The card artwork portrays a trick-or-treat night at a residential neighborhood, with a monkey dressed as a Red Bloon scaring another monkey dressed as a vampire, who is crying. Four gold coins are discarded to the air.
Fright Night costing Bloontonium to steal Gold makes it stand out in aggro decks, which typically gain a steady production of Bloontonium primarily from Bloons. Stealing Gold prevents the opponent from countering with a strong card while storing Gold as a saveup.
As a Common, it's easy to unlock and use for new players.
Check the opponent's cash combined with the current eco to predict what they're saving up for, to weaken the opponent the most with this card.
On Bloontonium Refinery, Its possible to play Blooming Bloon and immediately use this card to prevent any 5 or 6 cost answers to it as player 2 on turn 2.
Initially, Fright Night was proposed by community playtesters to be reworked to cost 7 Bloontonium instead of 9 but steal only 2 Gold instead of 4.[1] This change was reverted by Ninja Kiwi for unknown reasons,[1] despite Fright Night being a banned card in the Ninja Kiwi official sponsored tournament hosted several months before then.[1]
This balance change returned for Version 6.4 but with the cost being 8 Bloontonium instead.[2] The main reason was to limit the swing of this Bloontonium power but make it a bit easier to afford; it still retains the swing but is less immediately impactful for winning the game, especially in aggro.[2] Tests for the original proposal were performed by community testers, but found that increasing it to 8 will prevent Player 2 on Turn 3 from playing Fright Night outside of Bloontonium Refinery and Player 1 on Turn 2 in Bloontonium Refinery, to improve Player 1 vs 2 dynamics.[3]
Basic
Camo Storm
8
Gold steal decreased ― 4 → 2
Bloontonium cost decreased ― 9 → 8
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