The sage who sacrifices all to avenge his daughter.
– An old man who lived in the oasis town of Kaipo with his daughter, Anna. When Anna eloped with Prince Edward, he pursued the couple to Damcyan Castle. Anna was killed during an attack by the armies of Baron, and Tellah vowed revenge against Golbez and the Red Wings under his command. Tellah climbs Mount Ordeals to obtain the power to defeat his foe, mastering Meteor, the sealed magic of legend. When Tellah confronts Golbez in the Tower of Zot, he expends his life force to cast Meteor, perishing soon after.
Taken from the Ultimania.
Tellah gives us one of the most iconic quotes in Final Fantasy. “You spoony bard!”
And with that, we’ll look back on all of Tellah’s cards throughout the series.
“She was not your daughter! Her killer will die by my hand!”
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2-012R – Tellah
Tellah stays on the back line, just waiting to cast Meteor.
It doesn’t specifically say Meteor, but Tellah deals 9000 damage to a Forward, and he is put into the Break Zone.
You can actually recreate the scene from Final Fantasy IV, when Tellah casts Meteor on Golbez, which uses up all of Tellah’s energy that he doesn’t survive casting it.
And, that’s about it.
This might have been a good card when Opus II came out, but I don’t see anyone using this anymore.
“I shall avenge Anna with Meteor!”
5-015H – Tellah
For 3CP you get a Backup, that can deal 7000 damage to a Forward if you decide to break Tellah. Almost like the Opus II Tellah, Tellah does follow along the same lines as before, just slightly weaker.
I know, you’re going to say, but this Tellah is a Hero, and the other one is a Rare, how is this one weaker?
First off it costs less than the Opus II Tellah, and this Tellah has Recall.
With Recall, you get to deal at least 4000 damage to a Forward of your choosing. This damage can technically go up all the way to 44,000. It all depends on the top card of your deck. You’ll remove it from the game and deal 4000 x the cost of the card removed from the game.
You might get lucky you might not. But, imagine seeing the look on your opponent’s face if the top card of your deck is 14-075H Mont Leonis, or Chaos 16-129L. Sure, you don’t want to lose Chaos to this ability, but it might be worth it.
“I brought this… on myself… letting hate consume me so… please… avenge… Anna…”
13-026C – Tellah EX
“Use Ark (8-135H) to help pay for Tellah, Grab Ark back from the Break Zone. Next turn Dull Tellah, Discard Ark, put Tellah in the Break Zone.
Yell “You, Spoony Bard!!!”
Deal 30K Damage to one Forward.”
That’s what we wrote when Opus XIII came out, and I must say that, yes I would still write something along the same lines, so I’ll just leave it at that.
