Not played much against mono purple so we’ll see how this goes. I have a feeling purple starter is likely most resistant to Calamandra shenanigans as it hardly ever wants a hero early anyway. I don’t much like my unit selection for next turn, but at least I got the hero + 1/1 start and both my buff spells are in my second hand. Prynn is going to be a nightmare here I reckon.
STARTING HAND
Forest’s Favor -> Worker
Rampant Growth
Spore Shambler
Young Treant
Verdant Tree
WORKERS
Rich Earth
Forest’s Favor
NextHand
Rampant Growth
Centaur
Ironbark Treant
Spore Shambler
Young Treant
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($5)
Prospect 1 gold - ($6)
Worker - ($5)
Tech I - ($3)
Rampant Growth on Calamandra - ($1)
Calamandra kills Fargo, takes 1
Float ($1)
Discard 3, reshuffle, draw 5
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader:
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician:
Lookout:
In Play:
L1 Calamandra Moss 2/2
Merfolk Prospector 1/1
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 5
Deck: 4
Disc: 0
Gold:
Gold: 1
Workers: 6
Thoughts
I’m happy using Rampant Growth here to trade with Fargo, my main thing is just to pressure his board with Calamandra right now. Teching double Centaur to make later Now!/Bloodlust plays much better.
The extra gold from Prospector would have been nice this turn but no matter, instead of working Calamandra I’ll throw down some chunky units and refrain from giving him any cards back. This way I can tech in twice before my reshuffle. Since I have no idea what he’s going for I’ve got to plan around Present and Future’s strong units with Kidnapping, and focus on the ground game with Hyperion. Chronofixer is on my mind as a Prynn counter but not convinced I need to go that way yet.
STARTING HAND
Centaur
Verdant Tree
Tiger Cub
Playful Panda
WORKERS
Rich Earth
Forest’s Favor
Ironbark Treant
Playful Panda
NextHand
Verdant Tree
Hyperion
Rampant Growth
Bloodlust
Centaur
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($7)
Worker - ($6)
Tech II Present - ($2)
Centaur kills Neo, takes 3
Midband Cal - ($0)
Cal kills Vir, takes 2, Cal maxbands, 1 card for you
Float ($0)
Discard 3, reshuffle, draw 5
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader: Spore Shambler 2/3A [++]
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician:
Lookout:
In Play:
L5 Calamandra Moss 4/5 [Units have Resist 1]
Centaur 3/1 [Overpower]
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Tech II HP: 5 (Present)
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 5
Deck: 5
Disc: 0
Gold:
Gold: 0
Workers: 8
Thoughts
Going to clear his patrol and get a maxband Cal out of it, not sure if its a trick to trap me on her or not but I feel I have to bite with Present Tech II incoming on both sides. Bloodlust and Tricycloid to round out my tech choices for this cycle.
STARTING HAND
Centaur
Verdant Tree
Bloodlust
Rampant Growth
Hyperion
Tricycloid (Hyperion)
WORKERS
Rich Earth
Forest’s Favor
Ironbark Treant
Playful Panda
NextHand
Merfolk Prospector
Tiger Cub
Young Treant
Kidnapping
Verdant Tree
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($8)
Rampant Growth on Shambler - ($6)
Shambler kills Fargo, takes 2
Calamandra kills Geiger, takes 3, 1 card for you
Hyperion - ($1)
Give 1 rune to Hyperion, Shambler dies - ($0)
Hyperion breaks Tech II, takes 1, your base to 18, 1 card for me
Float ($0)
Discard 4, draw 4, reshuffle, draw 1
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader:
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician:
Lookout:
In Play:
L5 Calamandra Moss 4/2 [Units have Resist 1]
Hyperion 5/5 [Haste]
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Tech II HP: 5 (Present)
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 5
Deck: 8
Disc: 0
Gold:
Gold: 0
Workers: 8
Thoughts
The main thing here is keeping him off of Tech II to try and forge a lead, though my drawing the Tric from Hyperion makes my next turn weaker than I’d hoped. Hopefully I get a good kidnapping target to make my decisions easy. Teching in TD because it’s always great if you can land it and Chronofixer because Maxband Prynn is still a potential thorn in my side and I need to deal with her. I’m not as worried about her coming out now because he’s got no board to protect her.
Squad Leader: L1 Calamandra Moss 2/3A
Elite:
Scavenger: Merfolk Prospector 1/1
Technician:
Lookout:
Base HP: 20
Base HP: 20