Amberhides

Amberhides
On play, drain 4 strength from a random surrounding poisoned unit.
Basic Info
Faction	Tribes of Shadowfen
Card Type	Unit
Unit Type	Toad
Rarity	Common
Crafting cost	5
Mana	5
Strength	4
Movement	1

Amberhides is one of the cards in Stormbound: Kingdom Wars.

Overview

Amberhides is a common toad unit that drains a large amount of strength from a nearby poisoned unit. The strength of Amberhides and the strength it drains can be increased by leveling it up. Amberhides can work in control and poison decks.

Strategies

Amberhides can deal with strong units very effectively, but only if you can poison it.

• Non-damaging poison effects are better to use with Amberhides, like those from Copperskin Ranger and Venomfall Spire, because damaging effects decrease the amount of strength Amberhides is able to steal.
• The strength Amberhides drains makes it great at controlling or destroying enemies. Alternatively, you can place it ahead of an enemy unit to threaten your opponent with a very high-strength unit.
• Amberhides is able to clear out high strength enemies despite its low cost and strength. For example, a level 1 Amberhides can destroy a 12 strength poisoned enemy completely.
• Note that Amberhides can drain strength from a friendly unit as well, which can either be good or bad.

Leveling

Level	1	2	3	4	5
Mana	5	5	5	5	5
Strength	4	5	6	7	8
Movement	1	1	1	1	1
Ability	…drain 4 strength…	…drain 5 strength…	…drain 6 strength…	…drain 7 strength…	…drain 8 strength…

Change History

• August 7, 2017: Set movement to 1, increased drain ability by 2
• August 30, 2017: Increased strength by 2, reduced ability by 1
• January 31, 2018: Can now also drain from a friendly poisoned unit

Card Versions

Differences

This is the original version of the card.

5
Amberhides
Toad
On play, drain 3 strength from a random surrounding poisoned enemy.
2		0

5
Amberhides
Toad
On play, drain 4 strength from a random surrounding poisoned enemy.
3		0

5
Amberhides
Toad
On play, drain 5 strength from a random surrounding poisoned enemy.
4		0

5
Amberhides
Toad
On play, drain 6 strength from a random surrounding poisoned enemy.
5		0

5
Amberhides
Toad
On play, drain 7 strength from a random surrounding poisoned enemy.
6		0

Differences

Amberhides's movement was increased to 1 and its ability strength was increased by 2.

5
Amberhides
Toad
On play, drain 5 strength from a random surrounding poisoned enemy.
2		1

5
Amberhides
Toad
On play, drain 6 strength from a random surrounding poisoned enemy.
3		1

5
Amberhides
Toad
On play, drain 7 strength from a random surrounding poisoned enemy.
4		1

5
Amberhides
Toad
On play, drain 8 strength from a random surrounding poisoned enemy.
5		1

5
Amberhides
Toad
On play, drain 10 strength from a random surrounding poisoned enemy.
6		1

Differences

Amberhides's strength was increased by 2 while its ability strength was reduced by 1.

5
Amberhides
Toad
On play, drain 4 strength from a random surrounding poisoned enemy.
4		1

5
Amberhides
Toad
On play, drain 5 strength from a random surrounding poisoned enemy.
5		1

5
Amberhides
Toad
On play, drain 6 strength from a random surrounding poisoned enemy.
6		1

5
Amberhides
Toad
On play, drain 7 strength from a random surrounding poisoned enemy.
7		1

5
Amberhides
Toad
On play, drain 8 strength from a random surrounding poisoned enemy.
8		1

Differences

Amberhides's ability was updated to target any poisoned unit, friendly or enemy, instead of only draining enemy units.

5
Amberhides
Toad
On play, drain 4 strength from a random surrounding poisoned unit.
4		1

5
Amberhides
Toad
On play, drain 5 strength from a random surrounding poisoned unit.
5		1

5
Amberhides
Toad
On play, drain 6 strength from a random surrounding poisoned unit.
6		1

5
Amberhides
Toad
On play, drain 7 strength from a random surrounding poisoned unit.
7		1

5
Amberhides
Toad
On play, drain 8 strength from a random surrounding poisoned unit.
8		1

Notes

Like all Shadowfen toads, Amberhides's name contains a reference to its color.