The Eternal

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*By popping the Eternal, it gets stronger with every draw. Delaying the popping of The Eternal prevents it from scaling too quickly.

**Damage enough that it's low enough HP to be leaked safely. Avoid random attackers like the Mortars and [[Arcane ~~Mastery~~]], which may accidentally pop it too soon. If using [[Adora (BCS)|Adora]], try to use her abilities first before her Monkeys.

**Damage enough that it's low enough HP to be leaked safely. Avoid random attackers like the Mortars and [[Arcane Master]], which may accidentally pop it too soon. If using [[Adora (BCS)|Adora]], try to use her abilities first before her Monkeys.

***Beware of bloon damage from the sender, such as Quincy's Arrow Shot or [[Overload (BCS)|Overload]], which may increase difficulty of simply leaking a low-HP Eternal.

**If available, the [[Slowing Bloon]], [[Glue Storm (BCS)|Glue Storm]], [[Powerful Slowing Totem]], and [[Red Bloon Apopalypse]] can slow down the opponent from sending more Eternals.

*If the player's hand consistently has ample space, this card offers a constant source of Bloontonium.

*Self-destruction cards help build up the Eternal's HP quicker at the will of the player. The most popular self-destruction card for this purpose is [[Bloon Melter]].

**If using any card with 2 or more charges (e.g. [[Bloon Melter]], [[Bombs Away]], or [[Extreme Heat]] combined with fire), have 7 or fewer cards in your hand, or else The Eternal will not return.

**Some players may bring [[Bombs Away]] to self-destruct The Eternal, especially if they want to hide a 500+ HP Eternal that is also affected by all 3 Bloon Melter cards.

**Some Eternal decks bring [[Overload (BCS)|Overload]] to pop first-stage Eternals, or punish opponents for damaging Eternals down to 100 HP or less.

*The Eternal can be copied by [[Reinflated]], [[The Prestige]], or [[Double Trouble]]. Copying it can help reduce the effectiveness of singling out that Bloon.

**To increase the chances of copying it with the former two, one can use [[Bloon Melter]] to pop their own The Eternal and replay its copy, repeating as needed. Have 7 or fewer cards in your hand if doing this with a 2-charge Bloon Melter, or else The Eternal will not return. Likewise for [[Extreme Heat]] combined with fire.

**To increase the chances of copying it with the former two, one can use any self-destruction card (especially the cheap [[Bloon Melter]]).

**Although impractical, it's possible to get up to 11 Eternals in a perfect scenario with [[Reinflated]], [[The Prestige]], and [[Double Trouble]].

**Although impractical, it's possible to get up to 11 self-owned Eternals in a perfect scenario with [[Reinflated]], [[The Prestige]], and [[Double Trouble]].

*The Eternal can be permanently removed from play by destroying it or using [[Return to Sender]] while the opponent has a full hand.

**If removed by Return to Sender, this copy will revert to its original HP.

**To prevent losing The Eternal, keeping a low hand is recommended.

*[[Return to Sender]] reverts a single Eternal to original health, preventing a potentially lethal amount of HP of that Eternal.

**Some players may use [[Bloon Melter]] to pop the Eternal and leave it in their hand, so the opponent is unable to counter it with Return to Sender, and then use two [[Quick Ready]] for a potential OTK.

*Decks that heavily rely on The Eternal as a wincon may heavily involve Pick cards, as well as enough Gold and Monkeys to survive long enough to draw that Bloon. Some decks may have the Eternal as their only bloon card (excluding bloon-related powers such as [[Red Bloon Apopalypse]]).

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**For heroes that heavily rely on Bloontonium, especially [[Adora (BCS)|Adora]], Bloontonium-gaining Monkeys such as [[Leeching Shot Sniper]], [[Bloontonium Miner]], and [[Mine Supervisor]] are recommended.

*Not all decks rely on the Eternal as the main wincon. Conventional mid-game bloon spam decks (e.g. Large Bloon spam of [[MOAB (BCS)|MOAB]]s and [[BFB (BCS)|BFB]]s) may include The Eternal purely for variety of rushes.

*Some Eternal decks bring [[Overload (BCS)|Overload]] to pop first-stage Eternals, or punish opponents for damaging Eternals down to 100 HP or less.

*[[Bloon Redirect]] is often used in Eternal decks to prevent mirror matchups from utilizing The Eternal, or to potentially steal from an opponent who poorly uses The Eternal.

*Certain Bloon removals such as [[Bloon Master Alchemist (BCS)|Bloon Master Alchemist]] can render pure Eternal decks useless if the Eternal is not duplicated.

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 *By popping the Eternal, it gets stronger with every draw. Delaying the popping of The Eternal prevents it from scaling too quickly.
-**Damage enough that it's low enough HP to be leaked safely. Avoid random attackers like the Mortars and [[Arcane Mastery]], which may accidentally pop it too soon. If using [[Adora (BCS)|Adora]], try to use her abilities first before her Monkeys.
+**Damage enough that it's low enough HP to be leaked safely. Avoid random attackers like the Mortars and [[Arcane Master]], which may accidentally pop it too soon. If using [[Adora (BCS)|Adora]], try to use her abilities first before her Monkeys.
 ***Beware of bloon damage from the sender, such as Quincy's Arrow Shot or [[Overload (BCS)|Overload]], which may increase difficulty of simply leaking a low-HP Eternal.
 **If available, the [[Slowing Bloon]], [[Glue Storm (BCS)|Glue Storm]], [[Powerful Slowing Totem]], and [[Red Bloon Apopalypse]] can slow down the opponent from sending more Eternals.
 *If the player's hand consistently has ample space, this card offers a constant source of Bloontonium.
+*Self-destruction cards help build up the Eternal's HP quicker at the will of the player. The most popular self-destruction card for this purpose is [[Bloon Melter]].
+**If using any card with 2 or more charges (e.g. [[Bloon Melter]], [[Bombs Away]], or [[Extreme Heat]] combined with fire), have 7 or fewer cards in your hand, or else The Eternal will not return.
+**Some players may bring [[Bombs Away]] to self-destruct The Eternal, especially if they want to hide a 500+ HP Eternal that is also affected by all 3 Bloon Melter cards.
+**Some Eternal decks bring [[Overload (BCS)|Overload]] to pop first-stage Eternals, or punish opponents for damaging Eternals down to 100 HP or less.
 *The Eternal can be copied by [[Reinflated]], [[The Prestige]], or [[Double Trouble]]. Copying it can help reduce the effectiveness of singling out that Bloon.
-**To increase the chances of copying it with the former two, one can use [[Bloon Melter]] to pop their own The Eternal and replay its copy, repeating as needed. Have 7 or fewer cards in your hand if doing this with a 2-charge Bloon Melter, or else The Eternal will not return. Likewise for [[Extreme Heat]] combined with fire.
+**To increase the chances of copying it with the former two, one can use any self-destruction card (especially the cheap [[Bloon Melter]]).
-**Although impractical, it's possible to get up to 11 Eternals in a perfect scenario with [[Reinflated]], [[The Prestige]], and [[Double Trouble]].<!--1+3+4+3-->
+**Although impractical, it's possible to get up to 11 self-owned<!--ie no bredirect--> Eternals in a perfect scenario with [[Reinflated]], [[The Prestige]], and [[Double Trouble]].<!--1+3+4+3-->
 *The Eternal can be permanently removed from play by destroying it or using [[Return to Sender]] while the opponent has a full hand.
-**If removed by Return to Sender, this copy will revert to its original HP.
 **To prevent losing The Eternal, keeping a low hand is recommended.
+*[[Return to Sender]] reverts a single Eternal to original health, preventing a potentially lethal amount of HP of that Eternal.
 **Some players may use [[Bloon Melter]] to pop the Eternal and leave it in their hand, so the opponent is unable to counter it with Return to Sender, and then use two [[Quick Ready]] for a potential OTK.
 *Decks that heavily rely on The Eternal as a wincon may heavily involve Pick cards, as well as enough Gold and Monkeys to survive long enough to draw that Bloon. Some decks may have the Eternal as their only bloon card (excluding bloon-related powers such as [[Red Bloon Apopalypse]]).
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 **For heroes that heavily rely on Bloontonium, especially [[Adora (BCS)|Adora]], Bloontonium-gaining Monkeys such as [[Leeching Shot Sniper]], [[Bloontonium Miner]], and [[Mine Supervisor]] are recommended.
 *Not all decks rely on the Eternal as the main wincon. Conventional mid-game bloon spam decks (e.g. Large Bloon spam of [[MOAB (BCS)|MOAB]]s and [[BFB (BCS)|BFB]]s) may include The Eternal purely for variety of rushes.
-*Some Eternal decks bring [[Overload (BCS)|Overload]] to pop first-stage Eternals, or punish opponents for damaging Eternals down to 100 HP or less.
 *[[Bloon Redirect]] is often used in Eternal decks to prevent mirror matchups from utilizing The Eternal, or to potentially steal from an opponent who poorly uses The Eternal.
 *Certain Bloon removals such as [[Bloon Master Alchemist (BCS)|Bloon Master Alchemist]] can render pure Eternal decks useless if the Eternal is not duplicated.

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