Summoner Wars: Alliances

After a long break, we are back! It is times to take a look at the big news in the world of Summoner Wars, a new box set to release in October, Alliances. As you might have guessed, this set is going to be similar to the Master Set as it will contain 8 brand new pre-constructed decks that each combined two of the existing factions into one allied deck. Beyond giving us 8 full new decks to play with, you may also use any cards from either of the combined factions to deck build. This is going to give you an amazing amount of choices when deck building an Alliances deck.

Here are the confirmed alliances.
Phoenix Elves - Fallen Kingdom
Vanguard - Mountain Vargath
Cloaks - Sand Goblins
Guild Dwarves - Tundra Orcs
Shadow Elves - Jungle Elves
Filth - Cave Goblins
Deep Dwarves - Benders
Swamp Orcs - Mercenaries

Some of the pairings have some obvious synergy. Vanguard and Mountain Vargath both use a lot of formation tactics. Deep Dwarves and Benders just to sit back and pull off some magic combos. Both shadow and jungle elves like to work an assassination strategy. However some of the pairing as less obvious, such as Filth and Cave Goblins (which I've read that in the story line the Filth have actually enslaved the Cave Goblins.)

For now there is not much else to do other than wait for some previews. One important thing to note is that this WILL be the next Summoner Wars release, which means no more second summoners until after October. I have seen multiple confirmations that every faction will still be getting a second summoner, but they will just not be released until after Alliances.

Another smaller bit of news, Summoner Wars is now available for download on Android devices including kindle fire! the app is also cross compatible with the iOS app for apple products, so you can play your friends no matter which platform they enjoy.

Hope to post again soon and keep a more regular schedule of updates, as always thanks for reading.