explodinator

Explodinator is a 4 Mana Cost Common Neutral Minion card from the Boomsday Project set!

Card Text

Battlecry: Summon two 0/2 Goblin Bombs.

Flavor Text

When it absolutely, positively, has to blow up overnight.

Type
Minion
Rarity
Common
Set
Boomsday Project
Class
Neutral
Cost
4
Attack
3
Health
2
Minion Type
Mech
Mechanics
Battlecry, Summon
Artist
Jim Nelson
Collectible
Yes

Card Review & Interactions

Okay card, actually. At first it seems pretty bad - paying 4 mana for a 3/2 is not really good. However, if you realize that the 3/2 summons two 1-drops (Goblin Bomb), then it becomes much better. Like I've said many times, I don't think that Goblin Bombs are worth 1 mana, it's more like 0.5, but the fact that it combines two of those into one card and adds a body is worth something.

I disagree with calling it a 4 mana 3/6 like some people do. Adding stats of the cards like that is pointless, especially since in this case the 0/2's can attack by themselves. The two 0/2's, however, make nice Magnetic targets for the future turns. It's basically like a miniature Boommaster Flark. Your opponent doesn't really want to spend damage to kill Bombs and take damage himself, so he will often leave them, and then you can buff them or trigger their Deathrattles etc.

What I dislike about it is that it's really slow immediately. While it's good against slower decks, Aggro deck can easily clear the 3/2 body and possibly even the 0/2's - he doesn't care about damage anyway, and won't spend many resources to do it (0 attack minions won't hit back).

Another potential use for this is in some kind of Token deck, like Token Druid or Token Shaman. Summoning three bodies is quite alright. But I think that Giggling Inventor might just be better for that.

So overall I'd say that it's about average.

Card rating: 5/10

Related Cards

Goblin Bomb

5 Comments

  1. Jed

    It’s hard to rate things that spawn a bunch of mecha due to not knowing how good magnetic is, but I’ll toss up a

    2/5

  2. Erlon

    Better name Prank-o-bot

  3. Mrthejazz

    Art is a blatant ripoff of that one robot movie. Love it.

  4. SmooveAsButta2

    Personally, I think this ain’t that bad a card, I’d put this as a one of in Token Shaman just for the pure power of having more guys, not as bad you might think

  5. Nick Lambert

    This is pretty much half a Boommaster Flark. If the Deathrattle Much Hunter pans out it might see some play. Also it's a stoned Iron Giant :D

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