@FrozenStorm Thanks for being gracious. I took the liberty of randomized your deck for this match and came out Law/Peace/Discipline. I’m trying Demon/future/Truth which should be good but you can’t suppose I have much clue about how to play it. GLHF!
[details=Starting Hand]
Reputable Newsman
Traffic Director
Arrest
Spectral Aven
Manufactured Truth [/details]
##Events of Turn:
###Upkeep:
Get Gold (5)
Tech 2 cards (except turn 1)
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###Main:
Traffic Director (4)
Worker (3)
[details=Workers]
Spectral Aven [/details]
Patrol as below
Discard 3 Draw 5
Tech 2 cards before my next turn
###Board Info:
####Buildings:
Base HP: 20
####In Patrol:
Squad Leader:
Elite:
Scavenger: Traffic Director (1/1)
Technician:
Lookout:
####In Play:
nothin
###Economy Info:
####Cards:
Hand: 5
Deck: 0
Disc: 3
####Gold:
Gold: 3
Workers: 6
[details=End of Turn Hand]
Building Inspector
Jail
Porkhand Magistrate
Lawful Search
Bluecoat Musketeer [/details]
[details=End of Turn Discard]
Manufactured Truth
Arrest
Reputable Newsman [/details]
[details=My Thoughts]
Ugh my nightmare, Blue starter vs Vandy horde P1… And I’m multicolor no less. Though, Grave midband does present a halfway decent defense option. Next turn I can do something like Grave Mid + Tower + Tech 1 + worker, if he gives me the TD gold (pretty likely). Would be nice to have the Newsman in the next hand… oh well. [/details]
I didn’t mean to make it so crazy… I just thought I’d try the deck I’m playing in the tournament because I’ve never actually played it beforehand. I played a handful of games with purple and black but only against blue. I guess randomized specs is pretty harsh… I’m sure you’ll find something to do.
"P1T2
Tech StartingHand Workers
TECH
Spectral Hound
Twilight Baron
STARTING HAND
Skeletal Archery
Jandra, the Negator
Sacrifice the Weak
Deteriorate
Thieving Imp
I’ll do my best but this is definitely an awkward position I know how to turn the screws as the Black player in the starters of this matchup, but not as much how to defend as Blue.
[details=End of Turn Hand]
Reputable Newsman
Reversal
Manufactured Truth
Traffic Director [/details]
[details=End of Turn Discard][spoiler]
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[details=My Thoughts]
Best chance I think is to get an early Peace machine online, and use Grave pressure if my tech buildings get knocked down. I really can’t afford an early meta, so I’m not going to risk giving up levels to a Shadow Blade. I’d rather make him spend money on removing units so he can’t afford Maxband Vandy. We’ll see how that goes though… [/details]
Normally my Rule of Thumb #1 for Vandy + Black Starter: If Vandy will survive to turn 3, always tech Dark Pact Combined with Hound for your deck probably, unless opponent has cheap targeting (Grappling Hook or Deteriorate)
Your deck actually has it kind of rough at tech 1 against White and Black starter, so I think the Hero’s Hall is a good idea in those instances, Glaxx is probably a good choice as well.
[details=My Thoughts][spoiler]
Teching Garrison and Cadet, hoping to build tech 2 next turn. Disable Baron for now, worker the Reversal, perhaps max out Oni if I draw the garrison 20% on the turn? Newsman to block StW
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Well, I drew the garrison (sigh). I perhaps could also lawful search and make a midband Oni play, or get Jail down…
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[details=End of Turn Hand]
Traffic Director
Manufactured Truth
Building Inspector
Arrest [/details]
[details=End of Turn Discard][spoiler]
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[details=My Thoughts][spoiler]
Max Oni seems the best bet to remove as much threat from his board position as possible and keep my tech 1 alive to tech up next turn, he can come at me but he’ll be hard pressed to have maxband Vandy survive healthy enough to do much damage. I’ll have Man Truth in hand next turn, so if he leaves Baron alive it’s possible I can get a retaliation hero kill and tech 2
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Everything but the cadet left in the deck, that’s a bit rough but let’s be real, I’ll be drawing a technician
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Metamorphosis
Sacrifice the Weak
Gilded Glaxx
Gilded Glaxx
Discard
Dark Pact
Shadow Blade
Spectral Hound 3/3
Skeleton Javelineer
Deteriorate
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($10)
Worker - ($9)
Vandy makes a Dark Pact, my base to 18
Vandy Maxes, dooms Baron and Scav soldier - ($7)
Baron kills cadet and overpowers 3 damage to Oni, takes 3 damage
Vandy Shadow Blades Scav soldier, discard #3 - ($4)
The hound finishes Oni, Quince levels
Mirror copies the Baron - ($2)
Mirror Baron kills the newsman and overpowers to technitian soldier
Vandy and Quince break your tech 1, your base takes 2 (I believe it was at 17 so now to 15), each taking 1 damage
Imp, discard card #2 - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 2, draw 4
[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]
[I]Squad Leader[/I]: Thieving Imp 2/2A
[I]Elite[/I]:
[I]Scavenger[/I]:
[I]Technician[/I]:
[I]Lookout[/I]:
[B]In Play:[/B]
L5 Vandy 4/4[5], resist 1
Twilight Baron 6/3[6], doomed to die in my next upkeep
L3 Quince, 1/3[4]
[B]Buildings:[/B]
Base HP: 18
Tech I HP: 5
Heroes’ Hall HP: 4
[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]
Hand: 4
Deck: 2
Disc: 5
[B]Gold:[/B]
Gold: 0
Workers: 9
Thoughts
This is obviously a strong position but still I considered all sorts of variants for this turn. I could deteriorate his last soldier, and avoid any kind of counter attack but then i’ll be going down to one card and I want to make sure I could get that dark pact next turn. So I think it’s better not to go down another card and place the imp in SQL so that even if he copies my baron with manufacturd truth, he would only overpower 1 damage and won’t kill my heroes. I also considerd breaking the tower with vandy and killing the soldier with quince but it seems better to break tech 1.
[details=End of Turn Hand]
Arrest
Building Inspector
Manufactured Truth [/details]
[details=End of Turn Discard][spoiler]
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[details=My Thoughts][spoiler]
Negative on the tech 1 surviving, and also negative on getting to keep MTruth + Arrest, which would have been HELLA SWEET as a counterplay here (I actually would have probably been in winning position, hell even MTruth would have been cheaper and outright killed the Imp), but this configuration of midband Grave in elite + the chip on Vandy means he has to re-draw Shadow Blade to Meta while re-breaking my tech 1. Next turn I tech up and either Maxband Grave for a sword kill #booya or midband Oni and hope to wear Vandy out. At least Quince is a pretty shitty Meta buddy…
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Junk hand but that’s fine, I don’t want to spend money on cards next turn anyway
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Was the plan to copy my baron? Good thing he’s gone…
"P1T6
Tech StartingHand Workers
TECH
Free Speech
Spectral Hound
STARTING HAND
Gilded Glaxx
Gilded Glaxx
Metamorphosis
Sacrifice the Weak
WORKERS
Poisonblade Rogue
Jandra, the Negator
Skeletal Archery
Graveyard
Summon Skeletons
Sacrifice the Weak
NextHand
Pestering Haunt
Dark Pact
Spectral Hound
Spectral Hound
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($9)
Metamorphosis, imp dies - ($3)
Quince puts 3 damage on Grave, taking 5
Vandy breaks your tower, your base takes 2
Quince makes a mirror - ($1)
Worker - ($0)
That was part of the plan, yea. @holytispon Tower is going to notice one of your two invisible heroes, so one of them needs to run into Grave who is patrolling in Elite, I’ll need you to edit your turn w/ which lucky champion is taking 5 damage
Ok, I see - I did that wrong. I knew that tower would detect Vandy as she goes, but didn’t realize that the implication is that while she isn’t invisible she has to stop by the patrol. Quince will take the damage, and Vandy will sneak by (not taking 1 damage)
[details=End of Turn Discard]
Versatile Style
Drill Sergeant
Manufactured Truth
Building Inspector
Arrest [/details]
[details=My Thoughts][spoiler]
Cool no Shadow Blade so we get to keep the kill threat on, he’ll have to suicide Quince just to re-break the tower. I have plenty of pressure coming with Garrison, so it’s just a matter of keeping my base healthy enough (which versatile style helps with, funnily enough)
Again if there’s no Shadow Blade, I’m in very strong position, if Shadow Blade I’m probably toast (it’s insane this is even as close as it is… this is a crazy matchup)
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Ok no whiff on Garrison, this is just the kind of hand I need for next turn.
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STARTING HAND
Pestering Haunt
Dark Pact
Spectral Hound
Spectral Hound
Metamorphosis
Twilight Baron
WORKERS
Poisonblade Rogue
Jandra, the Negator
Skeletal Archery
Graveyard
Summon Skeletons
Sacrifice the Weak
NextHand
Dark Pact
Thieving Imp
Deteriorate
Free Speech
Skeleton Javelineer
Discard
Terras Q
Voidblocker
Dark Pact
Spectral Hound
Spectral Hound
Metamorphosis
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($10)
Vandy makes a dark pact, my base to 16
Vandy kills Grave and dies
Quince pings your base for another 3
Tech 2 - ($6)
Make a mirror - ($4)
Twilight Baron, copied by mirror - ($0)
Pestering Haunt
[I]Squad Leader[/I]:
[I]Elite[/I]:
[I]Scavenger[/I]:
[I]Technician[/I]: Skeleton Javelineer (1/1)
[I]Lookout[/I]:
Base HP: 20
[I]Squad Leader[/I]:
[I]Elite[/I]:
[I]Scavenger[/I]:
[I]Technician[/I]: Skeleton Javelineer (1/1)
[I]Lookout[/I]:
Base HP: 20
Patrol as below
Base HP: 20
Squad Leader:
Elite:
Scavenger: Traffic Director (1/1)
Technician:
Lookout:
I know how to turn the screws as the Black player in the starters of this matchup, but not as much how to defend as Blue.
He has to hide
