He costs 3 to play and has 3/3. He doesn't have any traits, and his ability does 2 damage to the zombie hero every time a zombie trick is played. This ability stacks with each Sportacus on the field and persists until all Sportacuses are removed from the field.
He was introduced in the 2017 Valenbrainz event, along with Hot Date and Stupid Cupid. He became craftable as of update 1.12.6.
He was made available in a Weekly Event, and was available from 21 February 2017 to 28 February 2017.
He is based on a mushroom, the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus, specifically the panther cap (Amanita pantherina); and a gladiator, an armed combatant who entertained audiences in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire.
His name is a portmanteau of "spore," a reproductive cell or group of cells produced by some plants, and "Spartacus," a Thracian gladiator who was one of the escaped slave leaders in the Third Servile War.
His appearance is based on actor Kirk Douglas' portrayal of Spartacus in the 1960 historical drama film Spartacus directed by Stanley Kubrick. His description is a reference to the iconic "I'm Spartacus" scene from the aforementioned Kubrick film, wherein captured slave revolutionists all claim to be Spartacus as to not reveal the true identity of their leader, knowing that he would be horribly tortured by the Roman empire if found.
Statistics[]
Class: Smarty
Tribes: Mushroom Nut Plant
Traits: None
Ability: When a Zombie Trick is played, do 2 damage to the Zombie Hero.
▼ Ability change: No longer activates if Sportacus is destroyed by a trick.
Update 1.14.13[]
Sound change: Now uses the same sounds as Fume-Shroom and Punish-Shroom again.
Update 1.16.10[]
▲ Ability change: Now activates if Sportacus is destroyed by a trick.
Sound change: Now uses his sound effects from update 1.12.6.
Update 1.22.12[]
▼ Ability change: No longer activates if Sportacus is destroyed by a trick.
Strategies[]
With[]
Sportacus has the same stats, cost and class as Vanilla, though he has a good anti-trick ability and is in two other beneficial tribes. He functions like Punish-Shroom, with an ability that discourage your opponents from making a certain type of play. In his case, he serves as an answer tailored to specifically counter enemy tricks. He is also able to pressure your opponent from playing most free superpowers from a Super-Block as the vast majority of them are also tricks.
A clever strategy is to play this in Planet of the Grapes. If your opponent plays a trick, Sportacus will damage them, and you will draw an extra card.
Each hero can use him effectively in their own ways:
Nightcap can take advantage of mushroom synergization, such as with Buff-Shroom or pressure his opponent from just recklessly destroying him with Punish-Shroom due to Sportacus being in the mushroom tribe.
Green Shadow can use this alongside Black-Eyed Pea as part of her anti-zombie trick deck to punish her opponent severely for playing tricks with a boost to Black-Eyed Pea and two damage to them from Sportacus. She can alternatively boost Sportacus' stats and use Umbrella Leaf to deter enemy tricks.
Rose can heal him with 2nd-Best Taco of All Time to allow Sportacus to survive even longer. She can also destroy zombies in his way.
You might need to watch out for Squirrel Herder when facing Beastly heroes as she can destroy Sportacus instantly. If they notice you with a nut deck and play a gravestone, refrain from playing Sportacus and play something else. Enemy environments, despite being played alongside tricks, do not count either, so they won't activate his ability.
Against[]
Like Black-Eyed Pea, using tricks while Sportacus is on the field is not a very good idea. The best option is to destroy Sportacus at once so he can't activate his ability. Knockout and Zombot's Wrath are some of the best answers to Sportacus as he won't do anything if the trick destroys him first.
You can also play environments such as Black Hole and Total Eclipse to weaken him and reduce the damage he does directly, although you will still take the full burnt of his ability. Then, you may destroy him with tricks like rolling stone.
Smarty class.
to play and has 3
/3
. He doesn't have any traits, and his ability does 2 damage to the zombie hero every time a zombie trick is played. This ability stacks with each Sportacus on the field and persists until all Sportacuses are removed from the field.
Beastly heroes as she can destroy Sportacus instantly. If they notice you with a nut deck and play a gravestone, refrain from playing Sportacus and play something else. Enemy environments, despite being played alongside tricks, do not count either, so they won't activate his ability.
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