Into the Inklands Card Reveals: Robin Hood and friends

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A whole smorgasbord of Into the Inklands reveals have hit the interwebs today. We'll round them all up here and in another post coming later. First up, Bleeding Cool had an article today that revealed 7 new cards, all from the Robin Hood franchise, plus we had another Robin Hood character revealed in an earlier stream from French YouTubers AntreJeux Studio. Let's take a look!

Little John - Robin Hood's Companion
Storyborn · Ally
Cost: 3 (inkable)
Strength: 2
Willpower: 4
Lore: 1
Bodyguard (This character may enter play exerted. An opposing character who challenges one of your characters must choose one with Bodyguard if able.)
Disguise During your turn, this character gains Evasive. (Only characters with Evasive can challenge this character.)
Rarity: Uncommon

Nutsy - Vulture Henchman
Storyborn · Ally
Cost: 2 (inkable)
Strength: 2
Willpower: 3
Lore: 1
Rarity: Common

Sir Hiss - Aggravating Asp
Dreamborn · Ally
Cost: 2 (inkable)
Strength: 3
Willpower: 1
Lore: 1
Evasive (Only characters with Evasive can challenge this character.)
Rarity: Common

Skippy - Energetic Rabbit
Storyborn · Ally
Cost: 2 (inkable)
Strength: 2
Willpower: 2
Lore: 1
Ward (Opponents can't choose this character except to challenge.)
Rarity: Common

Robin Hood - Beloved Outlaw
Storyborn · Hero
Cost: 1 (inkable)
Strength: 2
Willpower: 2
Lore: 1
Rarity: Common

Robin Hood - Champion of Sherwood
Floodborn · Hero
Cost: 5 (inkable)
Strength: 3
Willpower: 6
Lore: 2
Shift 3 (You may pay 3 ⬡ to play this on top of one of your characters named Robin Hood.)
Skilled Combatant During your turn, whenever this character banishes another character in a challenge, gain 2 lore.
The Good of Others When this character is banished in a challenge, you may draw a card.
Rarity: Legendary

Little John - Resourceful Outlaw
Floodborn · Hero
Cost: 6 (inkable)
Strength: 4
Willpower: 5
Lore: 2
Shift 4 (You may pay 4 ⬡ to play this on top of one of your characters named Little John.)
Okay, Big Shot While this character is exerted, your characters with Bodyguard gain Resist +1 and get +1 ♢. (Damage dealt to them is reduced by 1.)
Rarity: Super Rare

Sheriff of Nottingham - Corrupt Official
Dreamborn · Villain
Cost: 4 (uninkable)
Strength: 2
Willpower: 4
Lore: 1
Taxes Should Hurt Whenever you discard a card, you may deal 1 damage to chosen opposing character.
Rarity: Super Rare

Card Evaluations

I love Robin Hood, so these were some fun reveals to see. And some of these cards are looking quite strong! Let's evaluate:

Little John as a standalone Bodyguard is just ok. I'd probably rather The Prince - Never Gives Up or even the new Kida - Royal Warrior. But you are probably playing him more as a Shift target for the new Floodborn Little John.
Nutsy is the new Donald Duck - Boisterous Fowl. Pack filler.
Sir Hiss is another Evasive option for the full Evasive decks. At 1 Willpower, he's going to get pinged down a lot though.
Skippy is the new Aladdin - Prince Ali. Also pack filler.
Robin Hood is a Steel 1-cost 2/2 that is, just on art alone, a clear upgrade over Goons - Maleficent's Underlings. But he's also a Shift target for...
...this Legendary Robin Hood! A 3/6 coming down on turn 3 is pretty scary. Perhaps most importantly, with that stat line, he is a strong counter to Madam Mim - Fox. His abilities are just ok, but you aren't playing him solely for them. It's mostly about his stats on a shift 3.
Another Floodborn in Little John - Resourceful Outlaw. And I actually like his ability a lot. Giving your bodyguard characters Resist +1 and 1 extra lore is very strong and you don't even need to decide between challenging, singing or questing with Little John to do it. As long as he is exerted, you gain the benefit. Can a full Bodyguard deck be feasible with this? Kida - Royal Warrior, The Prince - Never Gives Up, and Hercules - True Hero are all decent Bodyguard characters already in Steel that get that much better with this Little John.
Last, but not least, Sherrif of Nottingham is a new ping option for Steel decks. He synergizes well with all the "filtering" cards already available such as Simba - Future King and Cinderella - Knight in Training. And he goes really hard with A Whole New World. Imagine playing Ariel - Spectacular Singer on turn 3, finding A Whole New World, playing Sherriff on turn 4 and then singing World to get a bunch of pings and a fresh hand. He seems very good and may even make cards like Ransack playable.