Economy Drain

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Economy Drain

Reduce both players' economy by 3

Never put all your bananas into one basket

Class	Advanced
Card Pack	Camo Storm
Rarity	Uncommon
Keywords	—
Introduced	Version 6.0

Stats
Cost			3		Charges			1

Economy Drain is an Advanced Power card in Bloons Card Storm introduced in version 6.0. It reduces both players' economy by up to 3. Economy cannot go lower than 0. This card can be played if economy of both players are already at 0 but will do nothing except consume the card.

The card artwork depicts Monkeys in business suits reacting to a stock market crash. Papers are thrown everywhere, most screens feature charts that have a downward trend, and the monkeys have mixed reactions.

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This section was last updated for: version 6.3

• For only 2 Gold, Economy Drain chokes the base eco of both players. Farm-based loadouts (including tempo Farm loadouts) are less affected by Economy Drain. Most decks rely on base eco to gain Gold, and this card is especially favorable for Banana Farm users.
  • Conveniently, a normal Banana Farm earns 2 Gold at the start of a turn; Economy Drain is affordable on the following turn.
• Aggro can use Economy Drain to make the enemy unable to afford powerful anti-Aggro options, such as Frag Bomb Shooter, Super Monkey, Bionic Boomerang, and more. Keep an eye of how much money the opponent spends and saves to find the right time to use this card.
  • Many powerful cheap cards tend to cost 4 Gold (e.g. Return to Sender). Other thresholds to look out for are 6, 7, 9, and 10; these costs usually imply Bionic, Frags, Super, and SMS, respectively.
• The best time to use Eco Drain is when your side has better income generation and Bloons on the field than the opponent, and the opponent is trying to save up with the next turn's eco. Calculate the opponent's eco gains next round, plus other income sources (if any), to anticipate what they're trying to buy.
• Some cards and their combinations that cost either 9 or 10 Gold can no longer be afforded next turn if affected by Economy Drain in the absence of other Gold generation. Notable examples include Super Monkey Storm.
• While Eco Drain can still be powerful against max eco, its power diminishes except in specific situations where certain card combos or expensive cards cannot be afforded next turn.

Update history

Version 6.4

•  Gold cost increased ― 2 → 3

Development

This card originally reduced economy by 5, but it was lowered to 3 before the update released due to feedback from community playtesters. The original amount was displayed in the update video.

During the life of this Power card, Economy Drain opened up a new gamestyle called "high roll" where Economy Drain is the win condition to choke the eco of the opponent to then pile up on Gold generation methods via Banana Farms or other Gold generators, subsequently sending a powerful Bloon with that Gold advantage so the opponent has almost no funds to defend via "big Monkeys" or expensive Powers. However, this proved too powerful and was enough to fit into too many decks and ruin the game for some players. 3 Gold is still enough to achieve the new playstyle, just be less of a hard counter.

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In other languages

This section was last updated for: version 6.0

Name

Language	Text	Notes
Danish	Økonomidræn	—
German	Ökonomischer Abfluss	—
Spanish (Latin America)	Drenaje económico	—
French	Drain économique	—
Italian	Prosciugamento dell'economia	—
Japanese	エコノミー・ドレイン	—
Korean	경제난	—
Norwegian	Økonomisk tapp	—
Polish	Wyczerpanie gospodarki	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Drenagem Econômica	—
Russian	Истощение экономики	—
Swedish	Ekonomisk dränering	—
Chinese (traditional)	經濟耗竭	—

Flavor

Language	Text	Notes
Danish	Sæt aldrig alle bananerne i én kurv.	—
German	Lege niemals alle Bananen in einen Korb.	—
Spanish (Latin America)	Nunca pongas todas tus bananas en una sola canasta.	—
French	Ne mets jamais toutes tes bananes dans le même panier.	—
Italian	Non mettere mai tutte le banane in un solo cestino.	—
Japanese	バナナを一つのかごに全部入れるな。	—
Korean	바나나를 한 바구니에 모두 담지 마세요.	—
Norwegian	Aldri legg alle bananene dine i én kurv.	—
Polish	Nigdy nie wkładaj wszystkich bananów do jednego koszyka	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Não coloque todas as suas bananas em uma única cesta.	—
Russian	Никогда не кладите все бананы в одну корзину.	—
Swedish	Sätt inte alla dina bananer i samma korg.	—
Chinese (traditional)	切勿把所有香蕉放在同一個籃子裡。	—