Huntik Launch Event This Weekend!
By Jeff Piroozshad
2/18/2009

The Huntik Trading Card Game is now available in stores, and Seekers across North America are finally able to start building decks, completing Missions, and starting down the path to becoming the Huntik Foundation’s Number One Seeker. If you are looking for a good place to get started, go down to your local hobby shop this weekend. It will be a great place to go to find other Seekers to play against. Also, players who enter the Launch Weekend tournaments at their local hobby shops will get a Grier, Organization Commander card while supplies last. This card is not in the booster set, and the only way to get it is to play in a Launch Event at your local hobby shop this weekend.

 

 

So you’ve got Grier on your side, and you have some packs that you were given at the Launch Event. What now? Next, you’ll need to make a deck so that you can play against other people. Open your packs when the Tournament Judge tells you it’s ok to start, and check out all the cool new cards you got. Then, take a look at what the cards do and how strong your different heroes are. Don’t forget that although some heroes look weak at first, they have special powers that make them strong in ways other than how hard they hit in a combat.

 

For any Huntik TCG tournament in which you're given packs of cards to build a deck with, you will be able to combine Good and Evil cards in your deck. That’s one less thing you will have to worry about when building a deck, and you’ll even get to try some cool but unlikely team-ups. DeFoe and Dante Vale working together? Zhalia Moon and Grier fighting on the same side? You might even put The Professor and Sophie Casterwill on the same team!

 

When you build a deck, you should try to keep in mind the Mission that you will be trying to complete. For the Launch Event, we suggest that all the Seekers play the Control the Idols of Omeed mutual Mission.

 

 



In Control the Idols of Omeed, you and your opponent will both be able to pick up and carry around the Idols of Omeed, and you get points for how many heroes you have on your opponent’s side of the map. Any of your heroes that are holding an Idol of Omeed when they score points will get you some bonus points! But of course, that means you’ll have to carry an Idol of Omeed to your opponent’s side of the field, where it will be easier for him or her to stun or KO the hero carrying it, and then pick it up and get some bonus points.

 

Feel free to print these cards out, cut them out, and bring them with you to the Launch Event!

 

When you build your deck for “Control the Idols of Omeed,” try to think about the cards you get that might help you score more points than your opponent. Some cards might have powers that make them natural choices to go in your deck. One such card is Hoozoto, Aztec Guardian.

 

 

Hoozoto is a minor hero with 2 ATK and 2 DEF. That might seem average at first, but his special power makes him a really good choice in this Mission. Anytime Hoozoto is holding an object (like one of the Idols of Omeed . . . wink wink), he gets an extra 2 ATK and 2 DEF. This makes him a 4 ATK and 4 DEF behemoth of a minor hero. That’s big enough that your opponent will probably have to send in one of his or her major heroes to deal with him, or maybe will have to use more than one minor hero. Hoozoto might get KO’d and drop the Idol of Omeed, but at least he’ll bring either a major hero or a bunch of minor heroes with him!

 

After you play some games with Control the Idols of Omeed don’t forget that all Starter Decks come with a Mission Pack. These Mission Packs will give you some more Missions that you can try to complete, and every different Mission brings on a totally different game with totally different objectives! And as long as you’re going to pick up a Starter Deck, hobby stores that are holding official Huntik TCG Launch Events will be giving out another special card that you can’t get anywhere else:

 

 
 

If you purchase $10 or more of Huntik TCG products (like a Starter Deck, a few booster packs, or both!) at a store that is holding an official Huntik Launch Event, you will get this EXCLUSIVE Metagolem, Stone Giant card FREE (while supplies last). Just like the Grier, Organization Commander card, Metagolem, Stone Giant is not available in the booster set. The only way you can get it is at a Launch Event near you. Both Grier and Metagolem are sure to go quickly, so make sure you get to your store early. Give your local hobby store a call and ask them if they will be holding a Huntik Launch Event so you don’t miss out on your chance to get these Limited Edition EXCLUSIVE cards!

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