Casual StrixVaria vs. FrozenStorm (purple vs. blue)

[StrixVaria]

Thanks @FrozenStorm for agreeing to a match! Let’s see if I can get this post to work right.

Opening Hand

Fading Argonaut
Neo Plexus (worker)
Forgotten Fighter
Plasmodium
Tinkerer

P1T1:
Gain 4 gold ($4)
Worker ($3)
Plasmodium ($1)
Discard 3, Draw 5

Patrol:
None

Units: Plasmodium (forecasted, 3 time runes)
Base: 20
Workers: 5
Hand: 5
Discard: 3
Deck: 0

Discard

Fading Argonaut
Tinkerer
Forgotten Fighter

New Hand

Temporal Research
Time Spiral
Hardened Mox
Battle Suits
Nullcraft

[FrozenStorm]

P1 Mono-Purple vs P2 Mono-Blue

Player 2, Turn 1

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[details=Starting Hand]
Bluecoat Musketeer
Lawful Search
Porkhand Magistrate
Jail
Traffic Director
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##Events of Turn:

###Upkeep:

• Get Gold (5)

###Main:

• Worker Up (4)

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[details=Workers]
Bluecoat Musketeer
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• Onimaru (2)
• Traffic Director (1)
• Patrol as below
• Discard 3 Draw 5
• Float 1g, Tech 2 cards after your turn

###Board Info:
####Buildings:

• Base HP: 20

####In Patrol:

• Squad Leader: Traffic Director (1/1+1armor)
• Elite:
• Scavenger:
• Technician:
• Lookout:

####In Play:

• Onimaru (2/3 frenzy 1 lvl 1)

####Economy Info:

#####Cards:
Hand: 5
Deck: 0
Disc: 3

#####Gold:
Gold: 1
Workers: 6

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[details=End of Turn Hand]
Spectral Aven
Building Inspector
Arrest
Reputable Newsman
Manufactured Truth
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[details=End of Turn Discard]
Jail
Lawful Search
Porkhand Magistrate
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[details=My Thoughts]
I should get to do some damage next turn this way
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[StrixVaria]

I hope you don’t mind if I steal your format a bit

Player 1, Turn 2

##Pre-Turn Info

[details=Starting Hand]
Temporal Research
Time Spiral
Hardened Mox
Battle Suits (worker)
Nullcraft
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[details=Teched Cards]
Argonaut
Seer
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##Events of Turn

###End of your turn

• Tech 2 cards

###Upkeep

• Get Gold (5)
• Time Runes (Plasmodium from 3 to 2)

###Main

• Worker (4)
• Hardened Mox (1)
• Build Tech I (0)
• Patrol as below
• Discard 3, reshuffle, draw 5

###Board Info
####Buildings

• Base HP: 20
• Tech I HP: 5

####Patrol Zone

• Squad Leader: Hardened Mox (1/1 + a)
• Elite:
• Scavenger:
• Technician:
• Lookout:

####In Play (Not Patrolling)

• Plasmodium (forecasted, 2 time runes)

####Economy Info
#####Cards
Hand: 5
Deck: 3
Disc: 0

#####Gold
Gold: 0
Workers: 6

End of Turn Info

[details=End of Turn Hand]
Seer
Forgotten Fighter
Fading Argonaut
Time Spiral
Tinkerer
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[details=End of Turn Discard]
Nothing.
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[details=My Thoughts]
I’m so glad I drew the Seer.
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[FrozenStorm]

P1 Mono-Purple vs P2 Mono-Blue

Player 2, Turn 2

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[details=Starting Hand]
Spectral Aven
Building Inspector
Arrest
Reputable Newsman
Manufactured Truth
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##Events of Turn:

###Upkeep:

• Tech 2 cards from codex

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[details=Teched]
Spectral Hound, Scribe
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• Get Gold (6+1float)

###Main:

• Worker Up (6)

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[details=Workers]
Building Inspector, Bluecoat Musketeer
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• Reputable Newsman, naming 2 as the forbidden spell / upgrade cost (4)
• Tech1 (3)
• Tower (0)
• Traffic Director hits your tech 1 to 4hp
• Patrol as below
• Discard 3 rs Draw 5
• Tech 2 cards after your turn

###Board Info:
####Buildings:

• Base HP: 20
• Tech1 HP: 5
• Tower HP: 4

####In Patrol:

• Squad Leader: Reputable Newsman (0/3+1armor, blocking cost 2)
• Elite: Onimaru (2+1/3 lvl 1)
• Scavenger:
• Technician:
• Lookout:

####In Play:

• Traffic Director (1/1 untargetable unstoppable against buildings)

####Economy Info:

#####Cards:
Hand: 5
Deck: 3
Disc: 0

#####Gold:
Gold: 0
Workers: 7

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[details=End of Turn Hand]
Scribe
Lawful Search
Porkhand Magistrate
Arrest
Spectral Aven
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[details=End of Turn Discard]
Empty
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[details=My Thoughts]
No fan of Mox, but I’m setting up well to tech 2 or pump Oni next turn this way, and I think that will go well for me. Set up pretty well in defensive formation, I’m leaning Truth tech 2 but we’ll see how it goes.
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[StrixVaria]

It’s hard to find time to take turns midday during work

I’ll get one in as soon as I can this evening.

[FrozenStorm]

no rush mate

[StrixVaria]

Player 1, Turn 3

##Pre-Turn Info

[details=Starting Hand]
Seer
Forgotten Fighter
Fading Argonaut
Time Spiral (worker)
Tinkerer
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[details=Teched Cards]
Now!
Argonaut
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##Events of Turn

###End of your turn

• Tech 2 cards

###Upkeep

• Get Gold (6)
• Time Runes (Plasmodium to 1)

###Main

• Worker (5)
• Seer (4) - Remove last time rune from Plasmodium
• Tower (1)
• Plasmodium kills Reputable Newsman
• Patrol as below
• Discard 3, draw 3, reshuffle, draw 2
• Float 1 gold

###Board Info
####Buildings

• Base HP: 20
• Tech I HP: 4
• Tower: 4

####Patrol Zone

• Squad Leader: Hardened Mox (1/1 + a)
• Elite:
• Scavenger:
• Technician: Seer (2/1)
• Lookout:

####In Play (Not Patrolling)

• Plasmodium (4/3)

####Economy Info
#####Cards
Hand: 5
Deck: 3
Disc: 0

#####Gold
Gold: 1
Workers: 7

End of Turn Info

[details=End of Turn Hand]
Temporal Research
Argonaut
Nullcraft
Now!
Fading Argonaut
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[details=End of Turn Discard]
None
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[details=My Thoughts]
Argonaut + Now! in hand is going to be great.
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[Barrelfish]

Plasmodium should have taken 1 damage from frozenstorm’s tower.

[StrixVaria]

Huh, I didn’t even remember he built that. Have to get used to this format. Thanks for pointing it out. Fixed!

[zhavier]

I find it easier when the post is more compact so I can see everything without scrolling up and down. Helps with remembering those pesky towers.

[StrixVaria]

I’m making modifications to my format each time. This game is a learning experience for me not only because I’m still learning the game, but I’m also learning how to streamline the forum posts.

[FrozenStorm]

P1 Mono-Purple vs P2 Mono-Blue

Player 2, Turn 3

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[details=Starting Hand]
Scribe
Lawful Search
Porkhand Magistrate
Arrest
Spectral Aven
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##Events of Turn:

###Upkeep:

• Tech 2 cards from codex

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[details=Teched]
Macciatus, Spectral Roc
Spectral Hound, Scribe
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• Get Gold (7)

###Main:

• Scribe, draw 1 (5)
• Worker Up (4)

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[details=Workers]
Porkhand Magistrate, Building Inspector, Bluecoat Musketeer
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• Tech2 - Truth (0)
• Patrol as below
• Discard 4 Draw 2 rs Draw 3
• Tech 2 cards after your turn

###Board Info:
####Buildings:

• Base HP: 20
• Tech1 HP: 5
• Tech2 HP: 5 SPEC TRUTH
• Tower HP: 4

####In Patrol:

• Squad Leader: Scribe (1/3+1armor)
• Elite:
• Scavenger:
• Technician: Traffic Director (1/1 untargetable unstoppable against buildings)
• Lookout:

####In Play:

• Onimaru (2/3 lvl 1)

####Economy Info:

#####Cards:
Hand: 5
Deck: 3
Disc: 0

#####Gold:
Gold: 0
Workers: 8

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[details=End of Turn Hand]
Hound
Jail
Macciatus
Arrest
Aven
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[details=End of Turn Discard]
Empty
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[details=My Thoughts]
I think I’m okay going into a tech race with him, don’t need to go hard on offense.
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[StrixVaria]

Player 1, Turn 4

##Pre-Turn Info

[details=Starting Hand]
Temporal Research
Argonaut
Nullcraft
Now!
Fading Argonaut (worker)
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[details=Teched Cards]
Unphase
Knight of the Conclave
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Tech 2 cards
Get Gold (8) (1 float)
Worker (7)
Plasmodium kills Scribe (takes 1 from Scribe, 1 from tower)
Hardened mox kills Traffic Director (you draw 1 card)
Argonaut (4)
Max Geiger (2)
Now! targeting Argonaut (1)
Argonaut kills Onimaru (takes 2 from Onimaru, 1 from tower), Max Geiger to L3 (midband)
Patrol as below
Discard 2, draw 3, reshuffle, draw 1
Float 1 gold

Patrol

Squad Leader: Max Geiger (2/4 + a, sparkshot, level 3)
Elite: Seer (3/1)
Scavenger: Argonaut (3/1 Readiness)
Technician:
Lookout:

In Play (Not Patrolling)

Plasmodium (4/1)
Hardened Mox (1/1 indestructible)

Buildings

Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 4
Tower HP: 4

Economy

Hand: 4
Deck: 4
Disc: 0
Gold: 1
Workers: 8

[details=End of Turn Hand]
Tinkerer
Forgotten Fighter
Argonaut
Temporal Research
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[details=End of Turn Discard]
Empty.
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[details=My Thoughts][spoiler]
I debated for a long time about whether to kill his Tech II or Onimaru.

Unphase will either let me kill an illusion, or let me sneak past an illusion to kill Macciatus.
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[FrozenStorm]

P1 Mono-Purple vs P2 Mono-Blue

Player 2, Turn 4

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[details=Starting Hand]
Hound
Jail
Macciatus
Arrest
Aven
Roc (from techn)
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##Events of Turn:

###Upkeep:

• Draw 1 for technician
• Tech 2 cards from codex

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[details=Teched]
Reteller, Injunction
Macciatus, Spectral Roc
Spectral Hound, Scribe
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• Get Gold (8)

###Main:

• Worker Up (7)

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[details=Workers]
Jail, Porkhand Magistrate, Building Inspector, Bluecoat Musketeer
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• Sirus Quince (5)
• Quince makes a second Mirror Illusion (3)
• Spectral Hound (2)
• Macciatus, the Whisperer (0)
• Patrol as below
• Discard 3 Draw 3 rs Draw 2
• Tech 2 cards after your turn

###Board Info:
####Buildings:

• Base HP: 20
• Tech1 HP: 5
• Tech2 HP: 5 SPEC TRUTH
• Tower HP: 4

####In Patrol:

• Squad Leader: Spectral Hound (4/4+1armor)
• Elite:
• Scavenger: Mirror Illusion (1/2)
• Technician:
• Lookout: Mirror Illusion (1/2)

####In Play:

• Sirus Quince (1/3 lvl 1)
• Macciatus, the Whisperer (3/3 granting +1/1 to my illusions and removing targeting vulnerability)

####Economy Info:

#####Cards:
Hand: 5
Deck: 5
Disc: 0

#####Gold:
Gold: 0
Workers: 9

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[details=End of Turn Hand]
MTruth
LSearch
Newsman
Traffic Director
Spectral Roc
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[details=End of Turn Discard]
Empty
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[details=My Thoughts]
Yeah this was almost a bit dodgy, probably should have teched Reteller > Roc, but I sort of figured he’d tech up with me. Surprised to see him try to board dominate at tech 1. Barring a Stewardess or FF though, my backline is still safe, and even if he does get Macciatus / Quince, I should have enough to hit back with. Grabbing injunction just in case shit hits the fan. Next turn I expect to tech in Gryphons.
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[StrixVaria]

“Kill the Tech 2 or kill Onimaru?” I asked myself, and then picked all wrong

[FrozenStorm]

I fully expected you to tech up, hindsight I should have patrolled Oni

[StrixVaria]

Player 1, Turn 5

[details=Starting Hand]
Tinkerer (worker)
Forgotten Fighter
Argonaut
Temporal Research
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[details=Teched Cards]
Tricycloid
Immortal
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Turn Details
Tech 2 Cards
Get Gold (9)
Worker (8)
Build Tech II (4) - Present
Hardened Mox attacks Spectral Hound (removes armor)
Plasmodium trades with Spectral Hound (both die)
Seer trades with Illusion (both die)
Max Geiger kills Illusion (takes 2 damage, you get 1 gold)
Argonaut trades with Macciatus, the Whisperer (both die)
Summon second Argonaut from hand (1)
Patrol as below
Discard 2, draw 4
Float 1 gold

Patrol
Squad Leader: Argonaut (3/4 + a, Readiness)
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician:
Lookout:

In Play (Not Patrolling)
Hardened Mox (1/1 indestructible)
Max Geiger (2/2, sparkshot, level 3)

Buildings
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 4
Tech II HP: 5 (Present)
Tower HP: 4

Economy
Hand: 4
Deck: 0
Disc: 7
Gold: 1
Workers: 9

[details=End of Turn Hand]
Unphase
Nullcraft
Knight of the Conclave
Now!
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[details=End of Turn Discard]
Tricycloid
Immortal
Plasmodium
Seer
Argonaut
Temporal Research
Forgotten Fighter
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[details=My Thoughts][spoiler]
I was originally planning to go Future, but against Truth, Tricycloid is too appealing. I also won’t mind a giant Immortal body to deal with the coming onslaught.

I decided to go all out offense here to make sure that my guys trade favorably. With 1 health each, on defense it gives my opponent the advantage to trade his mini-guys for my high-attack guys. This way, I deal more total damage to his board.

I don’t really know what my plan is for next turn except to hope he doesn’t have a lot coming (or illusions without another Macciatus, since I have 2 targeting spells) and to get a Tech III up with all the gold I’m going to have with no threats in hand.
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[FrozenStorm]

P1 Mono-Purple vs P2 Mono-Blue

Player 2, Turn 5

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[details=Starting Hand]
MTruth
LSearch
Newsman
Traffic Director
Spectral Roc
Spectral Aven (from LS)
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##Events of Turn:

###Upkeep:

• Tech 2 cards from codex

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[details=Teched]
Liberty Gryphon x2
Reteller, Injunction
Macciatus, Spectral Roc
Spectral Hound, Scribe
[/details]

• Get Gold (9+1scav)

###Main:

• Lawful search, check your hand and draw 1 (9)
• Worker Up (8)

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[details=Workers]
Spectral Aven, Jail, Porkhand Magistrate, Building Inspector, Bluecoat Musketeer
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• Tech 3 (3)
• Reputable Newsman, naming 1 as the Now! you may not cast (1)
• Traffic Director (0)
• Patrol as below
• Discard 2 Draw 4
• Maybe tech cards maybe not

###Board Info:
####Buildings:

• Base HP: 20
• Tech1 HP: 5
• Tech2 HP: 5 SPEC TRUTH
• Tech3 HP: 5
• Tower HP: 4

####In Patrol:

• Squad Leader: Traffic Director (1/1+1armor)
• Elite: Reputable Newsman (0+1/3 blocking 1 cost spells and upgrades)
• Scavenger:
• Technician:
• Lookout:

####In Play:

• Sirus Quince (1/3 lvl 1)

####Economy Info:

#####Cards:
Hand: 4
Deck: 0
Disc: 7

#####Gold:
Gold: 0
Workers: 10

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[details=End of Turn Hand]
Scribe
Injunction
Reteller
Arrest
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[details=End of Turn Discard]
Spectral Hound
Macciatus
Liberty Gryphon
Liberty Gryphon
Lawful Search
Spectral Roc
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[details=My Thoughts][spoiler]
Gambling on his hand he doesn’t have tech 2 and grabbing Gryphons.

Nope! Why did he tech Unphase when I’ve had a tower all this time? and KotC? You will learn the value of playing a card from hand in time, StrixVaria-san XD

I’m super safe, I’ll be able to injunction him this next turn and then draw into my Gryphons XD
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[StrixVaria]

Player 1, Turn 6

[details=Starting Hand]
Unphase
Nullcraft (worker)
Knight of the Conclave
Now!
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[details=Teched Cards]
Octavian
Tricycloid
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Turn Details
Tech 2 Cards
Get Gold (10)
Worker (9)
Exhaust Max Geiger to discard a card and draw a card (forces reshuffle)
Hardened Mox attacks Traffic Director (why not?)
Immortal (3) (Hardened Mox is trashed)
Argonaut kills Traffic Director (takes 2)
Discard 2, draw 4
Float 3 gold

Patrol
Squad Leader: Immortal (5/5 + a, indestructible)
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician: Argonaut (3/2, readiness)
Lookout:

In Play (Not Patrolling)
Max Geiger (2/2, sparkshot, level 3)

Buildings
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 4
Tech II HP: 5 (Present)
Tower HP: 4

Economy
Hand: 4
Deck: 5
Disc: 2
Gold: 3
Workers: 10

[details=End of Turn Hand]
Seer
Temporal Research
Forgotten Fighter
Tricycloid
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[details=End of Turn Discard]
Unphase
Now!
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[details=My Thoughts][spoiler]
Immortal isn’t really what I need right now, but it’s a permanent body so I guess it’s not the worst draw.

I sure hope he doesn’t have his gryphon to take out my Tech 2
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[FrozenStorm]

P1 Mono-Purple vs P2 Mono-Blue

Player 2, Turn 6

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[details=Starting Hand]
Scribe
Injunction
Reteller
Arrest
Liberty Gryphon (from Scribe)
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##Events of Turn:

###Upkeep:

• Done Teching

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[details=All Teched Cards]
Liberty Gryphon x2
Reteller, Injunction
Macciatus, Spectral Roc
Spectral Hound, Scribe
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• Get Gold (10)

###Main:

• Scribe, RS Draw 1 (8)
• Skip worker

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[details=Workers]
Spectral Aven, Jail, Porkhand Magistrate, Building Inspector, Bluecoat Musketeer
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• Bigby Hayes (6)
• Reteller of Truths (4)
• Liberty Gryphon (1)
• Gryphon flies and kills your tech 2, taking your base to 18, Gryphon takes 1 damage from tower
• Patrol as below
• Stash 1, Discard 1 Draw 3
• Float 1g, Maybe tech cards maybe not

###Board Info:
####Buildings:

• Base HP: 20
• Tech1 HP: 5
• Tech2 HP: 5 SPEC TRUTH
• Tech3 HP: 5
• Tower HP: 4

####In Patrol:

• Squad Leader: Scribe (1/3+1armor)
• Elite:
• Scavenger:
• Technician:
• Lookout: Reteller of Truths (3/3)

####In Play:

• Sirus Quince (1/3 lvl 1)
• Bigby Hayes
• Reputable Newsman (0/3, blocking cost 1 spells and upgrades)
• Liberty Gryphon (5/4 from 1 damage, flying, unstoppable unattackable and untargetable while I control Reteller)

####Economy Info:

#####Cards:
Hand: 4
Deck: 4
Disc: 1

#####Gold:
Gold: 1
Workers: 10

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[details=End of Turn Hand]
Injunction (stashed)
Spectral Hound
Macciatus
Liberty Gryphon
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[details=End of Turn Discard]
Arrest
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[details=My Thoughts]
Well I hit on my 25% to draw the Gryphons outright, which I was not expecting… I’m too gold-strapped to play it AND Injunction effectively though, as I REALLY want the Reteller to protect him. So we’ll just kill the tech 2 and wait to draw the other one to straight end it, next turn I think I can make it GG
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