[CAWS18] codexnewb [Necro]/Anarchy/Growth vs charnel_mouse [Balance]/Blood/Strength

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GLHF!

"P1T1

StartingHand Workers

STARTING HAND
Poisonblade Rogue
Graveyard
Deteriorate
Skeletal Archery
Skeleton Javelineer

WORKERS
Skeletal Archery

NextHand

Jandra, the Negator
Pestering Haunt
Sacrifice the Weak
Thieving Imp
Summon Skeletons

Discard

Graveyard
Deteriorate
Poisonblade Rogue

Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($4)
Worker - ($3)
sk jav - ($2)
garth - ($0)

Float ($0)
Discard 3, draw 5

Board Info:
In Patrol:

  • :psblueshield: Squad Leader:
  • :psfist: Elite:
  • :ps_: Scavenger:
  • :pschip: Technician:
  • :target: Lookout:

In Play:

  • Garth, lvl 1, (1/3)
  • Sk Jav (1/1)

Buildings:

  • :heart: Base HP: 20

Economy Info:
Cards:

  • Hand: 5
  • Deck: 0
  • Disc: 3

Gold:

  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 5
Thoughts

probably going growth on this one, either molac or ancients depending on board presence.

early game though. probably teching double BC to start. want to use graveyard. early game, just garth and sk jav. we’ll see what direction he goes. i have a feeling ill be on my back foot early most games this tournament.

next turn just tech up, make a skeleton, drop haunt. should be a good recycle.

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GLHF!

P2T1

StartingHand Workers

STARTING HAND
Young Treant
Forest’s Favor
Rich Earth
Rampant Growth
Merfolk Prospector

WORKERS
Rich Earth

NextHand

Tiger Cub
Ironbark Treant
Playful Panda
Verdant Tree
Spore Shambler

Discard

Young Treant
Forest’s Favor
Rampant Growth

Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($5)
Worker - ($4)
Merfolk Prospector - ($3)
Master Midori - ($1)

Float ($1)
Discard 3, draw 5

Board Info:
In Patrol:

  • :psblueshield: Squad Leader: Midori L1 2/3+1A
  • :psfist: Elite:
  • :ps_: Scavenger: Merfolk Prospector 1/1
  • :pschip: Technician:
  • :target: Lookout:

In Play:
*

Buildings:

  • :heart: Base HP: 20

Economy Info:
Cards:

  • Hand: 5
  • Deck: 0
  • Disc: 3

Gold:

  • Gold: 1
  • Workers: 6
Thoughts

I don’t like this hand very much, I can’t just put out units and wait to put down a surprise Drakk. And I drew both of my spells! I could either go with Midori and try for an early Circle of Life, or go for Rook and get out some Birds. Midori’s the best way to get some supplemental fliers going and threatens Nature Reclaims, so let’s go with that. It means codexnewb has to play around Rampant Growth next turn, too, even if I don’t actually have it.

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"P1T2

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
BC
BC

STARTING HAND
Summon Skeletons
Jandra, the Negator
Thieving Imp
Pestering Haunt
Sacrifice the Weak

WORKERS
Skeletal Archery
Jandra, the Negator

NextHand

Thieving Imp
Poisonblade Rogue
BC
Sacrifice the Weak
Graveyard

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($5)
Worker - ($4)
tech 1 - ($2)
make a skeleton - ($1)
pestering haunt

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

Board Info:
In Patrol:

  • :psblueshield: Squad Leader:
  • :psfist: Elite:
  • :ps_: Scavenger: Skeleton (1/1)
  • :pschip: Technician: Sk Jav (1/1)
  • :target: Lookout:

In Play:

  • Garth, lvl 1, (1/3)
  • Pestering Haunt (1/1)

Buildings:

  • :heart: Base HP: 20
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5

Economy Info:
Cards:

  • Hand: 5
  • Deck: 3
  • Disc: 0

Gold:

  • Gold: 1
  • Workers: 6
Thoughts

midori huh? putting sk jav in tech so ill keep that cycle going. ideal is double bc and graveyard

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P2T2

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Crash Bomber
Tiny Basilisk

STARTING HAND
Ironbark Treant
Tiger Cub
Verdant Tree
Spore Shambler
Playful Panda

WORKERS
Rich Earth
Verdant Tree

NextHand

Forest’s Favor
Tiny Basilisk
Young Treant
Rampant Growth

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($7)
Worker - ($6)
Tech I - ($4)
Tiger Cub - ($2)
Playful Panda, Wisp arrives - ($0)
Merfolk Prospector exhausts for gold - ($1)

Float ($1)
Discard 2, reshuffle, draw 4

Board Info:
In Patrol:

  • :psblueshield: Squad Leader: Tiger Cub 2/2+1A
  • :psfist: Elite:
  • :ps_: Scavenger: Midori L1 2/3
  • :pschip: Technician: Wisp 0/1
  • :target: Lookout:

In Play:

  • Playful Panda 2/2
  • Merfolk Prospector 1/1

Buildings:

  • :heart: Base HP: 20
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5

Economy Info:
Cards:

  • Hand: 4
  • Deck: 3
  • Disc: 0

Gold:

  • Gold: 1
  • Workers: 7
Thoughts

Standard techs here, and getting my two main early-game units out. Not much in the way of anti-air threat here outside of Gunpoint Taxman, but there’s also no upgrade removal, so I’m leaning towards Strength for Mythed DeGrey to handle Lichs Bargains, with Circled units as backup. I might need Blood to quickly take out Blooming Ancients with Shoddy Gliders, though, we’ll see.

… Hopefully can go for an attack on Garth next turn with Rampant Growth out, Tiny Basilisk if not.

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"P1T3

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Blooming Ancient
LB

STARTING HAND
Graveyard
Sacrifice the Weak
Thieving Imp
Poisonblade Rogue
BC

WORKERS
Skeletal Archery
Jandra, the Negator
Poisonblade Rogue

NextHand

BC
Summon Skeletons
Sacrifice the Weak
LB
Deteriorate

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($7)
Worker - ($6)
bone collector - ($4)
mid garth - ($1)
make a skeleton - ($0)
garth hits tiger cub
sk jav kills tiger cub with spear
haunt trades with merfolk

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

Board Info:
In Patrol:

  • :psblueshield: Squad Leader: BC (3/3+A)
  • :psfist: Elite:
  • :ps_: Scavenger: SK (1/1)
  • :pschip: Technician: SK (1/1)
  • :target: Lookout:

In Play:

  • Garth, lvl 4, (2/2)
  • Sk Jav (1/1)

Buildings:

  • :heart: Base HP: 20
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5

Economy Info:
Cards:

  • Hand: 5
  • Deck: 4
  • Disc: 0

Gold:

  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 7
Thoughts

okay, decision time. do i double down on liches bargain? i think not, for now. with all the skeletons i have out there, could be bad. ill tech a BA and LB, but not really planning playing the LB for now. instead. save the second BA for Garth. if im able to get a handle on the board, then LB can come in later for a big swing turn.

how to patrol? midband midori puts wisp at 1/2. but with three patrollers, not sure if he wants to do that anyways. id love the tech draw, but i shouldnt get to greedy. skeletons to tech adn scav, as always.

well, if he doesnt kills my skeletons, what do i do with them? they might just be fodder…deteriorate, let them attack, then sacrifice to draw. win win win.

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P2T3

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Bloodlust
Jefferson DeGrey, Ghostly Diplomat

STARTING HAND
Tiny Basilisk
Forest’s Favor
Rampant Growth
Young Treant

WORKERS
Rich Earth
Verdant Tree
Forest’s Favor

NextHand

Spore Shambler
Ironbark Treant
Crash Bomber
Bloodlust

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($8)
Worker - ($7)
Tech II Strength - ($3)
Tiny Basilisk - ($1)

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

Board Info:
In Patrol:

  • :psblueshield: Squad Leader: Playful Panda 2/2+1A
  • :psfist: Elite: Tiny Basilisk 1+1/2 (deathtouch, no combat with Tech 0 units)
  • :ps_: Scavenger:
  • :pschip: Technician: Wisp 0/1
  • :target: Lookout:

In Play:

  • Midori L1 2/3

Buildings:

  • :heart: Base HP: 20
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5
  • :heart: Tech II HP: 5 (Strength)

Economy Info:
Cards:

  • Hand: 4
  • Deck: 5
  • Disc: 0

Gold:

  • Gold: 1
  • Workers: 8
Thoughts

If I put down the Tiny Basilisk, codexnewb can kill the Wisp and the Panda with Garth and the Bone Collector, and kill Midori with the Skeletons.

  • Worker, TB, Tech II, everything but the Basilisk gets killed without assistance.
  • Worker, TB, Midband Midori, Wisp and Midori can kill the Bone Collector. I have TB and Panda for defence. codexnewb has 2 gold to work with if he doesn’t want to skip Tech II. He could StW the Panda, then easily kill Midori and level Garth, then fetch something to block the TB. Not worth the risk.
  • Worker, TB, YT, 3 gold for Rampant Growth + Crash Bomber, or something else. That puts me really down on cards.
    Looks like Midori gets to die for the cause.

… Missing DeGrey is a shame, but I have Bloodlust and Crash Bomber to clear things with.

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"P1T4

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Blooming Elm
Surprise Attack

STARTING HAND
Deteriorate
BC
Summon Skeletons
Sacrifice the Weak
LB

WORKERS
Skeletal Archery
Jandra, the Negator
Poisonblade Rogue
Summon Skeletons

NextHand

LB
Blooming Ancient
Pestering Haunt (1/1)
Graveyard
Thieving Imp

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($7)
Worker - ($6)
bone collector - ($4)
tech 2 growth - ($0)
bone collector kills panda, takes 2, makes new skeleton
garth kills wisp
2 skeletons and a javlineer walk past Tiny and trade with Midori, Garth to lvl 6

Float ($0)
Discard 3, draw 4, reshuffle, draw 1

Board Info:
In Patrol:

  • :psblueshield: Squad Leader: SK (1/1+A)
  • :psfist: Elite:
  • :ps_: Scavenger:
  • :pschip: Technician: BC #2 (3/3)
  • :target: Lookout:

In Play:

  • Garth, lvl 6 (2/2)
  • BC #1 (3/1)

Buildings:

  • :heart: Base HP: 20
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5
  • :heart: Tech II HP: 5 (Growth)

Economy Info:
Cards:

  • Hand: 5
  • Deck: 5
  • Disc: 0

Gold:

  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 8
Thoughts

hmmm, strength huh? well, need to watch out for kidnapping into barbarians. get all those runes. hopefully he thinks im going molac. also obviously mr degrey. but did he draw them? odds are no, but with tech, that puts him to about 30%, young treant, up to 42%, but less gold to work with.

so i think i need to play assuming he has degrey. it’s the best play regardless. if he has him, and drak, and kidnapping, and the whole kitchen sink, i wont feel too bad. ill just try and leave the BC’s on the field to be good alternatives.

bummer he has so many counters to my more natural plays. but lets leearn something new i guess. keep the cycle going high, force him to go at garth, etc… teching in blooming elm and surprise attack. need that hasty counter punch if all else fails. elm is good for IF i can get ancient down fast. and runes on the bone collectors.

"

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@charnel_mouse just checking in. im assuming we dont have to finish by friday, but just in case. hope you’re having a great holiday!

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I’ve seen the turn, I’m just taking a few days off! Good holidays here, hoping it’s the same for you!

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P2T4

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Bloodlust
Doubling Barbarbarian

STARTING HAND
Ironbark Treant
Crash Bomber
Spore Shambler
Bloodlust
Young Treant
Merfolk Prospector

WORKERS
Rich Earth
Verdant Tree
Forest’s Favor
Ironbark Treant

NextHand

Rampant Growth
Playful Panda
Jefferson DeGrey, Ghostly Diplomat
Tiger Cub

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($9)
Technician draw
Drakk Ramhorn - ($7)
Crash Bomber - ($6)
Bloodlust on Drakk and Crash Bomber - ($4)
Young Treant, I draw - ($2)
Worker - ($1)
Drakk kills the Skeleton, takes 1 damage
Crash Bomber trades with technician Bone Collector, hits your Tech II to 4 HP, you draw
Tiny Basilisk trades with Garth, Drakk hits level 3
Midband Drakk - ($0)
Drakk takes Bloodlust damage

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

Board Info:
In Patrol:

  • :psblueshield: Squad Leader:
  • :psfist: Elite: Young Treant 1+0/2 (can’t attack)
  • :ps_: Scavenger:
  • :pschip: Technician:
  • :target: Lookout:

In Play:

  • Drakk L4 2/2 (1 to your base on death, 1 damage)

Buildings:

  • :heart: Base HP: 20
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5
  • :heart: Tech II HP: 5 (Strength)

Economy Info:
Cards:

  • Hand: 4
  • Deck: 7
  • Disc: 0

Gold:

  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 9
Thoughts

That was the one card I didn’t want on the Technician draw… I’d normally tech in the other Bloodlust here, but I think Vines is better than Grappler for dealing with a Rhino. No, wait, I have Tiny Basilisk for that, never mind.

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"P1T5

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Blooming elm
netherdrain

STARTING HAND
Blooming Ancient
Graveyard
Thieving Imp
Pestering Haunt (1/1)
LB
Deteriorate

WORKERS
Skeletal Archery
Jandra, the Negator
Poisonblade Rogue
Summon Skeletons
W5 - Thieving Imp

NextHand

Blooming Elm
Sk Jav (1/1)
Sacrifice the Weak
bone collector (new reshuffle)
Surprise Attack

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($8)
tech draw
Worker - ($7)
blooming ancient - ($3)
Zane, rune - ($1)
pestering haunt, rune
Zane kills treant
2 runes to bone collector
Bone collector breaks tech 2, makes skeleton, your base to 18, rune to BA
Move rune to Sk

Float ($1)
Discard 3, draw 4, reshuffle, draw 1

Board Info:
In Patrol:

  • :psblueshield: Squad Leader: Sk (2/2+a)+
  • :psfist: Elite:
  • :ps_: Scavenger:
  • :pschip: Technician:
  • :target: Lookout: Blooming Ancient (2/4)

In Play:

  • Pestering Haunt (1/1)
  • BC (5/3)++
  • Zane, lvl 1, (2/1)

Buildings:

  • :heart: Base HP: 20
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5
  • :heart: Tech II HP: 4 (Growth)

Economy Info:
Cards:

  • Hand: 5
  • Deck: 5
  • Disc: 0

Gold:

  • Gold: 1
  • Workers: 9
Thoughts

that’s a tough swing. him drawing into bloodlust, and me not getting at surprise attack. sad face tear. well at least the bone collector survived, and the tech 2.

hopefully eh doesnt swing too hard this next turn. need the breathe to hit back with some synergy. teching another elm and netherdrain, for potential rook wall.

"

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Blooming Ancient gets another rune here.

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Ahhh, yes, I’ll just add a Rune to Sk

14

Okay. Edited.

15

just noticed that my 2 teched cards did not actually go into my deck. i should have 5 cards in hand, 5 in deck at the end of my turn. i drew 4, reshuffled, drew 1. ill add that 1 back and reshuffle with the 2 teched cards, then re-draw it.

…done! sorry about that!

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No worries!

P2T5

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Kidnapping
Moment’s Peace

STARTING HAND
Jefferson DeGrey, Ghostly Diplomat
Tiger Cub
Rampant Growth
Playful Panda

WORKERS
Rich Earth
Verdant Tree
Forest’s Favor
Ironbark Treant

NextHand

Crash Bomber
Bloodlust
Merfolk Prospector

Discard

Young Treant
Rampant Growth
Jefferson DeGrey, Ghostly Diplomat
Kidnapping
Moment’s Peace

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($9)
Skip worker!
Rebuild Tech II
Maxband Drakk - ($7)
Tiger Cub, Drakk gives it haste - ($5)
Rampant Growth on Tiger Cub - ($2)
Drakk kills Skeleton, takes 2 damage
Tiger Cub kills Blooming Ancient, takes 2A damage
Playful Panda, Wisp arrives - ($0)

Float ($0)
Discard 1, draw 3

Board Info:
In Patrol:

  • :psblueshield: Squad Leader:
  • :psfist: Elite:
  • :ps_: Scavenger:
  • :pschip: Technician: Wisp 0/1
  • :target: Lookout:

In Play:

  • Drakk L6 3/2 (1 to your base on death, 2 damage)
  • Tiger Cub 2/2 (haste)
  • Playful Panda 2/2

Buildings:

  • :heart: Base HP: 18
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5
  • :heart: Tech II HP: 5 (Strength)

Economy Info:
Cards:

  • Hand: 3
  • Deck: 4
  • Disc: 5

Gold:

  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 9
Thoughts

This is going to suck. Going on defence only gets me Tiger Cub and Drakk as extras on defence, but I don’t think I can afford to let the Ancient live. I’ll just have to take that out and see what I have left to work with. Skipping a worker to avoid workering DeGrey, and because I want to tech in some more cards anyway – more Tech II units, probably the other Crash Bomber.

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dah, sorry, no midori without the tech 2. @charnel_mouse

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just checking in since it’s friday. @charnel_mouse

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Still here, I’ll just be a bit slow for the next day or two. Turn’s fixed, I’m gonna die.

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only objection: you have no float cuz Rampant extra cost

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