User blog comment:HybridNova/My deck/@comment-4844839-20140605131320/@comment-4844839-20140606022012

I have a very active local community that is playing twice every weekend, so I only speak from experience. Regardless of whether you disagree about Vlad or not, the problem is factual in my locals. Vlad Dracula's defense is 5000, which is very unfavorable as it has a very expensive cost (3 gauge) and can be destroyed by a mere size 1 monster.

The only situation where we want to call him is to execute a surprise attack, and when you know your opponent has zero null on his hand. But for this certain task, I still prefer Nobunaga after all (he's cheaper and also hurts a lot).

Therefore, these are considered as better options to replace Dracula:


 * For 3 gauge and requiring different Dragon Knights, Geronimo is highly preferred (this is a no brainer actually).


 * For high crit, Nobunaga is preferred as I explained above.