STARTING HAND
Forgotten Fighter
Time Spiral
Knight of the Conclave
Temporal Research
Huntress
Tinkerer
Battle Suits
WORKERS
Neo Plexus
Nullcraft
Tinkerer
NextHand
Hardened Mox
Bone Collector
Time Spiral
Plasmodium
Knight of the Conclave
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($6)
Vir peeks
Summon Knight of the Conclave
Cast Temporal Research, drawing 2 - ($4)
Peek again
Play Battle Suits - ($2)
Worker - ($1)
Fading Argonaut trades with Porkhand
Float ($1)
Discard 3, draw 2, reshuffle, draw 3
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader: Vir lvl 1 2/3+A
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician:
Lookout:
In Play:
Knight of the Conclave 5/4 (forecast 3)
Battle Suits
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 5
Deck: 4
Disc: 0
Gold:
Gold: 1
Workers: 7
Thoughts
I figure since I have Vir, may as well use him to dig. He eventually snagged the Battle Suits I was looking for. I could just as easily brought out Huntress and continued to stall but I figure this will be more worthwhile when my Knights come online. Besides I’m sure there’s some arrest/mirrored truth nonsense that I’m better off not leaving myself open to immediately. I considered time spiral but I think I’m better off keeping the gold and continuing my quick cycle.
STARTING HAND
Plasmodium
Hardened Mox
Knight of the Conclave
Time Spiral
Bone Collector
WORKERS
Neo Plexus
Nullcraft
Tinkerer
Hardened Mox
NextHand
Fading Argonaut
Huntress
Temporal Research
Discard
Time Spiral
Plasmodium
Lich’s Bargain
Ferocity
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($8)
Vir peeks
Worker - ($7)
Summon Knight of the Conclave B
Summon Bone Collector - ($4)
Cast Time Spiral, removing a rune from Knight A - ($3)
I dug as much as I could but missed my Lich’s Bargains. Hopefully the resist on KotC will be enough to save him but I doubt it. Let’s think about his costs for a sec actually. Arrest+Porkhand+Bigby sideline is 3. Presumably 1 of those targets my KotC, so that makes 5. Which gives him just enough left to midband Quince and mirror my Knight. He wouldn’t be able to add to his board but he hardly needs to. With that he can kill my patrollers with Hound and Flagbearer then either kill Garth or my Tech 1 (but not both). If he lacks arrest, manufactured truth or macciatus would let him still trade for my knight. And then there’s Injunction. I’m trying to imagine what kind of hand he’d have that doesn’t end it here but I’m having trouble seeing it. And I STILL haven’t gotten my tech 2 up.
STARTING HAND
Reteller of Truths
Macciatus, The Whisperer
Spectral Aven
Lawful Search
WORKERS
Building Inspector
Traffic Director
Bluecoat Musketeer
Jail
NextHand
Arrest
Spectral Hound
Manufactured Truth
Reteller of Truths
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($9)
No Worker
Summon Spectral Aven - ($7)
Macciatus, The Whisperer - ($5)
Midband Quince - ($3)
Quince turns Mirror Illusion into Spectral Aven #2 - ($1)
Bigby Hayes L5 (3/4) eliminates Skeleton taking 1 DMG
Porkhand Magistrate taps and pays $1 to diasable Huntress - ($0)
Spectral Flagbearer (3/3) trades with Bone Collector
Spectral Hound (4/2) trades with KotC
Mirror Illusion/Spectral Aven #2 (3/3) kills Garth. Quince to L5
Mirror Illusion is trashed at the end of my turn
STARTING HAND
Lich’s Bargain
Plasmodium
Ferocity
Lich’s Bargain
Time Spiral
WORKERS
Neo Plexus
Nullcraft
Tinkerer
Hardened Mox
Forgotten Fighter
NextHand
Time Spiral
Temporal Research
Behind the Ferns
Xenostalker
Lich’s Bargain
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($9)
Porkhand draw
Fargo to fading 2, Knight B to forecast 1
Summon Vir - ($7)
Vir peeks
Summon Plasmodium - ($5)
Tech 2 Future - ($1)
Cast Time Spiral, removing a rune from KotC B, it arrives - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 3, draw 2, reshuffle, draw 3
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader: Fading Argonaut 3/3+A (fading 2)
Elite:
Scavenger: Vir lvl 1 2/3
Technician:
Lookout: Knight of the Conclave B 5/4 (resist 2)
In Play:
Battle Suits
Huntress 3/3
Plasmodium 4/4 (forecast 3)
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Tech II HP: 5 (Future)
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 5
Deck: 5
Disc: 0
Gold:
Gold: 0
Workers: 9
Thoughts
That was somewhat less bad than expected. Porkhand and Bigby can take out 2, aven kills the remaining. Leaves him quince and macciatus to hit my tech so not quite enough to finish it, and I’d have huntress to hit back with. Arrest, Mind Control, or Injunction ruin me. I realized too late how good xenostalker could be against truth and I think I’m just about at my last chance to get it in play. That and lich’s bargain together MIGHT let me claw back into this but I’m still doubtful.
STARTING HAND
Arrest
Reteller of Truths
Manufactured Truth
Spectral Hound
Injunction
WORKERS
Building Inspector
Traffic Director
Bluecoat Musketeer
Jail
Arrest
NextHand
Spectral Roc
Judgment Day
Discard
Injunction
Manufactured Truth
Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($9)
Worker - ($8)
Bigby Hayes L5 (3/3) taps to Draw a Card
Bigby casts Injunction on your Tech 1 - ($5)
Manufactured Truth- Porkhand becomes a Spectral Aven - ($4)
Aven #1 and #2 Break your Tech 2 Building. Aven #2 reverts back to Porky at turn’s end.
Reteller of Truths - ($2)
Spectral Hound - ($1)
2 DMG to your Base from Tech 2 Break.
Unknown if Injunction causes a 2 DMG penalty.
Injunction doesn’t cause base damage, no. Also, Retteller is an illusion so she’s actually a 4/4 now.
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Tech StartingHand Workers
TECH
Unphase
Assimilate
STARTING HAND
Behind the Ferns
Temporal Research
Time Spiral
Xenostalker
Lich’s Bargain
WORKERS
Neo Plexus
Nullcraft
Tinkerer
Hardened Mox
Forgotten Fighter
NextHand
Ferocity
Lich’s Bargain
Knight of the Conclave
Xenostalker
Bone Collector
Discard
Lich’s Bargain
Fading Argonaut
Xenostalker
Temporal Research
Time Spiral
Unphase
Assimilate
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($9)
Plasmodium to forecast 2, Fargo to fading 1
Vir peeks
Vir and Fading Argonaut trade with Spectral Hound, to your hand.
Summon Garth - ($7)
Cast Lich’s Bargain, base to 14 - ($5)
Worker - ($4)
Tower - ($1)
Skeleton - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 3, draw 5
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader: Horror 3/3+A
Elite: Zombie 3/2
Scavenger: Skeleton 1/1
Technician: Skeleton 1/1
Lookout:
In Play:
Battle Suits
Huntress 3/3
Plasmodium 4/4 (forecast 2)
Knight of the Conclave B 5/4
Garth lvl 1 1/3
Buildings:
Base HP: 18
Tech I HP: 5
Tower HP: 4
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 5
Deck: 0
Disc: 7
Gold:
Gold: 0
Workers: 9
Thoughts
His board just keeps getting bigger but I guess mine does as well. And he’s got a tiny hand size with little to spend it all on. I considered conceding but I actually have a line here so let’s see. I’ll probably concede if he breaks my tech 1 again though.
I couldn’t find the rules concerning the interaction between Reteller and Judgement day. I figured that despite the wholesale destruction invoked by the card, her ability would still go off. Then, if there were more than 2 Illusions that could possibly go to my hand, since it’s my turn, I would get to pick which two ended up there. If I’m wrong on these points let me know. If I’ve got the rules wrong, I may redo my turn…
"P2T7
Tech StartingHand Workers
TECH
Liberty Gryphon
Jurisdiction
STARTING HAND
Spectral Roc
Judgment Day
WORKERS
Building Inspector
Traffic Director
Bluecoat Musketeer
Jail
Arrest
NextHand
Macciatus, The Whisperer
Reputable Newsman
Liberty Gryphon
Spectral Flagbearer
Lawful Search
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($11)
No Worker
Judgement Day- Aven and Reteller go to my hand - ($7)
Bigby Hayes L5 (3/3) Kills Garth takes 2 DMG
Spectral Hound - ($6)
Tech 3 - ($1)
STARTING HAND
Spectral Flagbearer
Lawful Search
Liberty Gryphon
Reputable Newsman
Macciatus, The Whisperer
Liberty Gryphon
Jurisdiction
WORKERS
Building Inspector
Traffic Director
Bluecoat Musketeer
Jail
Arrest
NextHand
Judgment Day
Injunction
Spectral Roc
Jurisdiction
Discard
Lawful Search
Spectral Flagbearer
Free Speech
Tech 1 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($11)
No Worker
Liberty Gryphon #1 - ($8)
Macciatus, The Whisperer - ($6)
Lawful Search- Draw a Card and Look at your Hand - ($5)
Liberty Gryphon #2 - ($2)
Reputable Newsman- 2 is the banned number. - ($0)
Liberty Gryphon #1 (6/6) destroys your Tower takes 1 DMG.
Spectral Hound (4/4) eliminates the Bone Collector taking 3 DMG
Liberty Gryphon #2 (6/6) Breaks your Tech 2 Building. Base to 12.
Bigby Hayes L5 (3/1) taps to Draw a Card
Stash a Card for next turn
Great point. I missed that. It would have taken on the Haste attribute as well. First time going with an Illusion scheme for me. It seemed strong, but I can see it falling apart against a Codex with a lot of cheap targetable abilities.
You were able to get some things off earlier in the game that the Newsman was in a position to stop. Namely Battle Suits and a Lich spell. I just didn’t pull the trigger on it when I should have. I had just Teched Free Speech, which I’m guessing is an extension of the Newsman. You’ve done too much damage over the last few games with Lich’s Bargain for me not to be focusing on it. Plus, half of the spells in your Codex are 2s. I liked Mono Blue but I don’t know how it would hold up to Mono-Red or Mono-Black. Feel like another match? I’ll do Blue again, but wait to start until I hear from you in case you need a break.
Honestly it was probably bad for me that I got Battle Suits in play. Convinced me that I could get value out of KotC when in reality they need more rune removal (usually via a seer from Past) to be effective than I could get from just the purple starter. I was kind of floundering that whole match TBH. I expected that you’d go for Peace and didn’t even really think about Truth until it was well out of hand. I did eventually realize that Xenostalker would have done wonders but by that time I had been heading the wrong direction for too long haha.
I’ll play another but I’d like to switch my codex to [Strength]/Past/Balance if that’s ok by you.
Oh regarding mono-blue: I’ve played it quite a bit in person, at least until my friends stopped letting me lol. It’s not necessarily all that great but IF it gets going it can be really frustrating to play against (and it usually got going because I’ve played more than the people I rope into it). Truth is more solid at tech 2 than people give it credit for. I think you’re MEANT to use Eyes of the Chancellor to make Macciatus invisible, while Reteller keeps your hand full of cheap, efficient bodies. Then you just overpower with tigers or stall until gryphons. All very functional, and with spectral flagbearer not too easy to punish except by like Fire and Disease. It just gets ignored in comparison to the brokenness of Peace. Law is such an odd spec: the units (except for Insurance Agent, which is really good at its job) are pretty much garbage, and Bigby’s spells, while inarguably powerful, are a little on the niche/expensive side to regularly tech. When you get a good Injunction or Community Service off though, damn it can really swing a game.
I’m convinced that you know Blue inside and out. I think I’ll try something different. LOL.
[Strength]/Past/Balance for you and I’ll go Mono-Green. I’ve been wanting to try to get over my dislike of Green. I only feel that way because I am roundly beaten by it on a consistent basis. Played a game a night or two ago and took Blue, trying to build on my momentum. Green kicked my butt. Although, playing in person is so much different than PBF. The immediacy, at least in my case, can lead to sub-optimal choices.
Squad Leader: Vir lvl 1 2/3+A
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician:
Lookout:
Base HP: 20
Base HP: 20