Chompers

The first gold mini-boss

Chompers opens the gold MINI BOSS set at wave 20: HP 1.4K, DMG 80, SPD 6, $500. The gold header appears on four cards, and all four are mini-bosses: Chompers 20, Bulbdog 40, Sailback 60 and Snapshell 80.

MINI BOSS is printed on the header, so the card is neither a dino nor a red boss. Its SPD 6 sits between the dino range and the red boss range, and its 1.4K HP is the smallest of the four gold cards.

The four gold mini-bosses

Chompers is the cheapest gold card and the weakest per card, yet it has the best damage per dollar of the set at 0.16. Bulbdog is 0.12, Sailback 0.10 and Snapshell 0.08.

The HP column runs the other way. Chompers prints 2.8 HP per dollar, against 6.7 for Titanhorn and 6.8 for Boulderback. The gold line is an HP upgrade first and a damage upgrade second.

Wave 20: a damage card, not a wall

Wave 20 is the second boss slot in the index: Titanhorn at 10, Chompers at 20, Boulderback at 30. Chompers prints 1.4K HP against Titanhorn's 6K and Boulderback's 8.2K, so it is not the card that fixes a leaking egg.

At wave 20 the decision is whether the board needs another damage pill. DMG 80 for $500 is 0.16 per dollar, the best gold ratio. If the egg is dying, spending the same $500 on HP is the wrong column, because the gold cards do not sell HP efficiently.

A run that already owns Titanhorn does not need Chompers for HP; the card only makes sense when the damage pill is the gap. The 1.4K HP is a bonus, not the reason to buy.

No Chompers variant, only the next gold row

The index has no Juvenile Chompers and no second Chompers row. The gold upgrade path is Chompers 20, Bulbdog 40, Sailback 60 and Snapshell 80. HP climbs 1.4K, 2.6K, 4.2K and 6.4K while the price climbs $500, $800, $1,100 and $1,500.

Bulbdog adds 1.2K HP, 15 DMG and loses 1 SPD for $300. Sailback adds another 1.6K HP and 15 DMG and loses 0.4 SPD for $300. It is a steady HP line, not a damage jump, so the next card is an upgrade only if the HP pill is what the run needs.