JTennessee vs Zhavier

Codex Codex play-by-forum
1

I need to know what deck you’re playing before I decide how I want to play my first turn. @zhavier

2

Makes perfect sense. I’m gonna go with Present/Peace/Anarchy, purple starter.

3

Alright, Turn 1:

-Gain 4 gold
-Make a worker
-Summon Vandy
-Summon Pestering Haunt
-Patrol Vandy in Squad Leader
-Discard 3 draw 5

Gold: 1
Workers: 5
Hand: 5

Discard: 3
Deck: 0

Board: Vandy (Squad Leader), Haunt

4

P2T1

StartingHand Workers

STARTING HAND
Battle Suits
Neo Plexus
Hardened Mox
Time Spiral
Tinkerer

WORKERS
Tinkerer

NextHand

Nullcraft
Plasmodium
Forgotten Fighter
Fading Argonaut
Temporal Research

Discard

Time Spiral
Neo Plexus
Battle Suits

Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($5)
Worker - ($4)
Hardened Mox - ($1)

Discard 3, draw 5

[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]

  • :psblueshield: [I]Squad Leader[/I]: Hardened Mox 1/1+A
  • :psfist: [I]Elite[/I]:
  • :ps_: [I]Scavenger[/I]:
  • :pschip: [I]Technician[/I]:
  • :target: [I]Lookout[/I]:
    [B]In Play:[/B]

[B]Buildings:[/B]

  • :heart: Base HP: 20

[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]

  • Hand: 5
  • Deck: 0
  • Disc: 3
    [B]Gold:[/B]
  • Gold: 1
  • Workers: 6
5

-Tech 2 cards
-Gain 5 gold (6)
-Make a worker (5)
-Make a Hero’s Hall (3)
-Play Thieving Imp --> You discard a random card
-Haunt hits your base for 1
-Patrol Vandy in Squad Leader
-Patrol Imp in Scavenger
-Discard 3, reshuffle, draw 5

Gold: 0
Workers: 6
Hand: 5

Discard: 0
Deck: 3

Board: Vandy (Squad Leader) Imp (Scavenger) Haunt

Your Base: 19
Your Hand: 4

6

P2T2

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Boot Camp
Brave Knight

STARTING HAND
Nullcraft
Plasmodium
Forgotten Fighter
Fading Argonaut
Temporal Research

WORKERS
Tinkerer
Temporal Research

NextHand

Time Spiral
Battle Suits
Brave Knight

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($7)
Worker - ($6)
Tech 1 - ($4)
Fading Argonaut - ($2)
Nullcraft - ($0)
Nullcraft kills Pestering Haunt - ($0)

Discard 1, reshuffle, draw 3

[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]

  • :psblueshield: [I]Squad Leader[/I]:
  • :psfist: [I]Elite[/I]: Hardened Mox 2/1
  • :ps_: [I]Scavenger[/I]:
  • :pschip: [I]Technician[/I]: Fading Argonaut 2/3, 3 Runes
  • :target: [I]Lookout[/I]:
    [B]In Play:[/B]
  • Nullcraft 1/1
    [B]Buildings:[/B]
  • :heart: Base HP: 19
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5

[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]

  • Hand: 3
  • Deck: 4
  • Disc: 0
    [B]Gold:[/B]
  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 7
7

-Tech 2 cards
-Gain 6 gold
-Summon River (4)
-Discord (2)
-Worker (1)
-Make a Tech I (0)
-Imp kills Argonaut
-Vandy hits your Tech I for 2 (Mox is removed from Patrol Zone by Discord)
-Put River in Elite
-Discard 3, draw 3, reshuffle, draw 2

My Board: River (Elite), Imp, Vandy, Tech I
Your Board: Mox, Tech I (2 dmg)

Hand: 5
Gold: 0
Workers: 7

Base: 20
Deck: 5
DIscard: 0

Thoughts

As expected, he didn’t have Nullcraft in his first hand. Glad I teched Discord- that would have been pretty weak if he had simply passed on Nullcraft the first cycle, but it ended up being very strong.

The line I took gets blown out by Shark Attack, but since he would have to skip a worker to play that I think there is a very good chance he simply didn’t tech them. And, even if he DID tech them, he still needs to draw them. And if he doesn’t have Shark Attack, then he can’t kill River without suiciding a midband Zane.

8

Can you show buildings and what units are still in play where. I don’t want to accidentally think something was dead that isn’t.

9

Done. Sorry about that.

10

No worries, I just keep track of too many games at once. You also have a Heroes Hall in play. insert plug for handy codex tracking google sheet

P2T3

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Surprise Attack
Overeager Cadet

STARTING HAND
Time Spiral
Battle Suits
Brave Knight
Boot Camp

WORKERS
Tinkerer
Temporal Research
Time Spiral

NextHand

Forgotten Fighter
Plasmodium
Neo Plexus

Discard

Nullcraft
Fading Argonaut
Boot Camp
Surprise Attack
Overeager Cadet

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($7)
Worker - ($6)
Brave Knight - ($3)
Battle Suits - ($1)

Discard 1, draw 3

[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]

  • :psblueshield: [I]Squad Leader[/I]: Brave Knight 4/3+A
  • :psfist: [I]Elite[/I]:
  • :ps_: [I]Scavenger[/I]:
  • :pschip: [I]Technician[/I]:
  • :target: [I]Lookout[/I]: Hardened Mox 2/1
    [B]In Play:[/B]
  • Battle Suits
    [B]Buildings:[/B]
  • :heart: Base HP: 19
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 3

[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]

  • Hand: 3
  • Deck: 0
  • Disc: 5
    [B]Gold:[/B]
  • Gold: 1
  • Workers: 8
11

-Tech 2 cards
-Gain 7 gold
-Dark Pact
-Discord (5)
-Shadow Blade on Brave Knight (2) --> You discard a random card, Brave Knight does not return to hand
-Worker (1)
-Javelineer (0)
-Vandy hits your T1 for 2, River hits your base for 2
-Patrol Imp in Squad Leader and Javelineer in Technician
-Discard 2, draw 3, reshuffle, draw 1

Hand: 4
Gold: 0
Workers: 8

Deck: 6
Discard: 0

Base: 18
HH: 4
T1: 5

Board: Imp (Squad Leader) Javelineer (Technician) Vandy, River

Your Board: Mox
T1: 1
Base: 17

Thoughts

Unsurprisingly, Shadow Blade is pretty good vs a low hand Peace opponent. I went down on cards to play Javelineer; I think this was correct since the only way I see him getting back into this game is with some sort of hasty Zane tempo reversal. This line mitigates the effectiveness of Surprise Attack (though it’s still pretty good), but it stops midband Zane + Nullcraft from causing problems. Next turn I am likely to tech in Terras Q and build a T2; I don’t think he’s equipped to deal with that. Man this deck is good vs multicolor!

12

This is not going well for me :smiley:
Also, my browser sometimes doesn’t blur the text completely, so while I endeavor not to read it, you might be better off using the “details” tag instead of the “blur spoiler”. NOTE: the details tag requires that there be an empty line before the details tag.

P2T5

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Overeager Cadet
Surprise Attack

STARTING HAND
Forgotten Fighter - discarded
Plasmodium
Neo Plexus
Overeager Cadet - Draw

WORKERS
Tinkerer
Temporal Research
Time Spiral
Plasmodium

NextHand

Surprise Attack
Fading Argonaut

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($9)
Worker - ($8)
Mox hits Imp for 1 after Armor - ($8)
Maxband Zane moves Imp to Scavenger and kills it, we both gain 1g - ($2)
Zane kills Skeleton Javelineer, we both draw a card - ($2)
Overeager Cadet - ($2)
Neo Plexus - ($0)

Discard 0, draw 2

[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]

  • :psblueshield: [I]Squad Leader[/I]:
  • :psfist: [I]Elite[/I]:
  • :ps_: [I]Scavenger[/I]: Neo Plexus 3/2
  • :pschip: [I]Technician[/I]: Overeager Cadet 3/2
  • :target: [I]Lookout[/I]:
    [B]In Play:[/B]
  • Battle Suits
  • Zane 4/3
  • Hardened Mox 2/1
    [B]Buildings:[/B]
  • :heart: Base HP: 17
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 1

[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]

  • Hand: 2
  • Deck: 6
  • Disc: 0
    [B]Gold:[/B]
  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 9
13

-Tech 2 cards
-Gain 8 gold (9)
-Dark Pact
-Dark Pact
-Deteriorate Cadet
-River kills Cadet --> You draw
-Shadow Blade kills Plexus (6) --> You discard and get 1g
-Midband Vandy (4)
-Vandy trades with Zane --> River reaches midband
-Summon Nimble Fencer (2) and kill your Tech I
-Make a worker (1)
-Discard 3, draw 1, reshuffle, draw 4

Hand: 5
Gold: 1
Workers: 9

Base: 14
T1: 5
HH: 4

Deck: 7
Discard: 0

Board: River (L3), Nimble Fencer

You
Board: Hardened Mox, Battle Suits

Base: 15
T1: Rebuilding

Gold: 1
Hand: 2

14

P2T6

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Flagstone Garrison
Drill Sergeant

STARTING HAND
Surprise Attack - discard
Fading Argonaut
Forgotten Fighter

WORKERS
Tinkerer
Temporal Research
Time Spiral
Plasmodium
Forgotten Fighter

NextHand

Nullcraft
Boot Camp
Overeager Cadet

Discard

Surprise Attack
Neo Plexus 3/2
Overeager Cadet 3/2
Fading Argonaut
Flagstone Garrison
Drill Sergeant

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid+ Scav - ($10)
Worker - ($9)
Onimaru Maxband - ($0)
Rebuild Tech 1 - ($0)
Hardened Mox hits River for 2 - ($0)

Discard 1, draw 3

[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]

  • :psblueshield: [I]Squad Leader[/I]: Onimaru 4/5+A, Lvl 8
  • :psfist: [I]Elite[/I]: Soldier #1 2/1
  • :ps_: [I]Scavenger[/I]: Soldier #1 1/1
  • :pschip: [I]Technician[/I]: Soldier #1 1/1
  • :target: [I]Lookout[/I]:
    [B]In Play:[/B]
  • Battle Suits
  • Hardened Mox 2/1
    [B]Buildings:[/B]
  • :heart: Base HP: 15
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5

[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]

  • Hand: 3
  • Deck: 2
  • Disc: 6
    [B]Gold:[/B]
  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 10