Card Abilties
Raise the Dead
Once per turn, during your Summon Phase, you may add 2 damage to this unit to retrieve an Undead unit from your discard pile and place it adjacent to this unit.
Unit Background
Ret-Talus, the Rotten King, found the very first summoning stone, though he cannot recall how. He buried it within his dead chest, though he has no memory of doing such. He draws upon it to exploit the rotting flesh of corpses. They are his willing puppets, his soldiers, his armies. They do his bidding, toiling relentless to see their master’s plan come to fruition, not that he can remember what that plan is.
To peer into the mind of Ret-Talus is to behold unspeakable levels of power, the ability to master both life and death, but so too is it to descend into bottomless depths of entropy, where naught but madness and fear hold sway. Ret-Talus was the greatest mind of his generation, but time turned them all to dust, and with it, Ret-Talus’ sanity.
To peer into the mind of Ret-Talus is to behold unspeakable levels of power, the ability to master both life and death, but so too is it to descend into bottomless depths of entropy, where naught but madness and fear hold sway. Ret-Talus was the greatest mind of his generation, but time turned them all to dust, and with it, Ret-Talus’ sanity.
Card Strategy
Raise the Dead is a very, very strong ability, even if it requires a lot of risk management. As mentioned previously it is both economically sound and extremely efficient in tempo. The problem is that Ret-Talus himself is the weakest direct combat summoner and really needs his units to do the work for him.
Because it is primarily a melee faction, every movement is very valuable, yet Ret also needs to be relatively far forward while still being in a safe position. Ideally you want to be near the front to bring in offensive gates, but also to raise his best revival target, Undead Warriors, and allow them to enter the fray with just one move. But if things look too risky then Undead Archers can be revived and get involved with little risk and often without even using a movement thanks to their range and ability.
Should you revive Undead Carriers when there are other targets? Not usually, but there are some occasions where you would want to. The endgame is one such situation, where they are harder to deal with and their Soulless drawback is much less relevant. Also sometimes you have an easy 1 life target and a good position and they can be more valuable there than an Undead Warrior.
Because it is primarily a melee faction, every movement is very valuable, yet Ret also needs to be relatively far forward while still being in a safe position. Ideally you want to be near the front to bring in offensive gates, but also to raise his best revival target, Undead Warriors, and allow them to enter the fray with just one move. But if things look too risky then Undead Archers can be revived and get involved with little risk and often without even using a movement thanks to their range and ability.
Should you revive Undead Carriers when there are other targets? Not usually, but there are some occasions where you would want to. The endgame is one such situation, where they are harder to deal with and their Soulless drawback is much less relevant. Also sometimes you have an easy 1 life target and a good position and they can be more valuable there than an Undead Warrior.