STARTING HAND
Arrest
Spectral Aven
Reputable Newsman
Traffic Director
Lawful Search
WORKERS
Bluecoat Musketeer
Traffic Director
Next Hand
Manufactured Truth
Reputable Newsman
Jail
Lawful Search
Boot Camp
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($5)
Worker - ($4)
Building Inspector runs into Rook and peels off his armor.
Midband Onimaru. - ($0)
Onimaru kills Rook and gains 2 levels.
Float ($0)
Discard 4, reshuffle, draw 5
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader:
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician: General Onimaru (7) 3/2
Lookout:
In Play:
*
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 5
Deck: 5
Disc: 0
Gold:
Gold: 0
Workers: 6
Thoughts
Art of War is coming online quite nicely though we did have to delay Tech I.
STARTING HAND
Sensei’s Advice
Smoker
Fox Viper
Grappling Hook
Snapback
WORKERS
Savior Monk
Smoker
NextHand
Fox Primus
Sensei’s Advice
Fox’s Den Students
Aged Sensei
Safe Attacking
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($7)
Worker - ($6)
Summon Setsuki - ($4)
Setsuki casts Sensei’s Advice on Aged Sensei, and I’m not sure how that works, but he gets +1 ATK/1 Armor - ($3)
Sensei trades into Onimaru and Setsuki levels twice
Maxband Setsuki - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 3, reshuffle, draw 5
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader:
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician:
Lookout:
In Play:
L6 MAX Setsuki Hiruki 3/4
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 5
Deck: 5
Disc: 0
Gold:
Gold: 0
Workers: 7
Thoughts
Tasty. That’s an easy hero kill, so do I bring out Grave or Sets? If I bring out Grave, I can set up for a sword rune next turn. If I play Setsuki… lemme math this. 1 for a worker, 1 for advice, 1 for tech 1, 2 for Sets, that’s 5. I have 2 gold left. She levels 4 times. SO CLOSE to maxband. Might still be good because her Swift Strike can contest Blue starter easily and her passive allows me to keep an economy advantage. Or…I could be bold and skip tech 1…HMM
STARTING HAND
Boot Camp
Jail
Manufactured Truth
Reputable Newsman
Lawful Search
Spectral Aven
WORKERS
Bluecoat Musketeer
Traffic Director
Manufactured Truth
Next Hand
Porkhand Magistrate
Arrest
Overeager Cadet
Building Inspector
Overeager Cadet
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($6)
Worker - ($5)
Build Tech I. - ($4)
Hire a Reputable Newsman who opposes spells and upgrades that cost 4. - ($2)
Summon Sirus Quince and his Mirror Illusion. - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 4, draw 4, reshuffle, draw 1
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader: Quince (1) 1/3A
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician: Mirror Illusion 0/1
Lookout:
In Play:
Reputable Newsman 0/3 [4]
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 5
Deck: 5
Disc: 0
Gold:
Gold: 0
Workers: 7
Thoughts
Oops. I thought I had put Onimaru in SQL to prevent this. Of course, I suppose Grappling Hook could have made this possible if it were in Carpe’s hand. Oh, that and Snapback. Man, I did not think this through.
STARTING HAND
Safe Attacking
Fox Primus
Aged Sensei
Sensei’s Advice
Fox’s Den Students
Snapback
Morningstar Flagbearer
WORKERS
Savior Monk
Smoker
Morningstar Flagbearer
NextHand
Fox’s Den Students
Hidden Ninja
Fox Viper
Grappling Hook
Snapback
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid, Setsuki draws two cards - ($7)
Worker - ($6)
Summon Aged Sensei - ($5)
Summon Fox Primus - ($2)
Research Safe Attacking - ($1)
Build Tech 1 - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 3, draw 3, reshuffle, draw 2
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader: Aged Sensei 1/1+a
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician:
Lookout: Fox Primus (frenzy 1, anti-air) 2/2
In Play:
Safe Attacking
L6 MAX Setsuki Hiruki 3/4
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 5
Deck: 3
Disc: 0
Gold:
Gold: 0
Workers: 8
Thoughts
So, not surprising. It’s a bit of a bummer that I don’t get the swag of a t3 Ult but I’ll manage. Biggest threat right now is Aven + Manufactured Truth, BUT that’s 2 gold for Aven plus the spell, 2 gold to level Quince, 2 gold to convert the illusion, 2 gold to attack Setsuki. So it’s literally impossible if she doesn’t patrol. hmm. looks like I have a choice between Primus and Flagbearer. I think I need Primus for antiair. If Primus survives, I’ve got a kill on Newsman even with a Tower up, thanks to Hidden Ninja.
Fox Viper
Grappling Hook
Sparring Partner
Fox’s Den Students
Fuzz Cuddles
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid, Setsuki draws 2 - ($8)
Worker - ($7)
Setsuki casts Hidden Ninja on herself and Aged Sensei (they’re really becoming a dynamic duo), they gain Stealth and I draw a card - ($5)
Setsuki sneaks through your defenses and kills Reputable Newsman with swift strike
Now that that’s out of the way, Setsuki casts Fox’s Den Students, summoning four 1/1 ninja, all my ninja have stealth and haste - ($1)
Setsuki casts Sensei’s Advice on the Red and Blue Ninja, they gain +1 ATK/1 Armor - ($0)
Red and Blue kill your Cadets; while Blue survives with armor, Red went for the Elite and tragically took 3 damage
Fox Primus, Yellow Ninja, and Green Ninja sneak past your defenses and break your Tech 2
Aged Sensei pokes your mirror illusion, dealing 1 damage to it and killing it
Float ($0)
Discard 4, reshuffle, draw 5
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader:
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician:
Lookout:
In Play:
Safe Attacking
L6 MAX Setsuki Hiruki 3/4
Aged Sensei 1/1
Blue Ninja 1/1
Yellow Ninja 1/1
Green Ninja 1/1
Fox Primus (frenzy 1, anti-air) 2/2
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 5
Deck: 4
Disc: 0
Gold:
Gold: 0
Workers: 9
Thoughts
IT’S NINJA TIME! So we’re 100% breaking T2. four ninja plus sensei buff is 5 damage. We can even break tech 1 too with Viper but then we have nothing to defend with. So instead we break T2 and clear out some units. Sensei’s Advice lets 2 sneaky ninja kill off both cadets, and the other two can hit T2 along with Primus. Sensei kills the inspector for free. End board is Quince and a mirror, I patrol nothing. I’m okay with that. on second thought, let’s kill the mirror, it’s more dangerous with Primus on the field, and I want Setsuki to keep living and recasting FDS
Neither Red nor Blue ninja survive attacking the Overeager Cadets, near as I can tell. 1 armor doesn’t matter when you only have 1 life against a 2-attack unit.
Fox Primus doesn’t have stealth so it can’t sneak past both the Building Inspector and the Mirror Illusion.
Yep, beat me to it. Fox’s Den grants stealth to all ninja, not just the 1/1s. (Setsuki isn’t a Ninja, but Hidden Ninja takes care of that.) And yeah, Sensei’s Advice + Safe Attacking is 2 armor. (Safe Attacking is good when you’re ahead!)
In that case and probably even if I were right, I think this is the end for me. I don’t have any way of stopping you from keeping my Tech II shut down. You’re up first for the next one.
Yeah, I was basically set up to cast Setsuki ultimate almost every turn thanks to her cycle. I’m surprised I managed to max her that early, tbh; I looked at the board state and realized, “hey, if I skip tech 1, I could maxband her and I’d probably be guaranteed the card draw next turn, which seems really good…”
I almost got off a cheeky turn 3 ultimate, but you scuppered that pretty well!
I’ll get another game set up later today probably.
Yeah. I thought I’d put Onimaru in SQL to make him slightly more difficult to kill but I don’t think it would have mattered. For whatever reason I definitely forgot that White has so many anti-hero answers.
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($5)
Worker - ($4)
Hire a Traffic Director. - ($3)
Hire a Reputable Newsman who opposes spells and upgrades that cost 1. - ($1)
Build Tech I. - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 2, draw 4
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader: Traffic Director 1/1A
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician:
Lookout: Reputable Newsman 0/3 [1]
In Play:
*
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 4
Deck: 1
Disc: 2
Gold:
Gold: 0
Workers: 6
Thoughts
Grave + Sensei is gonna be a right pain in the ass. Traffic Director throws a wrench in that plan since he can’t be targeted with Grappling Hook and Reputable Newsman in Lookout means he’ll have to pay extra to move my patrol zone around. Furthermore, the Newsman blocks Safe Attacking and Sensei’s Advice so I think this is a relatively safe opening.
Tech Plan:
Brave Knight, Overeager Cadet -
Spectral Hound, Free Speech -
Reteller of Truths, Dreamscape -
Macciatus, the Whisperer, Eyes of the Chancellor -
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($5)
Worker - ($4)
Grave kills Traffic Director and takes 1 damage
Summon Fox Primus - ($1)
Build Tech 1 - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 3, reshuffle, draw 5
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader: Fox Primus (anti-air, frenzy 1) 2/2
Elite: Aged Sensei 2/1
Scavenger:
Technician:
Lookout:
In Play:
L1 Grave Stormborne 2/2
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 5
Deck: 3
Disc: 0
Gold:
Gold: 0
Workers: 6
Thoughts
If I really wanted, I could clear the board with Grappling Hook, trade in Sensei, level Grave. Kinda meh. Instead, I think I just want to kill Director with Grave, ping Newsman once, summon Primus into SQL.That DOES leave the door open to Manufactured Truth + Arrest. Hmm. Hang on, better clear. Grappling Hook into Technician, Grave kills both using Sparkshot. Free Sensei ping. I can then play Safe Attacking. Ohey wait, that Traffic Director is untargetable!
Squad Leader:
Elite:
Scavenger: Building Inspector 1/1
Technician:
Lookout:
Base HP: 20
Base HP: 20
You’re up first for the next one.