Your move, @Nekoatl!
P1T8
Tech StartingHand Workers
TECH
Liberty Gryphon
Liberty Gryphon
STARTING HAND
Gargoyle
Free Speech
Deteriorate
WORKERS
Skeletal Archery
Poisonblade Rogue
Summon Skeletons
Sacrifice the Weak
Jandra, the Negator
Skeleton Javelineer
NextHand
Dark Pact
Pestering Haunt
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($10)
Deteriorate SQL
Fetch Shadow Blade - ($9)
Shadow Blade Bone Collector, discard #2 of 3 - ($6)
Sirus Quince - ($4)
Free Speech - ($2)
Mirror Illusion - ($0)
Rebuild Tech II
Float ($0)
Discard 0, reshuffle, draw 2
Board Info:
In Patrol:
-
Squad Leader: -
Elite: -
Scavenger: Mirror Illusion (0/1) -
Technician: Mirror Illusion (0/1) -
Lookout:
Elite:
Scavenger: Mirror Illusion (0/1)
Technician: Mirror Illusion (0/1)
Lookout:In Play:
- Skeletal Archery
- L1 Sirus Quince (1/3)
- L3 Vandy Anadrose (3/4) Sparkshot, resist 1
Buildings:
-
Base HP: 18 -
Tech I HP: 5
-
Tech II HP: 5 (Truth)
-
Heroes’ Hall HP: 4
Economy Info:
Cards:
- Hand: 2
- Deck: 17
- Disc: 0
Gold:
- Gold: 0
- Workers: 10
Thoughts
So, the question here is whether to kill the Collector with Vandy’s attack or fetch in a Shadow Blade. Attacking has the advantage of allowing me to play a Gargoyle, and the disadvantage of making the Imp 4/4, which is much harder to defend against. Guess I’ll use a Blade. Here’s hoping I don’t draw my Gryphons right after the reshuffle.
P2T8
Starting hand: 3
Two Step
Discord
Hooded Executioner
Shadow Blade discard: 1
Hooded Executioner
Technician draw after reshuffle: 1
Whitestar Grappler
Thoughts
Discard Hooded Executioner’s annoying, but drawing the Grappler instead is pretty nice. I have a ton of leftover gold, maybe I can go for Tech III? The alternative is maxband Rook immediately. I don’t think I need to, I reckon his best use right now is Grappling Vines for dealing with Gilded Glaxxes. Still, no point taking Tech III yet when I’ve just reshuffled.
Teched cards: 0
T2: 2 x Lich’s Bargain
T3: Bone Collector, Death Rites
T4: 2 x Hooded Executioner
T5: Discord, Two Step
T6: 2 x Whitestar Grappler
T7: Doubling Barbarbarian, Two Step
Get paid + float + scavenger - ($12)
Heroes and units kill Mirrors, you get a gold, you draw, hit Tech II to 2 HP
Whitestar Grappler - ($9)
Garus Rook - ($7)
Maxband Rook - ($0)
Discard 2, draw 4
Squad Leader: Rook L8 4/6+1A (can ignore lone patrollers, two lives)
Garth L7 3/1 (3 damage)
River L5 3/4 (tech 0 units costs 1 less gold)
Whitestar Grappler 3/5 (exhausts to deal units 4 damage, take their damage, then sideline them)
Thieving Imp 2/2
Skeletal Archery (on your board)
Base HP: 10
Tech I HP: 5
Tech II HP: 5 (Strength)
Heroes’ Hall HP: 4
Hand: 4
Doubling Barbarbarian
Bone Collector
Death Rites
Two Step
Deck: 6
Sacrifice the Weak
Whitestar Grappler
Lich’s Bargain
Hooded Executioner
Deteriorate
Hooded Executioner
Discard: 2
Two Step
Discord
Card count check (opponent-viewable)
Expected: 10 + 12 teched = 22
3 on board
4 in hand
6 in deck
2 in discard
7 in workers
Total: 22
Gold: 0
Workers: 10
5 x start
-2 from Lich’s Bargain
T1: Poisonblade Rogue
T2: Jandra, the Negator
T3: Skeleton Javelineer
T4: Graveyard
T5: Summon Skeletons
T6: Pestering Haunt
T7: Lich’s Bargain
How did you kill 2 mirrors and a tech building with just 2 heroes and an Imp?
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Ah, I missed the Deteriorate. Hang on a sec.
OK, I’m just hitting your Tech II down to 2 HP.
P1T9
Tech StartingHand Workers
TECH
Free Speech
Reteller of Truths
STARTING HAND
Pestering Haunt
Dark Pact
Gilded Glaxx
WORKERS
Skeletal Archery
Poisonblade Rogue
Summon Skeletons
Sacrifice the Weak
Jandra, the Negator
Skeleton Javelineer
Pestering Haunt
NextHand
Graveyard
Liberty Gryphon
Eyes of the Chancellor
Discard
Dark Pact
Free Speech
Reteller of Truths
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + Scavenger - ($11)
Worker - ($10)
Maxband Quince - ($6)
Mirror Illusion - ($4)
Gilded Glaxx, mirrored - ($1)
Float ($1)
Discard 1, draw 3
Board Info:
In Patrol:
-
Squad Leader: Gilded Glaxx {Copy of A} (3/4A) Gilded
-
Elite: L5 Sirus Quince (2/5)
-
Scavenger: L3 Vandy Anadrose (3/4) Sparkshot, resist 1
-
Technician: Gilded Glaxx {A} (3/4) Gilded
-
Lookout:
In Play:
- Skeletal Archery
Buildings:
-
Base HP: 18
-
Tech I HP: 5
-
Tech II HP: 2 (Truth)
-
Heroes’ Hall HP: 4
Economy Info:
Cards:
- Hand: 3
- Deck: 13
- Disc: 3
Gold:
- Gold: 1
- Workers: 11
Thoughts
Oh, man… I need to kill Rook before Earthquake, but I can’t this turn… not great. Even if he can’t cast Earthquake next turn, that’s a lot of muscle over there. This situation is probably not recoverable, but, well, I’ll see what I can manage, I guess.
P2T9
Starting hand: 4
Doubling Barbarbarian
Bone Collector
Death Rites
Two Step
Thoughts
Having to kill the Mirror in combat is a pain, but Two Step lets me destroy the Tech II here, even if I’m leaving the Glaxxes. Shame I can’t Two Step the Barbarbarian here if I want the Tech II break.
Teched cards: 0
T2: 2 x Lich’s Bargain
T3: Bone Collector, Death Rites
T4: 2 x Hooded Executioner
T5: Discord, Two Step
T6: 2 x Whitestar Grappler
T7: Doubling Barbarbarian, Two Step
Get paid - ($10)
Doubling Barbarbarian - ($7)
Two Step on Whitestar Grappler and Thieving Imp - ($5)
River sidelines Gilded Glaxx (Mirror), it doesn’t pop
Whitestar Grappler kills Quince, takes 2 damage, levels fizzle
Thieving Imp kills Vandy, you get a gold, takes 3 damage, levels fizzle
Rook walks past Gilded Glaxx, destroys your Tech II, your base to 16
Bone Collector - ($3)
Garth summons a Skeleton - ($2)
Discard 1, draw 3
Squad Leader: Doubling Barbarbarian 3/5+2A (overpower, stat buffs count twice)
Technician: Bone Collector 3/3
Rook L8 4/6 (can ignore lone patrollers, two lives)
Garth L7 3/1 (3 damage)
River L5 3/4 (tech 0 units costs 1 less gold)
Whitestar Grappler 5/5 (Two Step, 2 damage)
Thieving Imp 4/1 (Two Step, 3 damage)
Skeleton 1/1
Two Step (channelled by River)
Skeletal Archery (on your board)
Base HP: 10
Tech I HP: 5
Tech II HP: 5 (Strength)
Heroes’ Hall HP: 4
Hand: 3
Lich’s Bargain
Whitestar Grappler
Sacrifice the Weak
Deck: 3
Hooded Executioner
Deteriorate
Hooded Executioner
Discard: 3
Two Step
Discord
Death Rites
Card count check (opponent-viewable)
Expected: 10 + 12 teched = 22
6 on board
3 in hand
3 in deck
3 in discard
7 in workers
Total: 22
Gold: 2
Workers: 10
5 x start
-2 from Lich’s Bargain
T1: Poisonblade Rogue
T2: Jandra, the Negator
T3: Skeleton Javelineer
T4: Graveyard
T5: Summon Skeletons
T6: Pestering Haunt
T7: Lich’s Bargain
I have $1 float, so Glaxx won’t leave to non-combat damage, and Grappler’s ability damage isn’t combat damage, so you need to tap him with an attacker afterward if you want him to die.
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OK, I’ll kill your heroes instead.
P1T10
StartingHand Workers
STARTING HAND
Graveyard
Liberty Gryphon
Eyes of the Chancellor
WORKERS
Skeletal Archery
Poisonblade Rogue
Summon Skeletons
Sacrifice the Weak
Jandra, the Negator
Skeleton Javelineer
Pestering Haunt
NextHand
Thieving Imp
Free Speech
Dark Pact
Liberty Gryphon
Discard
Dark Pact
Free Speech
Reteller of Truths
Eyes of the Chancellor
Liberty Gryphon
Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid + float + Scavenger - ($13)
Graveyard - ($11)
Vir Garbarean, maxband - ($3)
Rebuild Tech II
Peek
Float ($3)
Discard 2, draw 4
Board Info:
In Patrol:
-
Squad Leader: Gilded Glaxx {A} (3/4A) Gilded
-
Elite:
-
Scavenger: L7 Vir Garbarean (3/5)
-
Technician: Gilded Glaxx {Copy of A} (3/4) Gilded
-
Lookout:
In Play:
- Graveyard (3)
- Skeletal Archery
Future:
- Mech [2 time]
Buildings:
-
Base HP: 16
-
Tech I HP: 5
-
Tech II HP: 5 (Truth)
-
Heroes’ Hall HP: 4
Economy Info:
Cards:
- Hand: 4
- Deck: 9
- Disc: 5
Gold:
- Gold: 3
- Workers: 11
P2T10
Starting hand: 4
Lich’s Bargain
Whitestar Grappler
Sacrifice the Weak
Thoughts
We’re rapidly approaching the point where I can’t just sideline units indefinitely. Teching in Appel Stomps instead of Oathkeeper, because I want something that can sideline heroes. Putting the mirror behind is better for me here with Graveyard out, since I’m not sending anything there. Pretty irrelevant with the Tech I down, though.
Teched cards: 0
T2: 2 x Lich’s Bargain
T3: Bone Collector, Death Rites
T4: 2 x Hooded Executioner
T5: Discord, Two Step
T6: 2 x Whitestar Grappler
T7: Doubling Barbarbarian, Two Step
T10: 2 x Appel Stomp
Get paid + float (2) - ($12)
River sidelines Gilded Glaxx
Whitestar Grappler kills Vir, you get a gold, takes 3 damage, levels fizzle
Rook kills Gilded Glaxx (Mirror), you draw, takes 3 damage
Thieving Imp and Skeleton destroy Tech II, your base to 14
Garth and Bone Collector destroy Tech I, your base to 12, Skeleton #2 arrives
Garth summons Skeleton #3 - ($11)
Whitestar Grappler #2 - ($8)
Tech III, I guess - ($3)
Discard 2, draw 3, reshuffle, draw 1
Squad Leader: Doubling Barbarbarian 3/5+2A (overpower, stat buffs count twice)
Technician: Skeleton #2 1/1
Garth L7 3/1 (3 damage)
River L5 3/4 (tech 0 units costs 1 less gold)
Rook L8 4/3 (can ignore lone patrollers, two lives, 3 damage)
Whitestar Grappler #1 5/2 (Two Step, 5 damage)
Whitestar Grappler #2 3/5
Bone Collector 3/3
Thieving Imp 4/1 (Two Step, 3 damage)
Skeleton #1 1/1
Skeleton #3 1/1
Two Step (channelled by River)
Skeletal Archery (on your board)
Base HP: 10
Tech I HP: 5
Tech II HP: 5 (Strength)
Tech III HP: 5
Heroes’ Hall HP: 4
Hand: 4
Deteriorate
Hooded Executioner
Hooded Executioner
Appel Stomp
Deck: 6
Two Step
Discord
Death Rites
Appel Stomp
Lich’s Bargain
Sacrifice the Weak
Discard: 0
Card count check (opponent-viewable)
Expected: 10 + 14 teched = 24
7 on board
4 in hand
6 in deck
0 in discard
7 in workers
Total: 24
Gold: 3
Workers: 10
5 x start
-2 from Lich’s Bargain
T1: Poisonblade Rogue
T2: Jandra, the Negator
T3: Skeleton Javelineer
T4: Graveyard
T5: Summon Skeletons
T6: Pestering Haunt
T7: Lich’s Bargain
The Grappler took 2 damage from killing Quince, so the 3 from Vir should finish it off and put an end to Two Step, yes?
No, Grapplers have 5 HP, then Two Step bumps it up to 7.
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Alright, I’ll throw in the towel. GG WP! I generally think the threat of Assimilate is stronger than Assimilate itself, and you sure drove that point home this game!
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GGWP! Skeleton Archery still hung around long enough to help me survive early game, at least, I just needed to transition to something else later. But man, that early game is still pretty rough. Those Glaxxes keep turning up right when I don’t want them to.
I’ll start a new game on Monday. Same again, or shall I try another deck the model thinks is worth a punt?
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Hmm, I dunno, despite the strong early game, I’m not really satisfied with Demonology’s performance in this build… I wanted to perma-invis Quince and let him pull various control shenanigans while never directly engaging and therefore never taking any damage, but I inevitably end up spending my gold elsewhere, particularly on fancy $3 units, and then don’t have enough left to go Meta. I’m thinking of swapping it out for something else, but I’m not sure what yet. I mean, if you really want to keep challenging this build with whatever, I don’t mind, but my interest is starting to wander away from my original concept and towards finding a different compliment for the Glaxx / Mirror combo.
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I’m trying to find decks that do well in general rather than versus a particular deck, so if you want to switch out then feel free. Are you trying to win the game with Glaxxes + heroes, or use them to stall to Tech II? Meta is pretty expensive on top of Glaxxes + Mirrors.
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I was just trying to use them to stall until I could pull off a 3-hero Meta, without having to sacrifice them to Meta, but they seemed to always either win the game for me through strong early pressure or drag my economy too much to let me deploy and demonize my heroes. Maybe I should try a different approach, or maybe I should jump to another build. I’ll think it over and let you know what I come up with.
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Okay, I slept on it, and while this deck does some cool things, there are also a number of awkward aspects to it that are simply unavoidable, so I don’t think it’ll ever do everything I want it to, regardless of how I pilot it. I think it’s still pretty good, but not as robust as I’d hoped, and I think you’ve figured out how to counter it at this point.
I think a better version of the Glaxx engine would be [Law/Truth]/Future, as having an abundance of $3 units means there’d almost always be some juicy targets for Insurance Agents, the draw power, economy boost, and spell fetching ability Law brings to the table would make Free Speech and Assimilate more consistently available, and being able to Manufactured Truth units into Mirror Illusions would allow Quince to permanently convert tech 0-I units into Glaxxes (or beefier units like Gryphons).
Alternately, I kind of want to give [Fire]/Discipline/Truth another try, as I think I’d be able to have more success with it than I did in my early days as a Codex player.
So, that’s 3 builds to choose from, feel free to pick any of them and any deck for yourself. 
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