Bob199 (Setsy + Grave & Orpal) vs Shadow_Night_Black ( Garth + Prynn & Vir)

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I don’t think anyone thinks it’s weak. I think it’s expensive, and I think keeping Orpal alive long enough to get him to maxband and keep him there and be able to afford D&D is kinda hard, and so it scares a lot of people away from attempting it.

Death Rites, on the other hand, one could argue is weak in a way similar to Maximum Anarchy.
MA is only useful if you have a decent hand after you play it, and you’ll only be able to play it if you’ve managed to mostly control the board (keeping max Zane alive). Which means you don’t really need to play it, because you probably already have max Zane facing an enemy’s empty board.

Death Rites allows you to have your weenies take out much bigger opponents, or turns their trades into 2-for-ones. But to do that you really have had to maintain a large board of weenies and keep max Garth alive. If you can do that, do you really need the ult? It’s situational, and if you end up with a surprisingly empty board, it’s useless.

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dude, u had a mech from the first vir maxband (the one that u maxed with training G)

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Prynn was the only one who got trained up on Shadow’s side.

Vir midbanded on T6, when he assimilated the Training Grounds. Then he died to D&D. Then Prynn got trained up on T7. Then Training Grounds died to D&D (and Prynn died from combat). Then Vir got maxxed the hard way on T8.

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Yeah, but it’s still forecast and I don’t have any of my seers to cheat it out

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P1T1

StartingHand Workers

STARTING HAND
Poisonblade Rogue
Summon Skeletons
Thieving Imp
Pestering Haunt
Jandra, the Negator

WORKERS
Jandra, the Negator

NextHand

Skeleton Javelineer
Deteriorate
Sacrifice the Weak
Graveyard
Skeletal Archery

Discard

Poisonblade Rogue
Summon Skeletons
Thieving Imp

Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($4)
Worker - ($3)
Garth - ($1)
Garth summons a skeleton - ($0)
Pestering Haunt

Float ($0)
Discard 3, draw 5

[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]

  • :psblueshield: [I]Squad Leader[/I]: Garth (1/3, lvl 1)
  • :psfist: [I]Elite[/I]:
  • :ps_: [I]Scavenger[/I]: Skeleton (1/1)
  • :pschip: [I]Technician[/I]:
  • :target: [I]Lookout[/I]:
    [B]In Play:[/B]
  • Pestering Haunt (1/1, Unstopable
    [B]Buildings:[/B]
  • :heart: Base HP: 20

[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]

  • Hand: 5
  • Deck: 0
  • Disc: 3
    [B]Gold:[/B]
  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 5
Thoughts
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T1:

Gold (5)
Worker (4)
Orpal (2)
Sensei (1)

dc3, d5

Patrol:
Leader: 1/3A L1 Orpal
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician:
Lookout: 1/1 Sensei

Other -

Buildings:
Base: 20

Economy:
Workers: 6
Spare gold: 1
Hand: 5
Deck: 0
Discard: 3

Summary

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P1T2

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Bone Collector
Lich’s Bargain

STARTING HAND
Sacrifice the Weak
Skeleton Javelineer
Graveyard
Deteriorate
Skeletal Archery

WORKERS
Jandra, the Negator
Graveyard

NextHand

Sacrifice the Weak
Lich’s Bargain
Deteriorate
Skeletal Archery
Poisonblade Rogue

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($5)
Worker - ($4)
Tech 1 - ($2)
Deteroriate Sensei - ($1)
Garth summons a skeleton - ($0)
Haunt hits your base for 1

Float ($0)
Discard 3, reshuffle, draw 5

[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]

  • :psblueshield: [I]Squad Leader[/I]: Garth (1/3 +A, lvl 1)
  • :psfist: [I]Elite[/I]:
  • :ps_: [I]Scavenger[/I]: Skeleton (1/1)
  • :pschip: [I]Technician[/I]: Skeleton (1/1)
  • :target: [I]Lookout[/I]:
    [B]In Play:[/B]
  • Pestering Haunt (1/1, Unstoppable)
    [B]Buildings:[/B]
  • :heart: Base HP: 20
  • :heart: Tech 1 HP: 5

[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]

  • Hand: 5
  • Deck: 4
  • Disc: 0
    [B]Gold:[/B]
  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 6
Thoughts
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T1:

Gold (7)
Worker (6)
Tech I (4)
Viper (2)

dc3 , rs , d5

Patrol:
Leader: 1/3A L1 Orpal
Elite:
Scavenger: 2/1 Viper
Technician:
Lookout:

Other -

Buildings:
Base: 19
Tech I: 5

Economy:
Workers: 7
Spare gold: 2
Hand: 5
Deck: 5
Discard: 0

Summary

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P1T3

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Bone Collector
Doom grasp

STARTING HAND
Lich’s Bargain
Skeletal Archery
Poisonblade Rogue
Sacrifice the Weak
Deteriorate

WORKERS
Jandra, the Negator
Graveyard

NextHand

Summon Skeletons
Thieving Imp
Bone Collector

Discard

Deteriorate
Pestering Haunt (1/1, Unstopable
Lich’s Bargain
Sacrifice the Weak
Bone Collector
Doom grasp

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($6)
Worker - ($5)
Deteriorate Viper
Skeletal Archery - ($3)
Skeletons 1 + 2, haunt and garth kill Orpal, Garth to lvl 3
Garth summons a skeleton - ($2)
Lich’s Bargain - ($0)

Float ($0)
Discard 1, draw 3

[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]

  • :psblueshield: [I]Squad Leader[/I]: Zombie (2 /2 + A)
  • :psfist: [I]Elite[/I]:
  • :ps_: [I]Scavenger[/I]:
  • :pschip: [I]Technician[/I]:
  • :target: [I]Lookout[/I]:
    [B]In Play:[/B]
  • Garth (0/2, lvl 3, -1/-1 rune)
  • Skeletal Archery
  • Skeleton # 1 (1/1)
  • Skeleton # 2 (1/1)
  • Skeleton # 3 (1/1)
  • Skeleton # 4 (1/1)
  • Horror (3/3, Deathtouch)
    [B]Buildings:[/B]
  • :heart: Base HP: 16
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5

[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]

  • Hand: 3
  • Deck: 1
  • Disc: 6
    [B]Gold:[/B]
  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 6
Thoughts
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T3:

Gold +F +SCV (10)
Worker (9)
Disease II (5)
IPN (2)
Grave ()

dc3 , d5

Patrol:
Leader: 5/5A IPN
Elite:
Scavenger: 2/3 L1 Grave
Technician:
Lookout:

Other -

Buildings:
Base: 19
Tech I: 5
Disease II : 5

Economy:
Workers: 8
Spare gold: 0
Hand: 5
Deck: 0
Discard: 6

Summary

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Rise my Pretties, Rise!
P1T4

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Skeletal Lord
Assimilate

STARTING HAND
Summon Skeletons
Thieving Imp
Bone Collector

WORKERS
Jandra, the Negator
Graveyard
Thieving Imp

NextHand

Skeleton Javelineer
Skeletal Lord
Pestering Haunt (1/1, Unstopable

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($6)
Worker - ($5)
Horror Trades with IPN
Bone Collector - ($3)
Garth summons a skeleton - ($2)
Skeletons 1-3 kill Grave, Garth to lvl 5
Max Garth, summoning a Bone Collector from the discard - ($0)
Garth, skeleton 4 and Zombie break Tech 1

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

[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]

  • :psblueshield: [I]Squad Leader[/I]: Bone Collector (3/3)
  • :psfist: [I]Elite[/I]:
  • :ps_: [I]Scavenger[/I]:
  • :pschip: [I]Technician[/I]: Bone Collector (3/3)
  • :target: [I]Lookout[/I]:
    [B]In Play:[/B]
  • Garth (2/3, lvl 7, -1/-1 rune)
  • Skeletal Archery
  • Skeleton # 1 (1/1)
  • Skeleton # 2 (1/1)
  • Skeleton # 3 (1/1)
  • Skeleton # 4 (1/1)
  • Skeleton # 5 (1/1)
  • Zombie (2 /2)
    [B]Buildings:[/B]
  • :heart: Base HP: 16
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5

[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]

  • Hand: 3
  • Deck: 6
  • Disc: 0
    [B]Gold:[/B]
  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 7
Thoughts
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LOOK AT ALL OF THEM! So cute.

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T4:

Gold +SCV (9)
RB Tech I
Worker (8)
Plague Lab, Fall your pretties, Fall! , all your units get a -1/-1 rune (5)
Orpal (3)
Savior (1)

dc2 , rs, d4

Patrol:
Leader:
Elite: 2/3 L1 Orpal
Scavenger: 2/2 Savior
Technician:
Lookout:

Other -

Buildings:
Base: 17
Tech I: 5
Disease II: 5
Plague Lab: 4

Economy:
Workers: 9
Spare gold: 1
Hand: 4
Deck: 5
Discard: 0

Summary

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35

You teched that in turn 2?!?! And got the 50/50 of not drawing it turn 3?

Well, F**K me. Note to self, Bob is a predictive God, and next time assume he has exactly what he needs and blow up tech 2 not tech 1.

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36

Not sure why you would take down Tech I in this situation anyways. If I had another IPN, you have StW/units/anything else you may have teched in. Disease II has Lab & Abomb, both of which deal with any sort of token horde.

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Yes, but I knew that I wouldn’t have sac the weak/other things this turn, you hadn’t reshuffled since your turn 2 techs, so they are the only ones in your hand/deck, and I thought only a mad man would tech a plague lab/ABom on turn 2, as they have a large chance of drawing it turn 3 etc. IPN + a tower would also have dealt with my skeleton horde really well as I would need to break Tech 2 this turn to stop Abom etc coming down.

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P1T5

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Wight
Skeletal Lord

STARTING HAND
Skeleton Javelineer
Skeletal Lord
Pestering Haunt (1/1, Unstopable

WORKERS
Jandra, the Negator
Graveyard
Thieving Imp
Pestering Haunt (1/1, Unstopable

NextHand

Lich’s Bargain
Deteriorate
Assimilate

Discard

Bone Collector (2/2, -1/-1 rune)
Bone Collector (2/2, -1/-1 rune)
Skeletal Lord
Wight
Skeletal Lord

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($7)
Worker - ($6)
Tech 2 (Necromancy) - ($2)
Skeletal Jav - ($1)
Garth summons a skeleton - ($0)
Bone Collector #1 and Zombie trade with Orpal
Bone Collector #2 trades with Savior Monk
Garth hits Tech 2 for 2

Float ($0)
Discard 1, draw 3

[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]

  • :psblueshield: [I]Squad Leader[/I]:
  • :psfist: [I]Elite[/I]:
  • :ps_: [I]Scavenger[/I]: Skeleton #1 (1/1)
  • :pschip: [I]Technician[/I]: Skeleton #2 (1/1)
  • :target: [I]Lookout[/I]: Skeleton #3 (1/1)
    [B]In Play:[/B]
  • Garth (2/3, lvl 7, -1/-1 runes)
  • Skeletal Archery
  • Skeleton Javelineer (1/1, Jav rune)
    [B]Buildings:[/B]
  • :heart: Base HP: 16
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5
  • :heart: Tech II HP: 5 (Necromancy)

[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]

  • Hand: 3
  • Deck: 3
  • Disc: 5
    [B]Gold:[/B]
  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 8
Thoughts
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T5:

Gold +SCV +F (11)
Tower (8)
Setsy (6)
IPN (3)
Sensei (2)
Worker (1)

dc1 , d3

Patrol:
Leader: 1/1A Sensei
Elite:
Scavenger: 1/3 L1 Setsy
Technician: 4/4 IPN
Lookout:

Other -

Buildings:
Base: 17
Tech I: 5
Disease II: 3
Tower: 4
Plague Lab: 4

Economy:
Workers: 10
Spare gold: 2
Hand: 3
Deck: 2
Discard: 4

Summary

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P1T6

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Hooded Executioner
Necromancer

STARTING HAND
Lich’s Bargain
Assimilate
Deteriorate
Summon Skeletons
Doom grasp

WORKERS
Jandra, the Negator
Graveyard
Thieving Imp
Pestering Haunt (1/1, Unstopable
Deteriorate

NextHand

Bone Collector (2/2, -1/-1 rune)
Skeleton Javelineer (1/1, Jav rune)
Wight
Sacrifice the Weak

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($8)
Vir - ($6)
Vir Assimilates your Plague Lab - ($3)
Garth kills Senei
Skeletons 1-3 trade with Sets, Vir to lvl 3)
Sac Skeleton Jav to draw
Lich’s Bargain - ($1)
Sac Skeleton to draw
Worker - ($0)

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

[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]

  • :psblueshield: [I]Squad Leader[/I]: Horror (3/3, Death touch)
  • :psfist: [I]Elite[/I]:
  • :ps_: [I]Scavenger[/I]:
  • :pschip: [I]Technician[/I]: Zombie (2/2)
  • :target: [I]Lookout[/I]:
    [B]In Play:[/B]
  • Garth (2/1, lvl 7, -1/-1 runes)
  • Skeletal Archery
  • Vir (2/3, lvl 3)
  • Plague Lab (-/4)
    [B]Buildings:[/B]
  • :heart: Base HP: 12
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5
  • :heart: Tech II HP: 5 (Necromancy)

[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]

  • Hand: 4
  • Deck: 9
  • Disc: 0
    [B]Gold:[/B]
  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 8
Thoughts
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T6:

Gold +SCV +F (12)
Tech III (7)
Grave (5)
Crow (2)

dc2 , d2 , rs , d2

Patrol:
Leader: 2/3A L1 Grave
Elite:
Scavenger: 3/3 Crow
Technician: 4/4 IPN
Lookout:

Other -

Buildings:
Base: 17
Tech I: 5
Disease II: 3
Tech III: 5
Tower: 4

Economy:
Workers: 10
Spare gold: 2
Hand: 4
Deck: 6
Discard: 0

Summary

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