CAPS 2017: EricF ([Peace]/Balance/Anarchy) vs. Penatronic ([Present]/Peace/Blood)

@Penatronic Good luck, have fun! We’re the last two with only 1 loss…

[details=P1, Turn 1]Manufactured Truth
Traffic Director
Reputable Newsman
Jail
Porkhand Magistrate -> Worker

Interesting option here. I could do a standard opening of Oni + 1-drop. Or I could just go Jail, pass. Jail shuts off max-Drakk, makes Nullcraft awkward, trades a card now for a card later, and with OE Cadets in play on both sides, that’s significant.
On the other hand, it cedes hero initiative, although with Basilisks coming down, that could be a good thing. Newsman will name “2” eventually, probably a priority on turn 3 or 4 to lock out various shenanagins.

And between FA and Mox, purple starter has enough ability to stall an Oni + 1 start that I think I’ll do the Jail opening. Jail -> Birds = defense lol
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4 gold (4)
Worker (3)
Jail (0)
Discard 3, Draw 5

No Patrol

Base - 20
Jail - 3

5 workers, 0 gold
Hand: 5
Deck: 0
Discard: 3

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Post template did silly things…

GL, HF! Can we have a proper Samurai duel?

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StartingHand Workers

STARTING HAND
Hardened Mox
Time Spiral
Neo Plexus
Nullcraft
Fading Argonaut


WORKERS
Time Spiral


NextHand

Battle Suits
Forgotten Fighter
Plasmodium
Tinkerer
Temporal Research


Discard

Neo Plexus
Hardened Mox
Nullcraft
Fading Argonaut


Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($5)
Worker - ($4)
Onimaru - ($2)
Nullcraft - ($0)

Float ($0)
Discard 4, draw 5


[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]

  • :psblueshield: [I]Squad Leader[/I]: L1 Onimaru (2/3), Frenzy
  • :psfist: [I]Elite[/I]:
  • :ps_: [I]Scavenger[/I]:
  • :pschip: [I]Technician[/I]:
  • :target: [I]Lookout[/I]:
    [B]In Play:[/B]
  • Nullcraft (in jail)
    [B]Buildings:[/B]
  • :heart: Base HP: 20

[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]

  • Hand: 5
  • Deck: 0
  • Disc: 4
    [B]Gold:[/B]
  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 6
Thoughts

This is a little risky, as he could potentially get a protected building instructor down, but I really think hasted nullcraft + onimaru should be able to kill a building instructor before I build my T1 next turn. Jail is pretty good against the purple starter.

All tournament I’ve been trying to go for the Garrison gameplan, but I haven’t even really used it for all but one game, so I think this one I’ll probably lean a little heavier on Present or Blood T2.

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[details=P1, Turn 2]Spectral Aven
Lawful Search
Bluecoat Musketeer -> Worker
Arrest
Building Inspector

Grab Basilisk and Taxman, as usual.

Patrol options for a small blocker are SQL (so, I pay 1 gold to keep Jail for a turn), or Tech (I lose Jail, but it takes a 2-cost unit with it, so I’m -2 gold for +1 card). And he has no blocker unless he delays Tech I (Zane for 5, worker, and I guess that means I actually want to patrol in Scav. The third option is to play Spectral Aven, be 100% to lose Jail, and then he could have a good defender. Scavenger BI it is!
Alternatively, I could patrol a Bluecoat instead. That would leave me with 6 gold +1 gold/card next turn, prevent a blocker + Tech I play. Not enough gold in that scenario for a Zane + 2-drop, making it basically identical to patrolling BI in SQL, unless I want to pay 1 gold to draw a card. I think keeping the Jail is fine, as it will leverage my Basilisk well.
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5 gold (5)
Worker (4)
Tech I (2)
Building Inspector (1)
Discard 3, rs, Draw 5. Float 1 gold.

SQL - Building Inspector (1/1 +1)

Base - 20
Tech I - 5
Jail - 3 (holding Nullcraft)

6 workers, 1 gold
Hand: 5
Deck: 3
Discard: 0

[details=Next Hand]Gunpoint Taxman
Spectral Aven
Tiny Basilisk
Lawful Search
Traffic Director[/details]

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note I had messed up putting nullcraft in my discard last turn, but it shouldnt have impacted anything yet.

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Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Brave Knight
Brave Knight


STARTING HAND
Plasmodium
Battle Suits
Forgotten Fighter
Tinkerer
Temporal Research


WORKERS
Time Spiral
Temporal Research


NextHand

Brave Knight
Neo Plexus
Brave Knight
Battle Suits
Forgotten Fighter


Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($6)
Worker - ($5)
Oni kills building inspector
tech 1 - ($3)
Plasmodium - ($1)

Float ($1)
Discard 3, reshuffle, draw 5


[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]

  • :psblueshield: [I]Squad Leader[/I]:
  • :psfist: [I]Elite[/I]:
  • :ps_: [I]Scavenger[/I]:
  • :pschip: [I]Technician[/I]:
  • :target: [I]Lookout[/I]:
    [B]In Play:[/B]
  • Nullcraft (1/1), in jail
  • Plasmodium (4/4), haste, forecast 3
  • L1 Onimaru (2/2), Frenzy
    [B]Buildings:[/B]
  • :heart: Base HP: 20
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5

[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]

  • Hand: 5
  • Deck: 3
  • Disc: 0
    [B]Gold:[/B]
  • Gold: 1
  • Workers: 7
Thoughts

I guess he can take out Oni with a zane sacrifice, but its just a 1 for 1 trade, so smeh. He has almost no way to take out Brave Knights without combat damage (zane maxband? maximum anarchy?), so they seem like a pretty solid choice here. I don’t plan on doing the typical soldier/garrison plan since hes got a lot of hate for that in his spec. I think present t2 will be the way to go with immortals and hyperions.

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Note that Plasmodium doesn’t go to jail, nor release Nullcraft from Jail. http://codexcarddb.com/card/jail

Feel free to re-do your turn however you would like.

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blah, I thought since it was a unit coming out from hand it still went to jail. Interesting that forecast just totally bypasses the Jail.

[details=P1, Turn 3]Spectral Aven -> Worker // too many targeting effects
Lawful Search
Traffic Director
Tiny Basilisk
Gunpoint Taxman

Tech in stuff for after I build Tech II next turn: Disguised Monkey (great for killing Drakk or a L1 hero) and Chaos Mirror (great for wrecking Plasmodium or whatever else might be in play). Either one will be unplayable if drawn right now, but I’m fine with that.
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6 gold (7)
Worker (6)
Zane (4)
Tiny Basilisk (2)
Gunpoint Taxman (0)
Zane trades with Oni
Discard 2, Draw 3, rs, Draw 1

Scavenger - Gunpoint Taxman (3/3)

Tiny Basilisk (1/2)

Base - 20
Tech I - 5
Jail - 3 (holding Nullcraft)

7 workers, 0 gold
Hand: 4
Deck: 4
Discard: 0

[details=Next Hand]Arrest
Reputable Newsman
Manufactured Truth
Chaos Mirror - oh well, this will still be useful on turn 6/7 after the next reshuffle.
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Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Kidnapping
General’s Hammer


STARTING HAND
Battle Suits
Brave Knight
Brave Knight
Neo Plexus
Forgotten Fighter
Fading Argonaut


WORKERS
Time Spiral
Temporal Research


NextHand

Hardened Mox
Tinkerer
Battle Suits
Fading Argonaut


Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($8)
you begin to smell a strange odor.
brave kinigit - ($5)
brave kinigit - ($2)
neoplexus - ($0)

Float ($0)
Discard 2, draw 3, reshuffle, draw 1


[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]

  • :psblueshield: [I]Squad Leader[/I]: Brave Knight (3/3A), readiness, brave AF
  • :psfist: [I]Elite[/I]:
  • :ps_: [I]Scavenger[/I]:
  • :pschip: [I]Technician[/I]: Brave Knight (3/3A), readiness, brave AF
  • :target: [I]Lookout[/I]: Nullcraft (1/1), flying, haste, no buff
    [B]In Play:[/B]
  • Plasmodium, forecast 2
  • neoplexus (2/2), in jail
    [B]Buildings:[/B]
  • :heart: Base HP: 20
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5

[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]

  • Hand: 4
  • Deck: 3
  • Disc: 0
    [B]Gold:[/B]
  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 7
Thoughts

I’ve never tried generals hammer but seems like a good way to break the jail and may come in handy later. poopy draw

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If you do this, the Nullcraft would die to Taxman’s anti-air. Do you still want to, or would you prefer a different line?

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Sorry, did that turn on the way to a wedding trying to get it in. Assume I just patrol it on lookout

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[details=Summary]Arrest
Reputable Newsman
Manufactured Truth
Chaos Mirror -> Worker

Skipped a worker, but isn’t really going down on cards d/t Knights. However, my Basilisks will trade well, and he has only a 1/4 chance of having one of his new Techs in hand ATM. Almost gauranteed to be able to summon Plasmodium next turn, if desired. He could skip a worker to break my Tech II, but that seems pretty bad for him. Most likely play is Geiger (5), Time Spiral (4), Plasmoid kills patroller, BK kills Jail, Worker (3), BK (0). And then patrol with 2x Knight again, which keeps me off of any real aggression (though I do get to Monkey Geiger, Zane a BK, and trade Taxman for the other BK, leaving only the plasmoid to harras me.

The alternative line is Geiger (5), Battle Suits (3), Kill Patroller, Time Spiral (2), Worker (1), float 1? - and I think I would actually prefer to see Battle Suits over a re-played Knight? I don’t have BL vulnerability ATM, so this line looks good (and he’s more likely to have pitched Battle Suits and have it in deck than Time Spiral)

Teching in Moment’s Peace and a replacement Chaos Mirror

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7 gold (7)
Worker (6)
Tech II Anarchy (2)
Reputable Newsman (0) - name 1

Basilisk scares away SQL Brave Knight
Taxman kills Nullcraft
Discard 2, Draw 4

SQL - Reputable Newsman (0/3 +1) - naming 1

Gunpoint Taxman (3/2)

Base - 20
Tech I - 5
Tech II - 5
Spec: Anarchy
Jail - 3 (holding Neo Plexus)

8 workers, 0 gold
Hand: 4
Deck: 0
Discard: 5

[details=Next Hand]Building Inspector
Lawful Search
Traffic Director
Disguised Monkey
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Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Hyperion
Hyperion


STARTING HAND
Fading Argonaut
Tinkerer
Hardened Mox
Battle Suits


WORKERS
Time Spiral
Temporal Research
Hardened Mox


NextHand

Fading Argonaut
Forgotten Fighter
General’s Hammer
Brave Knight (3/3), readiness, brave AF
Kidnapping


Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($7)
plasmodium jiggles ever closer
battlesuits - ($5)
brave knight kills newsman
Worker - ($4)
tech 2 - ($0)

Float ($0)
Discard 3, draw 3, reshuffle, draw 2


[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]

  • :psblueshield: [I]Squad Leader[/I]: Brave Knight (4/3A), readiness, brave AF
  • :psfist: [I]Elite[/I]:
  • :ps_: [I]Scavenger[/I]:
  • :pschip: [I]Technician[/I]:
  • :target: [I]Lookout[/I]:
    [B]In Play:[/B]
  • Battle Suits (upgrade)
  • Plasmodium, forecast 1
  • neoplexus (2/2), in jail
    [B]Buildings:[/B]
  • :heart: Base HP: 20
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5
  • :heart: Tech II HP: 5 (Present)

[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]

  • Hand: 5
  • Deck: 4
  • Disc: 0
    [B]Gold:[/B]
  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 8
Thoughts

I want Hyperions but they seem a bit expensive right now, considering I’m probably doing hero and spell next turn. debated doing crashbombers instead but throwing in chronofixer later seems like a nice angle

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[details=P1, Turn 5]Building Inspector -> Worker
Lawful Search
Traffic Director
Disguised Monkey

Tech in 2nd Monkey and 2nd Moment’s Peace

Lawful search to re-draw, and probably have something good to do.

Redraw: Moment’s Peace //looks like I’m all lined up for Gunships
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8 gold (8)
Onimaru (6)
Lawful Search your Hand (5), rs and draw. Note to self: play around Kidnapping in the future.
Midori (4)
Moment’s Peace (2)
Worker (1)
Traffic Director (0)
Discard 1, Draw 3

Moment’s Peace in effect
No Patrol, as you have no ability to attack or target anything that could patrol

L1 Onimaru (2/3)
L1 Midori (2/3)
Traffic Director (1/1) untargetable
Gunpoint Taxman (3/2)

Base - 20
Tech I - 5
Tech II - 5
Spec: Anarchy
Jail - 3 (holding Neo Plexus)

9 workers, 0 gold
Hand: 3
Deck: 4
Discard: 3

[details=Next Hand]Reputable Newsman
Disguised Monkey
Arrest[/details]

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Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Overeager Cadet
Overeager Cadet


STARTING HAND
General’s Hammer
Forgotten Fighter
Kidnapping
Fading Argonaut
Brave Knight (3/3), readiness, brave AF


WORKERS
Time Spiral
Temporal Research
Hardened Mox
Forgotten Fighter


NextHand

Tinkerer
Hyperion
Hyperion
Nullcraft (1/1), flying, haste, no buff
Overeager Cadet


Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($8)
plasmodium arrives! not so exciting.
summon onimaru - ($6)
summon Geiger - ($4)
build tower - ($1)
Worker - ($0)

Float ($0)
Discard 4, draw 4, reshuffle, draw 1


[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]

  • :psblueshield: [I]Squad Leader[/I]: Brave Knight (4/3A), readiness, brave AF
  • :psfist: [I]Elite[/I]:
  • :ps_: [I]Scavenger[/I]:
  • :pschip: [I]Technician[/I]: Plasmodium (4/4), haste
  • :target: [I]Lookout[/I]:
    [B]In Play:[/B]
  • Battle Suits (upgrade)
  • L1 Onimaru (2/3), frenzy
  • L1 Geiger (2/3), sparkshot
    [B]Buildings:[/B]
  • :heart: Base HP: 20
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5
  • :heart: Tech II HP: 5 (Present)
  • :heart: Tower HP: 4

[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]

  • Hand: 5
  • Deck: 6
  • Disc: 0
    [B]Gold:[/B]
  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 9
Thoughts

well that was no fun. decided against hammering jail to get some heroes on the board in case he plays another moments peace, and a tower in case he tries to stealth something past me

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[details=P1, Turn 6]After reviewing my possible “leaves” I think the best option is actually to break the Tech II this turn, while having us draw an extra card. This sets me up well for Gunships in 2 turns, and my board remains substantial regardless of what is drawn.

To that end: tech in 2x Gunship

Reputable Newsman
Arrest
Disguised Monkey
+Manufactured Truth
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That tower is well placed
9 gold (9)
Arrest the Plasmodium (7)
Oni suicides into Brave Knight, Geiger goes to L3
Max-Band Zane (0)
Shove the Brave Knight to Technician, where he legitimately dies, giving both of us a card
Midori and Taxman break your Tech II
Zane kills Geiger, Midori to L3
Discard 3, Draw 3, rs, Draw 2

SQL - Traffic Director (1/1 +1) untargetable

L6 Zane (4/1)
L3 Midori (2/2)
Gunpoint Taxman (3/1)

Base - 20
Tech I - 5
Tech II - 5
Spec: Anarchy
Jail - 3 (holding Neo Plexus)

9 workers, 0 gold
Hand: 5
Deck: 4
Discard: 0

[details=Next Hand]Tiny Basilisk
Chaos Mirror
Moment’s Peace
Pirate Gunship
Pirate Gunship

//that was, shall we say, unfortunate. At least the threat is still real, and I can build my Tech III, then leave it “vulnerable” to bait a poor attack. Or just skip it and use the gold to max out Midori while hiding him behind his Peace and keep fighting until they recirculate.
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Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Chronofixer
Kidnapping


STARTING HAND
Nullcraft (1/1), flying, haste, no buff
Hyperion
Tinkerer
Hyperion
Overeager Cadet


WORKERS
Time Spiral
Temporal Research
Hardened Mox
Forgotten Fighter
Tinkerer


NextHand

Fading Argonaut
Kidnapping
Overeager Cadet
General’s Hammer


Discard

Brave Knight (4/3A), readiness, brave AF
Hyperion
Hyperion
Chronofixer
Kidnapping


Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($9)
Worker - ($8)
rebuild t2
play nullcraft - ($6)
play eager cadet (now in jail)
oni to lvl7 - ($0)
oni kills traffic director
nullcraft kills Zane
maxband oni on free levels, soldiers

Float ($0)
Discard 2, draw 4


[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]

  • :psblueshield: [I]Squad Leader[/I]: Soldier (1/1A), sparkshot
  • :psfist: [I]Elite[/I]: Soldier (2/1), sparkshot
  • :ps_: [I]Scavenger[/I]:
  • :pschip: [I]Technician[/I]: neoplexus (3/2)
  • :target: [I]Lookout[/I]: Soldier (1/1), sparkshot
    [B]In Play:[/B]
  • Battle Suits (upgrade)
  • Nullcraft (1/1), flying, haste, no buff
  • Plasmodium (4/4), haste, arrested
  • Overeager Cadet (2/2), in jail
  • L8 Onimaru (4/5A), frenzy, readiness
    [B]Buildings:[/B]
  • :heart: Base HP: 18
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5
  • :heart: Tech II HP: 5 (Present)
  • :heart: Tower HP: 4

[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]

  • Hand: 4
  • Deck: 1
  • Disc: 5
    [B]Gold:[/B]
  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 10
Thoughts

That was a timely t2 break there, shucks. At least oni survived to maxband and pull out some ducks. And give me a patrol zone. Don’t like how long this game is going as pirate ship is hard to counter.

I must have blocked some t2 anarchy haste stealth minion with that tower.

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[details=P1, Turn 7]Tiny Basilisk -> Worker
Chaos Mirror
Moment’s Peace
Pirate Gunship
Pirate Gunship

Bring in replacement TB and a Steam Tank
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9 gold (9)
Worker (8)
Moment’s Peace (6)
MaxDori (1)
Discard 3, Draw 5. Float 1 gold.

SQL - L8 Midori (4/5 +1) //PleaseNoEliteTraining

Gunpoint Taxman (3/1)

Base - 20
Tech I - 5
Tech II - 5
Spec: Anarchy
Jail - 3 (holding Overeager Cadet)

10 workers, 1 gold
Hand: 5
Deck: 2
Discard: 7

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It’s been on my mind :laughing:

Question For @Penatronic

Is there a reason you didn’t just bring him to Level 6 and float 1 gold, since killing Zane gives you 2 free levels, and Oni maxes at lvl8?
Edit: Ah, yes. Was it the Taxman?

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