Nopethebard vs @nekoatl

Codex Codex play-by-forum
81

Sure.

P1T1

StartingHand Workers

STARTING HAND
Skeletal Archery
Sacrifice the Weak
Deteriorate
Pestering Haunt
Skeleton Javelineer

WORKERS
Skeleton Javelineer

NextHand

Poisonblade Rogue
Thieving Imp
Graveyard
Summon Skeletons
Jandra, the Negator

Discard

Deteriorate
Sacrifice the Weak
Skeletal Archery

Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($4)
Worker - ($3)
Pestering Haunt
Garth Torken - ($1)
Skeleton - ($0)

Float ($0)
Discard 3, draw 5

Board Info:
In Patrol:

  • :psblueshield: Squad Leader:
  • :psfist: Elite:
  • :ps_: Scavenger:
  • :pschip: Technician:
  • :target: Lookout:

In Play:

  • L1 Garth Torken (1/3)
  • Pestering Haunt (1/1) Unstoppable
  • Skeleton (1/1)

Buildings:

  • :heart: Base HP: 20

Economy Info:
Cards:

  • Hand: 5
  • Deck: 0
  • Disc: 3

Gold:

  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 5
82

P2t1

Summary

Hand
Smoker
Safe attacking
Aged Sensei
Snapback
Sensei’s advice
Workers smoker

Get paid ($5)
Worker ($4)
Tech 1 ($3)
Hire Rook ($1)
Hire Aged Sensei ($0)
Squad leader: Rook
Scavenger: Aged Sensei
Base: 20
Tech 1: 5
6 workers
Hand: 5
Deck: 0
Discard: 3

New hand

Savior monk
Fox Primus
Morningstar Flagbearer
Grappling hook
Fox Viper

Thoughts

I think Degrey will come soon, but my win condition will be earthquakes.

83

P1T2

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Giant Panda
Giant Panda

STARTING HAND
Jandra, the Negator
Thieving Imp
Summon Skeletons
Graveyard
Poisonblade Rogue

WORKERS
Skeleton Javelineer
Jandra, the Negator

NextHand

Skeletal Archery
Thieving Imp
Giant Panda
Summon Skeletons
Pestering Haunt

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($5)
Worker - ($4)
Pestering Haunt slips past Rook to trade with Sensei
Expensive Tech I - ($2)
Graveyard - ($0)

Float ($0)
Discard 3, reshuffle, draw 5

Board Info:
In Patrol:

  • :psblueshield: Squad Leader: L1 Garth Torken (1/3A)
  • :psfist: Elite:
  • :ps_: Scavenger: Skeleton (1/1)
  • :pschip: Technician:
  • :target: Lookout:

In Play:

  • Graveyard (3)

Buildings:

  • :heart: Base HP: 20
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5

Economy Info:
Cards:

  • Hand: 5
  • Deck: 4
  • Disc: 0

Gold:

  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 6
Thoughts

Don’t want to let Rook midband and slip past a lone patroller to take out the Graveyard, nor let the Sensei buff him to be able to take down SQL Garth.

84

P2t2
Hand

Summary

Savior monk
Fox Primus
Morningstar Flagbearer
Grappling hook
Fox Viper
Workers Fox Primus
Tech Rambasa Twin and Earthquake

Get paid ($7)
Worker ($6)
Rook gains 5 levels ($1)
Cast Grappling hook ($1) move Garth to Lookout.
Rook kills Garth. Rook maxbands.
Float 1 gold
In play: Rook
Base: 20
Tech 1: 5
7 workers
Hand: 5
Deck: 5
Discard: 0

New hand

Earthquake
Snapback
Sensei’s advice
Grappling hook
Aged Sensei

Thoughts

Gotta respect Rook. Time to shake him up.

85

P1T3

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Bone Collector
Bone Collector

STARTING HAND
Skeletal Archery
Giant Panda
Thieving Imp
Pestering Haunt
Summon Skeletons

WORKERS
Skeleton Javelineer
Jandra, the Negator
Summon Skeletons

NextHand

Sacrifice the Weak
Deteriorate
Giant Panda
Poisonblade Rogue

Discard

Thieving Imp
Skeletal Archery
Bone Collector
Bone Collector

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($6)
Worker - ($5)
Giant Panda - ($2)
Pestering Haunt

Float ($2)
Discard 2, draw 4

Board Info:
In Patrol:

  • :psblueshield: Squad Leader:
  • :psfist: Elite:
  • :ps_: Scavenger: Wisp (0/1)
  • :pschip: Technician: Skeleton (1/1)
  • :target: Lookout:

In Play:

  • Graveyard (3)
  • Giant Panda (2/4)
  • Pestering Haunt (1/1) Unstoppable

Buildings:

  • :heart: Base HP: 20
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5

Economy Info:
Cards:

  • Hand: 4
  • Deck: 0
  • Disc: 4

Gold:

  • Gold: 2
  • Workers: 7
Thoughts

I’m going to try mixing in the Haunt since I don’t pull a unit out of the Graveyard every turn; we’ll see if it contributes to an overflow.

86

P2t3

Summary

Hand
Earthquake
Snapback
Sensei’s advice
Grappling hook
Aged Sensei
Workers sensei’s advice
Tech earthquake and Birds nest

Get paid + float ($8)
Worker ($7)
Hired Aged Sensei ($6)
Cast Earthquake ($1) Your base and tech 1 each take 1 damage.
Float 1 gold
Squad leader: Aged Sensei
In play: Rook
Base: 20
Tech 1: 5
Hand: 4
Deck: 1
Discard: 5

New hand

Rambasa Twin
Morningstar Flagbearer
Fox Viper
Safe attacking

87

P1T4

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Artisan Mantis
Blooming Ancient

STARTING HAND
Poisonblade Rogue
Giant Panda
Deteriorate
Sacrifice the Weak

WORKERS
Skeleton Javelineer
Jandra, the Negator
Summon Skeletons
Sacrifice the Weak

NextHand

Blooming Ancient
Bone Collector
Giant Panda

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($9)
Worker - ($8)
Garth Torken - ($6)
Tech II: Growth - ($2)
Deteriorate SQL
Haunt scratches Rook
Replay Haunt from Graveyard
Poisonblade Rogue - ($0)

Float ($0)
Discard 1, reshuffle, draw 3

Board Info:
In Patrol:

  • :psblueshield: Squad Leader: Giant Panda (2/4A)
  • :psfist: Elite:
  • :ps_: Scavenger: Skeleton (1/1)
  • :pschip: Technician: L1 Garth Torken (1/3)
  • :target: Lookout: Wisp (0/1)

In Play:

  • Graveyard (3)
  • Poisonblade Rogue (2/1)
  • Pestering Haunt (1/1) Unstoppable

Buildings:

  • :heart: Base HP: 19
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 4
  • :heart: Tech II HP: 5 (Growth)

Economy Info:
Cards:

  • Hand: 3
  • Deck: 5
  • Disc: 0

Gold:

  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 8
Thoughts

Earthquake already? Usually that’s precipitated by a pair of Birds, so I didn’t see it coming. Guess I’ll give Artisan Mantis a try. Poisonblade Rogue should make Rook easier to take down. I’m worried about Thunderclap giving Rook access to my backline, so I’ll field Garth. If the Panda gets Hooked and Garth dies, at least I’m not giving away free levels.

88

P2t4

Summary

Hand
Safe attacking
Morningstar Flagbearer
Fox Viper
Rambasa Twin
Workers Safe attacking
Tech Colossus and Degrey

Get paid ($9)
Worker ($8)
Hire Rambasa Twin ($4). His brother joins in.
Build tech 2 strength ($0).
Squad leader: Rambasa Twin Mario
Scavenger: Rambasa Twin Luigi
Elite: Rook
Base: 20
Tech 1: 5
Tech 2: 5
Hand: 4
Deck: 7
Discard: 0

New hand

Earthquake
Birds nest
Degrey
Savior monk

89

P1T5

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Artisan Mantis
Blooming Ancient

STARTING HAND
Giant Panda
Blooming Ancient
Bone Collector

WORKERS
Skeleton Javelineer
Jandra, the Negator
Summon Skeletons
Sacrifice the Weak

NextHand

Thieving Imp
Deteriorate
Bone Collector

Discard

Bone Collector
Artisan Mantis
Blooming Ancient

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($8)
Blooming Ancient - ($4)
Haunt strips SQL’s armor, dies
Replay Haunt from Graveyard, 1 rune to Ancient
Panda kills SQL
Giant Panda, 2 runes to Ancient - ($1)
Skeleton, 1 rune to Ancient - ($0)
Move 4 runes to Poisonblade Rogue
Rogue attacks Rook, ending both of his lives

Float ($0)
Discard 1, draw 3

Board Info:
In Patrol:

  • :psblueshield: Squad Leader: Blooming Ancient (2/4A)
  • :psfist: Elite:
  • :ps_: Scavenger: Wisp (0/1)
  • :pschip: Technician: Wisp (0/1)
  • :target: Lookout:

In Play:

  • Graveyard (3)
  • L3 Garth Torken (1/3)
  • Giant Panda (2/4)
  • Giant Panda (2/1) [3 damage]
  • Poisonblade Rogue (6/1) [4+, 4 damage]
  • Pestering Haunt (1/1) Unstoppable
  • Skeleton (1/1)
  • Skeleton (1/1)

Buildings:

  • :heart: Base HP: 19
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 4
  • :heart: Tech II HP: 5 (Growth)

Economy Info:
Cards:

  • Hand: 3
  • Deck: 2
  • Disc: 3

Gold:

  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 8
90

How did pbr double-kill Rook?

91

The Poisonblade Rogue’s attacks apply -1/-1 runes instead of damage chits, so he put 6 of those on Rook, reducing his maximum health to 0 and killing him. Then, two lives activated, removing all damage chits, but not -1/-1 runes. Rook therefore still had a maximum health of 0 and died again immediately. Edit: Technically he doesn’t actually die when he crumbles; my language usage was a bit imprecise. He “would die” but instead gains the crumbling rune, then actually dies by having a maximum health of 0.

92

In that case, GG.

93

GG. I was surprised to see Earthquake before Bird’s Nest. Most people running Earthquake use the Birds to damage buildings before casting the ultimate. They’re also good at picking off low-health units like the Rogue.

94

I just noticed I already had maxband Rook so I decided to do that instead of my original plan (oathkeeper).

95

Earthquake can be devastating, so I think you had a good idea in aiming for it, but it’s not very efficient on its own. It would have been much more impactful if you had lead with evasive units like Birds or even Smoker first.

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96

Thanks. You want to play again? I’d like to try Blue again.

97

Sure. Do you want me to stick with the same build or switch to something else?

98

Either way works. I need to learn to deal with it sooner or later.

99

Guess I’ll stick with it for now, then; I feel like the practice is helping me. Let me know if you want a change of pace, though. Looks like you were T1 last time we did this matchup, so I’ll start us off this time. GL HF!

P1T1

StartingHand Workers

STARTING HAND
Sacrifice the Weak
Skeleton Javelineer
Poisonblade Rogue
Graveyard
Thieving Imp

WORKERS
Poisonblade Rogue

NextHand

Summon Skeletons
Skeletal Archery
Deteriorate
Jandra, the Negator
Pestering Haunt

Discard

Sacrifice the Weak
Thieving Imp
Graveyard

Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($4)
Worker - ($3)
Garth Torken - ($1)
Skeleton Javelineer - ($0)

Float ($0)
Discard 3, draw 5

Board Info:
In Patrol:

  • :psblueshield: Squad Leader:
  • :psfist: Elite:
  • :ps_: Scavenger:
  • :pschip: Technician:
  • :target: Lookout:

In Play:

  • L1 Garth Torken (1/3)
  • Skeleton Javelineer (1/1) [javelin]

Buildings:

  • :heart: Base HP: 20

Economy Info:
Cards:

  • Hand: 5
  • Deck: 0
  • Disc: 3

Gold:

  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 5
Thoughts

Blue doesn’t have anything that really needs -1/-1 runes to deal with. Not patrolling so that Arrest isn’t an option, and because Blue starter & heroes have no haste.

100

Glhf
P2t1

Summary

Hand
Spectral aven
Building inspector
Manufactured truth
Jail
Workers spectral aven

Get paid ($5)
Worker ($4)
Tech 1 ($3)
Hire building inspector ($2)
Hire Onimaru ($0)
Squad leader: Onimaru
Lookout: building inspector
Base: 20
Hand: 5
Deck: 0
Discard: 3

Thoughts

Bluecoat musketeer
Lawful search
Arrest
Traffic director
Porkhand magistrate