CAFS 2016: cstick ([Demon]/Law/Anarchy) vs. Zejety ([Finesse]/Discipline/Strength)

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Am I missing something? Why is your base at 18?

12

Oops, I forgot to mention that I played Dark Pact.

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Didn’t expect you to tech any Zane spells T-T

P2T5

[details=Turn secrets]* Hand: Bloom, Young Lightning Dragon, Fruit Ninja, Older Brother, Bird’s Nest

  • Worker: Bloom
  • Tech: Two-Step, Nimble Fencer
  • Thoughts: Need more hasty damage. It’s frustrating that I can’t kill either of those two in this situation. Just LOOK at it! 2 and 1 hp; no patrollers. Ugh!
    [/details]

Turn:

  • Start of turn:
  • Tech 2 cards
  • Collect 8 gold (8)
  • Main phase:
  • Summon Grave (6)
  • Summon Older Brother (4)
  • Summon Fruit Ninja (1)
  • Hire a worker (0)
  • Rebuild Tech II Building
  • End of turn:
  • Discard 2, draw 1, reshuffle, draw 3
  • Float 0

Patrol:

  • :psblueshield: Leader: L1 Grave (2/3A)
  • :psfist: Elite:
  • :ps_: Scavenger: Older Brother (2/2)
  • :pschip: Technician: Fruit Ninja (2/2)
  • :target: Lookout:

Board:

  • Buildings:
  • :psgem: Base (19)
  • :ps1gem: T1 (5)
  • :ps2gem: T2 (5)
  • :tower: Tower (4)
  • Spec: Discipline

Economy:

  • Workers: 9
  • Gold: 0
  • Hand: 4
  • Deck: 8
  • Discard: 0
New hand

Tenderfoot, Spark, Timely Messenger, Two-Step

[details=Discard][/details]

14

Can’t play 2 heroes with Tech 2 broken.

15

Oops, of course. i’ll change my turn and redraw.

16

Summoned Fruit Ninja instead of River

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P1T6

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Surprise Attack
Gunpoint Taxman

STARTING HAND
Summon Skeletons
Voidblocker
Shadow Blade
Pestering Haunt
Graveyard
Skeleton Javelineer

WORKERS
Jandra, the Negator
Skeletal Archery
Poisonblade Rogue
Thieving Imp
Pestering Haunt

NextHand

Surprise Attack
Gunpoint Taxman
Voidblocker
Summon Skeletons

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($8)
Worker - ($7)
Discard a card and exhaust Vandy to fetch Dark Pact - ($6)
Play Dark Pact
Play Voidblocker - ($3)
Play Summon Skeletons - ($0)

Float ($0)
Discard 2, reshuffle, draw 4

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

  • :psblueshield: [I]Squad Leader[/I]: Voidblocker (2/6+A)
  • :psfist: [I]Elite[/I]:
  • :ps_: [I]Scavenger[/I]: Skeleton (1/1)
  • :pschip: [I]Technician[/I]: Skeleton (1/1)
  • :target: [I]Lookout[/I]:
    [B]In Play:[/B]
  • L5 Vandy (4/2)
  • L3 Zane (2/1)
    [B]Buildings:[/B]
  • :heart: Base HP: 16
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5
  • :heart: Tech II HP: 5

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

  • Hand: 4
  • Deck: 11
  • Disc: 0
    [B]Gold:[/B]
  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 9
Thoughts

Teched another Taxman to help fight dragons, and Surprise Attack to keep applying some pressure. I played Skeletons over Shadow Blade this turn so that I can keep my heroes alive even if he swords Voidblocker.
I’m not sure how I’m going to win this game. I think I have to either build a Heroes’ Hall and Metamorphosis with 3 heroes or wait until next cycle to win at Tech 3. Next cycle is a long way away though…

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Exceptional value on that Summon Skeletons. Well played

P2T6

[details=Turn secrets]* Hand: Tenderfoot, Spark, Timely Messenger, Two-Step

  • Worker: -
  • Tech: Martial Mastery Focus Master
  • Thoughts: I’ve been thinking about this turn for literal hours and it goes to show that your first idea is usually the best. It’s painfull that I was missing a single gold to kill both heroes and play myown hero to benefit from the XP but it can’t be helped. I always ended up either 1 gold or 1 attacker short. Summoning a hero would have meant leaving Zane alive. That would have been okay if Surprise Attack wasn’t such a big swing.
    Considering that, it’s probably ironic that I’m not workering even though I have the option to. But I really need to draw some cards. I must play some bodies!

I hope I’m not missing some haste options at his disposal.
[/details]

Turn:

  • Start of turn:
  • Tech 2 cards
  • Collect 9 gold (9)
  • Main phase:
  • Max Grave (3)
  • Grave kills Voidblocker with his sword rune
  • Fruit Ninja kills the scavenger Skeleton, taking 1 damage; you get 1 gold
  • Cast Spark to kill you technician Skeleton; you draw a card (2)
  • Summon Timely Messenger (1)
  • Timely Messenger trades with Zane
  • Older Brother trades with Vandy
  • End of turn:
  • Discard 2, draw 4
  • Float 1

Patrol:

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

Board:

  • Characters:
  • Max Grave (4/5)
  • Fruit Ninja (2/1)
  • Buildings:
  • :psgem: Base (19)
  • :ps1gem: T1 (5)
  • :ps2gem: T2 (5)
  • :tower: Tower (4)
  • Spec: Discipline

Economy:

  • Workers: 9
  • Gold: 1
  • Hand: 4
  • Deck: 4
  • Discard: 7
New hand

Wither, Nimble Fencer, Versatile Style, Young Lightning Dragon

Discard

Martial Mastery, Focus Master, Spark, Older Brother, Timely Messenger, Two Step, Tenderfoot

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P1T7

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Pirate Gunship
Pirate Gunship

STARTING HAND
Gunpoint Taxman
Voidblocker
Surprise Attack
Summon Skeletons
Injunction

WORKERS
Jandra, the Negator
Skeletal Archery
Poisonblade Rogue
Thieving Imp
Pestering Haunt
Summon Skeletons

NextHand

Surprise Attack
Skeleton Javelineer
Injunction
Dark Pact

Discard

Voidblocker
Surprise Attack
Pirate Gunship
Pirate Gunship

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + Scavenger - ($10)
Worker - ($9)
Play Bigby - ($7)
Play Voidblocker - ($4)
Play Gunpoint Taxman - ($2)

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

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

  • :psblueshield: [I]Squad Leader[/I]: Voidblocker (2/6+A)
  • :psfist: [I]Elite[/I]:
  • :ps_: [I]Scavenger[/I]:
  • :pschip: [I]Technician[/I]: Gunpoint Taxman (3/3)
  • :target: [I]Lookout[/I]:
    [B]In Play:[/B]
  • L1 Bigby (2/3)
    [B]Buildings:[/B]
  • :heart: Base HP: 16
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5
  • :heart: Tech II HP: 5

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

  • Hand: 4
  • Deck: 7
  • Disc: 4
    [B]Gold:[/B]
  • Gold: 2
  • Workers: 10
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P2T7

[details=Turn secrets]* Hand: Wither, Nimble Fencer, Versatile Style, Young Lightning Dragon

  • Worker: Versatile Style
  • Tech: Discord, Rambasa Twin
  • Thoughts:
    [/details]

Turn:

  • Start of turn:
  • Tech 2 cards
  • Collect 9 gold +1 float (10)
  • Main phase:
  • Summon Young Lightning Dragon (7)
  • Fruit Ninja suicides into Void Blocker, exhausting YLD and dealing 3 damage
  • Grave kills Void Blocker, taking 2 damage
  • Summon Rook (5)
  • Summon Nimble Fencer (3)
  • Hire a worker (2)
  • End of turn:
  • Discard 1, draw 3
  • Float 2

Patrol:

  • :psblueshield: Leader: L1 Rook (2/4A)
  • :psfist: Elite:
  • :ps_: Scavenger: Max Grave (4/3)
  • :pschip: Technician: Nimble Fencer (2/3)
  • :target: Lookout:

Board:

  • Characters:
  • Young Lightning Dragon (3/3)
  • Buildings:
  • :psgem: Base (19)
  • :ps1gem: T1 (5)
  • :ps2gem: T2 (5)
  • :tower: Tower (4)
  • Spec: Discipline

Economy:

  • Workers: 10
  • Gold: 2
  • Hand: 3
  • Deck: 1
  • Discard: 11
New hand

Bird’s Nest, Young Lightning Dragon, Vigor Adept

Discard

Martial Mastery, Focus Master, Spark, Older Brother, Timely Messenger, Two Step, Tenderfoot, Discord, Rambasa Twin, Fruit Ninja, Wither

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P1T8

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Zarramonde
Zarramonde

STARTING HAND
Skeleton Javelineer
Dark Pact
Surprise Attack

WORKERS
Jandra, the Negator
Skeletal Archery
Poisonblade Rogue
Thieving Imp
Pestering Haunt
Summon Skeletons

NextHand

Deteriorate
Graveyard
Injunction
Sacrifice the Weak

Discard

Voidblocker
Surprise Attack
Pirate Gunship
Pirate Gunship
Voidblocker
Surprise Attack
Injunction
Dark Pact
Skeleton Javelineer
Zarramonde
Zarramonde

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($12)
Midband Bigby - ($10)
Play Zane - ($8)
Play Surprise Attack - ($3)
Bigby + Shark kill Rook, Zane to L3
Shark kills Grave, Bigby maxbands
Play Injunction to disable your Tech 2 and YLD - ($0)

Float ($0)
Discard 2, draw 4

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

  • :psblueshield: [I]Squad Leader[/I]: Gunpoint Taxman (3/3+A)
  • :psfist: [I]Elite[/I]:
  • :ps_: [I]Scavenger[/I]:
  • :pschip: [I]Technician[/I]: L3 Zane (2/2)
  • :target: [I]Lookout[/I]:
    [B]In Play:[/B]
  • L5 Bigby (3/4)
    [B]Buildings:[/B]
  • :heart: Base HP: 16
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5
  • :heart: Tech II HP: 5

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

  • Hand: 4
  • Deck: 3
  • Disc: 11
    [B]Gold:[/B]
  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 10
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Worst possible hand for Injunction. :confused:
Here comes my desperate defense!

P2T8

[details=Turn secrets]* Hand: Bird’s Nest, Young Lightning Dragon, Vigor Adept

  • Worker: Bird’s Nest
  • Tech: Star-Crossed Starlet, Entangling Vines
  • Thoughts: Deck-bloat may be a bad idea, but I need more non-t2 chump blockers
    [/details]

Turn:

  • Start of turn:
  • Tech 2 cards
  • Collect 10 gold +2 float (12)
  • Main phase:
  • Summon River (10)
  • Max River (6)
  • Hire a worker (5)
  • End of turn:
  • Discard 2, draw 1, reshuffle, draw 3
  • Float 5

Patrol:

  • :psblueshield: Leader: Max River (3/4A)
  • :psfist: Elite: Nimble Fencer (3/3)
  • :ps_: Scavenger:
  • :pschip: Technician:
  • :target: Lookout:

Board:

  • Characters:
  • Young Lightning Dragon (3/3 | flying)
  • Buildings:
  • :psgem: Base (19)
  • :ps1gem: T1 (5)
  • :ps2gem: T2 (5)
  • :tower: Tower (4)
  • Spec: Discipline

Economy:

  • Workers: 11
  • Gold: 5
  • Hand: 4
  • Deck: 12
  • Discard: 0
New hand

Nimble Fencer, Discord, Vigor Adept, Focus Master

[details=Discard][/details]

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P1T9

StartingHand Workers

STARTING HAND
Deteriorate
Sacrifice the Weak
Graveyard
Injunction
Dark Pact

WORKERS
Jandra, the Negator
Skeletal Archery
Poisonblade Rogue
Thieving Imp
Pestering Haunt
Summon Skeletons
Graveyard

NextHand

Surprise Attack
Gunpoint Taxman
Shadow Blade
Voidblocker
Injunction

Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($10)
Exhaust Bigby to draw a card
Worker - ($9)
Build Tech 3 - ($4)
Build Tech Lab: Anarchy - ($3)
Play Injunction, disabling YLD and your Tech 2 - ($0)

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

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

  • :psblueshield: [I]Squad Leader[/I]: Gunpoint Taxman (3/3+A)
  • :psfist: [I]Elite[/I]:
  • :ps_: [I]Scavenger[/I]:
  • :pschip: [I]Technician[/I]: L3 Zane (2/2)
  • :target: [I]Lookout[/I]:
    [B]In Play:[/B]
  • L5 Bigby (3/4)
    [B]Buildings:[/B]
  • :heart: Base HP: 16
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5
  • :heart: Tech II HP: 5 (Demonology)
  • :heart: Tech III HP: 5
  • :heart: Tech Lab HP: 4 (Anarchy)

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

  • Hand: 5
  • Deck: 12
  • Disc: 0
    [B]Gold:[/B]
  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 11
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This is not cool! If I could at least play a 2nd hero or build my Tech III… :frowning:

TURN NUMBER

[details=Turn secrets]* Hand: Nimble Fencer, Discord, Vigor Adept, Focus Master

  • Worker: -
  • Tech: -
  • Thoughts: Edit: Wow, I could have really used the hand I drew for next turn now…
    [/details]

Turn:

  • Start of turn:

  • Tech 0 cards

  • Collect 11 gold +5 float (16)

  • Main phase:

  • Cast Discord (14)

  • River kills Gunpoint Taxman, taking 1 damage

  • Summon Nimble Fencer (12)

  • One Nimble Fencer kills Zane, taking 2 damage; you draw a card

  • Replace my Tower with a Heroes’ Hall, damaging my base for 2 (10)

  • End of turn:

  • Discard 2, draw 4

  • Float 10

Patrol:

  • :psblueshield: Leader: Nimble Fencer (2/3A)
  • :psfist: Elite:
  • :ps_: Scavenger:
  • :pschip: Technician:
  • :target: Lookout:

Board:

  • Characters:
  • Max River (3/3)
  • Nimble Fencer (2/1)
  • Young Lightning Dragon (3/3 | flying)
  • Buildings:
  • :psgem: Base (17)
  • :ps1gem: T1 (5)
  • :ps2gem: T2 (5)
  • :heroeshall: Heroes’ Hall (4)
  • Spec: Discipline

Economy:

  • Workers: 11
  • Gold: 10
  • Hand: 4
  • Deck: 8
  • Discard: 3
New hand

Timely Messenger, Rambasa Twin, Spark, Two Step

Discard

Focus Master, Vigor Adept, Discord

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P1T10

StartingHand Workers

STARTING HAND
Gunpoint Taxman
Shadow Blade
Voidblocker
Surprise Attack
Injunction
Deteriorate
Zarramonde

WORKERS
Jandra, the Negator
Skeletal Archery
Poisonblade Rogue
Thieving Imp
Pestering Haunt
Summon Skeletons
Graveyard

NextHand

Surprise Attack
Skeleton Javelineer
Dark Pact
Sacrifice the Weak
Pirate Gunship

Discard

Gunpoint Taxman
Deteriorate
Shadow Blade
Voidblocker
Surprise Attack
Injunction
Gunpoint Taxman

Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($11)
Exhaust Bigby to draw
Deteriorate the Nimble Fencer with 1 health - ($10)
Play Zarramonde, destroying YLD - ($0)

Float ($11)
Discard 5, draw 5

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

  • :psblueshield: [I]Squad Leader[/I]: Zarramonde (11/11+A)
  • :psfist: [I]Elite[/I]:
  • :ps_: [I]Scavenger[/I]:
  • :pschip: [I]Technician[/I]:
  • :target: [I]Lookout[/I]:
    [B]In Play:[/B]
  • L5 Bigby (3/4)
    [B]Buildings:[/B]
  • :heart: Base HP: 16
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5
  • :heart: Tech II HP: 5 (Demonology)
  • :heart: Tech III HP: 5
  • :heart: Tech Lab HP: 4 (Anarchy)

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

  • Hand: 5
  • Deck: 5
  • Disc: 7
    [B]Gold:[/B]
  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 11
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This hand would have been useful last turn. :frowning:

Also, please note that my discard pile was 1 card too small in my last post. I’ll fix that.

P2T10

[details=Turn secrets]* Hand: Timely Messenger, Rambasa Twin, Spark, Two Step

  • Worker: -
  • Tech: -
  • Thoughts:
    [/details]

Turn:

  • Start of turn:
  • Tech 0 cards
  • Collect 11 gold +10 float (20)
  • Main phase:
  • Nimble Fencer suicides into Zarramond, dealing 2 damage
  • Summon and max Rook (11)
  • Summon and mid-band Grave (7)
  • Summon Rambasa Twin, get one for free (3)
  • End of turn:
  • Discard 3, draw 5
  • Float 3

Patrol:

  • :psblueshield: Leader: Max Rook (4/6A | two lives)
  • :psfist: Elite:
  • :ps_: Scavenger: Rambasa Twin (3/2)
  • :pschip: Technician: Rambasa Twin (3/2)
  • :target: Lookout:

Board:

  • Characters:
  • Max River (3/3)
  • L3 Grave (3/4)
  • Buildings:
  • :psgem: Base (17)
  • :ps1gem: T1 (5)
  • :ps2gem: T2 (5)
  • :heroeshall: Heroes’ Hall (4)
  • Spec: Discipline

Economy:

  • Workers: 11
  • Gold: 3
  • Hand: 5
  • Deck: 3
  • Discard: 9
New hand

Star-Crossed Starlet, Tenderfoot, Wither, Martial Mastery, Fruit Ninja

Discard

Focus Master, Vigor Adept, Nimble Fencer, Discord, Young Lightning Dragon, Nimble Fencer, Two Step, Spark, Timely Messenger

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P1T11

StartingHand Workers

STARTING HAND
Skeleton Javelineer
Sacrifice the Weak
Surprise Attack
Dark Pact
Pirate Gunship

WORKERS
Jandra, the Negator
Skeletal Archery
Poisonblade Rogue
Thieving Imp
Pestering Haunt
Summon Skeletons
Graveyard

NextHand

Voidblocker
Injunction
Dark Pact
Pirate Gunship
Zarramonde

Discard

Gunpoint Taxman
Deteriorate
Shadow Blade
Voidblocker
Surprise Attack
Injunction
Gunpoint Taxman
Sacrifice the Weak
Dark Pact
Skeleton Javelineer
Surprise Attack

Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($11)
Play Pirate Gunship - ($5)
Play Zane - ($3)
Pirate Gunship kills Rook once and obliterates the twins
Zarramonde kills Rook for real. Zane to L3
Bigby kills River. Zane to L5
Maxband Zane - ($2)
Play Vandy - ($0)
Zane kills Grave. Vandy to L3

Float ($0)
Discard 4, draw 5

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

  • :psblueshield: [I]Squad Leader[/I]: L3 Vandy (3/4+A)
  • :psfist: [I]Elite[/I]:
  • :ps_: [I]Scavenger[/I]:
  • :pschip: [I]Technician[/I]:
  • :target: [I]Lookout[/I]:
    [B]In Play:[/B]
  • Pirate Gunship (7/6)
  • Zarramonde (11/6)
  • L5 Bigby (3/1)
  • L6 Zane (4/1)
    [B]Buildings:[/B]
  • :heart: Base HP: 16
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5
  • :heart: Tech II HP: 5 (Demonology)
  • :heart: Tech III HP: 5
  • :heart: Tech Lab HP: 4 (Anarchy)

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

  • Hand: 5
  • Deck: 0
  • Disc: 11
    [B]Gold:[/B]
  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 11
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GG!
Can’t even but a defense up against all this obliterate will all heroes turned off.^^

I feel like I’ve played okay; at the very least I cannot pinpoint any big mistakes. Obviously, it wasn’t enough. Your timing was excellent in many turns. No idea if it was luck or great preparation but it was super impressive either way. It’s a little silly that I never got to attack with either YLD once. :smiley:

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@EricF Post must be at least 10 characters

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GG!

I got lucky a couple of times. Drawing into Shadow Blade + the starter spells on turn 3 was definitely lucky. Getting Surprise Attack on turn 5 was also pretty lucky. At the same time, I still had to tech those cards on the right turns (2 and 3) in order to draw them. The play on turn 6 might be considered lucky as well.

During the next cycle, I had Bigby out, which makes it much easier to line up the right plays at the right time. For example, the turn 8 Injunction got stashed from turn 7.

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