CAFS 2016: FrozenStorm ([Past]/Peace/Anarchy) vs. Marto ([Necro]/Blood/Truth)

GL HF @Marto!

Player 1, Turn 1

P1 Past/Peace/Anarchy vs P2 Necro/Blood/Truth

[details=Starting Hand]
Fading Argonaut
Battle Suits
Nullcraft
Temporal Research
Forgotten Fighter
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##Events of Turn:

###Upkeep:

  • Get Gold (4)
  • No techs turn 1

[details=All Teched Cards][spoiler]

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###Main:

  • Fading Argonaut (2)
  • Worker (1)

[details=Workers]
Forgotten Fighter
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  • :pspurpleshield: Patrol as below
  • Discard 3 Draw 5
  • Tech 2 cards before my next turn

###Board Info:
####Buildings:

  • :heart: Base HP: 20

####In Patrol:

  • :psblueshield: Squad Leader:
  • :psfist: Elite:
  • :pspig: Scavenger: Fading Argonaut (2/3 fade 3)
  • :exhaust: Technician:
  • :target: Lookout:

####In Play:

  • nothing

###Economy Info:

####Cards:

  • Hand: 5
  • Deck: 0
  • Disc: 3

####Gold:

  • Gold: 1
  • Workers: 5

[details=End of Turn Hand]
Neo Plexus
Plasmodium
Time Spiral
Tinkerer
Hardened Mox
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[details=End of Turn Discard]
Temporal Research
Nullcraft
Battle Suits
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[details=My Thoughts][spoiler]
Okay so Necro/Blood/Truth… I think I’m almost definitely bringing in Stewardess to deal with tokens, and I don’t know that I’ll have time to set up a peace machine around turn 5 like I normally would. Trying to play “what would EricF do” I think I want my deck construction against him to be of the form:

Stewardess OCadet
Stewardess/OC Boot Camp
???

From there I’m not totally sure. I might want Detonate if it looks like I can’t reach a tricky graveyard, though the gold tradeoff there may not be good and he can always Quince copy Crashbarrows… Chaos mirror is basically always useful and scales well with Nullcraft… All I do know is I’m going to want tools for keeping him off tech 2 early game, and Boot Camp / Stewardess are probably my most effective means of that. Perhaps I will do something like

Vystari x2 / other OC
Seer Chaos Mirror
Garrison Sarge

Play for primarily Onimaru early game to pressure buildings and then tech up to peace machine a little later, having teched puny t1’s to spend light on gold while I’m working with Oni. Always tricky tightrope walk against Black starter though (seriously I want to start a tournament that bans black lolol… so sick of it)

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@Marto just wanted to make sure you saw first post :slight_smile:

If you and @EricF don’t mind, I’ll focus on my RACE games, so I can end them (or at least have a chance to do so) before tomorrow evening !

I have no objection, I am at a conference this week so it’s actually great for me!

T1:

Hand

Pestering Haunt, Poisonblade Rogue (W), Jandra, Graveyard, Deteriorate

Collect 5 gold (5)
Worker (4)
Summon Garth (2)
Skeleton token (1)
Pestering Haunt (1)

discard 3, draw 5

Patrol:
Leader: lvl 1 Garth 1/3+1
Elite:
Scavenger: Skeleton token 1/1
Technician:
Lookout:

Buildings:
Units/Heroes: Pestering Haunt
Base: 20
Other:

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

Redraw

Javelineer, Thieving Imp, StW, Skeletal Archery, Summon Skeletons

Hm, not sure if this is bait but I guess I’ll go for it?

Player 1, Turn 2

P1 Past/Peace/Anarchy vs P2 Necro/Blood/Truth

[details=Starting Hand]
Neo Plexus
Plasmodium
Time Spiral
Tinkerer
Hardened Mox
[/details]

##Events of Turn:

###Upkeep:

  • Get Gold (5+1float)
  • Tech 2 cards in

[details=All Teched Cards]
Overeager Cadet, Stewardess of the Undone
[/details]


###Main:

  • Zane + lvl to 2 (3)
  • Neo Plexus (1)
  • Fargo and Zane kill Garth, Zane midbands and heals
  • Worker (0)

[details=Workers]
Tinkerer, Forgotten Fighter
[/details]

  • :pspurpleshield: Patrol as below
  • Discard 4 rs Draw 5
  • Tech 2 cards before my next turn

###Board Info:
####Buildings:

  • :heart: Base HP: 20

####In Patrol:

  • :psblueshield: Squad Leader:
  • :psfist: Elite:
  • :pspig: Scavenger: Neo Plexus
  • :exhaust: Technician:
  • :target: Lookout:

####In Play:

  • Fading Argonaut (2/2 from 1 damage fade 2)
  • Zane (3/3 lvl 4)

###Economy Info:

####Cards:

  • Hand: 5
  • Deck: 4
  • Disc: 0

####Gold:

  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 6

[details=End of Turn Hand]
Overeager Cadet
Plasmodium
Battle Suits
Time Spiral
Nullcraft
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[details=End of Turn Discard][spoiler]

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[details=My Thoughts]
Okay, this feels totally insane to skip tech 1, but seeing as I don’t need any tech 1 units this early, I feel like I can probably build a lot of momentum off an early midbanded Zane and double down units… Next turn I definitely tech 1, so that leaves me 3 gold to probably spend on Nullcraft / battle suits and hopefully go for a kill of some kind? It’s kinda funky and risky but it sure mounts some steady board pressure! Still want the OC and Stewardess to maximize my odds of drawing them turn 4 for use
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@Marto action is to you, my good man