[Casual] bansa [Bashing/Finesse]/Balance vs Nekoatl [Demonology/Disease]/Feral

Nekoatl · December 24, 2020, 9:06pm

P2T3

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Bone Collector
Bone Collector

STARTING HAND
Summon Skeletons
Shoddy Glider
Graveyard
Sacrifice the Weak
Shoddy Glider

WORKERS
Poisonblade Rogue
Jandra, the Negator
Summon Skeletons

NextHand

Deteriorate
Thieving Imp
Skeletal Archery
Pestering Haunt
Shoddy Glider

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($7)
Worker - ($6)
Drakk Ramhorn, midband - ($1)
Javelineer snipes River
Haunt and Imp trade with River

Float ($1)
Discard 4, draw 2, reshuffle, draw 3

Board Info:
In Patrol:

Squad Leader: L6 Drakk Ramhorn (3/4A) Explosive, rabblerouser, motivator
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician:
Lookout:

In Play:

Skeleton Javelineer (1/1) Frenzy 1

Buildings:

Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5

Economy Info:
Cards:

Hand: 5
Deck: 5
Disc: 0

Gold:

Gold: 1
Workers: 8

Thoughts

Going straight for Surplus? Wow, how luxurious. Though it is a sensible response to repeated discard, I suppose, but I wonder why he didn’t kill the Imp? … No idea. Well, I could play Graveyard now, but it’ll just overfill once I start playing ephemeral units, so forget that for now. A hero, then? … I could take a kill if I postpone my Tech II for a turn, but that’s risky… if he techs up first, I may not be able to suppress his Firehouse. Then again, would he really try to tech up with an empty board against maxband Drakk? … Maybe, but likely only as a diversion… and the opportunity to kill such a beefy River is rather difficult to pass up. Yeah, let’s take the kill, and I guess I’ll tech in some Collectors after all, since I already have Drakk ready to haste them.

bansa · December 24, 2020, 10:02pm

P1T4

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Lobber
Kidnapping

STARTING HAND
Bloom
Timely Messenger
Brick Thief
Spark
Granfalloon Flagbearer

WORKERS
Older Brother
Fruit Ninja
Wither
Spark

NextHand

Granfalloon Flagbearer
Lobber
Bloom
Nimble Fencer

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + surplus - ($7)
Worker - ($6)
Jaina - ($4)
Timely Messenger - ($3)
Brick Thief, steals 1 from base to Tech I - ($1)

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

Board Info:
In Patrol:

Squad Leader: L1 Jaina (2/3A)
Elite:
Scavenger: Timely Messenger (1/1)
Technician: Brick Thief (2/1)
Lookout:

In Play:
*

Buildings:

Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Surplus HP: 4

Economy Info:
Cards:

Hand: 4
Deck: 6
Disc: 0

Gold:

Gold: 1
Workers: 8

Thoughts

omg… fencer bottomed…greed fails

Nekoatl · December 24, 2020, 11:35pm

P2T4

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Crashbarrow
Crashbarrow

STARTING HAND
Skeletal Archery
Deteriorate
Shoddy Glider
Thieving Imp
Pestering Haunt

WORKERS
Poisonblade Rogue
Jandra, the Negator
Summon Skeletons
Thieving Imp

NextHand

Shoddy Glider
Sacrifice the Weak
Bone Collector

Discard

Pestering Haunt
Deteriorate
Shoddy Glider
Crashbarrow
Crashbarrow

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($9)
Worker - ($8)
Tech II: Truth - ($4)
Pestering Haunt hastily trades with Brick Thief
Tech Lab: Blood - ($3)
Skeletal Archery - ($1)
Drakk and Javelineer kill Jaina
Expensive Deteriorate Messenger - ($0)

Float ($0)
Discard 1, draw 3

Board Info:
In Patrol:

Squad Leader:
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician:
Lookout:

In Play:

Skeletal Archery
L6 Drakk Ramhorn (3/2) Explosive, rabblerouser, motivator
Skeleton Javelineer (1/1) Long-range, anti-air, frenzy 1

Buildings:

Base HP: 19
Tech I HP: 5
Tech II HP: 5 (Truth)
Tech Lab HP: 4 (Blood)

Economy Info:
Cards:

Hand: 3
Deck: 2
Disc: 5

Gold:

Gold: 0
Workers: 9

Thoughts

Seems my discard strategy has fizzled out. Shame I didn’t draw a Collector.

bansa · December 25, 2020, 4:30am

P1T5

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Star-Crossed Starlet
Star-Crossed Starlet

STARTING HAND
Nimble Fencer
Granfalloon Flagbearer
Bloom
Lobber
Lobber
Discord

WORKERS
Older Brother
Fruit Ninja
Wither
Spark
Granfalloon Flagbearer

NextHand

Tenderfoot
Kidnapping
Helpful Turtle

Discard

Timely Messenger
Brick Thief
Lobber
Bloom
Discord
Star-Crossed Starlet
Star-Crossed Starlet

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + float + scav + t draw + surplus - ($10)
Worker - ($9)
Drakk - ($7)
Lobber trades with Drakk, Drakk to L3 - ($6)
Midband Drakk - ($5)
Nimble Fencer - ($3)
Bloom Fencer - ($1)
Fencer breaks Tech Lab
Lobber kills Javelineer - ($0)

Float ($0)
Discard 1, draw 3

Board Info:
In Patrol:

Squad Leader:
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician:
Lookout: L4 Drakk (2/3), resist 1

In Play:

Nimble Fencer (3/4), (+)
Lobber (2/1), -1

Buildings:

Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Surplus HP: 4

Economy Info:
Cards:

Hand: 3
Deck: 1
Disc: 7

Gold:

Gold: 0
Workers: 9

Thoughts

time to hit back

Nekoatl · December 25, 2020, 4:36am

P2T5

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Liberty Gryphon
Liberty Gryphon

STARTING HAND
Shoddy Glider
Bone Collector
Sacrifice the Weak

WORKERS
Poisonblade Rogue
Jandra, the Negator
Summon Skeletons
Thieving Imp
Sacrifice the Weak

NextHand

Bone Collector
Skeleton Javelineer
Graveyard
Bone Collector

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($9)
Worker - ($8)
Tech III - ($3)
Tech Lab: Blood - ($2)
Sirus Quince - ($0)

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

Board Info:
In Patrol:

Squad Leader: L1 Sirus Quince (1/3A)
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician: Mirror Illusion (0/1)
Lookout:

In Play:

Skeletal Archery

Buildings:

Base HP: 17
Tech I HP: 5
Tech II HP: 5 (Truth)
Tech III HP: 5
Tech Lab HP: 4 (Blood)

Economy Info:
Cards:

Hand: 4
Deck: 8
Disc: 0

Gold:

Gold: 0
Workers: 10

Thoughts

Okay, here’s hoping I draw something my surviving infrastructure will allow me to play. Using Quince as my most efficient single-turn staller 'cuz it’s all I can afford.

bansa · December 25, 2020, 7:13am

P1T6

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
War Drums
War Drums

STARTING HAND
Tenderfoot
Kidnapping
Helpful Turtle
Firebat

WORKERS
Older Brother
Fruit Ninja
Wither
Spark
Granfalloon Flagbearer

NextHand

Timely Messenger
Star-Crossed Starlet
War Drums

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + surplus - ($9)
Fencer kills Quince, Drakk to L6
Firebat - ($7)
Tenderfoot kills Mirror - ($6)
Firebat breaks Tech Lab
Lobber and Drakk break Tech III
Helpful Turtle - ($4)
Tech II (Finesse) - ($0)

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

Board Info:
In Patrol:

Squad Leader:
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician: Helpful Turtle (1/2)
Lookout:

In Play:

Nimble Fencer (3/3), (+), -1
Lobber (2/1), -1
Firebat (3/3)
Tenderfoot (1/2)
L6 Drakk (3/4)

Buildings:

Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Tech II HP: 5 (Finesse)
Surplus HP: 4

Economy Info:
Cards:

Hand: 3
Deck: 7
Disc: 0

Gold:

Gold: 0
Workers: 9

Nekoatl · December 25, 2020, 7:21am

P2T6

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Pirate-Gang Commander
Pirate-Gang Commander

STARTING HAND
Graveyard
Bone Collector
Skeleton Javelineer
Bone Collector
Pestering Haunt

WORKERS
Poisonblade Rogue
Jandra, the Negator
Summon Skeletons
Thieving Imp
Sacrifice the Weak

NextHand

Shoddy Glider
Crashbarrow
Deteriorate
Shoddy Glider

Discard

Pestering Haunt
Graveyard
Pirate-Gang Commander
Pirate-Gang Commander

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($10)
Worker - ($9)
Bone Collector - ($7)
Bone Collector - ($5)
Garth Torken - ($3)
Skeleton - ($2)
Skeleton Javelineer - ($1)
Tech Lab: Blood - ($0)
Rebuild Tech III

Float ($0)
Discard 2, draw 4

Board Info:
In Patrol:

Squad Leader: Skeleton (1/1A) Long-range, anti-air
Elite: L1 Garth Torken (2/3)
Scavenger: Bone Collector (3/3) Animator
Technician: Bone Collector (3/3) Animator
Lookout: Skeleton Javelineer (1/1) Long-range, anti-air, resist 1

In Play:

Skeletal Archery

Buildings:

Base HP: 13
Tech I HP: 5
Tech II HP: 5 (Truth)
Tech III HP: 5
Tech Lab HP: 4 (Blood)

Economy Info:
Cards:

Hand: 4
Deck: 3
Disc: 4

Gold:

Gold: 0
Workers: 10

Thoughts

Yeah, I can work with this, but that Tech II is concerning.

bansa · December 25, 2020, 8:40am

Got War Drums in hand, GG!

P1T7

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Fire Dart
Fire Dart

STARTING HAND
Timely Messenger
War Drums
Star-Crossed Starlet
Lobber

WORKERS
Older Brother
Fruit Ninja
Wither
Spark
Granfalloon Flagbearer

NextHand

War Drums
Discord
Star-Crossed Starlet
Brick Thief

Discard

Timely Messenger
Lobber
Fire Dart
Fire Dart

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + healing + surplus - ($9)
Tenderfoot kills Skeleton
Turtle kills Javelineer
Fencer kills Scav BC
Drakk kills Tech BC
Firebat kills Garth
War Drums - ($7)
Star-Crossed Starlet and Lobber break Base, GG! - ($5)

Float ($5)
Discard 2, draw 4

Board Info:
In Patrol:

Squad Leader:
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician:
Lookout:

In Play:

Nimble Fencer (3/1), (+), -3
Lobber (2/2)
Firebat (3/1), -2
Tenderfoot (1/1), -1
L6 Drakk (3/1), -3
Helpful Turtle (1/1), -1
War Drums
Star-Crossed Starlet (3/2)

Buildings:

Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Tech II HP: 5 (Finesse)
Surplus HP: 4

Economy Info:
Cards:

Hand: 4
Deck: 2
Disc: 4

Gold:

Gold: 5
Workers: 9

Nekoatl · December 25, 2020, 8:47am

GG WP. Mixing in Truth clearly didn’t help as much as I’d hoped. If you’re up for more games, think I’ll try switching to [Demonology/Disease]/Truth.

bansa · December 25, 2020, 2:39pm

Sure, I will try mixing in Blue this time as Finesse/Peace/Truth. Which one did you feel was more threat between Midori vs the Reds? Still can’t decide which one I’ll be better off. Looking for a deck that puts opponent on more limited options to play. My turn might be later today so feel free to go first.

Legion · December 25, 2020, 4:52pm

definetly the reds, imo. Bashing and troq did very little work, whereas drakk and lobbers helped you dominate the board. Don’t underestimate how cheap and cost efficient finesse T2 units are. Leaping lizars are imo incredible with a 1 cost for a 3/5 unit with AA and the sinergy with the thespians is incredible

Nekoatl · December 25, 2020, 5:41pm

Ah, [Finesse]/Peace/Truth… of all the tournaments I’ve played in, that deck carried me the farthest by far.

The Reds were much stronger IMO, even more so than I expected. I feel like the first set of games was decided by my deck being weak and the second set was decided by yours being strong.

P1T1

StartingHand Workers

STARTING HAND
Graveyard
Summon Skeletons
Skeletal Archery
Jandra, the Negator
Poisonblade Rogue

WORKERS
Skeletal Archery

NextHand

Thieving Imp
Pestering Haunt
Skeleton Javelineer
Sacrifice the Weak
Deteriorate

Discard

Poisonblade Rogue
Jandra, the Negator
Summon Skeletons

Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($4)
Worker - ($3)
Graveyard - ($1)

Float ($1)
Discard 3, draw 5

Board Info:
In Patrol:

Squad Leader:
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician:
Lookout:

In Play:

Graveyard (3)

Buildings:

Base HP: 20

Economy Info:
Cards:

Hand: 5
Deck: 0
Disc: 3

Gold:

Gold: 1
Workers: 5

Thoughts

This is not a good starting hand… but at least my relevant spells are in T2. Guess I’ll open with Graveyard, he shouldn’t be able to destroy it on T1 with Neutral starter and no Anarchy.

Legion · December 25, 2020, 6:17pm

Just my 2 cents that I will state here to not hinder your game. While Finesse/red can well support bansa’s base rush, for finesse [blue] he should aim to a quick peace tech II+ finesse lab to exploit the peace draw engine and the Maestro’s zero cost virtuoso that sinergizes with seargeants as well (I would tech them later, prioritizing virtuosos for tech I, then both garrisons, then maestros, and only then either sarges or GG) mostly because peace and truth lack the firepower for an early aggression.

Nekoatl · December 25, 2020, 6:25pm

I found it more effective to go for a Maestro before the Garrisons, as without the $0 Virtuosos, it was difficult to protect the Garrisons once played.

bansa · December 25, 2020, 6:36pm

Thanks for your feedback guys! It means a lot to me. I love Finesse - Peace combo myself. I’d personally prefer Law over Truth as 3rd hero though if aiming for the Tech II plays just because it’s easiler to land Tech II cards with help of Scribe. Bigby can also save bad draws. It’s not the same but we had a match back in 19 in which Lizzardman was the MVP to @Legion 's point. [CAMS19, Round2] Nekoatl [Necromancy]/Blood/Growth vs Bansa [Law/Peace]/Finesse

bansa · December 25, 2020, 7:34pm

P2T1

StartingHand Workers

STARTING HAND
Helpful Turtle
Fruit Ninja
Timely Messenger
Spark
Brick Thief

WORKERS
Fruit Ninja

NextHand

Bloom
Granfalloon Flagbearer
Older Brother
Wither

Discard

Helpful Turtle
Spark

Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($5)
Worker - ($4)
Brick Thief deals 1 to Graveyard - ($2)
Timely Messenger deals 1 to Graveyard - ($1)

Float ($1)
Discard 2, draw 4

Board Info:
In Patrol:

Squad Leader:
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician:
Lookout: Brick Thief (2/1), resist 2

In Play:

Timely Messenger (1/1)

Buildings:

Base HP: 20

Economy Info:
Cards:

Hand: 4
Deck: 1
Disc: 2

Gold:

Gold: 1
Workers: 6

Thoughts

hmm weird start

Nekoatl · December 26, 2020, 2:22am

P1T2

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Shadow Blade
Shadow Blade

STARTING HAND
Sacrifice the Weak
Pestering Haunt
Skeleton Javelineer
Thieving Imp
Deteriorate

WORKERS
Skeletal Archery
Sacrifice the Weak

NextHand

Jandra, the Negator
Skeleton Javelineer
Deteriorate

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($6)
Worker - ($5)
Thieving Imp, discard #1 of 4 - ($2)
Vandy Anadrose - ($0)
Deteriorate Timely Messenger
Pestering Haunt

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

Board Info:
In Patrol:

Squad Leader: Thieving Imp (2/2A)
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician:
Lookout: L1 Vandy Anadrose (2/3) Sparkshot, resist 1

In Play:

Graveyard (1)
Pestering Haunt (1/1) Incorporeal

Buildings:

Base HP: 20

Economy Info:
Cards:

Hand: 3
Deck: 4
Disc: 0

Gold:

Gold: 0
Workers: 6

Thoughts

Forgot about the Brick Thief. That was a good play. I can’t save the Graveyard and play the Imp, better to take the discard and make him trade to finish off the Graveyard. Question is whether to put Vandy or Imp on point, however if he has 2 spells in hand, that’s enough to allow the Thief to kill Vandy, so better to just put forth the Imp.

bansa · December 26, 2020, 4:43pm

P2T2

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Spectral Flagbearer
Brave Knight

STARTING HAND
Bloom
Granfalloon Flagbearer
Wither
Older Brother

WORKERS
Fruit Ninja
Granfalloon Flagbearer

NextHand

Helpful Turtle
Bloom
Tenderfoot

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + float + discard - ($7)
Worker - ($6)
Quince - ($4)
Wither Imp - ($2)
Thief trades with Imp, breaks Graveyard
Tech I - ($1)

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

Board Info:
In Patrol:

Squad Leader: Mirror (0/1A)
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician: L1 Quince (1/3)
Lookout:

In Play:
*

Buildings:

Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5

Economy Info:
Cards:

Hand: 3
Deck: 7
Disc: 0

Gold:

Gold: 1
Workers: 7

Thoughts

shoot ah hits bloom… sigh… why… screwed big time… shouldnt have felt for thr weird start…

Nekoatl · December 26, 2020, 6:11pm

P1T3

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Dark Pact
Dark Pact

STARTING HAND
Skeleton Javelineer
Deteriorate
Jandra, the Negator

WORKERS
Skeletal Archery
Sacrifice the Weak
Jandra, the Negator

NextHand

Shadow Blade
Summon Skeletons

Discard

Thieving Imp
Graveyard
Deteriorate
Pestering Haunt
Dark Pact
Dark Pact

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($6)
Worker - ($5)
Deteriorate Mirror
Tech I - ($3)
Skeleton Javelineer - ($2)
Haunt and Vandy kill Quince

Float ($2)
Discard 0, draw 2

Board Info:
In Patrol:

Squad Leader:
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician: Skeleton Javelineer (1/1) [javelin]
Lookout:

In Play:

L3 Vandy Anadrose (3/4) Sparkshot, resist 1, research

Buildings:

Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5

Economy Info:
Cards:

Hand: 2
Deck: 2
Disc: 6

Gold:

Gold: 2
Workers: 7

Thoughts

I’m starting to think my first tech choice with this build should be Dark Pact.

bansa · December 27, 2020, 1:55am

P2T3

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Spectral Hound
Spectral Flagbearer

STARTING HAND
Tenderfoot
Bloom
Helpful Turtle
Spectral Flagbearer

WORKERS
Fruit Ninja
Granfalloon Flagbearer

NextHand

Timely Messenger
Wither
Brave Knight
Brick Thief

Discard

Bloom
Spectral Flagbearer
Helpful Turtle
Spectral Hound
Spectral Flagbearer

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($8)
Onimaru - ($6)
Bloom Onimaru - ($4)
Tenderfoot - ($3)
Tower - ($0)

Float ($0)
Discard 2, draw 4

Board Info:
In Patrol:

Squad Leader: L1 Onimaru (3/4A)
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician: Tenderfoot (1/2)
Lookout:

In Play:
*

Buildings:

Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Tower HP: 4

Economy Info:
Cards:

Hand: 4
Deck: 2
Disc: 5

Gold:

Gold: 0
Workers: 7

Thoughts

sigh… forgot about vandys maxband targeting… flagberear was a wrong tech choice…