STARTING HANDElite Training
Arrest
Brave Knight
Spectral Aven
Building inspector (1/1)
WORKERS
Jail
Bluecoat Musketeer
Manufactured Truth
Porkhand Magistrate
Spectral Aven
NextHand
Drill Sergeant
Traffic Director
Building inspector (1/1)
Lawful Search
Overeager Cadet
Discard
Elite Training
Brave Knight
Arrest
Spectral Hound
Drill Sergeant
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($8)
Worker - ($7)
Onimaru - ($5)
Elite training, power up Cadet and Newsman - ($3)
Midband Bigby, heals and now 2/4 - ($1)
Cadet and Bigby kill Rook, two levels to Onimaru
Float ($1)
Stash 1, Discard 2, draw 4
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader: Reputable Newsman (1/1AA) Anti air
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician:
Lookout: Onimaru L3 (2/3) Frenzy
In Play:
Bigby L3 (2/2)
Overeager Cadet (3/1) Anti Air
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Tech II HP: 5 (Peace)
Tower HP: 4
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 5
Deck: 1
Disc: 5
Gold:
Gold: 1
Workers: 9
Thoughts
Tech advantage, going to get a garrison up with some board I hope, and then spiral out of control for him
@James omg, after looking at the card description again, just realized that I haven’t been discarding cards for Martial Mastery… this put me at a card advantage for the last two turns… So sorry about this. I can go back to T4 but I’ve already looked at your hands.
@bansa no problem, it happens! Maybe just discard a card on your next couple of turns to make up for it, do you think that would balance it out? Or else we can just carry on. Also, Grave should be on 1 health I think, as he would have taken one from my elite training’d newsman and one from the tower?
Drill Sergeant
Arrest
Reputable Newsman (1/1AA) Anti air
Jusidiction
spectral flagbearer
Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($10)
Tech 2 cards
Lawful search, look at your hand and draw (7)
Flagstone Garrison - ($6)
Drill Sergeant, draw a card due to garrison - ($3)
Overeager cadet #2, draw a card, one (+) to the sergeant (total now 1)
Building inspector, draw a card, one + to the sergeant (total now 2) - ($2)
Spectral Hound, draw 1, plus 1 to the sergeant (total: 3) - ($1)
Move one rune from Sergeant to Cadet #1, now a 3/2 (total left: 2)
Cadet #1 trades with twin 1, which goes to the codex
Bigby kills Sensei, you draw
Onimaru trades with twin #2, you get gold, grave to L 5
Two runes from Sergeant to Cadet #2 (now a 4/4, 1 rune remaining on Sergeant)
Worker - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 3, draw 4, reshuffle, draw 1
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader: Overeager Cadet (4/4A)
Elite:
Scavenger: Building inspector (1/1A)
Technician:
Lookout:
In Play:
Bigby L3 (2/1)
Drill Sergeant (3/3) (0+)
Spectral Hound (3/3)
Flagstone garrison - 4HP
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Tech II HP: 5 (Peace)
Tower HP: 4
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 5
Deck: 3
Disc: 0
Gold:
Gold: 0
Workers: 10
Thoughts
Upward spiral - need to keep some way to deal with those dragons though. Jurisdiction an elite training seems legit.
@bansa Huh oops I must have missed typing that in. OK, same play, no Traffic director (patrol Building Inspector instead) and no rune on sergeant at end of turn.
Spectral Hound
Jusidiction
Traffic director (1/1A)
Lawful Search
Arrest
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($10)
Drill Sergeant #2, draw 1 and add one rune to Sergeant #1 (total:0) - ($7)
Overeager cadet #2, draw 1 and add one rune to each sergeant (DS1: 2, DS2: 1)
Spectral Flagbearer, draw 1 and add runes (DS1: 3, DS2: 2) - ($6)
Quince, mirror arrives - ($4)
Lawful Search, draw, look at your hand - ($3)
Reputable Newsman - choose number 1. Draw 1, add runes (DS1: 4, DS2: 3) - ($1)
Three runes from DS2 to Cadet #1 (Cadet now 7/7, runes remaining on DS2: 0)
Cadet #1 takes Rook’s first life, now 7/3
DS1 (7/7 with 4+) takes rook’s second life - now 7/3, Quince levels to 3
Spectral hound does three damage to your tech II - now on 2
Building inspector does one damage to tech II - now on 1
Float ($1)
Discard 5, draw 2, reshuffle, draw 3
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader:
Elite:
Scavenger: Reputable Newsman (0/3
Technician:
Lookout:
In Play:
Drill Sergeant #1 (7/3) (++++)
Spectral Hound (3/3)
Flagstone garrison - 4HP
Drill Sergeant #2 (3/3) ()
Overeager Cadet #2 (2/2)
Spectral flagbearer (2/2)
Quince L3 (1/4)
Mirror token (0/1)
Building inspector (1/1A)
Overeager Cadet (7/3) (+++++)
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Tech II HP: 5 (Peace)
Tower HP: 4
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 5
Deck: 2
Disc: 0
Gold:
Gold: 1
Workers: 10
Thoughts
Upward spiral - need to keep some way to deal with those dragons though. Jurisdiction an elite training seems legit.
@James GG! Your army is getting out of control haha. Your blue is strong, and man I’m struggling with White. I would be down to play more blue vs white matches if you are okay. I want to try more things with White if you are enjoying Blue or we can switch colors like we did with Red/Green. Your choice!
@bansa GG! Yes I felt my blue was strong there despite not knowing it well I will give Purple a go if it is OK, and you can keep trying White. You first!
@James I’ve only played Codex with my in-law until I met you so my experience is very limited, but he and I thought Blue was the strongest color and Blue starter was preferred when we randomized our decks. But the consensus on this forum sounds like the opposite? Was interesting to see what the world thinks outside of our kitchen table. Purple sounds good! I will continue playing White.
I have always found blue variable and a bit tricky, if you fall behind early on I am never sure what to do. Onimaru is just such a good hero though, I think he makes the starter deck for me! P2T1
StartingHand Workers
STARTING HAND
Time Spiral
Tinkerer
Neo Plexus
Forgotten Fighter
Plasmodium
WORKERS
NextHand
Battle Suits
Temporal Research
Fading Argonaut
Nullcraft
Hardened Mox
Discard
Forgotten Fighter
Plasmodium
Time Spiral
Neo Plexus
Tinkerer
Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($5)
Worker - ($4)
Vir Garbarean - ($2)
Peek
Forgotten Fighter your Sensei - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 3, draw 5
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader: Vir L1 (2/3)
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician:
Lookout:
In Play:
*
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 5
Deck: 0
Disc: 5
Gold:
Gold: 0
Workers: 5
Thoughts
I did not enjoy this opening hand! I think this is the only way to prevent a grappling hook hero kill…
Squad Leader: L1 Rook (2/4+1A)
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician: Aged Sensei (1/1)
Lookout:
Base HP: 20
Base HP: 20
I will give Purple a go if it is OK, and you can keep trying White. You first!