No 1-drop is #sad. Musketeer dies to Nullcraft, so that’s an easy worker. Blood Tech II deals with Mox just fine, so let’s get some points on the board.
4 gold (4)
Worker (3)
Makeshift Rambaster (1)
Rambaster bastes your base for 3
Discard 3, Draw 5. Float 1 gold.
Nautical Dog — Tech 0
Mad Man — Tech 0
Bloodrage Ogre — Tech 0
Bloodburn — Tech 0 -> Worker //this just gets stolen if it matters at all
Scorch — Magic
Tech Gargoyle + Gunpoint Taxman
5 gold (6)
Worker (5)
Zane (3)
Tech I (1)
Nautical Dog (0)
Zane moves Mox
Ram Bastes your Base down to 14
Discard 3, rs, Draw 5
Temporal Research
Forgotten Fighter
Battle Suits
Tinkerer
Fading Argonaut
Events of Turn:
Upkeep:
Get Gold (6+1float)
Tech 2 cards in (except turn 1)
All Teched Cards
Two Step, Discord
Main:
Mox kills Dog, you get 1g
Battle Suits (5)
Fading Argonaut (3)
River (1)
Worker (0)
Workers
Forgotten Fighter, Time Spiral
Patrol as below
Discard 3 Draw 5
Tech 2 cards before my next turn
Board Info:
Buildings:
Base HP: 14
Tech1 HP: 5
In Patrol:
Squad Leader:
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician:
Lookout: Fading Argonaut (3/3 fade 3)
In Play:
River (2/3 lvl 1)
Hardened Mox (2/1)
Battle Suits
Economy Info:
Cards:
Hand: 4
Deck: 3
Disc: 0
Gold:
Gold: 0
Workers: 7
End of Turn Hand
Tinkerer
Plasmodium
Discord
Nullcraft
End of Turn Discard
My Thoughts
Hmm, seems exceptionally unlikely he would lay Zane so vulnerable to nullcraft unless he was planning to use another hero. Think I’m safe to go River here and skip t1 for right now. Grabbing a discord and obv two step.
So, I could pay 4 gold to get rid of the Fargo, then another 3 to max Zane (eating River) skipping worker and dealing another 3 base damage. And also losing Rambaster on the swing back. Or just let River live, and block up (+deal an extra 2!)
Tech Chaos Mirror + Crash Bomber
Also, 2 damage is probably worth more than a worker at this point: on the next pass through my deck I can deal a clean 8 direct damage if I grab 2x Dark Pact… and I still have Gargoyle coming down next turn + Drakk & potential Crash Bombers to finish things off.
6 gold (7)
Bloodrage Ogre (5)
Charge on Ogre (3)
Ogre trades with Fargo
Zane and Rambaster cook your Base for another 5 points
Gunpoint Taxman (1)
Pillage your Base for another 2 points. 7 health left. Tick Tock. (0)
Discard 1, Draw 3
Hive, Omegacron
Stewardess of the Undone, Gilded Glaxx
Two Step, Discord
Main:
Neo Plexus, discounted (7)
Tech 2 Future (3)
Worker (2)
Workers
Two Step, Plasmodium, Forgotten Fighter, Time Spiral
Patrol as below
Discard 1 rs Draw 3
Tech 2 cards before my next turn
Board Info:
Buildings:
Base HP: 7
Tech1 HP: 5
Tech2 HP: 5 FUTURE
In Patrol:
Squad Leader: Nullcraft (1/1+1armor flying)
Elite: Tinkerer (1+1/2)
Scavenger: River (3/4 lvl 5)
Technician: Neo Plexus (3/2)
Lookout: Hardened Mox (2/1)
In Play:
Battle Suits
Economy Info:
Cards:
Hand: 3
Deck: 4
Disc: 0
Gold:
Gold: 2
Workers: 9
End of Turn Hand
Hive
Temporal Research
Discord
End of Turn Discard
My Thoughts
I’m on the knife’s edge the rest of the game here. I risk losing straight up to surprise attack (I think that’s the likely tech for him) if I don’t max patrol. Need nullcraft to patrol SQL to keep Garg out. I think my best bet to win is actually teching up, as no way I win a base race down 13 on just tech 1. The usual grind out an advantage with Two Step + Mox isn’t going to survive long enough. So I think I tech up for Hive + … Xenostalker is a huge Kidnapping risk. I’ll grab an Omegacron, gives me solid card draw as well.
6 gold (7)
Crash Bomber (6)
Pillage for 2 damage and 2 gold (7)
Animate Gargoyle, kills Nullcraft (6)
Level Drakk to 4 (3)
Charge Crash Bomber (1)
Crash Bomber crashes River, Drakk to max, Bombs your base for 1 on death
Discard 1, Draw 3. Float 1 gold.
GL HF!
Patrol as below
Base HP: 17
Squad Leader: Hardened Mox (1/1+1armor)
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician:
Lookout:
