[XCAFRR19 Round3] bolyarich [Feral]/Growth/Disease vs charnel_mouse [Balance]/Disease/Growth

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P1T1

GL HF

StartingHand Workers

STARTING HAND
Verdant Tree
Merfolk Prospector
Ironbark Treant
Young Treant
Spore Shambler

WORKERS
Ironbark Treant

NextHand

Rampant Growth
Playful Panda
Tiger Cub
Forest’s Favor
Rich Earth

Discard

Young Treant
Spore Shambler
Verdant Tree

Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($4)
Worker - ($3)
Merfolk Prospector - ($2)
calamandra - ($0)

Float ($0)
Discard 3, draw 5

Board Info:
In Patrol:

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

In Play:

  • Calamandra(2/3)
  • Merfolk Prospector

Buildings:

  • :heart: Base HP: 20

Economy Info:
Cards:

  • Hand: 5
  • Deck: 0
  • Disc: 3

Gold:

  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 5
Thoughts

@charnel_mouse’s turn!

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edited topic name

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Have fun! Enjoy the Green + Orpal psedo-mirror.

P2T1

Starting hand: 5

Merfolk Prospector
Young Treant
Ironbark Treant
Spore Shambler
Rampant Growth

Thoughts

Yuck. I guess I’ll open with Treant and Prospector, to guarantee I have something alive next turn. No Balance for bolyarich means only I have early access to deathtouch, maybe I can open with Gemscout Owl + Tiny Basilisk for income and Calamandra control, then go for a quick Circle while there are no Gorgons to punish it.

I’m not fond of throwing Young Treant away, but I might need the Spore Shambler to get my runes online first, and Disease gives other options for keeping up in card economy.

Get paid - ($5)
Worker - ($4)
Ironbark Treant - ($1)
Merfolk Prospector - ($0)
Discard 2, draw 4

:psblueshield: Squad Leader: Ironbark Treant 1/2+3A
:exhaust: Technician: Merfolk Prospector 1/1

:heart: Base HP: 20

Hand: 4

Playful Panda
Verdant Tree
Rich Earth
Forest’s Favor

Deck: 1

Tiger Cub

Discard: 2

Spore Shambler
Rampant Growth

Card count check (opponent-viewable)

Expected: 10
2 on board
4 in hand
1 in deck
2 in discard
1 workered
Total: 10

Gold: 0
Workers: 6

T1: Young Treant

4

P1T2

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Ferocity
Ferocity

STARTING HAND
Tiger Cub
Rampant Growth
Rich Earth
Forest’s Favor
Playful Panda

WORKERS
Ironbark Treant
Rich Earth

NextHand

Forest’s Favor
Spore Shambler
Verdant Tree
Young Treant

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($5)
Worker - ($4)
Playful Panda - ($2)
Rampart Growth Meerfolk - ($0)
Cal and merfolk kill your SQL

Float ($0)
Discard 2, reshuffle, draw 4

Board Info:
In Patrol:

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

In Play:

  • Calamandra(2/2)
  • Merfolk Prospector(1/1)
  • Playful Panda(2/2)

Buildings:

  • :heart: Base HP: 20

Economy Info:
Cards:

  • Hand: 4
  • Deck: 4
  • Disc: 0

Gold:

  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 6
Thoughts

@charnel_mouse’s turn!

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P2T2

Starting hand: 4

Playful Panda
Verdant Tree
Rich Earth
Forest’s Favor

Thoughts

bolyarich has a strong enough board that I need to block up now instead of putting Rich Earth down, but they’ve delayed Tech I. That leaves me in a bind: playing a hero is asking to be facing a maxband Calamandra, but not playing a hero risks losing my Tech I, at least if I exhaust the Prospector. I think I just need to leave the Prospector on defence, and hope my Tech I stands. Even if a Ferocity comes out, my Tech I should be safe.

No Tech I from bolyarich, so he must be gunning for Calamandra’s spells here. Probably Ferocity. I’d like to get Carrion Curse to punish their hand, but at the moment I think I need double Tiny Basilisk while Calamandra can’t be protected with a Tech I. It can trade with a summoned Tiger instead, if needs be. Or do I go for a Plague Spitter? Hmm. No, TB is better if a Tiger comes out. TB + Galina is also an option that’s affordable on Turn 3, but I’m worried about my hand size. Double Tiny Basilisk it is. Eventual plan is still Disease II with Circle to bring in Ancients, getting a MoLaC to fire isn’t currently looking likely.

Teched cards: 2

T2: 2 x Tiny Basilisk

Get paid - ($6)
Worker - ($5)
Tech I - ($3)
Playful Panda, Wisp arrives - ($1)
Discard 2, draw 1, reshuffle, draw 3

:psblueshield: Squad Leader: Wisp 0/1+1A
:exhaust: Technician: Merfolk Prospector 1/1

Playful Panda 2/2

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

Hand: 4

Tiger Cub
Forest’s Favor
Rampant Growth
Ironbark Treant

Deck: 4

Spore Shambler
Tiny Basilisk
Tiny Basilisk
Verdant Tree

Discard: 0
Card count check (opponent-viewable)

Expected: 10 + 2 teched = 12
2 on board
4 in hand
4 in deck
0 in discard
2 workered
Total: 12

Gold: 1
Workers: 7

T1: Young Treant
T2: Rich Earth

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P1T3

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Polymorph: Squirrel
Galina Glimmer

STARTING HAND
Verdant Tree
Forest’s Favor
Spore Shambler
Young Treant

WORKERS
Ironbark Treant
Rich Earth
Verdant Tree

NextHand

Ferocity
Ferocity
Rampant Growth
Tiger Cub

Discard

Polymorph: Squirrel
Galina Glimmer
Forest’s Favor
Young Treant
Spore Shambler

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($6)
Worker - ($5)
Panda kills SQL
Forest’s Favor wisp - ($3)
Wisp kills Prospector
Cal midbands - ($1)
Cal kills panda
Prospector finds gold - ($2)

Float ($2)
Discard 2, draw 4

Board Info:
In Patrol:

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

In Play:

  • Calamandra(3/2), lvl 3, my units has resist1
  • Merfolk Prospector(1/1)
  • Playful Panda(2/2)
  • Wisp(1/1)+

Buildings:

  • :heart: Base HP: 20

Economy Info:
Cards:

  • Hand: 4
  • Deck: 0
  • Disc: 5

Gold:

  • Gold: 2
  • Workers: 7
Thoughts

so, board cleared, waiting for basilisks/ (3/3) dmage in runes form. (i don’t see any reasons to float addition gold for next turn)

@charnel_mouse’s turn!

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P2T3

Starting hand: 4

Tiger Cub
Forest’s Favor
Rampant Growth
Ironbark Treant

Technician draw

Tiny Basilisk

Thoughts

Hmm, still no Tech I, plus a ton of float. I guess bolyarich’s going for a Tiger next turn? Or Murkwood Allies? Either way leaves enough gold for a Ferocity too. I’m wishing I’d had the gold for a Carrion Curse, but drawing a Tiny Basilisk from the Technician should at least give me an answer if it’s the latter.

I was planning to tech in a Plague Lab or two, for some crowd control to compliment the Tiny Basilisks. That’s great for mass Tech 0 units, but a Predator Tiger could give me serious problems, as it could easily hit some workers. I’ll have two Tiny Basilisks by the end of next turn, though, so I might be OK, as long as bolyarich doesn’t slap down Ferocity two turns in a row. Do I want two Plague Labs, or Plague Lab and Gorgon? Maybe Plague Lab + Carrion Curse, so I don’t get caught it with a Tech II kill, I’m risking a tech building loss this coming turn as it is. Or Sickness, so I can rune Calamandra and keep a hero out without them getting immediately sniped? Or Plague Lab + Plague Spitter, if I’m worried about a Tech II break? I think I’d rather have the Sickness, then work around not being able to rune a unit too next turn if I draw both and don’t get a Scavenger bonus.

Plan for later techs: second Plague Lab, Gorgon, maybe Abomination, Circle of Life for Ancient Treant. Maybe MoLaC later if I get time, Nature Reclaims if bolyarich goes for Growth.

Teched cards: 2

T2: 2 x Tiny Basilisk
T3: Plague Lab, Sickness

Get paid + float - ($8)
Worker - ($7)
Tech II Disease - ($3)
Tiny Basilisk - ($1)
Discard 3, draw 3, reshuffle, draw 2

:ps_: Scavenger: Tiny Basilisk 1/2 (deathtouch, unattackable by Tech 0 units)

:heart: Base HP: 20
:heart: Tech I HP: 5
:heart: Tech II HP: 5 (Disease)

Hand: 5

Spore Shambler
Tiny Basilisk
Verdant Tree
Playful Panda
Plague Lab

Deck: 5

Merfolk Prospector
Sickness
Tiger Cub
Forest’s Favor
Rampant Growth

Discard: 0
Card count check (opponent-viewable)

Expected: 10 + 4 teched = 14
1 on board
5 in hand
5 in deck
0 in discard
3 workered
Total: 14

Gold: 1
Workers: 8

T1: Young Treant
T2: Rich Earth
T3: Ironbark Treant

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Did you forgot about float? @charnel_mouse

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Oops! I’m fine to just add the float.

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P1T4

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Stampede
Stampede

STARTING HAND
Ferocity
Ferocity
Rampant Growth
Tiger Cub

WORKERS
Ironbark Treant
Rich Earth
Verdant Tree
Ferocity

NextHand

Stampede
Rampant Growth
Young Treant
Tiger Cub

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($9)
Worker - ($8)
Calamandra casts Rampart Growth on Panda - ($6)
Panda and wisp kill your T2, your base on 18
calamandra kills basilisk, you get gold
Max level Arg - ($0)
Prospactor finds gold - ($1)

Float ($1)
Discard 2, reshuffle, draw 4

Board Info:
In Patrol:

  • :psblueshield: Squad Leader: Arg, 5 lvl, (1/5)A
  • :psfist: Elite:
  • :ps_: Scavenger: Water Elemental(3/3)
  • :pschip: Technician:
  • :target: Lookout: wisp(0/1)

In Play:

  • Merfolk Prospector(1/1)
  • Playful Panda(2/2)
  • Wisp(1/1)+

Buildings:

  • :heart: Base HP: 20

Economy Info:
Cards:

  • Hand: 4
  • Deck: 6
  • Disc: 0

Gold:

  • Gold: 1
  • Workers: 8

@charnel_mouse’s turn!

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Aw gawd

P2T4

Starting hand: 5

Spore Shambler
Tiny Basilisk
Verdant Tree
Playful Panda
Plague Lab

Thoughts

Oh hell. Is that a Stampede incoming? Looking at a double tech break if so, time for Carrion Curse.

Teched cards: 2

T2: 2 x Tiny Basilisk
T3: Plague Lab, Sickness
T4: 2 x Carrion Curse

Get paid + float + scavenger - ($10)
Rebuild Tech II
Worker - ($9)
Tiny Basilisk - ($7)
Argagarg Garg, Wisp arrives - ($5)
Maxband Argagarg, Water Elemental arrives - ($1)
Discard 3, draw 5

:psblueshield: Squad Leader: Argagarg L5 1/5+1A
:ps_: Scavenger: Wisp 0/1
:exhaust: Technician: Water Elemental 3/3 (anti-air)
:target: Lookout: Tiny Basilisk 1/2+1A (resist 0+1, deathtouch, unattackable by Tech 0 units)

:heart: Base HP: 18
:heart: Tech I HP: 5
:heart: Tech II HP: 5 (Disease)

Hand: 5

Merfolk Prospector
Sickness
Tiger Cub
Forest’s Favor
Rampant Growth

Deck: 0
Discard: 6

Tiny Basilisk
Carrion Curse
Carrion Curse
Spore Shambler
Playful Panda
Plague Lab

Card count check (opponent-viewable)

Expected: 10 + 6 teched = 16
1 on board
5 in hand
0 in deck
6 in discard
4 workered
Total: 16

Gold: 1
Workers: 9

T1: Young Treant
T2: Rich Earth
T3: Ironbark Treant
T4: Verdant Tree

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P1T5

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Murkwood Allies
Behind the Ferns

STARTING HAND
Stampede
Young Treant
Rampant Growth
Tiger Cub

WORKERS
Ironbark Treant
Rich Earth
Verdant Tree
Ferocity

NextHand

Polymorph: Squirrel
Forest’s Favor
Stampede
Spore Shambler
Ferocity

Discard

Murkwood Allies
Behind the Ferns
Stampede
Tiger Cub
Young Treant
Rampant Growth

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid+float - ($9)
Stampede - ($3)
heroes hall - ($0)
WE kills Arg, lvl fizzle
wisp(3/1)3A kills your wisp, you get gold, base on 16
Proscpector kills WE, you reshaffle, draw, your base on 15
Panda destroy your T2, base on 13
skip worker
Wisp(5/1)+AAAA under Arg’s buff attacks your T1, base on 11

Float ($0)
Discard 3, draw 5

Board Info:
In Patrol:

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

In Play:

  • Merfolk Prospector(1/1)
  • Playful Panda(2/2)
  • Wisp(1/1)+
  • Arg, 5 lvl, (1/5)
  • Water Elemental(3/3)
  • wisp(0/1)

Buildings:

  • :heart: Base HP: 20
  • :heart: Heroes’ Hall HP: 4

Economy Info:
Cards:

  • Hand: 5
  • Deck: 1
  • Disc: 6

Gold:

  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 8
Thoughts

he probably waiting for stampede, so he could tech some T2 for punish me, if i would be so stupid, for make his T2 alive. So the plan is easy - destroy his techs

@charnel_mouse’s turn!

13

wisp can bypass the basilisk, arg cannot.

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ty, will redo && redraw

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He can just buff the Wisp, though.

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yes, he can. But as it was, the turn was illegal.

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Do i need redraw, if i do thing in the way charnel_mouse suggested? @Legion

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i think not. @FrozenStorm just to be on the safe side.

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No change needed, nothing consequential was illegal about the turn, thus nothing worth re-considering needed to be redone. Carry on @bolyarich and @charnel_mouse (@Legion if you wanna be an official judge / arbiter you’re welcome to be, you know the rules and how we do things around here ^_^)

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OK, I will continue getting wrecked :+1: