Card Abilties
Grow
After this unit moves, boost it.
Augment
Instead of attacking with this unit, you may spend 2 boost to resolve an extra attack with a friendly adjacent summoner or champion.
Unit Background
While Bog Witches are capable warriors, their true value lies in their ability to generate magic they can in turn syphon into their people’s most celebrated heroes.
Card Strategy
Probably the most niche of the units, this fragile common should not be summoned lightly, unlike most other cards in this faction that you want to flood the board with. With only 2 life, the Bog Witch is easy to take out, and its ability requires 2 boosts and perfect positioning, which is not that easy to get.
However, Bog Witch is how Swamp Orcs can reach their peak turns in two ways:
- The main way is to allow double attack with Mugglug. If Mugglug has a swamp that is grown enough, then she can throw a ridiculous amount of dice on a single flank, often the first to remove the blocker, the second to remove the target. Many Swamp Orc games are won with Mugglug augmented by a Bog Witch. Having a Bog Witch ready to support Mugglug is the biggest threat the opponent summoner can face.
- The second use is related to Blub. If you have a Bog Witch in-hand as well as Blub, your Vine Gates can potentially summon a 10 AV threat at 3 spaces. Even your regular gates can do it if you have Sow in your hand. This threat can readily bully your opponent’s summoner and champions.
In addition to that, as with all “double attacks” in tight fights, being able to throw 2 attacks from a single unit can allow you to make attacks you otherwise couldn’t and is a tremendous advantage.