Cave-drake and Tournament rules

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TomG
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Hi,
For tournaments (e.g, Worlds) is a Cave-drake still considered a dragon creature hazard, or is it a drake?
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Tom
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sarma72
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It's a Dragon as stated on the card text - but don't ask me why it is called Cave Drake!
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Bandobras Took
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"Drake" was only introduced as a creature type in ME:TD. Cave-Drake serves the purpose of having a non-unique creature that is enhanced by dragon-based hazard events. I don't think ICE ever actually changed the name of any card, so once they had chosen it, they were stuck with it.

Similarly, Gollum/My Precious/Stinker probably would have been better named Smeagol/Gollum/My Precious, but by the time they were that far into designing the cards, it was too late to change the names involved.
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Mordakai
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Bandobras Took wrote: ↑Sat Jun 14, 2025 2:16 am Similarly, Gollum/My Precious/Stinker probably would have been better named Smeagol/Gollum/My Precious, but by the time they were that far into designing the cards, it was too late to change the names involved.
That is an interesting thought...
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