Expert Negotiator
Expert Negotiator
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| Target enemy Monkey joins your team |
| Every Monkey has a price. |
| Class |  Advanced
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| Card Pack |  Classic
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| Rarity | Rare | |
| Keywords | — | |
| Introduced | Full Playable test | |
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| Cost |  8
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Charges | 1 | ||||||
Expert Negotiator is an Advanced Power card in Bloons Card Storm. It steals a target Monkey from the opponent's side and moves it to the player's side. If the player already has all 5 monkey slots filled, then Expert Negotiator instead removes the monkey it is used on. If successfully transferred, the Monkey is always placed on the available slot closest to the bottom, and if this Monkey has On Play effects, then they trigger again. The stolen Monkey is considered owned by the stealer; using Return to Sender will return the card to their hand, but Card Backs from the original owner will be retained.
The card art depicts Agent Jericho with a briefcase full of Monkey Money (in its Bloons TD 6 design rather than its Bloons Card Storm design).
Tips
This section was last updated for: version 6.2
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- Expert Negotiator is best used if your side has space, so you can take advantage of the monkey you stole. Otherwise, it is just a more expensive Shrink that lacks a Baby Monkey. Despite being effective against inexperienced players, Expert Negotiator has many weaknesses; its expensive cost hampers time to build resources, is virtually useless against aggro, and may force users to shoehorn themselves into claiming stolen Monkeys.
- For the best value, use Expert Negotiator on Monkeys that have high long-term value. Good candidates include: Jungle's Bounty Druid, Dire Wolf, Arcane Master, scaled Wizard Monkeys and Spike-o-Pults, Extra-Super Monkey (if its ATK is high), Monkeys buffed with Try this!, and most Ultra Rare Monkeys.
- Re-playing the On Play effect is best used on Bloon Master Alchemist and MOAB Dominator. It's okay on Thunder Druid, but many other cards are better board clears, so only steal this if you've got no better options in your hand.
- Be careful before stealing Monkeys that forcibly modify your Monkeys if your side still has space. Avoid stealing Sun Temple and Total Transformation Monkey if your side has valuable Monkeys.
- An Expert Negotiator can counter an Expert Negotiator; it's a good way to get your stolen monkeys back.
- Note that an opponent counterplaying an Expert Negotiator may steal one of your more valuable Monkeys instead of their recently stolen Monkey.
- Freeing up a Monkey space for Expert Negotiator is difficult, as filling board space is necessary to survive without much risk. Adora's sacrifice ability, and Salvation (also exclusive to Adora), and Favored Trade are some effective options.
- Other cards are less recommended but still work. Parting Gift is a generally weak card, Return to Sender is better used to counter enemies or return own Monkeys with valuable On Play effects, and Temporary/Doomed Monkeys require another turn to open a Monkey space.
- Enemy cards such as Bed Time or Expert Negotiator, or Amelia's Grand Disappearance, or in some cases a Toxic Bloon popped by one of your Monkeys, can also open a Monkey space for Expert Negotiator.
- Expert Negotiator is an expensive power. If the opponent is currently playing aggressively, stealing a Monkey that lacks defense or ammo on the current turn is unwise. Its value diminishes heavily against decks that run cheap expendable Monkeys, and becomes completely useless against Monkeyless decks.
- Competitive players often stay away from Expert Negotiator for its inflexibility, preferring other removals like Return to Sender to stop the opponent from benefiting their Monkeys while also serving additional purposes. Claiming the stolen Monkey means nothing when the opponent can just negate it with another card or an ability and gain net greater value that way.
Update history
- Description changed
Before Target Monkey joins your team After Target enemy Monkey joins your team
When Expert Negotiator is used, the Sun Temple no longer copies the attack power gained from the original sacrifice, instead it gains power equivalent with the amount of monkeys sacrificed on the side of the Expert Negotiator user (bug fix)
No longer causes Extra-Super Monkey and Even More Tacks to gain their bonuses per Gold spent again (bug fix)
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Stealing a Wolf to a Striker Jones user
In other languages
This section was last updated for: version 3.2
| Language | Text | Notes |
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| Danish | Ekspertforhandler | — |
| German | Verhandlungsexperte | — |
| Spanish (Latin America) | Negociante experto | — |
| French | Expert négociateur | — |
| Italian | Negoziatore esperto | — |
| Japanese | 交渉のエキスパート | — |
| Korean | 협상 전문가 | — |
| Norwegian | Mesterlig forhandler | — |
| Polish | Biegły negocjator | — |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | Especialista em Negociação | — |
| Russian | Эксперт-переговорщик | — |
| Swedish | Expertförhandlare | — |
| Chinese (traditional) | 專家談判者 | — |
| Language | Text | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Danish | Hver abe har en pris. | — |
| German | Jeder Affe hat seinen Preis. | — |
| Spanish (Latin America) | Todos los monos tienen un precio. | — |
| French | Tout singe a un prix. | — |
| Italian | Tutte le scimmie hanno un prezzo. | — |
| Japanese | どのモンキーにも価値がある。 | — |
| Korean | 어떤 원숭이든 설득할 수 있습니다. | — |
| Norwegian | Alle aper har en pris. | — |
| Polish | Każda małpka ma swoją cenę. | — |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | Todo macaco tem seu preço. | — |
| Russian | У всякой обезьяны есть цена. | — |
| Swedish | Varje Apa har sitt pris. | — |
| Chinese (traditional) | 每隻猴子心中都有個價格。 | — |
