Discount Bloon

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==Development==

Discount Bloon was buffed in previous updates to keep it relevant as a rushing card. However, these didn't succeed, as the fundamental problem was that it was still vulnerable to being one-shot by [[Super Monkey Storm (BCS)|Super Monkey Storm]].<ref name="odysseyTOS-6.4">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5RCsiqq--s</ref> Version 6.4 completely reworked the Bloon into a variation of a theoretical Swarm Ceramic Bloon,<ref name="odysseyTOS-6.4" /> which would make discounting synergies more valuable, offer a higher Bloontonium count per card (excluding discounts to itself with additional played copies), and give Tempo decks a new card to revolve around instead of purely a gimmicky Bloon.<ref name="odysseyTOS-6.4" /> More specifically, ~~this~~ opens up [[Prince of Darkness (BCS)|Prince of Darkness]] synergy ~~because of giving Tempo a practical swarm card.~~<ref name="odysseyTOS-6.4" />

Discount Bloon was buffed in previous updates to keep it relevant as a rushing card. However, these didn't succeed, as the fundamental problem was that it was still vulnerable to being one-shot by [[Super Monkey Storm (BCS)|Super Monkey Storm]].<ref name="odysseyTOS-6.4">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5RCsiqq--s</ref> Version 6.4 completely reworked the Bloon into a variation of a theoretical Swarm Ceramic Bloon,<ref name="odysseyTOS-6.4" /> which would make discounting synergies more valuable, offer a higher Bloontonium count per card (excluding discounts to itself with additional played copies), and give Tempo decks a new card to revolve around instead of purely a gimmicky Bloon.<ref name="odysseyTOS-6.4" /> More specifically, giving Tempo a practical swarm card, which opens up strategies such as [[Prince of Darkness (BCS)|Prince of Darkness]] synergy,<ref name="odysseyTOS-6.4" /> or (although not explicitly stated in OdysseyTOS's tester commentary) another practical use for [[Marketplace (BCS)|Marketplace]] pushing not only slow-moving Large Bloons.

==Gallery==

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 ==Development==
-Discount Bloon was buffed in previous updates to keep it relevant as a rushing card. However, these didn't succeed, as the fundamental problem was that it was still vulnerable to being one-shot by [[Super Monkey Storm (BCS)|Super Monkey Storm]].<ref name="odysseyTOS-6.4">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5RCsiqq--s</ref> Version 6.4 completely reworked the Bloon into a variation of a theoretical Swarm Ceramic Bloon,<ref name="odysseyTOS-6.4" /> which would make discounting synergies more valuable, offer a higher Bloontonium count per card (excluding discounts to itself with additional played copies), and give Tempo decks a new card to revolve around instead of purely a gimmicky Bloon.<ref name="odysseyTOS-6.4" /> More specifically, this opens up [[Prince of Darkness (BCS)|Prince of Darkness]] synergy because of giving Tempo a practical swarm card.<ref name="odysseyTOS-6.4" />
+Discount Bloon was buffed in previous updates to keep it relevant as a rushing card. However, these didn't succeed, as the fundamental problem was that it was still vulnerable to being one-shot by [[Super Monkey Storm (BCS)|Super Monkey Storm]].<ref name="odysseyTOS-6.4">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5RCsiqq--s</ref> Version 6.4 completely reworked the Bloon into a variation of a theoretical Swarm Ceramic Bloon,<ref name="odysseyTOS-6.4" /> which would make discounting synergies more valuable, offer a higher Bloontonium count per card (excluding discounts to itself with additional played copies), and give Tempo decks a new card to revolve around instead of purely a gimmicky Bloon.<ref name="odysseyTOS-6.4" /> More specifically, giving Tempo a practical swarm card, which opens up strategies such as [[Prince of Darkness (BCS)|Prince of Darkness]] synergy,<ref name="odysseyTOS-6.4" /> or (although not explicitly stated in OdysseyTOS's tester commentary) another practical use for [[Marketplace (BCS)|Marketplace]] pushing not only slow-moving Large Bloons.
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