Setup Bloon
| On Leak: Reduce cost of a random Bloon in your hand by 2 |
| Yes, there are strings attached. |
| Class | ||
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| Card Pack | ||
| Rarity | Super Rare | |
| Keywords | On Leak | |
| Introduced | Launch | |
| Stats | |||||||||
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| Cost | Health | 20 | |||||||
| Charges | 1 | Delay | 0 | ||||||
Setup Bloon is a Basic Bloon card in Bloons Card Storm. If it hits the opponent's Hero, it reduces the Gold cost of a random Bloon in the player's hand by 1. It has a Delay of 0, so it will attack the opponent at the end of the same turn it's played on under normal circumstances.
The card artwork depicts a Setup Bloon holding a lasso, with a MOAB and a crowd of Bloons following behind. They're all at an arid grassland. The Dutch angle shot is tilted to the right.
Tips
edit- As the name implies, the Setup Bloon's primary purpose is to set up a Bloon push on a later turn by reducing their cost.
- Since it reduces the cost of all charges, it is efficient at discounting Swarm Bloons and Discount Bloons.
- It can reduce the cost of expensive Bloons to allow the player to play more Bloons in a single turn. This can enable extremely aggressive plays when many Bloons are played at once when normally they could not be.
- Discount Bloon is efficient when discounting Bloons with more than one charge. Anything with two charges or above saves you more Gold than you spend on the Setup Bloon, with 2 charge Bloons giving +1 overall Gold and 3 charge Bloons giving +3 overall Gold. Cards like Swarm Yellow Bloon, Swarm Green Bloon, Yellow Bloon, Strike Bloon, or other early game aggressive Bloons are particularly powerful when discounted.
- Discounting Bloons can decrease the overall Bloontonium gain from them, so be wary when you need Bloontonium.
- The random targeting on the discount from Setup Bloon means that you should try and create a hand where Setup Bloon will very often or always guarantee value, mainly by running mainly 2 charge or above Bloons.
- With Zee Jay's Passive Awesomeness or Ceramic Glazing Kiln, this card deals only slightly less damage than a Bloon Strike, while granting a discount. Although this is a fair use for it, the damage is still low and may make it a low value inclusion in burn decks in terms of damage or when hitting a 1 charge Bloon.
- Setup Bloon is a cheap way to intercept an opponent's Hero Protection or Corvus Academy of Arts if they play either early.
- Setup Bloon can be popped by Defenders or Adora's passive ability, denying the discount. Play around Defenders to guarantee that it can gain value.
Update history
edit- The in-game Bloon model now has a hat (undocumented)
- Description changed ― On Leaked: Reduce cost of a random Bloon in your hand by 1 → On Leak: Reduce cost of a random Bloon in your hand by 1 (undocumented)
— u/No-Appearance1780's commentary, 7:17–8:17 (with most disfluencies removed)
- Gold cost increased ― 2 → 3
- Bloontonium gain increased ― 2 → 3
- On Leak: Discount increased ― 1 → 2
Development
editSetup Bloon was reworked in Version 6.4 to make the discount function more impactful, giving more value rather than usually only break-evening the Gold cost to send this Bloon.[1] The reworked Setup Bloon was described to save up to 6 Gold for a full Swarm card, as well as comparable to a universal For My Next Trick.[1]
Gallery
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Pre-release teaser image where it has 3 charges instead of 1
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In other languages
edit| Language | Text | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Danish | Opsætnings-bloon | — |
| German | Vorbereitungs-Bloon | — |
| Spanish (Latin America) | Bloon de montaje | — |
| French | Bloon de paramétrage | — |
| Italian | Bloon preparatorio | — |
| Japanese | ダマしのブルーン | — |
| Korean | 설비 풍선 | — |
| Norwegian | Bistandsbloon | — |
| Polish | Zdradziecki blon | — |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | Bloon de Preparação | — |
| Russian | Подстраивающий шар | — |
| Swedish | Inställningsbloon | — |
| Chinese (traditional) | 設置氣球 | — |
| Language | Text | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Danish | Ja, der er ting der står med småt. | — |
| German | Ja, es gibt einen Haken an der Sache. | — |
| Spanish (Latin America) | Sí, hay un lazo que los une. | — |
| French | Oui, des restrictions s’appliquent. | — |
| Italian | Sì, sono previsti vincoli. | — |
| Japanese | そう、これには仕掛けがある。 | — |
| Korean | 특정 제한 사항이 있을 수 있습니다. | — |
| Norwegian | Ja, vilkår gjelder. | — |
| Polish | Zawsze jest jakiś haczyk. | — |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | Sim, o negócio está amarrado. | — |
| Russian | Да, есть условия. | — |
| Swedish | Ja, det finns villkor knutna. | — |
| Chinese (traditional) | 對啊,天下沒有白吃的午餐。 | — |
References
edit- ↑ 1.0 1.1 OdysseyTOS. "6.4 Tester Commentary - Bloons Card Storm". YouTube.