Eye of the Storm, Indra

On Play, it looks at your top 5 cards and plays a weapon costing 3 or less from among them. The card doesn’t say you pay for the weapon; our read is that it’s free. The other cards go to the bottom of your deck.

It should almost always hit. The two Lightning lists posted on The Gate, BaconM’s Raizan and TK’s Piko of Thousand Blades, run 15 and 16 weapons, all costing 2 or less, so the top 5 holds at least one about 85% of the time. Putting a weapon on top first with Temple Apprentice, Nicky makes it certain.

Eye of the Storm has no Charge, so a weapon on it does nothing the turn it lands unless something gives it Charge: under Raizan, pay 1 IKZ for Charge, and it attacks right away; Ramen Set also works, but then it can’t attack leaders. Otherwise put the weapon on your leader or an entity that can still attack this turn. Tenshin is the best hit in both lists, +2 attack and up to 1 damage to a leader; Black Jade Crewleader gets +1 more when equipped.

Three cards now share the name: this one, the Indra Leader from the same starter deck (STT05), and the released 5-cost Indra with Charge.

Empowered Ikazuchi costs 4 in the deck, still above this card’s cost 3 limit. Flashdraw weapons it plays trigger Warden of Passage, Yunma and Seeker of Passage, Yuntaro.