XCAPS 2019 Finals

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P2T8

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Dark Pact
Soul Stone

STARTING HAND
Neo Plexus
Fading Argonaut
Dark Pact
Forgotten Fighter
Doom Grasp
Star-Crossed Starlet
Hardened Mox

WORKERS
Temporal Research
Time Spiral
Tinkerer
Plasmodium

NextHand

Maestro
Grounded Guide
Dark Pact
Leaping Lizard
Star-Crossed Starlet

Discard

Dark Pact
Nimble Fencer
Hardened Mox
Fading Argonaut
Doom Grasp
Neo Plexus
Forgotten Fighter

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($9)
Vandy - ($7)
Dark Pact, reshuffle
Star-Crossed Starlet gains haste, hits Quince - ($5)
Fencer kills Quince Vandy to lvl 3
Garth - ($3)
Vandy Max, dooms Nullcraft, Kills Zane, Garth to lvl 3 - ($1)
Mid Garth - ($0)

Float ($0)
Discard 5, draw 5

Board Info:
In Patrol:

  • :psblueshield: Squad Leader: Garth 2/4+A, lvl 4
  • :psfist: Elite:
  • :ps_: Scavenger: Vandy 4/5, lvl 5
  • :pschip: Technician:
  • :target: Lookout:

In Play:

  • Battle Suits
  • Nullcraft 3/3, doomed
  • Star-Crossed Starlet 4/1

Buildings:

  • :heart: Base HP: 14
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5
  • :heart: Tech II HP: 5

Economy Info:
Cards:

  • Hand: 5
  • Deck: 5
  • Disc: 7

Gold:

  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 9
Thoughts

Still think I’m screwed. I can’t keep enough stuff down. And now I’ve run out of steam and cant even break tech 3 again. And my only hope against gunship is executioner, which he will definitely play around.

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p1, t9
  1. Free Speech
  2. Tenderfoot — Tech 0
  3. Bloom — Magic
  4. Granfalloon Flagbearer — Tech 0 -> worker
  5. Monkey

Add a Murkwood Allies and Free Speech

Tech 2 cards
10 gold (10)
Worker (9)
Tower (6)
Monkey (4), hit your Base for 3
Cal (2)
Tenderfoot (1)
Discard 2, draw 1, rs, draw 3. Float 1 gold.

SQL - Tenderfoot (1/2+1)
Technician - Cal (2/3)

Monkey (3/3)

Base - 16
Tech I - 4
Tech II - 3 (Anarchy)
Tech III - 5
Tower - 4

11 workers, 1 gold
Hand: 4
Deck: 8
Discard: 0

Next Hand

Pirate Gunship

  1. Spectral Hound
  2. Ferocity
  3. Murkwood Allies
  4. Pirate Gunship
    //wow, my draws this game have really not lined up well with my surviving heroes
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P2T9

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Death Rites
Maestro

STARTING HAND
Grounded Guide
Maestro
Leaping Lizard
Dark Pact
Star-Crossed Starlet
Nimble Fencer
Soul Stone

WORKERS
Temporal Research
Time Spiral
Tinkerer
Plasmodium

NextHand

Hooded Executioner
Forgotten Fighter
Two Step
Grounded Guide

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($9)
Dark Pact
Grounded Guide - ($4)
Maestro - ($1)
Nimble Fencer
Star Crossed Starlet
Fencer kills SQL
Vandy kills Cal
Max Garth, fetch Starlet - ($0)
Starlet 1 breaks Tower
Starlet 2 breaks tech 3
Garth Breaks tech 2, base to 10

Float ($0)
Discard 2, draw 3, reshuffle, draw 1

Board Info:
In Patrol:

  • :psblueshield: Squad Leader: Maestro 4/5+A
  • :psfist: Elite:
  • :ps_: Scavenger:
  • :pschip: Technician:
  • :target: Lookout:

In Play:

  • Battle Suits
  • Vandy 4/2, lvl 5
  • Garth 3/4, lvl 7
  • Grounded Guide 4/4
  • Star Crossed Starlet 5/2
  • Star Crossed Starlet 5/3
  • Nimble Fencer 4/2

Buildings:

  • :heart: Base HP: 9
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5
  • :heart: Tech II HP: 5

Economy Info:
Cards:

  • Hand: 4
  • Deck: 11
  • Disc: 0

Gold:

  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 9
Thoughts

Version 1:
Grounded Guide
Maestro
Nimble Fencer
Star Crossed Starlet
Fencer kills SQL
Vandy kills Cal

Max Garth, fetch 2nd Starlet
Starlet 1 breaks Tower
Starlet 2 breaks tech 3
Garth Breaks tech 2, base to 10

Version 2:
Vandy tap discard Fetch Shadow Blade kills Cal
Max Garth Fetch freshly discarded Grounded Guide
Maestro
Fencer
Starlet
Leaping Lizard
Garth kills Tenderfoot
Fencer breaks Tower
Starlet breaks tech 3

Version 1 puts up more offense vs version 2 putting up some defense I hopefully dont need

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gg, wp - @FrozenStorm

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GG WP to you both! This was an exciting game to watch, bad luck on draws in that last game EricF.

Congrats to @zhavier on a very impressive tournament run! That concludes XCAPS19, everyone, thanks to all who participated!

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sheesh, that had me sweating. Thanks for the games! Thanks frozenstorm for putting it together.

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It looks like i had to SQL Quince to protect my Tech III, so I was at the mercy of random.com

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