Yeah, I figured you’d try to trash it so I teched both hoping that you hadn’t teched both copies of Nature Reclaims. But, even so, I kept the Scribes and Lawful Search so I would still be able to draw extra cards and make the Drill Sergeants worth my while.
I was going to say that I thought that maybe Final Showdown would be useful but then I realized that it’s basically completely shut down by Free Speech so maybe just not good against Quince. Stampede, on the other hand, is terrifying! Feral Strike is just so expensive that it’s more of a late game situation. I believe the Newsman situation was lucky. I wasn’t certain what to expect but given the hero out, I figured Feral Strike would be a good one to block.
Yeah, Arg is especially irritating to me in the early game because of how he brings units with him and how his midband is so useful and versatile (by which I mean it’s secondary use as an illusion killer). Calamandra is particularly frustrating if she’s able to stay alive since she can give herself Stealth, give your units Resist, and can start putting Tigers out, which bypasses Jail if that’s up.
I rolled a 96 for the next one so I’ll begin.
P1T1
Starting Hand, Workers
STARTING HAND
Porkhand Magistrate
Arrest
Bluecoat Musketeer
Spectral Aven
Building Inspector
WORKERS
Bluecoat Musketeer
Next Hand
Manufactured Truth
Jail
Traffic Director
Lawful Search
Reputable Newsman
Discard
Arrest
Spectral Aven
Porkhand Magistrate
Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($4)
Worker - ($3)
Hire a Building Inspector. - ($2)
Summon Sirus Quince and his Mirror Illusion. - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 3, draw 5
[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]
-
[I]Squad Leader[/I]: Building Inspector
-
[I]Elite[/I]:
-
[I]Scavenger[/I]: Mirror Illusion
-
[I]Technician[/I]:
-
[I]Lookout[/I]:
[B]In Play:[/B]
[B]Buildings:[/B]
-
Base HP: 20
[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]
[B]Gold:[/B]
The thing with Final Showdown is (besides Free Speech), how are you going to pay the 9 gold for that Lvl. 8 Midori without leaving your board wide open?
P2T1
StartingHand Workers
STARTING HAND
Playful Panda
Forest’s Favor
Merfolk Prospector
Young Treant
Spore Shambler
WORKERS
Spore Shambler
NextHand
Rich Earth
Ironbark Treant
Rampant Growth
Verdant Tree
Tiger Cub
Discard
Forest’s Favor
Merfolk Prospector
Young Treant
Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($5)
Worker - ($4)
Argagarg - ($2)
Playful Panda - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 3, draw 5
[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]
-
[I]Squad Leader[/I]:
-
[I]Elite[/I]:
-
[I]Scavenger[/I]: Wisp A (0/1)
-
[I]Technician[/I]: Wisp B (0/1)
-
[I]Lookout[/I]:
[B]In Play:[/B]
- Argagarg Lvl.1 (1/3)
- Playful Panda (2/2)
[B]Buildings:[/B]
-
Base HP: 20
[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]
- Hand: 5
- Deck: 0
- Disc: 3
[B]Gold:[/B]
- Gold: 0
- Workers: 6
That’s an excellent point. It can leave you wide open if you aggressively level Midori. I know I’ve tried similar things with Onimaru since the leveling progression and ultimate spell cost are the same. If people catch wise to what you’re doing, it feels like they can find some way around it and that can snowball against you pretty quickly, I find.
P1T2
Tech, Starting Hand, Workers
TECH
Brave Knight
Free Speech
STARTING HAND
Reputable Newsman
Traffic Director
Lawful Search
Manufactured Truth
Jail
Brave Knight
WORKERS
Bluecoat Musketeer
Jail
Next Hand
Manufactured Truth
Arrest
Porkhand Magistrate
Free Speech
Lawful Search
Discard
Traffic Director
Reputable Newsman
Brave Knight
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($5)
Worker - ($4)
Quince attacks and destroys Scavenger Wisp.
Building Inspector attacks and destroys Technician Wisp.
Quince casts Manufactured Truth on the Mirror Illusion to turn it into a Playful Panda. - ($3)
Manufactured Panda trades with your playful Panda.
Quince casts Lawful Search to check your hand and draw a card. - ($2)
Quince creates another Mirror Illusion. - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 3, draw 5
[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]
-
[I]Squad Leader[/I]:
-
[I]Elite[/I]:
-
[I]Scavenger[/I]:
-
[I]Technician[/I]: Mirror Illusion
-
[I]Lookout[/I]:
[B]In Play:[/B]
- Quince (1) 1/3
- Building Inspector
[B]Buildings:[/B]
-
Base HP: 20
[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]
[B]Gold:[/B]
P2T2
Tech StartingHand Workers
TECH
Giant Panda
Galina Glimmer
STARTING HAND
Rampant Growth
Rich Earth
Verdant Tree
Tiger Cub
Ironbark Treant
WORKERS
Spore Shambler
Rich Earth
NextHand
Giant Panda
Merfolk Prospector
Verdant Tree
Rampant Growth
Forest’s Favor
Tech 2 card(s)
Draw a card from Technician
Get Paid + Scavenger - ($7)
Worker - ($6)
Argagarg 1->3 - ($4)
Tiger Cub - ($2)
Argagarg kills Mirror Illusion, you draw a card.
Tech I (Those horrible Building restrictions make it cost 1 gold more) - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 3, reshuffle, draw 5
[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]
-
[I]Squad Leader[/I]:
-
[I]Elite[/I]:
-
[I]Scavenger[/I]: Tiger Cub
-
[I]Technician[/I]:
-
[I]Lookout[/I]:
[B]In Play:[/B]
- Argagarg Lvl.3 (1/4)
[B]Buildings:[/B]
-
Base HP: 20
-
Tech I HP: 5
[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]
- Hand: 5
- Deck: 4
- Disc: 0
[B]Gold:[/B]
- Gold: 0
- Workers: 7
P1T3
Tech, Starting Hand, Workers
TECH
Free Speech
Spectral Flagbearer
STARTING HAND
Manufactured Truth
Porkhand Magistrate
Arrest
Lawful Search
Free Speech
Spectral Aven
Traffic Director
WORKERS
Bluecoat Musketeer
Jail
Traffic Director
Next Hand
Free Speech
Spectral Aven
Reputable Newsman
Brave Knight
Manufactured Truth
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($6)
Worker - ($5)
Build Tech I. - ($4)
Quince performs a Lawful Search of your hand and draws a card. - ($3)
Quince casts Manufactured Truth on the Building Inspector, turning him into a Tiger Cub. - ($2)
Manufactured Tiger Cub trades with Tiger Cub; you gain a gold.
Quince casts Free Speech, removing your heroes’ abilities and preventing them from casting spells. - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 3, draw 2, reshuffle, draw 3
[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]
-
[I]Squad Leader[/I]:
-
[I]Elite[/I]:
-
[I]Scavenger[/I]:
-
[I]Technician[/I]:
-
[I]Lookout[/I]:
[B]In Play:[/B]
[B]Buildings:[/B]
-
Base HP: 20
-
Tech I HP: 5
[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]
[B]Gold:[/B]
P2T3
Tech StartingHand Workers
TECH
Stampede
Murkwood Allies
STARTING HAND
Giant Panda
Rampant Growth
Forest’s Favor
Merfolk Prospector
Verdant Tree
WORKERS
Spore Shambler
Rich Earth
Merfolk Prospector
NextHand
Playful Panda
Ironbark Treant
Young Treant
Galina Glimmer
Discard
Tiger Cub
Forest’s Favor
Rampant Growth
Stampede
Murkwood Allies
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($7)
Worker - ($6)
Giant Panda - ($3)
Verdant Tree - ($1)
Float ($1)
Discard 2, draw 4
[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]
-
[I]Squad Leader[/I]:
-
[I]Elite[/I]: Argagarg Lvl.3 (1+1/4)
-
[I]Scavenger[/I]: Wisp (0/1)
-
[I]Technician[/I]:
-
[I]Lookout[/I]:
[B]In Play:[/B]
- Giant Panda (2/4)
- Verdant Tree (-/3)
[B]Buildings:[/B]
-
Base HP: 20
-
Tech I HP: 5
[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]
- Hand: 4
- Deck: 0
- Disc: 5
[B]Gold:[/B]
- Gold: 1
- Workers: 8
P1T4
Tech, Starting Hand, Workers
TECH
Macciatus, The Whisperer
Spectral Hound
STARTING HAND
Brave Knight
Reputable Newsman
Free Speech
Manufactured Truth
Spectral Aven
WORKERS
Bluecoat Musketeer
Jail
Traffic Director
Manufactured Truth
Next Hand
Spectral Flagbearer
Free Speech
Porkhand Magistrate
Lawful Search
Discard
Free Speech
Reputable Newsman
Spectral Aven
Macciatus, The Whisperer
Spectral Hound
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($7)
Worker - ($6)
Hire a Brave Knight. - ($3)
Quince will cast Free Speech, removing your heroes’s abilities and preventing them from casting spells. - ($1)
Float ($1)
Discard 2, draw 4
[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]
-
[I]Squad Leader[/I]: Brave Knight 3/3A
-
[I]Elite[/I]:
-
[I]Scavenger[/I]:
-
[I]Technician[/I]:
-
[I]Lookout[/I]:
[B]In Play:[/B]
[B]Buildings:[/B]
-
Base HP: 20
-
Tech I HP: 5
[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]
[B]Gold:[/B]
P2T4
Tech StartingHand Workers
TECH
Blooming Ancient
Might of Leaf and Claw
STARTING HAND
Ironbark Treant
Playful Panda
Young Treant
Galina Glimmer
WORKERS
Spore Shambler
Rich Earth
Merfolk Prospector
Ironbark Treant
NextHand
Murkwood Allies
Young Treant
Stampede
Forest’s Favor
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($9)
Worker - ($8)
Use Verdant Tree ability
Tech II (Growth) - ($4)
Calamandra - ($2)
Galina Glimmer - ($1)
Float ($1)
Discard 2, reshuffle, draw 4
[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]
-
[I]Squad Leader[/I]: Giant Panda (2/4+A)
-
[I]Elite[/I]:
-
[I]Scavenger[/I]: Galina Glimmer (2/2)
-
[I]Technician[/I]: Wisp (0/1)
-
[I]Lookout[/I]:
[B]In Play:[/B]
- Argagarg Lvl.3 (1+1/4)
- Calamandra Lvl.1 (2/3)
- Verdant Tree (-/3)
[B]Buildings:[/B]
-
Base HP: 20
-
Tech I HP: 5
-
Tech II HP: 5 (Growth)
[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]
- Hand: 4
- Deck: 5
- Disc: 0
[B]Gold:[/B]
- Gold: 1
- Workers: 9
P1T5
Tech, Starting Hand, Workers
TECH
Eyes of the Chancellor
Spectral Tiger
STARTING HAND
Free Speech
Porkhand Magistrate
Spectral Flagbearer
Lawful Search
Arrest
WORKERS
Bluecoat Musketeer
Jail
Traffic Director
Manufactured Truth
Porkhand Magistrate
Next Hand
Lawful Search
Building Inspector
Free Speech
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($9)
Worker - ($8)
Perform a Lawful Search of your hand and draw a card. - ($7)
Build Tech II - Truth. - ($3)
Quince casts Free Speech, removing your heroes’ abilities and preventing them from casting spells. - ($1)
Hire a Spectral Flagbearer. - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 1, draw 1, reshuffle, draw 2
[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]
-
[I]Squad Leader[/I]: Brave Knight
-
[I]Elite[/I]:
-
[I]Scavenger[/I]:
-
[I]Technician[/I]: Spectral Flagbearer
-
[I]Lookout[/I]:
[B]In Play:[/B]
[B]Buildings:[/B]
-
Base HP: 20
-
Tech I HP: 5
[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]
[B]Gold:[/B]
How often do you plan on casting that Free Speech?
P2T5
Tech StartingHand Workers
TECH
Blooming Elm
Guargum, Eternal Sentinel
STARTING HAND
Murkwood Allies
Young Treant
Stampede
Forest’s Favor
Rampant Growth
WORKERS
Spore Shambler
Rich Earth
Merfolk Prospector
Ironbark Treant
Murkwood Allies
NextHand
Playful Panda
Might of Leaf and Claw
Stampede
Blooming Ancient
Tiger Cub
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + float + 1 from Galina Glimmer - ($11)
Young Treant, draw a card. - ($9)
Worker - ($8)
Tech III - ($3)
Tower - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 3, draw 4, reshuffle, draw 1
[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]
-
[I]Squad Leader[/I]: Giant Panda (2/4+A)
-
[I]Elite[/I]:
-
[I]Scavenger[/I]: Young Treant (0/2)
-
[I]Technician[/I]: Wisp (0/1)
-
[I]Lookout[/I]:
[B]In Play:[/B]
- Argagarg Lvl.3 (1+1/4)
- Calamandra Lvl.1 (2/3)
- Galina Glimmer (2/2)
- Verdant Tree (-/3)
[B]Buildings:[/B]
-
Base HP: 20
-
Tech I HP: 5
-
Tech II HP: 5 (Growth)
-
Tech III HP: 5
-
Tower HP: 4
[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]
- Hand: 5
- Deck: 4
- Disc: 0
[B]Gold:[/B]
- Gold: 0
- Workers: 10
Basically forever.
P1T6
Tech, Starting Hand, Workers
TECH
Reteller of Truths
Liberty Gryphon
STARTING HAND
Building Inspector
Lawful Search
Free Speech
Eyes of the Chancellor
WORKERS
Bluecoat Musketeer
Jail
Traffic Director
Manufactured Truth
Porkhand Magistrate
Building Inspector
Next Hand
Reputable Newsman
Spectral Aven
Arrest
Discard
Free Speech
Reteller of Truths
Liberty Gryphon
Lawful Search
Eyes of the Chancellor
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($9)
Worker - ($8)
Quince casts Free Speech, removing your heroes’ abilities and preventing you from casting spells. - ($6)
Build Tech III. - ($1)
Quince casts Lawful Search to check your hand and draw a card. - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 1, draw 3
[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]
-
[I]Squad Leader[/I]: Brave Knight
-
[I]Elite[/I]:
-
[I]Scavenger[/I]:
-
[I]Technician[/I]: Spectral Flagbearer
-
[I]Lookout[/I]:
[B]In Play:[/B]
[B]Buildings:[/B]
-
Base HP: 20
-
Tech I HP: 5
-
Tech II HP: 5 (Truth)
-
Tech III HP: 5
[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]
[B]Gold:[/B]
P2T6
StartingHand Workers
STARTING HAND
Tiger Cub
Might of Leaf and Claw
Blooming Ancient
Playful Panda
Stampede
WORKERS
Spore Shambler
Rich Earth
Merfolk Prospector
Ironbark Treant
Murkwood Allies
NextHand
Rampant Growth
Forest’s Favor
Guargum, Eternal Sentinel
Blooming Elm
Discard
Tiger Cub
Stampede
Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid + 2 from Galina Glimmer - ($12)
Blooming Ancient (BA) - ($8)
Playful Panda with Wisp B (BA ++) - ($6)
Midori (BA +++) - ($4)
Mght of Leaf and Claw (LC) - ($1)
Move + from BA to Spectral Flagbearer destroying him. You draw a card.
Move + from BA to Giant Panda.
Move + from BA to Wisp A (the one already in play).
Wisp A pings the armor off Brave Knight and dies. (LC 1)
Giant Panda kills Brave knight taking 3 damage. (LC 2)
Argagarg attacks your Tech III building for 1 damage. (LC 3)
Calamandra attacks your Tech III building for 2 damage. (LC 4)
Galina Glimmer destroys your Tech III building, your base takes 2 damage. (LC 5)
Float ($1)
Discard 2, draw 4
[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]
-
[I]Squad Leader[/I]: Wisp B (5/6)
-
[I]Elite[/I]:
-
[I]Scavenger[/I]: Young Treant (5/7)
-
[I]Technician[/I]: Midori Lvl.1 (7/8)
-
[I]Lookout[/I]:
[B]In Play:[/B]
- Argagarg Lvl.3 (6/8) x
- Calamandra Lvl.1 (7/8)
- Galina Glimmer (7/7)
- Giant Panda (8/7) + xxx
- Blooming Ancient (5/9)
- Playful Panda (7/7)
- Verdant Tree (-/3)
- Might of Leaf and Claw [5 growth runes]
Buildings:
-
Base HP: 20
-
Tech I HP: 5
-
Tech II HP: 5 (Growth)
-
Tech III HP: 5
-
Tower HP: 4
[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]
- Hand: 4
- Deck: 0
- Disc: 2
[B]Gold:[/B]
- Gold: 1
- Workers: 10
P1T7
Tech, Starting Hand, Workers
TECH
Liberty Gryphon
STARTING HAND
Arrest
Reputable Newsman
Spectral Aven
Macciatus, The Whisperer
WORKERS
Bluecoat Musketeer
Jail
Traffic Director
Manufactured Truth
Porkhand Magistrate
Building Inspector
Reputable Newsman
Next Hand
Spectral Hound
Spectral Tiger
Discard
Free Speech
Reteller of Truths
Liberty Gryphon
Lawful Search
Eyes of the Chancellor
Spectral Flagbearer
Liberty Gryphon
Arrest
Tech 1 card(s)
Get Paid - ($10)
Worker. - ($9)
Hire Macciatus, The Whisperer. - ($7)
Quince casts Arrest on the Squad Leader Wisp, disabling it. - ($5)
Hire a Spectral Aven. - ($3)
Hire a Brave Knight. - ($0)
Rebuild Tech III.
Float ($0)
Discard 0, draw 2
[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]
-
[I]Squad Leader[/I]: Brave Knight
-
[I]Elite[/I]:
-
[I]Scavenger[/I]: Quince (1) 1/3
-
[I]Technician[/I]: Macciatus, The Whisperer
-
[I]Lookout[/I]: Spectral Aven
[B]In Play:[/B]
[B]Buildings:[/B]
-
Base HP: 18
-
Tech I HP: 5
-
Tech II HP: 5 (Truth)
-
Tech III HP: 5
[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]
[B]Gold:[/B]
What? A turn without Free Speech? I’m shocked .
P2T7
StartingHand Workers
STARTING HAND
Blooming Elm
Forest’s Favor
Rampant Growth
Guargum, Eternal Sentinel
WORKERS
Spore Shambler
Rich Earth
Merfolk Prospector
Ironbark Treant
Murkwood Allies
Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($11)
Calamandra kills Brave Knight
Argagarg kills Quince (Argagarg 3->5)
Galina Glimmer kills Macciatus.
Midori, Blooming Ancient and Giant Panda attack your base for 20 damage.
GG!
I liked your approach though, I guess it is just a little too passive? Also Might of Leaf and Claw is just insane.
Yeah, my draws didn’t line up, however, it clearly wouldn’t have helped. I rolled a 78 for the next one. Also, I think I’m going to try a [Truth]/Law/Ninjutsu situation.
I got a 37 so you go first.
Do you mind if I also swap specs? I think I need a break from mono green as I will probably be analyzing my Green games in the Tournament more deeply than these casual games and I want to think about something else for once
I really like the Disease spec, but I don’t like the Black starter, so I guess I’ll try [Balance]/Demonology/Disease!
Or did you want to try that combination specifically against Green?
I’m perfectly fine with you playing whatever you’d like!
P1T1
Starting Hand, Workers
STARTING HAND
Manufactured Truth
Traffic Director
Bluecoat Musketeer
Spectral Aven
Lawful Search
WORKERS
Bluecoat Musketeer
Next Hand
Arrest
Jail
Building Inspector
Porkhand Magistrate
Reputable Newsman
Discard
Spectral Aven
Lawful Search
Manufactured Truth
Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($4)
Worker - ($3)
Summon Setsuki Hiruki. - ($1)
Hire a Traffic Director. - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 3, draw 5
[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]
-
[I]Squad Leader[/I]: Traffic Director
-
[I]Elite[/I]:
-
[I]Scavenger[/I]:
-
[I]Technician[/I]:
-
[I]Lookout[/I]:
[B]In Play:[/B]
[B]Buildings:[/B]
-
Base HP: 20
[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]
[B]Gold:[/B]
P2T1
StartingHand Workers
STARTING HAND
Playful Panda
Tiger Cub
Forest’s Favor
Merfolk Prospector
Rich Earth
WORKERS
Rich Earth
NextHand
Rampant Growth
Spore Shambler
Verdant Tree
Ironbark Treant
Young Treant
Discard
Merfolk Prospector
Forest’s Favor
Playful Panda
Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($5)
Worker - ($4)
Vandy - ($2)
Tiger Cub - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 3, draw 5
[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]
-
[I]Squad Leader[/I]: Tiger Cub (2/2+A)
-
[I]Elite[/I]:
-
[I]Scavenger[/I]: Vandy Lvl.1 (2/3)
-
[I]Technician[/I]:
-
[I]Lookout[/I]:
[B]In Play:[/B]
-
[B]Buildings:[/B]
-
Base HP: 20
[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]
- Hand: 5
- Deck: 0
- Disc: 3
[B]Gold:[/B]
- Gold: 0
- Workers: 6
P1T2
Tech, Starting Hand, Workers
TECH
Spectral Hound
Spectral Hound
STARTING HAND
Reputable Newsman
Arrest
Porkhand Magistrate
Building Inspector
Jail
WORKERS
Bluecoat Musketeer
Jail
Next Hand
Spectral Aven
Arrest
Lawful Search
Porkhand Magistrate
Manufactured Truth
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($5)
Worker - ($4)
Hire a Building Inspector. - ($3)
Build Tech 1. - ($1)
Give 1 level to Setsuki. - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 3, reshuffle, draw 5
[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]
-
[I]Squad Leader[/I]: Traffic Director
-
[I]Elite[/I]:
-
[I]Scavenger[/I]: Building Inspector
-
[I]Technician[/I]:
-
[I]Lookout[/I]:
[B]In Play:[/B]
[B]Buildings:[/B]
-
Base HP: 20
-
Tech I HP: 5
[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]
[B]Gold:[/B]