Gla'aki
How to Awaken Gla'aki (Cost 4):
1) Your controlled Gate is in an Area with your Great Old One.
2) Pay 4 Power, and place Gla'aki in the Area containing the Gate.
Combat: Equal to the number of Acolyte Cultists in your Pool.
The Tomb-Herd (Gather Power Phase): Earn 1 Power per Acolyte Cultist in your Pool. (Count these before any enemy Sacrificing your Captured Cultists gives them back to you).
Spellbook Requirement
You are the first player to reach 0 Power in the Action Phase. (Windwalker taking the Hibernate Action does NOT fulfill this requirement).
Spellbook
Green Decay (Gather Power Phase)
When a Captured Cultist is Sacrificed and returned, gain an Elder Sign instead of your normal reward (of 1 Power).
Strategies
Gla'aki has an amazing spellbook. He make Cultist Capturing a very viable winning strategy. This strategy would combo very well with the Great Race of Yith and/or Sleeper. You would gain 1 power and 1 Elder Sign for every captured cultist.
Gla'aki's ability, The Tomb-Herd, makes him a great pick for any faction that cycles out their acolyte cultists, such as:
- Great Cthulhu using Devolve
- Black Goat using Blood Sacrafice, Summoning their GOO, and Spellbook requirements.
- Opener of the Way upgrading their Cultists to Mutants.
You can safely cycle your cultists without fear of loosing power during the gather power phase. There's a similar benefit when playing with Eihort or Yuggoth, since Brain Cylinders and Brood Tokens replace your Acolytes. If you combine Gla'aki with both of those, your Cultist-sourced power would be upwards of 16.