Talk:(Puissant) Macbeth the Indomitable/@comment-68.61.193.106-20140207011016/@comment-6011882-20140208203048

Good point that last one. Once a precedent is set, people don't really stray from it, especially when it's not top-tier power. This card actually reminds me of the old PWR 13 Musk, a card with a fantastic skill, but low pwr and poor ratio. Musk went for about 50 for PM and gave you 24% boost with the addition of a low-effectiveness raid skill.

I've probably said it in some form or another before, but there are 3 main factors that give an LOC card it's value:

1) Stats:  A combination of high power and atk/def pwr efficiency that makes a card useful for backline, or, frontline/Colloseo if the skill is worthwile.

2) Skill:  Not all are created equal.  Great boost or drop are generally considered good, except for drop single element which is situational and universally bad.  Great boost + drop are the best to have for Colisseo.  But the thing about skill is, it also needs to be coupled with good stats.  Otherwise any decent player would not waste their limited standard or HC frontline real estate.

3) Artwork:  An animal unto itself.  The worst card in LoC will be coveted if it's a scantily clad hot girl.  And coveted artwork simply will add extra value to any given card's functionality.  Perfect example is Aza being a better card than Ishtar, but historically worth far less.

Macbeth has 1 of the 3, skill. And like Musk, that alone just doesn't cut the mustard.