Grand Saboteur (BCS)

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~~The~~ '''Grand Saboteur''' is a [[Magic]] [[Monkey (BCS)|Monkey]] [[card]] in ''[[Bloons Card Storm]]'', introduced in {{BCS version|6.0}}. While in play, it causes all ~~Bloons~~ summoned by the opponent to have 50 less health and max health. Any Bloons that start with 50 or less health immediately pop when summoned. This effect does not count as damage (e.g. [[Extractor Bloon]]). Only one of this card can be in the Collection.

'''Grand Saboteur''' is a [[Magic]] [[Monkey (BCS)|Monkey]] [[card]] in ''[[Bloons Card Storm]]'', introduced in {{BCS version|6.0}}. While in play, it causes all [[Bloon (BCS)|Bloon]]s summoned by the opponent to have 50 less health and max health. Any Bloons that start with 50 or less health immediately pop when summoned. This effect does not count as damage (e.g. [[Extractor Bloon]]), and it occurs before Hero passives such as [[Quincy (BCS)|Quincy]]'s Perceptive Shot and [[Zee Jay (BCS)|Zee Jay]]'s Passive Awesomeness. The Monkey itself is able to [[Detect|detect]] Camo Bloons. Only one of this card can be in the Collection.

The card artwork portrays a Grand Saboteur on top of a building during a full moon, emitting a purple aura.

==Tips==

*Grand Saboteur works well in control decks to limit the Health of incoming Bloons, ~~however~~ it also does enough damage to kill a stall from [[Red Bloon Apopalypse]].

*Grand Saboteur works well in control decks to limit the Health of incoming Bloons, but it also does enough damage to kill a stall from [[Red Bloon Apopalypse]].

*Grand Saboteur is particularly effective against strategies that rely on many lower health Bloons. Using it against something like a [[Necromancer (BCS)|Necromancer]] with [[Dart Arts Wizard]] will cause its spawns to be significantly less threatening.

*Grand Saboteur lowers the health of [[Pink Bloon (BCS)|Pink Bloons]] (on any map other than [[Dark Castle (BCS)|Dark Castle]] or while fighting against any hero other than [[Ezili (BCS)|Ezili]] or [[Zee Jay (BCS)|Zee Jay]]) ~~enough~~ to where one shot from [[Tack Sprayer (BCS)|Tack Sprayer]] or [[Elite Defender (BCS)|Elite Defender]] can pop it, which allows them to pop 3 or 4 [[Pink Bloon (BCS)|Pink Bloons]] before reloading.

*Grand Saboteur lowers the health of [[Pink Bloon (BCS)|Pink Bloons]] enough (on any map other than [[Dark Castle (BCS)|Dark Castle]] or while fighting against any hero other than [[Ezili (BCS)|Ezili]] or [[Zee Jay (BCS)|Zee Jay]]) to where one shot from [[Tack Sprayer (BCS)|Tack Sprayer]] or [[Elite Defender (BCS)|Elite Defender]] can pop it, which allows them to pop 3 or 4 [[Pink Bloon (BCS)|Pink Bloons]] before reloading.

*Grand Saboteur is an effective counter to OTK decks, forcing them to either run removal cards like [[Shrink]], or to find more cards to pull off an OTK combo effectively.

*Grand ~~Saboteur’s~~ effect does not do damage, ~~just reduce max health. This means you~~ cannot take advantage of ~~its effect with cards~~ like [[Growth Gas Bloon]].

*Since Grand Saboteur's effect does not do damage, the opponent cannot take advantage of On Damaged Bloons like [[Growth Gas Bloon]].

*~~Any Bloon at or beneath 50 health will immediately be popped. Notably, against~~ [[Mountain Obyn (BCS)|Mountain Obyn]], ~~summoning~~ [[Sentinel Bloon|Sentinel Bloons]] ~~will cause them~~ to immediately pop, making their damage effect unavoidable.

*Against [[Mountain Obyn (BCS)|Mountain Obyn]], this card causes his [[Sentinel Bloon|Sentinel Bloons]] to immediately pop, making their damage effect unavoidable, but it prevents him from using Sentinel Bloons to deter your Monkeys.

*The main attack is strong, dealing 75 damage with 1 delay and innate detection of Camo Bloons.

*Versus [[Dreadbloon (BCS)|Dreadbloon]], Grand Saboteur can be added to limit the [[Rock Bloon (BCS)|Rock Bloon]] health such that common 1-delay Monkeys (e.g. [[Monkey Investigator]] and [[Berserker Brew (BCS)|Berserker Brew]]) can destroy them in one shot, even with Stage 1 Phase 4 Dreadbloon (20 Armor on Rock Bloons) unless Bloon Health modifiers are present. Again, it's ideal when placed later on, preferably once Dreadbloon's aggression begins to run out by having a consistently low hand. It's also solid with Berserker Brew if better ATK options aren't available (e.g. [[Missile Launcher (BCS)|Missile Launcher]], [[Extra-Super Monkey]]).

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==Update history==

{{BCS change list by name|Grand Saboteur}}-->

~~==Development==~~

~~{{incomplete|Add further context to the "Bloon Saboteur" card, other than just that the card art is similar}}~~

~~[[file:BCS BloonSaboteur Icon.png|thumb|Unused "Bloon Saboteur" card icon from the beta tests]]~~

~~Grand Saboteur uses a similar card art to the "Bloon Saboteur" card.~~

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==Gallery==

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BCS BloonSaboteur.png|Unused "Bloon Saboteur" card art from the beta tests

BCS BloonSaboteur Icon.png|Unused "Bloon Saboteur" card icon from the beta tests

BCS Grandsabo No RBA Opponent.png|Dealing enough damage to negate incoming [[Red Bloon Apopalypse|RBA]] on opponent's side

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==Trivia==

*Grand Saboteur's card art is very similar to unused card art internally named <code>BloonSaboteur</code>, which was present in the game files since the [[Bloons Card Storm Firstlook test|Firstlook test]].

==In other languages==

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-The '''Grand Saboteur''' is a [[Magic]] [[Monkey (BCS)|Monkey]] [[card]] in ''[[Bloons Card Storm]]'', introduced in {{BCS version|6.0}}. While in play, it causes all Bloons summoned by the opponent to have 50 less health and max health. Any Bloons that start with 50 or less health immediately pop when summoned. This effect does not count as damage (e.g. [[Extractor Bloon]]). Only one of this card can be in the Collection.
+'''Grand Saboteur''' is a [[Magic]] [[Monkey (BCS)|Monkey]] [[card]] in ''[[Bloons Card Storm]]'', introduced in {{BCS version|6.0}}. While in play, it causes all [[Bloon (BCS)|Bloon]]s summoned by the opponent to have 50 less health and max health.<!--already implies shield bypass--> Any Bloons that start with 50 or less health immediately pop when summoned. This effect does not count as damage (e.g. [[Extractor Bloon]]), and it occurs before Hero passives such as [[Quincy (BCS)|Quincy]]'s Perceptive Shot and [[Zee Jay (BCS)|Zee Jay]]'s Passive Awesomeness. The Monkey itself is able to [[Detect|detect]] Camo Bloons. Only one of this card can be in the Collection.
+The card artwork portrays a Grand Saboteur on top of a building during a full moon, emitting a purple aura.
 ==Tips==
-{{BCS last updated|6.0|section=y}}
+{{BCS last updated|6.2|section=y}}
-*Grand Saboteur works well in control decks to limit the Health of incoming Bloons, however it also does enough damage to kill a stall from [[Red Bloon Apopalypse]].
+*Grand Saboteur works well in control decks to limit the Health of incoming Bloons, but it also does enough damage to kill a stall from [[Red Bloon Apopalypse]].
 *Grand Saboteur is particularly effective against strategies that rely on many lower health Bloons. Using it against something like a [[Necromancer (BCS)|Necromancer]] with [[Dart Arts Wizard]] will cause its spawns to be significantly less threatening.
-*Grand Saboteur lowers the health of [[Pink Bloon (BCS)|Pink Bloons]] (on any map other than [[Dark Castle (BCS)|Dark Castle]] or while fighting against any hero other than [[Ezili (BCS)|Ezili]] or [[Zee Jay (BCS)|Zee Jay]]) enough to where one shot from [[Tack Sprayer (BCS)|Tack Sprayer]] or [[Elite Defender (BCS)|Elite Defender]] can pop it, which allows them to pop 3 or 4 [[Pink Bloon (BCS)|Pink Bloons]] before reloading.
+*Grand Saboteur lowers the health of [[Pink Bloon (BCS)|Pink Bloons]] enough (on any map other than [[Dark Castle (BCS)|Dark Castle]] or while fighting against any hero other than [[Ezili (BCS)|Ezili]] or [[Zee Jay (BCS)|Zee Jay]]) to where one shot from [[Tack Sprayer (BCS)|Tack Sprayer]] or [[Elite Defender (BCS)|Elite Defender]] can pop it, which allows them to pop 3 or 4 [[Pink Bloon (BCS)|Pink Bloons]] before reloading.
 *Grand Saboteur is an effective counter to OTK decks, forcing them to either run removal cards like [[Shrink]], or to find more cards to pull off an OTK combo effectively.
-*Grand Saboteur’s effect does not do damage, just reduce max health. This means you cannot take advantage of its effect with cards like [[Growth Gas Bloon]].
+*Since Grand Saboteur's effect does not do damage, the opponent cannot take advantage of On Damaged Bloons like [[Growth Gas Bloon]].
-*Any Bloon at or beneath 50 health will immediately be popped. Notably, against [[Mountain Obyn (BCS)|Mountain Obyn]], summoning [[Sentinel Bloon|Sentinel Bloons]] will cause them to immediately pop, making their damage effect unavoidable.
+*Against [[Mountain Obyn (BCS)|Mountain Obyn]], this card causes his [[Sentinel Bloon|Sentinel Bloons]] to immediately pop, making their damage effect unavoidable, but it prevents him from using Sentinel Bloons to deter your Monkeys.
+*The main attack is strong, dealing 75 damage with 1 delay and innate detection of Camo Bloons.
+*Versus [[Dreadbloon (BCS)|Dreadbloon]], Grand Saboteur can be added to limit the [[Rock Bloon (BCS)|Rock Bloon]] health such that common 1-delay Monkeys (e.g. [[Monkey Investigator]] and [[Berserker Brew (BCS)|Berserker Brew]]) can destroy them in one shot, even with Stage 1 Phase 4 Dreadbloon (20 Armor on Rock Bloons) unless Bloon Health modifiers are present. Again, it's ideal when placed later on, preferably once Dreadbloon's aggression begins to run out by having a consistently low hand. It's also solid with Berserker Brew if better ATK options aren't available (e.g. [[Missile Launcher (BCS)|Missile Launcher]], [[Extra-Super Monkey]]).
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 ==Update history==
 {{BCS change list by name|Grand Saboteur}}-->
-==Development==
-{{incomplete|Add further context to the "Bloon Saboteur" card, other than just that the card art is similar}}
-[[file:BCS BloonSaboteur Icon.png|thumb|Unused "Bloon Saboteur" card icon from the beta tests]]
-Grand Saboteur uses a similar card art to the "Bloon Saboteur" card.
-{{clear}}
 ==Gallery==
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 BCS BloonSaboteur.png|Unused "Bloon Saboteur" card art from the beta tests
 BCS BloonSaboteur Icon.png|Unused "Bloon Saboteur" card icon from the beta tests
+BCS Grandsabo No RBA Opponent.png|Dealing enough damage to negate incoming [[Red Bloon Apopalypse|RBA]] on opponent's side
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+==Trivia==
+*Grand Saboteur's card art is very similar to unused card art internally named <code>BloonSaboteur</code>, which was present in the game files since the [[Bloons Card Storm Firstlook test|Firstlook test]].
 ==In other languages==

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