[XCAPS19] Bomber678 vs Dreamfire

Turn 6

Hand: Fading Argonaut, Crash Bomber, Battle Suits, Crash Bomber
Tech: Drill Sergeant, Knight of the Conclave


  1. Technician draw
  2. Tech 2 cards
  3. Get paid (+$9, $10)
  4. Summon Vir Garbarean ($8)
  5. Summon Fading Argonaut ($6)
  6. Summon Crash Bomber ($5)
  7. Summon Crash Bomber ($4)
  8. Research Battle Suits ($2)
  9. Nullcraft hits Geiger for 2
  10. Discard 0, draw 2

  • Patrol:
    :psblueshield:Squad Leader: Neo Plexus (3/1+A)
    :psfist:Elite: Crash Bomber (3/2)
    :ps_:Scavenger: Fading Argonaut (3) (3/3)
    :pschip:Technician: Crash Bomber (2/2)
    :target:Lookout: Vir Garbarean (2/3)

  • Buildings:
    Tech 1: 5
    Tech 2: 5
    Tower: 3
  • Units/Heroes:
    Nullcraft (2/2)
    Knight of the Conclave (2)
  • Base: 20
  • Other:
    Battle Suits

Economy:

  • Workers: 9
  • Gold: 2
  • Hand: 2
  • Deck: 2
  • Discard: 3

Hand

Overeager Cadet, Flagstone Garrison

Discard

Drill Sergeant, Flagstone Garrison, Knight of the Conclave

Big think

Welllll that’s not so good. He’s probably still hard up to break this line though, so I should go off next turn.

P2T6


Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Tricycloid
Immortal


STARTING HAND
Injunction
Brick Thief
Wither
Bone Collector
Tricycloid
Bloom


WORKERS
Fruit Ninja
Timely Messenger
Spark
Lich’s Bargain
Bloom


NextHand

Tricycloid
Tenderfoot
Nether Drain
Older Brother
Temporal Distortion


Discard

Immortal
Wither
Injunction
Brick Thief
Bone Collector


Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($9)
Wither Neo Plexus to death - ($7)
Hyperion kills Vir, I draw, Garth to maxband, fetch Tricycloid.
Tricycloid shoots down Nullcraft.
Geiger trades with Fargo, sparkshots elite, levels fizzle.
Bigby - ($5)
Injunction on tech 1, disables both Crash Bombers - ($2)
Garth and Horror break tech 2, your base to 18.
Make a skeleton - ($1)
Worker - ($0)

Float ($0)
Stash 1, Discard 2, draw 4


Board Info:
In Patrol:

  • :psblueshield: Squad Leader: Skeleton (1/1A)
  • :psfist: Elite:
  • :ps_: Scavenger:
  • :pschip: Technician:
  • :target: Lookout: Tricycloid (4/4), *

In Play:

  • Garth lvl 7 (3/3)
  • Bigby lvl 1 (2/3)
  • Hyperion (4/1)
  • Horror (3/2)

Buildings:

  • :heart: Base HP: 15
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5
  • :heart: Tech II HP: 5 (Present)

Economy Info:
Cards:

  • Hand: 5
  • Deck: 2
  • Disc: 5

Gold:

  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 10
Thoughts

So Bomber took a risk and only teched one Garrison, which is great news for me. Injunction on tech 1 + breaking tech 2 should pretty much lock this down.

Turn 7

Hand: Overeager Cadet, Flagstone Garrison
Tech: Bloodlust, Kidnapping


  1. Tech 2 cards
  2. Get paid (+$9, $12)
  3. Summon General Onimaru ($10)
  4. Maxband Onimaru ($3)
  5. Discard 2, draw 2, reshuffle, draw 2

  • Patrol:
    :psblueshield:Squad Leader: Soldier (1/1+A)
    :psfist:Elite: Soldier (1/1)
    :ps_:Scavenger:
    :pschip:Technician: Soldier (1/1)
    :target:Lookout: General Onimaru (4/5)

  • Buildings:
    Tech 1: 5
    Tower: 3
  • Units/Heroes:
    Crash Bomber (2/1)
    Crash Bomber (2/2)
    Knight of the Conclave (1)
  • Base: 18
  • Other:
    Battle Suits

Economy:

  • Workers: 9
  • Gold: 3
  • Hand: 4
  • Deck: 8
  • Discard: 0

Hand

Overeager Cadet, Drill Sergeant, Drill Sergeant, Fading Argonaut

Discard

Thonk

Eurgh. Garth is broken. If he has another Injunction I lose.

P2T7


StartingHand Workers

STARTING HANDTricycloid
Older Brother
Temporal Distortion
Nether Drain
Tenderfoot
Now!
Granfalloon Flagbearer


WORKERS
Fruit Ninja
Timely Messenger
Spark
Lich’s Bargain
Bloom


NextHand

Granfalloon Flagbearer
Wither
Immortal
Temporal Distortion
Bone Collector


Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($10)
Bigby kills SQL.
Skeleton trades with elite.
Garth kills technician.
Horror trades with Oni, Bigby to midband.
Tricycloid #2 - ($5)
New Tricycloid uses 3 runes to break tower, your base to 16.
Hyperion hits tech 1, I draw.
Old Tricycloid hits your base to 12.
Old Tricycloid uses his last rune to break tech 1, your base to 10.
Nether Drain from Garth to Bigby - ($4)
Make and sac a skeleton, I draw - ($3)
Older Brother - ($1)
Tenderfoot - ($0)

Float ($0)
Stash 1, Discard 2, reshuffle, draw 4


Board Info:
In Patrol:

  • :psblueshield: Squad Leader: Tenderfoot (1/2A)
  • :psfist: Elite:
  • :ps_: Scavenger: Older Brother (2/2)
  • :pschip: Technician:
  • :target: Lookout: Tricycloid (3/3)

In Play:

  • Garth lvl 5 (3/1)
  • Bigby lvl 5 (3/4)
  • Hyperion (4/1)
  • Tricycloid (3/3)

Buildings:

  • :heart: Base HP: 15
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5
  • :heart: Tech II HP: 5 (Present)

Economy Info:
Cards:

  • Hand: 5
  • Deck: 4
  • Disc: 0

Gold:

  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 10
Turn 8

Hand: Overeager Cadet, Drill Sergeant, Drill Sergeant, Fading Argonaut, Bloodlust
Tech: Crashbarrow, Shoddy Glider
Worker: Drill Sergeant


  1. Technician draw
  2. Tech 2 cards
  3. Get paid (+$9, $12)
  4. Rebuild Tech 1 ($12)
  5. Hire a worker ($11)
  6. Summon Drakk ($9)
  7. Maxband Drakk ($4)
  8. Cast Bloodlust on Hyperion and Garth ($2)
  9. Summon Fading Argonaut, with Haste ($0)
  10. Crash Bomber kills Tenderfoot, deals 1 damage to Older Brother
  11. Other Crash Bomber kills Tricycloid, kills Older Brother
  12. Fading Argonaut trades with Bigby
  13. Discard 2, draw 4
  14. At end of turn, Garth and Hyperion die

  • Patrol:
    :psblueshield:Squad Leader: Knight of the Conclave (5/4+A)
    :psfist:Elite:
    :ps_:Scavenger:
    :pschip:Technician: Drakk Ramhorn lvl 6 (3/4)
    :target:Lookout:

  • Buildings:
    Tech 1: 5
  • Units/Heroes:
  • Base: 10
  • Other:
    Battle Suits

Economy:

  • Workers: 10
  • Gold: 0
  • Hand: 4
  • Deck: 3
  • Discard: 8

Hand

Kidnapping, Nullcraft, Overeager Cadet, Flagstone Garrison

Discard

Crashbarrow, Shoddy Glider, Drill Sergeant, Overeager Cadet, Fading Argonaut, Bloodlust, Crash Bomber, Crash Bomber

Thinkums

I had to make some decisions and I hope they were the right ones. We’ll see. Feels bad wasting those levels, but what are you gonna do.

He needs to die to deal the extra damage.

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Right you are. He’s dead then.

P2T8


Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Ready or Not
Immortal


STARTING HANDTemporal Distortion
Bone Collector
Immortal
Wither
Granfalloon Flagbearer


WORKERS
Fruit Ninja
Timely Messenger
Spark
Lich’s Bargain
Bloom


NextHand

Injunction
Now!
Nether Drain
Brick Thief


Discard

Tenderfoot
Older Brother
Tricycloid
Hyperion
Temporal Distortion
Wither
Ready or Not
Immortal


Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($10)
Scav gold - ($11)
Immortal - ($5)
Bone Collector - ($3)
Granfalloon Flagbearer - ($0)

Float ($0)
Discard 2, draw 4


Board Info:
In Patrol:

  • :psblueshield: Squad Leader: Immortal (5/5A)
  • :psfist: Elite:
  • :ps_: Scavenger: Tricycloid (3/3)
  • :pschip: Technician:
  • :target: Lookout: Bone Collector (3/3)

In Play:

  • Granfalloon Flagbearer (2/2)

Buildings:

  • :heart: Base HP: 15
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5
  • :heart: Tech II HP: 5 (Present)

Economy Info:
Cards:

  • Hand: 4
  • Deck: 0
  • Disc: 8

Gold:

  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 10
Thoughts

Oof, never underestimate the board-breaking power of Drakk with a bunch of gold. I’m tempted to go for some Geiger shenangians, but I think investing in an Immortal now and making sure I have Injunction next turn is the smarter play.

Ha hah! You’ve activated my trap card!


Turn 9

Hand: Kidnapping, Nullcraft, Overeager Cadet, Flagstone Garrison
Tech: Shoddy Glider, Land Octopus
Worker:


  1. Tech 2 cards
  2. Get paid (+$10, $10)
  3. Rebuild Tech 2 ($10)
  4. Build Tech Lab Blood ($9)
  5. Summon Overeager Cadet, gains Haste ($9)
  6. Summon Nullcraft ($7)
  7. Nullcraft kills Granfalloon Flagbearer
  8. Cast Kidnapping on Immortal ($3)
  9. Immortal kills Bone Collector
  10. Overeager Cadet trades with Tricycloid
  11. Knight of the Conclave destroys your Tech 2, your base takes 2
  12. Discard 1, draw 3

  • Patrol:
    :psblueshield:Squad Leader:
    :psfist:Elite:
    :ps_:Scavenger:
    :pschip:Technician: Drakk Ramhorn lvl 6 (3/4)
    :target:Lookout:

  • Buildings:
    Tech 1: 5
    Tech 2: 5
    Tech Lab: 4
  • Units/Heroes:
    Knight of the Conclave (5/4)
    Nullcraft (1/1)
  • Base: 10
  • Other:
    Battle Suits

Economy:

  • Workers: 10
  • Gold: 3
  • Hand: 3
  • Deck: 0
  • Discard: 13

Hand

Flagstone Garrison, Neo Plexus, Knight of the Conclave

Discard

Flagstone Garrison, Drill Sergeant, Crash Bomber, Crash Bomber, Shoddy Glider, Shoddy Glider, Land Octopus, Crashbarrow, Kidnapping, Bloodlust, Fading Argonaut, Overeager Cadet, Overeager Cadet

Thinking intensifies

Golly gee I sure hope I get to play a damn Tech 2 ever

P2T9


Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Research & Development
Research & Development


STARTING HAND
Brick Thief
Now!
Nether Drain
Injunction


WORKERS
Fruit Ninja
Timely Messenger
Spark
Lich’s Bargain
Bloom


NextHand

Immortal
Injunction
Hyperion
Older Brother


Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($10)
Scav gold - ($11)
Rebuild tech 2.
Geiger - ($9)
Immortal kills Drakk, Geiger to midband, my base to 12.
Geiger to maxband, flickers Immortal - ($7)
Now! on Immortal - ($6)
Immortal breaks tech 2, your base to 8.
Brick Thief, your base to 7, mine to 13 - ($4)
Tower - ($1)

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


Board Info:
In Patrol:

  • :psblueshield: Squad Leader: Brick Thief (2/1A)
  • :psfist: Elite:
  • :ps_: Scavenger:
  • :pschip: Technician: Geiger lvl 5 (3/4)
  • :target: Lookout:

In Play:

  • Immortal (5/5)

Buildings:

  • :heart: Base HP: 13
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5
  • :heart: Tech II HP: 5 (Present)
  • :heart: Tower HP: 4

Economy Info:
Cards:

  • Hand: 4
  • Deck: 12
  • Disc: 0

Gold:

  • Gold: 1
  • Workers: 10
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Turn 10

Hand: Flagstone Garrison, Neo Plexus, Knight of the Conclave, Drill Sergeant


  1. Reshuffle, technician draw
  2. Tech 0 cards
  3. Get paid (+$10, $13)
  4. Rebuild Tech 2 ($13)
  5. Summon General Onimaru ($11)
  6. Maxband Onimaru ($4)
  7. Summon Neo Plexus ($2)
  8. Discard 3, draw 5

  • Patrol:
    :psblueshield:Squad Leader: Knight of the Conclave (5/4+A)
    :psfist:Elite: Soldier (2/1)
    :ps_:Scavenger: Soldier (1/1)
    :pschip:Technician: Neo Plexus (2/2)
    :target:Lookout: General Onimaru lvll 8 (4/5)

  • Buildings:
    Tech 1: 5
    Tech 2: 5
    Tech Lab: 4
  • Units/Heroes:
    Nullcraft (1/1)
    Soldier (1/1)
  • Base: 7
  • Other:
    Battle Suits

Economy:

  • Workers: 10
  • Gold: 2
  • Hand: 5
  • Deck: 7
  • Discard: 3

Hand

Kidnapping, Shoddy Glider, Overeager Cadet, Shoddy Glider, Overeager Cadet

Discard

Flagstone Garrison, Drill Sergeant, Knight of the Conclave

Think hard

PLEASE I JUST NEED ONE TURN OF TECH TWO UGHGHGH

nullc dies cuz tower, mate

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Oh hey he built a tower. Uhhh I guess nullcraft just chilling then

This is an epic game, dude

P2T10


StartingHand Workers

STARTING HAND
Hyperion
Older Brother
Immortal
Injunction
Tenderfoot


WORKERS
Fruit Ninja
Timely Messenger
Spark
Lich’s Bargain
Bloom
Tenderfoot


NextHand

Granfalloon Flagbearer
Tricycloid
Nether Drain
Bone Collector


Discard

Injunction
Brick Thief
Older Brother
Immortal


Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($11)
Bigby - ($9)
Injunction on tech 1, disables Knight of the Conclave - ($6)
Immortal kills Oni, Bigby to midband.
Brick Thief trades with Neo Plexus, pings your tech 2, my base to 14.
Geiger kills scav and sparkshots elite to death.
Hyperion, breaks tech 2, your base to 5, I draw - ($1)
Worker - ($0)

Float ($0)
Discard 2, draw 4


Board Info:
In Patrol:

  • :psblueshield: Squad Leader: Bigby lvl 3 (2/4A)
  • :psfist: Elite:
  • :ps_: Scavenger:
  • :pschip: Technician:
  • :target: Lookout:

In Play:

  • Geiger lvl 5 (3/3)
  • Immortal (5/1)
  • Hyperion (4/5)

Buildings:

  • :heart: Base HP: 14
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5
  • :heart: Tech II HP: 5 (Present)

Economy Info:
Cards:

  • Hand: 4
  • Deck: 7
  • Disc: 4

Gold:

  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 11
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Turn 11

Hand: Kidnapping, Shoddy Glider, Overeager Cadet, Shoddy Glider, Overeager Cadet, Crashbarrow


  1. Technician draw
  2. Tech 0 cards
  3. Get paid (+$10, $13)
  4. Summon Drakk Ramhorn ($11)
  5. Cast Kidnapping on Immortal ($7)
  6. Immortal kills Bigby, Drakk gains 2 levels
  7. Maxband Drakk ($4)
  8. Discard 5, draw 5

  • Patrol:
    :psblueshield:Squad Leader: Soldier (1/1+A)
    :psfist:Elite:
    :ps_:Scavenger:
    :pschip:Technician: Drakk Ramhorn lvl 6 (3/4)
    :target:Lookout: Nullcraft (1/1)

  • Buildings:
    Tech 1: 5
    Tech Lab: 4
  • Units/Heroes:
    Knight of the Conclave (5/4)
  • Base: 5
  • Other:
    Battle Suits

Economy:

  • Workers: 10
  • Gold: 4
  • Hand: 5
  • Deck: 1
  • Discard: 10

Hand

Crash Bomber, Fading Argonaut, Bloodlust, Flagstone Garrison, Land Octopus

Discard

Overeager Cadet, Overeager Cadet, Shoddy Glider, Shoddy Glider, Crashbarrow, Kidnapping, Neo Plexus, Drill Sergeant, Knight of the Conclave, Flagstone Garrison

Think more

Hoooowwww does he always have an answer to everything. How. HOW

This was one of the most exciting games I’ve played, GG WP!

Edit: as usual, forgot to tag @FrozenStorm

P2T11


Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Hyperion


STARTING HAND
Tricycloid
Bone Collector
Granfalloon Flagbearer
Nether Drain
Temporal Distortion
Research & Development


WORKERS
Fruit Ninja
Timely Messenger
Spark
Lich’s Bargain
Bloom
Tenderfoot
Granfalloon Flagbearer


NextHand

Now!
Wither
Research & Development
Ready or Not
Tricycloid


Discard

Injunction
Brick Thief
Older Brother
Immortal
Nether Drain
Research & Development
Bone Collector
Temporal Distortion


Tech 1 card(s)
Get Paid - ($11)
Worker - ($10)
Tricycloid, uses two runes to kill SQL, one to ping your base - ($5)
Garth - ($3)
Nether Drain from Drakk to Garth - ($2)
Geiger kills Drakk and sparkshots Nullcraft to death, Garth to lvl 5, my base to 13.
Garth to maxband, fetch Hyperion - ($0)
Immortal and Hyperions hit your base for 13 and lethal!

Float ($0)
Discard 3, draw 5


Board Info:
In Patrol:

  • :psblueshield: Squad Leader: Tricycloid (3/3A)
  • :psfist: Elite:
  • :ps_: Scavenger: Garth lvl 7 (3/4)
  • :pschip: Technician:
  • :target: Lookout:

In Play:

  • Geiger lvl 5 (3/1)
  • Immortal (5/5)
  • Hyperion (4/5)
  • Hyperion (4/5)

Buildings:

  • :heart: Base HP: 13
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5
  • :heart: Tech II HP: 5 (Present)

Economy Info:
Cards:

  • Hand: 5
  • Deck: 0
  • Disc: 8

Gold:

  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 12
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Bleh. I had one whiff and struggled for the rest of the game.

I guess you mean whiffing the Garrison on T6? Yeah, that was a tough break.

As for your comment on me always having an answer, that’s par for the course when combining the game’s most consistent hero with the most snowball-y tech 2, with a little bit of Bigby’s control and hand-manipulation sprinkled in. Credit to @cstick who ran (the legal version of) this codex a couple tournaments back.

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Well yes, Garth is also broken. I hate black.

It was whiffing garrison and drill sergeant. I just needed a tech 2 to make my board unclearable.

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Personally, I’d place Drakk at the same tier as Garth. It’s just that Garth is more consistent, while Drakk has more snowball potential. They’re both way up there with Vandy, Rook, and… I guess that’s it.