Which would function better as late game cards/win conditions?
Kyhmera vs Pandora
Pandora has weaker stats BUT better drops, reliable drops and a lower cost. It comes down to personal choice.
Pandora. All the way.
I think Pandora is better.
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Chances are they are going to use some sort of removal on it, in which case you will get at least one wolf out of it.
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You can keep pandora just out of range of danger to generate value, whereas khymera needs to be in the fray.
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1 mana cheaper
Pandora is generally more useful as it is a pretty solid lategame card and it can be a win condition as it increases your board presence linearly. It’s weak to plasma storm but aside from that you gonna get some immediate presence on board as her ability triggers at the end of the turn, so even if she gets destroyed at least you have wolves. Most of those wolves she spawn are useful in most situations. Imo she’s a better win condition than Khymera for almost any deck.
Khymera is considered a fun card, and in my opinion this card only works in Magmar, as it’s the only faction that have ways of damaging it and reducing it’s cost at the same time with Kujata and Flash Reincarnation. It have a really high variance tho, like sometimes you get Ice and Whyte Drakes and even Mechaz0r!, but other times you get just a miserable pile of minions like Wraithlings, Magmas and Panddos, so it’s not a really reliable win condition but it can be pretty funny to use.
Pandora is more consistent in what she drops, has weaker stats, and costs 7. Khymera’s drops are mostly 1/1s (aside from cheesy Mechaz0rs and Vanar Aspects), and it has better stats and costs 8.
Personally, I prefer Pandora for consistency, but I think that Khymera is better in Magmar decks due to ramps and lots of opportunity to self-inflict damage with Flash Reincarnation and Kujata. (Khymera is also far memier if that’s what you’re looking for)