Jandra, the Negator
Skeletal Archery
Poisonblade Rogue
Deteriorate
Thieving Imp
Events of Turn:
Upkeep:
Get Gold (4)
Tech 2 cards in except turn 1
All Teched Cards
Main:
Thieving Imp, discard #4 of 5 (1)
Worker (0)
Workers
Poisonblade Rogue
Patrol as below
Discard 3 Draw 5
Board Info:
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
In Patrol:
Squad Leader:
Elite:
Scavenger: Thieving Imp (2/2)
Technician:
Lookout:
In Play:
nothin
Economy Info:
Cards:
Hand: 5
Deck: 0
Disc: 3
Gold:
Gold: 0
Workers: 5
End of Turn Hand
Summon Skeletons
Sacrifice the Weak
Graveyard
Skeleton Javelineer
Pestering Haunt
End of Turn Discard
My Thoughts
Maybe token spam works here? IDK can’t go too hard on units b/c Law, maybe Midori is the play, guess we’ll see, this deck is certainly not bulletproof!
Building Inspector
Traffic Director
Bluecoat Musketeer
Jail
Arrest
Thieving Imp discard: 1
Jail
Thoughts
I think discard Jail is OK here, it would just push FrozenStorm towards Skeletons. Yeah, I have Judgement Day if I really need to counter that, but drawing it isn’t reliable. Traffic Director in Elite should be fine here, trades with Imp and can’t be picked off with Deteriorate.
The obvious problem here is Midori, with Nature Reclaims making it too dicey to do Lobbers into Might of Leaf and Claw. Blooming Ancients are still an option, but I wondering whether I’m better off going into Fire instead, for the crowd control against Necromancy or Truth. Jaina is also looking nice, for similar reasons. Lizzo can take out a non-illusion Macciatus from anywhere, too, nice to have an ability like that that isn’t just for patrollers.
Get paid - (5)
Worker - (4)
Traffic Director - (3)
Bigby Hayes - (1)
Discard 2, draw 4
Traffic Director 1+1/1 (untargetable; unstoppable when attacking buildings)
Bigby L1 2/3 (stash 1)
Base HP: 20
Hand: 4
Reputable Newsman
Porkhand Magistrate
Lawful Search
Manufactured Truth
Deck: 1
Spectral Aven
Discard: 3
Jail
Building Inspector
Arrest
Card-count check (opponent-viewable)
Expected: 10
1 on board
4 in hand
1 in deck
3 in discard
1 in workers
Reputable Newsman
Porkhand Magistrate
Lawful Search
Manufactured Truth
Thoughts
Bone Collector and Spectral Hound are nasty Tech I units that I might struggle to deal with. Firebats might be the way to go here, since they match them on stats and can pop illusions / buildings later. I think Porkhand Magistrate is OK here, for similar reasons.
Teched cards: 2
T2: 2 x Firebat
Get paid + scavenger - (7)
Lawful Search, I draw... - (6)
Spectral Aven
… and look at your hand
Worker - (5)
Tech I - (3)
Porkhand Magistrate - (0)
Traffic Director hits your Graveyard to 2
Discard 2, reshuffle 8, draw 4
I don’t think I can stand against all of that while teching up, but I’ve got another turn before I reshuffle anyway. Even without teching up, it’ll be rough. Arrest, Porkhand, and Bigby can disable / pop things, but Frozen can still have the Mirror copy a 3/3 to attack my Firebat, and Haunt or Imp can help to kill. I can’t afford all of that anyway, even if I don’t pay the resist cost for targeting the Hound. However, if I don’t sideline with Bigby he can patrol in front of the Firebat, and with the Bone Collector disabled he still kills any attacking units, while hopefully protecting my Firebat so I can take out the Graveyard. He doesn’t kill a 3/3 Mirror, but that’ll die at the end of his turn anyway. Bigby will likely die, but then I can more easily bring out Jaina later to burn things.
I definitely want Ember Sparks here to deal with illusions / Skeletons. Bamstomper Lizzo should be good to thin down Frozen’s board, and to stand against 3/3s in Squad Leader.
Jail would be nice to slow Frozen down, especially if he goes for Truth, but, if I’m using Jaina, then I want to hang onto Reputable Newsman, to block Free Speech.
Teched cards: 2
T2: 2 x Firebat
T3: Bamstomper Lizzo, Ember Sparks
Get paid - (7)
Worker - (6)
Arrest, Bone Collector is disabled - (4)
Porkhand Magistrate expensively pops Spectral Hound, you draw - (2)
Firebat - (0)
Discard 1, draw 3
Bigby L1 2/3+1A (stash 1)
Firebat 3/3 (exhaust + 1g: deal 2 damage to patroller or building)
Yeah, not much I can do about that. There’s less damage coming my way this turn, though, so if I can hold with Porkhand Magistrate and a Firebat then I might be able to turn things around, especially since Frozen went for Truth. Hopefully he hasn’t taken Free Speech yet. This is still looking pretty dicey.
Teched cards: 2
T2: 2 x Firebat
T3: Bamstomper Lizzo, Ember Sparks
T4: Bamstomper Lizzo, Ember Sparks
Get paid - (8)
Worker - (7)
Tech II: Fire - (3)
Firebat - (1)
Porkhand Magistrate disables Bone Collector, you draw - (0)
Discard 2, reshuffle 10, draw 4
Firebat 3/3+1A (exhaust + 1g: deal 2 damage to patroller or building)
It’ll be tough to keep up with this, I spose if there’s 2x firebird that’s probably the only way I get close to danger? I’ll tech a Roc then JIC, think I’m still in really good shape
I certainly could have done with saving that last Magistrate gold for this turn. Without it, I think I’m toast.
P2T5
Starting hand: 4
Bamstomper Lizzo
Bamstomper Lizzo
Ember Sparks
Lawful Search
Thoughts
That’s a really good draw for Frozen. I absolutely need to take down Macciatus here, but with the Graveyard still out I don’t think I can. I’d need to a) kill Flagbearer, b) kill Macciatus, c) destroy Graveyard, so 3, 3, and 2 damage. I can only afford two damage sources, due to the Flagbearer being in Lookout, otherwise the Firebat could have finished off the Graveyard for me. In retrospect, 1 gold for the Magistrate to prevent a single Skeleton spawning wasn’t a great tradeoff if I could keep the Firebat alive, but I’d forgotten to account for how expensive Lizzos are.
Only thing to do now is tech in Judgement Day and pray.
Teched cards: 2
T2: 2 x Firebat
T3: Bamstomper Lizzo, Ember Sparks
T4: Bamstomper Lizzo, Ember Sparks
T5: 2 x Judgement Day
Yeah, I’m going to say that Flagbearer goes to Graveyard.
If I had an extra gold, Firebat could have finally burned down the Graveyard for me! As it stands, I have nothing to deal with the ensuing illusion horde. GG!
Oh, you had Sacrifice the Weak in hand, OK then. Good luck to you, too! If anyone with more Blue / Fire experience has ideas on what I could have done differently here, let me know.