Radar Scanner Village

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|description=Can't Attack. Adjacent Monkeys gain Detect and +10 ATK

|description=Can't Attack. Adjacent Monkeys gain Detect and +35 ATK

|flavor =Sometimes ignorance truly is bliss.

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'''Radar Scanner Village''' is a [[Support]] [[Monkey (BCS)|Monkey]] [[card]] in ''[[Bloons Card Storm]]'', introduced in {{BCS version|6.0}}. It is unable to attack, instead increasing the ATK of Monkeys placed adjacent to it by 10, plus granting [[detect]] to ~~adjacent Monkeys~~ (allowing ~~them to directly target~~ Camos if non-Camos are on the opponent's side)~~. It only affects the damage dealt by "attacks" and ignores damage-dealing card effects like the [[Boomerang Monkey (BCS)|Boomerang Monkey]]'s additional hit or the [[Thunder Druid]]'s On Play effect~~.

'''Radar Scanner Village''' is a [[Support]] [[Monkey (BCS)|Monkey]] [[card]] in ''[[Bloons Card Storm]]'', introduced in {{BCS version|6.0}}. It is unable to attack, instead increasing the ATK of Monkeys placed adjacent to it by 35, with identical mechanics to the basic [[Monkey Village (BCS)|Monkey Village]], plus granting [[detect]] to them (allowing direct targeting of Camos even if non-Camos are on the opponent's side).

Its artwork depicts a Radar Scanner Village at a grassy location outside of a jungle, with two monkeys alerting the presence of Camo Bloons; one monkey points to the [[Camo Blue Bloon|Camo Blue]], the other to the Camo Red. A Camo Yellow is further along the path towards the jungle.

==Tips==

*At 1 extra Gold and ~~10 less~~ ATK bonus than the standard [[Monkey Village (BCS)|Monkey Village]], Radar Scanner Village is ~~hard~~ to depend on, as it~~'s not guaranteed~~ to be ~~drawn~~, in ~~addition~~ to the ~~proximity requirement~~ and ~~the low support value not being worth it most~~ of ~~the time~~.

*At 3 extra Gold and 15 more ATK bonus than the standard [[Monkey Village (BCS)|Monkey Village]], Radar Scanner Village is expensive to depend on for Detect and is harder to save up for, so it needs Monkeys that have high Ammo to be worth using. Radar Scanner Village should primarily used for Control or later OTK decks that want to defend for a long time.

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*If [[Camo detection|Detect]] is an option you want, Radar Scanner Village can provide stronger Monkeys with Detect than other options such as [[Night Vision Sniper]]. The tradeoff is that Radar Scanner Village is much more expensive than other Detect options, so Detect is more of a bonus on top of the huge damage boost more than anything. It can still be very useful if defending against [[Camo Regrow Rainbow Bloon]], [[Camo Regrow Ceramic Bloon]], [[DDT (BCS)|DDT]], or [[CRRROD]].

*Since the card has no ATK or utility effect on its own without other Monkeys while also being very expensive, Radar Scanner Village can brick in your hand and be difficult to play if you don't draw well enough. It's for this reason that Monkey Village, despite the lower ATK boost, can often be better as it bricks much less and works with early game Monkeys like [[Crossbow Monkey]] better for defending against Aggro or Tempo.

*Combining Radar Scanner Village with cards like [[Sharp Shooter (BCS)|Sharp Shooter]], [[Crossbow Monkey]], [[Frag Bomb Shooter]], [[Arcane Master]], or other powerful later game Monkeys can deal extremely high amounts of damage to enemy Bloons. If playing Mountain Obyn, [[Dire Wolf]] additionally gains a massive boost from this card that can result in extremely high amounts of damage.

*Radar Scanner Village gives enough ATK to stop any neighboring Monkey from getting hit by [[Bed Time]]. This could theoretically help cards such as [[Jungle's Bounty Druid]] versus [[Dreadbloon (BCS)|Dreadbloon]], but against human players, Bedtime is usually played earlier and is by proxy less likely to be blocked by Radar Scanner Village.

==Update history==

{{BCS change list by name|Radar Scanner Village}}-->

==Development==

This card is similar to an unused card named "Radar Scanner", which had text and placeholder art in the data of ''[[Bloons Card Storm]]'' in the [[Bloons Card Storm Firstlook test|Firstlook test]]. The card was not implemented, and its art was removed in the full release, but its text remained in the game files. The text for this unused card still exists in the localization files as of version 6.1, and its description was updated to make the keyword text bold in version 4.0.

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!

!Art

!Name

!Description

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!Beta builds

|[[File:BCS beta RadarScanner.png|50px]]

|Radar Scanner

|'''On Play''': Remove Camo from enemy Bloons. '''On Enemy Bloon Played''': Remove Camo from played Bloon

|-

!Version 6.0

|[[File:BCS RadarScannerVillage CardArt.png|50px]]

|Radar Scanner Village

|Can't Attack. Adjacent Monkeys gain Detect and +10 ATK

|}

Radar Scanner Village was deemed outclassed by normal Village due to the card being essentially a dead draw by offering nothing better than the other card.<ref name="odysseyTOS-6.4">{{cite|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5RCsiqq--s|title=6.4 Tester Commentary - Bloons Card Storm|publisher=YouTube|author=OdysseyTOS}}</ref> Since Version 6.4, the large ATK bonus versus cost makes Radar Scanner more viable as an upgraded synergizer with low ATK but high Ammo Monkeys such as [[Crossbow Monkey]] and the newly buffed [[Heart of Vengeance Druid]].<ref name="odysseyTOS-6.4" />

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BCS RadarScannerVillage Icon.png|Icon

BCS radar scanner village prerelease.png|Pre-release image

BCS beta RadarScanner.png|Radar Scanner placeholder card art

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-'''Radar Scanner Village''' is a [[Support]] [[Monkey (BCS)|Monkey]] [[card]] in ''[[Bloons Card Storm]]'', introduced in {{BCS version|6.0}}. It is unable to attack, instead increasing the ATK of Monkeys placed adjacent to it by 10, plus granting [[detect]] to adjacent Monkeys (allowing them to directly target Camos if non-Camos are on the opponent's side). It only affects the damage dealt by "attacks" and ignores damage-dealing card effects like the [[Boomerang Monkey (BCS)|Boomerang Monkey]]'s additional hit or the [[Thunder Druid]]'s On Play effect.
+'''Radar Scanner Village''' is a [[Support]] [[Monkey (BCS)|Monkey]] [[card]] in ''[[Bloons Card Storm]]'', introduced in {{BCS version|6.0}}. It is unable to attack, instead increasing the ATK of Monkeys placed adjacent to it by 35, with identical mechanics to the basic [[Monkey Village (BCS)|Monkey Village]], plus granting [[detect]] to them (allowing direct targeting of Camos even if non-Camos are on the opponent's side).
 Its artwork depicts a Radar Scanner Village at a grassy location outside of a jungle, with two monkeys alerting the presence of Camo Bloons; one monkey points to the [[Camo Blue Bloon|Camo Blue]], the other to the Camo Red.<!--no links yet--> A Camo Yellow<!--no links yet--> is further along the path towards the jungle.
 ==Tips==
-{{BCS last updated|6.0|section=y}}
+{{BCS last updated|6.4|section=y}}
-*At 1 extra Gold and 10 less ATK bonus than the standard [[Monkey Village (BCS)|Monkey Village]], Radar Scanner Village is hard to depend on, as it's not guaranteed to be drawn, in addition to the proximity requirement and the low support value not being worth it most of the time.
+*At 3 extra Gold and 15 more ATK bonus than the standard [[Monkey Village (BCS)|Monkey Village]], Radar Scanner Village is expensive to depend on for Detect and is harder to save up for, so it needs Monkeys that have high Ammo to be worth using. Radar Scanner Village should primarily used for Control or later OTK decks that want to defend for a long time.
-<!-- When uncommenting these, make sure not to create more than one blank line between visible and non-visible text, otherwise it makes the empty space visible
+*If [[Camo detection|Detect]] is an option you want, Radar Scanner Village can provide stronger Monkeys with Detect than other options such as [[Night Vision Sniper]]. The tradeoff is that Radar Scanner Village is much more expensive than other Detect options, so Detect is more of a bonus on top of the huge damage boost more than anything. It can still be very useful if defending against [[Camo Regrow Rainbow Bloon]], [[Camo Regrow Ceramic Bloon]], [[DDT (BCS)|DDT]], or [[CRRROD]].
+*Since the card has no ATK or utility effect on its own without other Monkeys while also being very expensive, Radar Scanner Village can brick in your hand and be difficult to play if you don't draw well enough. It's for this reason that Monkey Village, despite the lower ATK boost, can often be better as it bricks much less and works with early game Monkeys like [[Crossbow Monkey]] better for defending against Aggro or Tempo.
+*Combining Radar Scanner Village with cards like [[Sharp Shooter (BCS)|Sharp Shooter]], [[Crossbow Monkey]], [[Frag Bomb Shooter]], [[Arcane Master]], or other powerful later game Monkeys can deal extremely high amounts of damage to enemy Bloons. If playing Mountain Obyn, [[Dire Wolf]] additionally gains a massive boost from this card that can result in extremely high amounts of damage.
+*Radar Scanner Village gives enough ATK to stop any neighboring Monkey from getting hit by [[Bed Time]]. This could theoretically help cards such as [[Jungle's Bounty Druid]] versus [[Dreadbloon (BCS)|Dreadbloon]], but against human players, Bedtime is usually played earlier and is by proxy less likely to be blocked by Radar Scanner Village.
 ==Update history==
-{{BCS change list by name|Radar Scanner Village}}-->
+{{BCS change list by name|Radar Scanner Village}}
+==Development==
+This card is similar to an unused card named "Radar Scanner", which had text and placeholder art in the data of ''[[Bloons Card Storm]]'' in the [[Bloons Card Storm Firstlook test|Firstlook test]]. The card was not implemented, and its art was removed in the full release, but its text remained in the game files. The text for this unused card still exists in the localization files as of version 6.1, and its description was updated to make the keyword text bold in version 4.0.
+{|class="wikitable center-col-5 center-col-6 center-col-7 center-col-8"
+!
+!Art
+!Name
+!Description
+|-
+!Beta builds
+|[[File:BCS beta RadarScanner.png|50px]]
+|Radar Scanner
+|'''On Play''': Remove Camo from enemy Bloons. '''On Enemy Bloon Played''': Remove Camo from played Bloon
+|-
+!Version 6.0
+|[[File:BCS RadarScannerVillage CardArt.png|50px]]
+|Radar Scanner Village
+|Can't Attack. Adjacent Monkeys gain Detect and +10 ATK
+|}
+Radar Scanner Village was deemed outclassed by normal Village due to the card being essentially a dead draw by offering nothing better than the other card.<ref name="odysseyTOS-6.4">{{cite|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5RCsiqq--s|title=6.4 Tester Commentary - Bloons Card Storm|publisher=YouTube|author=OdysseyTOS}}</ref> Since Version 6.4, the large ATK bonus versus cost makes Radar Scanner more viable as an upgraded synergizer with low ATK but high Ammo Monkeys such as [[Crossbow Monkey]] and the newly buffed [[Heart of Vengeance Druid]].<ref name="odysseyTOS-6.4" />
 ==Gallery==
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 BCS RadarScannerVillage Icon.png|Icon
 BCS radar scanner village prerelease.png|Pre-release image
+BCS beta RadarScanner.png|Radar Scanner placeholder card art
 </gallery>
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 ==Navigation==
 {{BCS monkey nav}}
+{{monkey village nav}}

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