Bionic Boomerang (BCS)

For other uses, see Bionic Boomerang (disambiguation).

Bionic Boomerang

On Play: Gain 2 Temporary Ammo

I must admit, I put the BOOM in boomerang.

Class	Primary
Card Pack	Classic
Rarity	Uncommon
Keywords	On Play, Temporary Ammo
Introduced	Full Playable test

Stats
Cost	6	Ammo	2
Charges	1	ATK	50
Type	Boomerang	Reload	2

Bionic Boomerang is a Primary Monkey card in Bloons Card Storm. It starts with 2 Temporary Ammo when played, in addition to its regular ammo.

The card art depicts a Bionic Boomerang attaching its bionic right arm at a factory. The artwork was created by Warwick Urquhart.

Tips

This section was last updated for: version 6.4

• Bionic Boomerang's On Play effect gives it strong burst damage. It is very effective for shutting down opponent's rushes during the early-to-midgame, especially with Zee Jay's Rad Enhancements.
• Bionic Boomerang has the second highest burst damage from the 1–6 cost range, making it one of the best methods for countering Aggro or early Tempo strategies. The only card with more damage is Robo Monkey with its Defender bonus.
  • Aggro users should add Gold sabotage cards such as Fright Night or Eco Drain if wanting to avoid an opponent's Bionic Boomerang. If they do not have these cards, being wary and not fully committing if the opponent has or will have 6 Gold is the next best option.
• Bionic Boomerang's high ammo on play enables flexible targeting, allowing it to do things like pop two Sentinel Bloons and a Blooming Bloon by itself, even on Dark Castle.
• After its initial burst of damage, it remains a decent Monkey that is worth keeping on the field. It deals 5 less damage per turn in comparison to something like Night Vision Sniper, but it still does a solid enough 50 DPT.
• In Boss Battles against Dreadbloon, Bionic Boomerang does great burst damage if Armor is not present. One Bionic Boomerang plus Berserker Brew does enough damage to one-shot Rock Bloons, including Stage 1 Dreadbloon's Rock Bloons from up to phase 3 if they don't have extra Armor.

Update history

Version 0.8 (build 177)

•  Reload increased ― 1 → 2

Version 2.0

• Visual rarity changed from Rare to Uncommon to match crafting cost (bug fix)

Version 4.0

•  On Play effect: Additional Ammo is now considered Temporary Ammo and disappears at the end of the turn the Ammo is gained
• Description changed ― "On Play: Gain 2 Ammo" → "On Play: Gain 2 Temporary Ammo"

Version 5.0

•  Added Temporary Ammo keyword

Version 6.0

•  ATK increased ― 40 → 55

Version 6.4

“

Bionic Boomerang has had its damage decreased from 55 to 50. Although this is a pretty good tower for aggro, the thing about Bionic Boomerang that pushed it over the edge was how good of its burst damage it was to the point where you could use it in pretty much every deck for any thing. 220 burst for 6 was just an insane amount of burst damage that made it really easy to run in whatever deck in whatever archetype, because even in super late-game situations it would still be incredibly useful, and although that's still the case, 200 burst is a lot easier of a health to manage than 220, which was just that little bit extra that made Bionic Boomerang a little too much.
— u/No-Appearance1780's commentary, 39:28-40:05 (with most disfluencies removed)

”

•  ATK decreased ― 55 → 50

Development

This card existed in the data of Bloons Card Storm in the Firstlook test, though it went unused until the Full Playable test. The Full Playable test changed its effect and stats.

	Art	Description	Rarity	Cost	ATK	Ammo	Reload
Firstlook test		On Attack: Deal 10 Damage to the next Bloon in line	Rare	6	20	3	1
Full Playable test		On Play: Gain 2 Ammo	Uncommon	6	40	2	1

Version 6.4 reduced the Bionic Boomerang's ATK, due to how versatile it was as anti-aggro and for a variety of deck archetypes. According to OdysseyTOS, the user who posted their test commentary, the 220 damage burst instead of 200 was a little too much. It should be noted that RAPID was also buffed and a Bionic Boomerang can no longer destroy it in one turn without any ATK bonus.

Gallery

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  Icon
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  Full Playable icon
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  Placeholder art
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  Screenshot (pre-4.0)
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  Screenshot (since 4.0, pre-6.0)
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  Bionic Boomerang targeting a bloon
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  Bionic Boomerang attacking
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  Enemy Bionic Boomerang attacking
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  Bionic Boomerang reloading

In other languages

This section was last updated for: version 3.2

Name

Language	Text	Notes
Danish	Bionisk boomerang	—
German	Bionik-Bumerang	—
Spanish (Latin America)	Búmeran biónico	—
French	Boomerang bionique	—
Italian	Boomerang bionico	—
Japanese	人工ブーメラン	—
Korean	생체공학 부메랑	—
Norwegian	Bionisk bumerang	—
Polish	Bumerang bioniczny	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Bumerangue Biônico	—
Russian	Бионический бумеранг	—
Swedish	Bionisk bumerang	—
Chinese (traditional)	仿生迴旋鏢	—

Flavor

Language	Text	Notes
Danish	Jeg må indrømme, jeg satte BOOMET i boomerang.	—
German	Ich muss gestehen, das BUMM in Bum(m)erang stammt von mir.	—
Spanish (Latin America)	Debo admitir que le pone el "BUM" a búmeran.	—
French	C’est à cause de moi que l’on appelle ça un « BOUM-rang ».	—
Italian	Ecco il boomerang che fa BOOM!	—
Japanese	そう、ブーメランに爆弾を付けたのはこの私です。	—
Korean	멋진 부메랑의 원조는 나라고.	—
Norwegian	Jeg liker at bumerangen er trofast og alltid kommer tilbake.	—
Polish	Przyznaję się, to przeze mnie bumerang ma „bum” w nazwie.	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Eu admito, eu coloco o "BUM" no bumerangue.	—
Russian	Признаюсь, я привношу «бум» в бумеранг.	—
Swedish	Jag måste erkänna, det är jag som är BUM i bumerang.	—
Chinese (traditional)	我必須承認，我為迴旋鏢加了點「特效」。	—