Here at TheGamer, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:we're big fans of Big Tink. When the oversized fairy was first revealed ahead of Lorcana's launch, it immediately inspired a sense of wonder, intrigue, and excitement for the game. Tinkerbell, Giant Fairy, as she's officially known, was an instant icon, and represented the magic of The First Chapter more than any other character. Now, Lorcana's first expansion Rise of the Floodborn is here with 204 beautiful new cards. With the full card pool finally revealed it's time to officially decide: are any of them worthy of the title of RotF’s Big Tink?

Before we nominate a new Big Tink we first have to define what it is that makes Big Tink so special in the first place. It's about more than just power, creativity, or storytelling. When Tinkerbell, Giant Fairy was first revealed, I felt a jolt of inspiration. Suddenly, and for the first time, I felt like I understood what Lorcana was, and what it could be. A kaiju-sized Tinker Bell terrorizing pirates is the kind of delightful and imaginative Disney imagery you won't see anywhere else outside of Lorcana. She's an incredible starting point for the game that makes you realize how expansive its creative limits are, and a high point of artistic expression in The First set.

She's also a damn good card. Few cards in TFC have abilities as impactful of either of Big Tink’s two, and she's a shiftable Floodborn to boot. You won't find a competitive Steel deck that doesn't run Big Tink in the previous meta, and I doubt this card is going anywhere anytime soon. She is a perfect representation of Steel’s brute force style. She's a character, an AoE spell, and targeted damage all in one. Big Tink is the complete package.

With that in mind, let's take a look at some of the candidates for RotF’s Big Tink. The official announcement for the Expansion in September gave us several card reveals including the Floodborn character Cinderella, Stouthearted, which reimagines the rags-to-riches Princess as a brave knight adorned with magical armor. Even though we'd only seen a handful of cards, many were quick to call this one the new Big Tink.

Is Knight Cindy The New Big Tink?

Of all the Set 2 cards, this one is probably the easiest to connect to Tink. They're both Steel, and both Floodborn cards with similar cost. And while Cinderella doesn't have two abilities like Big Tink, she does have Resist +2, a powerful keyword, as well as the ability to challenge ready characters - something we hadn't seen in Lorcana until this expansion.

Like Big Tink, this card is also a significant reimagining of the character, but this is also where Cinderella falls short of Big Tink status. Seeing the decidedly less-popular Princess (sorry, Cindy-heads) is interesting, but it doesn't reach icon status the way Big Tink does. Say it out loud, Knight Cinderella has no ring to it. Now say Big Tink. I rest my case.

Now, if you want to talk about cards with iconic status, we have to mention Winnie the Pooh, Hunny Wizard. The magical hungry bear has all of the charm and joy you're looking for in a Big Tink, and he inspired the community’s imagination in a similar way when he was revealed. Unfortunately, Hunny Wizard has the opposite problem that Knight Cindy has: the card stinks. A common 5-cost 5/5 vanilla isn't really playable outside of sealed formats. I'm sorry to say that Pooh had potential, but the Hunny Wizard is no Big Tink.

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For my money, Lady Tremaine, Imperious Queen is the closest thing to a Big Tink in the new expansion. The Floodborn Tremaine reimagines her as a throne-stealing villain dripping in style and attitude. She's one bad wicked stepmother with a capital M. This is Tremaine in her Cersei-era. The card tells an entire story, which is part of what we love about Big Tink. Plus, bonus points go to villains - I don't make the rules.

The wicked Stepmother isn't Disney's most iconic villain though, and her ability to remove opposing characters, while powerful, is compromised by the fact that your opponents get to choose what to banish. She's still a great card, one of my favorites in the set, but alas, she is no Big Tink.

There are other candidates. Beast, Relentless is an iconic character with as much board wipe potential as Big Tink, if not more, but it's also just another classic version of Beast Jafar, Dreadnaught shows us what the vizier would look like as a giant mechanical snake, but the cheap card doesn't have the heft or impact that Big Tink can. Cogsworth, Grandfather Clock is more like this set’s Aurora, Dreaming Guardian than its Big Tink, but he tried. Belle, Hidden Archer and Gaston, Intellectual Powerhouse are both imaginative alternate versions of familiar characters, but they just don't have Big Tink rizz.

Maybe it's not surprising that Rise of the Floodborn doesn't have its own Big Tink. Being a singularly perfect card is kind of what makes her so special after all, and we can't expect that level of creative genius in every single set. There's plenty to love about Rise of the Floodborn and I'm so excited to get my collection started, even if I'll never find another love as great as the one I have for Big Tink.

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