And a well-timed Injunction I hope, too XD
Game 3 Player 2, Turn 7
P1 Red vs P2 Blue
Starting Hand
Reputable Newsman
Injunction
Traffic Director
Arrest
Scribe
Events of Turn:
Upkeep:
All Teched Cards
Reteller of Truths, Macciatus, the Whisperer
Free Speech, Injunction
The Art of War, Free Speech
Scribe, Elite Training
Scribe, Tax Collector
Main:
- Bigby (8)
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Injunction your tech 2 (5)
- Scribe, draw 1 (3)
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Arrest Crash Bomber (1)
- Tax Collector trades with Zane, you get a gold, Quince to midband
- Quince hits your base to 16
- Traffic Director (0)
Workers
The Art of War, Building Inspector, Spectral Aven, Bluecoat Musketeer, Porkhand Magistrate
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-
Patrol as below
- Stash 1, Discard 1 Draw 3
- Tech 2 cards before my next turn
Board Info:
Buildings:
-
Base HP: 12
- Tech1 HP: 5
- Tech2 HP: 5 TRUTH
- Tower HP: 4
In Patrol:
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Squad Leader: Scribe (1/3+1armor)
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Elite: Scribe (1+1/3)
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Scavenger: Traffic Director (1/1)
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Technician:
-
Lookout: Bigby (2/3 lvl 1)
In Play:
Economy Info:
Cards:
Gold:
End of Turn Hand
Free Speech
Manufactured Truth
Lawful Search
Reteller of Truths
End of Turn Discard
Arrest
Injunction
Tax Collector
Reputable Newsman
My Thoughts
Stall stall stall… Zane makes for a nice kill. Probably Bigby will be a casualty, but hopefully next turn I can go to tech 3, if not the turn after.
Actually, another Free Speech would’ve probably been better there…
P1T8
Tech StartingHand Workers
TECH
Lobber
Fire Dart
STARTING HAND
Bloodrage Ogre
Pillage
Bombaster
Shoddy Glider
Bloodlust
Crash Bomber
WORKERS
Bloodburn
Careless Musketeer
Nautical Dog
Scorch
NextHand
Mad Man
Ember Sparks
Crashbarrow
Discard
Makeshift Rambaster
Desperation
Charge
Shoddy Glider
Flame Arrow
Bloodrage Ogre
Pillage
Crash Bomber
Bloodlust
Shoddy Glider
Lobber
Fire Dart
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($8)
Scav gold - ($9)
Surplus draw before teching
Bombaster, gains haste - ($7)
Bloodrage Ogre - ($5)
Crash Bomber #2 - ($4)
Bloodlust on Brogre and Bomber #2 - ($2)
Bomber #2 trades with SQL, bombs elite
Jaina trades with elite, sparkshots Traffic Director, Quince to maxband, you get 1 gold
Pillage, steal your scav gold, your base to 10
Bombaster trades with Bigby, lvls fizzle
Brogre and Drakk hit your base to 2
At end of turn, Brogre dies from Bloodlust damage
Float ($2)
Discard 1, draw 3
Board Info:
In Patrol:
-
Squad Leader:
-
Elite:
-
Scavenger:
-
Technician:
-
Lookout:
In Play:
- Drakk lvl 6 (3/2)
- Crash Bomber (2/2)
Buildings:
-
Base HP: 16
-
Tech I HP: 5
-
Tech II HP: 5 (Blood)
-
Surplus HP: 4
Economy Info:
Cards:
Gold:
Thoughts
I can bring the base down to 2, while clearing patrol. With Drakk and a Bomber still on board, and drawing into Lobber and Barrows, I think that should do the trick.
Lol clearly! Last ditch effort @Dreamfire let’s see how this goes!
Game 3 Player 2, Turn 8
P1 Red vs P2 Blue
Starting Hand
Free Speech
Manufactured Truth
Lawful Search
Reteller of Truths
Events of Turn:
Upkeep:
- Get Gold (10+1scav)
- Tech 2 cards in
All Teched Cards
Liberty Gryphon x2
Reteller of Truths, Macciatus, the Whisperer
Free Speech, Injunction
The Art of War, Free Speech
Scribe, Elite Training
Scribe, Tax Collector
Main:
- Lawful Search, check your hand out (10) There’s the Crashbarrow…
- Mirror Illusion (8)
- Reteller of Truths, Mirror copies it (6)
- Free Speech (4)
- Onimaru (2)
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Elite Training on Quince and Onimaru (0)
- Quince kills Drakk, takes 2 damage, Oni to level 3
Workers
The Art of War, Building Inspector, Spectral Aven, Bluecoat Musketeer, Porkhand Magistrate
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-
Patrol as below
- Discard 1 Draw 3
- Tech 2 cards before my next turn
Board Info:
Buildings:
-
Base HP: 2
- Tech1 HP: 5
- Tech2 HP: 5 TRUTH
- Tower HP: 4
In Patrol:
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Squad Leader: Mirror Reteller (3/3+1armor)
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Elite:
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Scavenger: Reteller of Truths (3/3)
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Technician: Onimaru (3/3+1armor lvl 3)
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Lookout:
In Play:
Economy Info:
Cards:
Gold:
End of Turn Hand
Jail
Free Speech
Macciatus, the Whisperer
End of Turn Discard
Arrest
Injunction
Tax Collector
Reputable Newsman
My Thoughts
Well shit, he got a lot on base last turn… I can free speech to prevent Drakk damage, and then hope to draw Gryphons? It’s my only chance…
…
Well after LS, it’s clear that will not work. My Free Speech and Injunction were off timing… So no tech 3 yet… Hope to survive another turn!
The last two cards in my deck are Lobber and the other Crashbarrow, so w/e the Surplus gives me, I can make it to lethal. GG WP!
I was quite lucky with the Desperation on T5, but it’s still nice to know that a Drakk-fueled tech 1 zerg rush can work in this matchup 
I’ll post T1 of the next game in a bit.
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Bah! GG WP. I needed Free Speech sooner it seems. That, choosing to leave Oni vulnerable right when you got that Desperation (he was probably safe to no desperation) and my bone-headed patrol on turn 6, not protecting Jail, was the killing blow.
This has been a fun matchup thus far!
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Yeah, I don’t want to give you ideas or anything (not that you need any…), but I feel that Free Speech is quite crippling on Red, more so than against other mono colors. The Red heroes are all pretty lousy brawlers, so without their abilities they’re almost dead weight, especially late in the game.
Anyway, GL HF in Game #4!
P1T1
StartingHand Workers
STARTING HAND
Charge
Makeshift Rambaster
Careless Musketeer
Scorch
Nautical Dog
WORKERS
Scorch
NextHand
Mad Man
Pillage
Bloodrage Ogre
Bombaster
Bloodburn
Discard
Charge
Makeshift Rambaster
Careless Musketeer
Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($4)
Worker - ($3)
Jaina - ($1)
Nautical Dog - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 3, draw 5
Board Info:
In Patrol:
-
Squad Leader:
-
Elite:
-
Scavenger:
-
Technician:
-
Lookout:
In Play:
- Jaina lvl 1 (2/3)
- Nautical Dog (1/1)
Buildings:
-
Base HP: 20
Economy Info:
Cards:
Gold:
Thoughts
Musketeer+Dog worked well the last time I tried it, IIRC, but I feel like I’ve been going down on cards too early and too often in this series. So Jaina can take Musketeer’s place.
If Oni+Aven come in, I think I’ll just trade into him and play Bloodburn. Oni+anything else, I’ll probably answer with Brogre or Bombaster.
It’s just really tough to use Free Speech early, 4 gold on Quince and that leaves a pretty big opening for you to tech up without any threat from me.
GL HF!
Game 4 Player 2, Turn 1
P1 Red vs P2 Blue
Starting Hand
Bluecoat Musketeer
Arrest
Lawful Search
Jail
Building Inspector
Events of Turn:
Upkeep:
- Get Gold (5)
- Tech 2 cards in (except turn 1)
All Teched Cards
Main:
- Bluecoat Musketeer (3)
- Building Inspector (2)
- Worker (1)
Workers
-
-
Patrol as below
- Discard 2 Draw 4
- Tech 2 cards before my next turn
Board Info:
Buildings:
-
Base HP: 20
In Patrol:
-
Squad Leader: Bluecoat Musketeer (1/2+1armor)
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Elite:
-
Scavenger:
-
Technician: Building Inspector (1/1)
-
Lookout:
In Play:
Economy Info:
Cards:
Gold:
End of Turn Hand
Reputable Newsman
Porkhand Magistrate
Spectral Aven
Manufactured Truth
End of Turn Discard
My Thoughts
Ugh, starting is so hard… Rambaster wrecks tower + 1-drop, Pillage wrecks floating big, dog makes hero totally unsafe…
Musketeer + Inspector seems about as good as anything, so I guess that…
Interesting opening…
P1T2
Tech StartingHand Workers
TECH
Lobber
Bloodlust
STARTING HAND
Bloodburn
Bloodrage Ogre
Bombaster
Pillage
Mad Man
WORKERS
Scorch
Bloodburn
NextHand
Pillage
Nautical Dog
Bloodlust
Careless Musketeer
Mad Man
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($5)
Worker - ($4)
Mad Man, suicides into Musketeer - ($3)
Jaina finishes Musketeer
Dog trades with Inspector, you draw
Tech 1, tax free - ($2)
Heores’ Hall - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 3, reshuffle, draw 5
Board Info:
In Patrol:
-
Squad Leader:
-
Elite:
-
Scavenger:
-
Technician:
-
Lookout:
In Play:
Buildings:
-
Base HP: 20
-
Tech I HP: 5
-
Heroes’ Hall HP: 4
Economy Info:
Cards:
Gold:
Thoughts
Interesting that Frozen went with Musketeer over Oni, is he scared of giving up lvls, or does he just want to keep his options open?
I think trading Mad Man and Dog is worth it, to avoid the building cost, but do I use the remaining 2 gold to play Brogre or build HH? I like the idea of keeping my handsize up in the early game, so I’ll go with HH.
Since I’ll probably want to invest gold in my heroes, I’ll tech a cheap Lobber, and Bloodlust as my answer to a likely Aven. I almost went with Fire Dart instead, but it’s only actually better against Brave Knight, I guess? And It’s even blocked by Newsman on the same number, so forget it.
Just workin’ with what I draw…
Game 4 Player 2, Turn 2
P1 Red vs P2 Blue
Starting Hand
Reputable Newsman
Porkhand Magistrate
Spectral Aven
Manufactured Truth
Traffic Director (techn)
Events of Turn:
Upkeep:
- Get Gold (6+1float)
- Draw 1 techn
- Tech 2 cards in (except turn 1)
All Teched Cards
Main:
- Bigby (5)
- Traffic Director (4)
- Spectral Aven (2)
- Tech 1 (1)
- Worker (0)
Workers
Porkhand Magistrate, Jail
-
-
Patrol as below
- Discard 2 rs Draw 4
- Tech 2 cards before my next turn
Board Info:
Buildings:
-
Base HP: 20
- Tech1 HP: 5
In Patrol:
-
Squad Leader:
-
Elite: Bigby (2+1/3 lvl 1)
-
Scavenger:
-
Technician: Traffic Director (1/1)
-
Lookout:
In Play:
Economy Info:
Cards:
Gold:
End of Turn Hand
Building Inspector
Scribe
Lawful Search
Arrest
End of Turn Discard
My Thoughts
Early Hero’s Hall? Hmm… Gonna try Bigby in Elite, see if that’s tough on him…
Yeah, me too 
P1T3
Tech StartingHand Workers
TECH
Ogre Recruiter
Crashbarrow
STARTING HAND
Bloodlust
Pillage
Careless Musketeer
Nautical Dog
Mad Man
WORKERS
Scorch
Bloodburn
Careless Musketeer
NextHand
Charge
Bloodrage Ogre
Bombaster
Makeshift Rambaster
Discard
Nautical Dog
Bloodlust
Mad Man
Pillage
Ogre Recruiter
Crashbarrow
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($6)
Worker - ($5)
Drakk - ($3)
Nautical Dog - ($2)
Bloodlust on Dog and Aven, popping the latter - ($0)
Dog trades with Bigby, Drakk to lvl 3
Jaina kills Director, you draw
Float ($0)
Discard 2, draw 4
Board Info:
In Patrol:
-
Squad Leader:
-
Elite:
-
Scavenger:
-
Technician:
-
Lookout:
In Play:
- Jaina lvl 1 (2/1)
- Drakk lvl 3 (1/3)
Buildings:
-
Base HP: 20
-
Tech I HP: 5
-
Heroes’ Hall HP: 4
Economy Info:
Cards:
Gold:
Thoughts
Bloodlust is in hand right on time. I’m putting enough pressure to probably win the race to tech 2 next turn, and keep some pressure by playing Lobber (or if I don’t draw him, Zane).
Blood is always a solid tech, and I think I might get good value out of Ogre Recruiter.
The lvls go to Drakk, to set up his midband with Lobber next turn. I could set up healing Jaina instead, but in the long run I’d rather have Drakk’s maxband in 2$ range.
P1T4
Tech StartingHand Workers
TECH
Gunpoint Taxman
War Drums
STARTING HAND
Bloodrage Ogre
Charge
Makeshift Rambaster
Bombaster
WORKERS
Scorch
Bloodburn
Careless Musketeer
Charge
NextHand
War Drums
Pillage
Bloodlust
Lobber
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($7)
Worker - ($6)
Jaina suicides into Brave Knight, sparkshots Mirror, Quince to midband
Bombaster, detonate to kill Knight for real - ($3)
Drakk to midband, smacks Quince - ($2)
Zane, finishes Quince, Drakk to maxband - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 2, draw 1, reshuffle, draw 3
Board Info:
In Patrol:
-
Squad Leader:
-
Elite:
-
Scavenger:
-
Technician:
-
Lookout:
In Play:
- Drakk lvl 6 (3/4)
- Zane lvl 1 (2/1)
Buildings:
-
Base HP: 20
-
Tech I HP: 5
-
Heroes’ Hall HP: 4
Economy Info:
Cards:
Gold:
Thoughts
Didn’t expect the Brave Knight, though I’m now even happier I teched Recruiter. Unfortunately, if I tech up right now I’ll certainly lose both Jaina and Drakk, and I’m not prepared for that.
I can spend 5$ and a card to clear out the 5$ and a card Frozen put on board, and get a maxband Drakk out of the mix, which sounds reasonable. I’ll tech things I could play next turn, and keep my deck balanced between tech 1, tech 2, and spells. Hopefully, I won’t draw both my tech 2’s prematurely.
…
No tech 2’s yet! But a pretty spell-heavy hand. Getting hit with an Injunction right now would be really bad…
Edit: added Zane’s SQL armor
P1T5
Tech StartingHand Workers
TECH
Crashbarrow
Chaos Mirror
STARTING HAND
Lobber
Pillage
War Drums
Bloodlust
WORKERS
Scorch
Bloodburn
Careless Musketeer
Charge
Pillage
NextHand
Gunpoint Taxman
Bloodrage Ogre
Nautical Dog
Ogre Recruiter
Bombaster
Discard
Lobber
Bloodlust
War Drums
Crashbarrow
Chaos Mirror
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($8)
Worker - ($7)
Zane to midband - ($4)
Tech 2 (Blood) - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 3, draw 5
Board Info:
In Patrol:
-
Squad Leader: Zane lvl 4 (3/3A)
-
Elite:
-
Scavenger: Drakk lvl 6 (3/4)
-
Technician:
-
Lookout:
In Play:
*
Buildings:
-
Base HP: 20
-
Tech I HP: 5
-
Tech II HP: 5 (Blood)
-
Heroes’ Hall HP: 4
Economy Info:
Cards:
Gold:
Thoughts
I actually feel much safer teching up with this board state. There’s not much I could do with my current hand anyway, so why not replenish my handsize?
I have pretty excellent odds of drawing a tech 2, and I don’t see how I could lose Drakk right now, so hopefully I’ll be able to make a big play next turn.
P1T6
Tech StartingHand Workers
TECH
Ogre Recruiter
Captured Bugblatter
STARTING HAND
Ogre Recruiter
Bombaster
Gunpoint Taxman
Bloodrage Ogre
Nautical Dog
WORKERS
Scorch
Bloodburn
Careless Musketeer
Charge
Pillage
Nautical Dog
NextHand
Bloodrage Ogre
Makeshift Rambaster
Crashbarrow
Mad Man
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($9)
Worker - ($8)
Zane kills Scribe
Drakk kills Mirror, you get 1 gold
Ogre Recruiter - ($3)
Gunpoint Taxman - ($1)
Float ($1)
Discard 2, draw 3, reshuffle, draw 1
Board Info:
In Patrol:
-
Squad Leader: Gunpoint Taxman (3/3A)
-
Elite:
-
Scavenger:
-
Technician: Ogre Recruiter (5/4)
-
Lookout:
In Play:
- Zane lvl 6 (4/3)
- Drakk lvl 6 (3/4)
Buildings:
-
Base HP: 20
-
Tech I HP: 5
-
Tech II HP: 5 (Blood)
-
Heroes’ Hall HP: 4
Economy Info:
Cards:
Gold:
Thoughts
Hmm, nice play by Frozen, giving Zane lvls to keep me from using his maxband. And the Free Speech is well-timed, as always.
I’m also reluctant to play Recruiter right now, with Quince around to copy him. Although, come to think of it, all I need to do is kill the Mirror to prevent that, since MTruth can’t copy tech 2’s.
I’ll even tech another Recruiter, as it seems like a sensible answer to Peace tech 2, along with a Bugblatter. Or is a PGC better? Nah, I expect to kill Frozen’s stuff at least as often as he kills mine 
Edit: thoughts
P1T7
StartingHand Workers
STARTING HAND
Mad Man
Crashbarrow
Makeshift Rambaster
Bloodrage Ogre
WORKERS
Scorch
Bloodburn
Careless Musketeer
Charge
Pillage
Nautical Dog
NextHand
Bloodlust
Captured Bugblatter
Discard
Gunpoint Taxman
Crashbarrow
Mad Man
Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($11)
Manufactured robbery - ($10)
Skip worker
Bloodrage Ogre, gains haste - ($8)
Crashbarrow, trades with SQL and overpowers to kill lookout, BK bounces to your hand - ($5)
Mad Man, trades with elite - ($4)
Zane kills scav, we both get 1 gold - ($5)
Brogre breaks Garrison
Makeshift Rambaster, hits tech 2 - ($3)
Drakk breaks tech 2, your base to 18
Jaina - ($1)
Float ($1)
Discard 0, draw 2
Board Info:
In Patrol:
-
Squad Leader: Jaina lvl 1 (2/3A)
-
Elite:
-
Scavenger:
-
Technician:
-
Lookout:
In Play:
- Zane lvl 6 (4/1)
- Drakk lvl 6 (3/4)
- Ogre Recruiter (5/4)
- Bloodrage Ogre (3/2)
- Makeshift Rambaster (1/2)
Buildings:
-
Base HP: 20
-
Tech I HP: 5
-
Tech II HP: 4 (Blood)
-
Heroes’ Hall HP: 4
Economy Info:
Cards:
Gold:
Thoughts
I’m free from Free Speech for a turn, let’s make it count!
I see more value in breaking the Garrison and the tech 2 than in killing Quince or the Newsman. In fact, leaving Quince around means Frozen can’t bring in maxband Oni, so that’s a net positive. He’ll replay the BK, and maybe add a Scribe and another Free Speech, but I think I have enough board presence to break through and re-break the tech 2.
…
Maybe I should’ve patrolled Jaina in technician - I didn’t consider how MTruth on the Newsman would let him kill her due to the +1 rune.
Think I’m sunk after that…
Game 4 Player 2, Turn 7
P1 Red vs P2 Blue
Starting Hand
Overeager Cadet
Brave Knight
Flagstone Garrison
Arrest
Drill Sergeant (oc)
Manufactured Truth (DS)
Spectral Aven (BK)
Events of Turn:
Upkeep:
- Get Gold (10+1scav)
- No Techs
All Teched Cards
Spectral Flagbearer, Drill Sergeant
Flagstone Garrison, Drill Sergeant
Overeager Cadet, Flagstone Garrison
Free Speech, Overeager Cadet
Brave Knight, Scribe
Main:
- Break tech lab for tower (8)
- Brave Knight (5)
- Traffic Director (4)
- Free Speech (2)
Workers
Lawful Search, Bluecoat Musketeer, Building Inspector, Porkhand Magistrate, Jail
-
-
Patrol as below
- Discard 1 rs Draw 3
- Tech 2 cards before my next turn
Board Info:
Buildings:
-
Base HP: 16
- Tech1 HP: 5
- Tech2 HP: 5 PEACE
- Tower HP: 4
In Patrol:
-
Squad Leader: Brave Knight (3/3+1armor)
-
Elite:
-
Scavenger: Traffic Director (1/1)
-
Technician: Quince (1/3 lvl 1)
-
Lookout: Reputable Newsman (1/1 blocking cost 2)
In Play:
Economy Info:
Cards:
Gold:
End of Turn Hand
Spectral Flagbearer
Flagstone Garrison
Arrest
End of Turn Discard
My Thoughts
Looks pretty hopeless… oh well, trying my best here but it seems that isn’t good enough. He’s just so gold and card efficient.
Yeah, could be…
P1T8
StartingHand Workers
STARTING HAND
Bloodlust
Captured Bugblatter
WORKERS
Scorch
Bloodburn
Careless Musketeer
Charge
Pillage
Nautical Dog
NextHand
Crashbarrow
Bombaster
War Drums
Discard
Gunpoint Taxman
Crashbarrow
Mad Man
Bloodlust
Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($11)
Captured Bugblatter - ($8)
Zane trades with BK, Quince to midband, your base to 15
Ogre Recruiter kills Quince, pay resist to recruit Newsman, Jaina to lvl 3 - ($7)
Jaina kills Director, your base to 14
Jaina to midband - ($6)
Brogre and Rambaster break tech 2, your base to 12
Drakk hits your base down to 9
Break my Heroes’ Hall for Surplus, my base to 18 - ($1)
Float ($1)
Discard 1, draw 3
Board Info:
In Patrol:
-
Squad Leader: Reputable Newsman (1/1A), blocking Free Speech & Arrest
-
Elite:
-
Scavenger:
-
Technician: Captured Bugblatter (4/2)
-
Lookout:
In Play:
- Drakk lvl 6 (3/3)
- Jaina lvl 4 (3/3)
- Ogre Recruiter (5/2)
- Bloodrage Ogre (3/1)
- Makeshift Rambaster (1/1)
Buildings:
-
Base HP: 18
-
Tech I HP: 5
-
Tech II HP: 4 (Blood)
-
Surplus HP: 4
Economy Info:
Cards:
Gold:
Thoughts
Paying 1 for resist won’t stop me from recruiting that Newsman! We’ll see how Frozen likes it when he can’t use his stalling spells
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Base HP: 16
Then Free Speech, tech up, max protect, and hope I hit a garrison + unit & he doesn’t have 2x barrow!
