Analysis[]
Sulfuris Sentry (SS) is widely known for its zero delay and Flurry 1. However, its zero base attack means packing Rally is a must to get it to attack.
Sice SS does not attack often (unless a card uses Rally All BT), Counter is still possible to kill it, but not as often and certainly. Otherwise, lack of defensive capabilities and other offensive capabilities makes it weak against every trick else, most notably Strike, Armor, Flying and Immobilize.
Whenever SS is seen, it is most likely as the opening card in constructed tournaments, in conjunction with Rally BT Commanders like Lord of Tartarus and Rally BT Structures like Asylum. This is to exploit a well-known mechanism in tournaments which stops the card played in turn 1 from ticking timer for one turn, but does not stop 0-delay units from attacking.
In regards of Sealed Tournaments:
- Nexus-only: Lack of Rally BT means SS can only be used after a Blight Crusher, as well as non-BT units like Imitation Tank.
- Nexus/Blight: Much more Rally than Nexus-only tournaments means SS is more likely to appear, mostly with Aiko, Fulfilling Mysts and Mortar Bunkers.
Hakdo 01:48, October 8, 2011 (UTC)