Shrink

Shrink

Turn target Monkey into a Baby Monkey

It's more of a temporal contraction, but it does also get smaller!

Class	Basic
Card Pack	Classic
Rarity	Rare
Keywords	—
Introduced	Full Playable test

Stats
Cost			5		Charges			1

Shrink is a Basic Power card in Bloons Card Storm. It replaces a target Monkey on either player's side with a Baby Monkey.

The card artwork depicts a Baby Monkey created from magic.

Tips

This section was last updated for: version 6.4

• Unlike Bed Time, the cheaper and less rare alternative, Shrink has no restriction for neutralizing an opponent's Monkey.
  • Good candidates for Monkeys outside of Bed Time range include: Super Monkey, most Monkeys that can ramp up their Attack Power (e.g. high-powered Wizard Monkeys, Spike-o-Pult, Sun Temple), Dire Wolf, high-damage Defenders (such as Elite Defender), and most Ultra Rares.
  • Candidates for Bed Time are still worth it. Examples include: Jungle's Bounty Druid, Prince of Darkness.
• At the same cost as Return to Sender, there is more of a decision to equipping it or the other. The hard removal of Shrink is more useful at completely removing the possibility of an enemy Monkey being replayed, but Return to Sender is more versatile offensively.
• The Baby Monkey generated still takes up a Monkey slot, which prevents the opponent from moving the player's Monkeys to their side with Expert Negotiator, unless they first free up their own Monkey slot with cards or Adora's sacrifice. Likewise, the Baby Monkey could interrupt Monkeys that depend on positioning, such as Monkey Village.
  • On the other hand, a Baby Monkey still counts as a Monkey, so it'd still be a fodder for Adora's Ultimate Sacrifice, Total Transformation Monkey, or Sun Temple.
• Shrink can be used to waste a boosted Monkey; it is a counter to monkey-buffing Power cards such as Try this!.
  • If suspecting a Shrink, spread boosts across multiple Monkeys, and don't always buff the strongest Monkey.
• Computer opponents using Shrink always target the most expensive enemy Monkey. You can use this behavior to alter which Monkeys will get removed first.

Update history

Version 1.0

• Description changed

Before	Turns target Monkey into a Baby Monkey
After	Turn target Monkey into a Baby Monkey

Gallery

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  Icon
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  Placeholder art
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  Shrinking a Mauler

In other languages

This section was last updated for: version 3.2

Name

Language	Text	Notes
Danish	Krymp	—
German	Schrumpfen	—
Spanish (Latin America)	Achicar	—
French	Rétrécissement	—
Italian	Rimpicciolimento	—
Japanese	ちっちゃくなっちゃった	—
Korean	축소	—
Norwegian	Foryngelse	—
Polish	Skurczenie	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Encolher	—
Russian	Уменьшение	—
Swedish	Krymp	—
Chinese (traditional)	返老還童	—

Flavor

Language	Text	Notes
Danish	Det er mere en tidsmæssig sammentrækning, men den bliver også mindre!	—
German	Es ist eher ein vorübergehendes Zusammenziehen, aber er wird auch tatsächlich kleiner!	—
Spanish (Latin America)	Es más bien una contracción temporal, ¡pero que también se achica!	—
French	C’est plutôt une contraction temporelle, mais c’est vrai qu’il rétrécit aussi !	—
Italian	È come se il tempo non fosse mai passato!	—
Japanese	どちらかと言えば時空の収縮だけど、サイズも小さくなる！	—
Korean	시간을 되돌리는 것에 더 가깝지만, 어쨌거나 덩치도 작아지긴 하니까요!	—
Norwegian	Det er en midlertidig fase, men den kan også bli enda mindre!	—
Polish	Może i trwa tylko chwilę, ale ważne, że się zmniejsza!	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	É mais uma contradição temporal, mas também diminui!	—
Russian	Временное сжатие, но и меньше он тоже становится!	—
Swedish	Det är mer en tillfällig sammandragning, men den blir också mindre!	—
Chinese (traditional)	這主要是時間收縮，不過體型也跟著變小了！	—