CAMS 2017: zhavier ([Discipline]/Present/Anarchy) vs. petE ([Discipline]/Blood/Necro)

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We meet again on the field of battle! Surprising amount of discipline going on here… Not enough to keep drakk and zane in line though…

@petE

P1T1

StartingHand Workers

STARTING HAND
Aged Sensei
Snapback
Fox Primus
Fox Viper
Smoker

WORKERS
Fox Viper

NextHand

Safe Attacking
Grappling Hook
Sensei’s Advice
Morningstar Flagbearer
Savior Monk

Discard

Fox Primus
Smoker
Snapback

Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($4)
Worker - ($3)
Grave - ($1)
Aged Sensei - ($0)

Float ($0)
Discard 3, draw 5

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

  • :psblueshield: [I]Squad Leader[/I]: Grave 2/3+A, lvl 1
  • :psfist: [I]Elite[/I]:
  • :ps_: [I]Scavenger[/I]: Aged Sensei 1/1
  • :pschip: [I]Technician[/I]:
  • :target: [I]Lookout[/I]:
    [B]In Play:[/B]

[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
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GLHF, enjoy the tourney :slight_smile: !
Could be plenty of games that are P1-favoured.
(Like this one.)

P2 Turn1

[details=StartingHand Workers][spoiler]
STARTING HAND
Smoker
Savior Monk
Grappling Hook
Fox Primus
Safe Attacking

WORKERS
Fox Primus

[/spoiler][/details]

[details=NextHand][spoiler]
Snapback
Aged Sensei
Morningstar Flagbearer
Sensei’s Advice
Fox Viper

[/spoiler][/details]

[details=Discard][spoiler]
Grappling Hook
Savior Monk
Smoker

[/spoiler][/details]
Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($5)
Worker - ($4)
Safe Attacking - ($3)

Float ($3)
Discard 3, draw 5

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

  • :psblueshield: [I]Squad Leader[/I]:
  • :psfist: [I]Elite[/I]:
  • :ps_: [I]Scavenger[/I]:
  • :pschip: [I]Technician[/I]:
  • :target: [I]Lookout[/I]:
    [B]In Play:[/B]
  • Safe Attacking
    [B]Buildings:[/B]
  • :heart: Base HP: 20

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

  • Hand: 5
  • Deck: 0
  • Disc: 3
    [B]Gold:[/B]
  • Gold: 3
  • Workers: 6

[details=Thoughts][spoiler]

Can’t see an open that doesn’t lose $2 in value if he has the right T2 hand. So just playing Safe Attacking for some deck slimming, and will play units+Tower or units+Garth/Skelly next turn. Unfortunate for this approach that my good 2-drop (Saviour Monk) is in T1 hand.

[/spoiler][/details]

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P1T2

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Rambasa Twin
Sparring Partner

STARTING HAND
Sensei’s Advice
Morningstar Flagbearer
Grappling Hook
Savior Monk
Safe Attacking

WORKERS
Fox Viper
Morningstar Flagbearer

NextHand

Sparring Partner
Safe Attacking
Snapback
Sensei’s Advice
Grappling Hook

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($5)
Worker - ($4)
Savior Monk - ($2)
Tech 1 - ($0)
Deal 3 to base

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

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

  • :psblueshield: [I]Squad Leader[/I]: Savior Monk 2/2+A
  • :psfist: [I]Elite[/I]:
  • :ps_: [I]Scavenger[/I]:
  • :pschip: [I]Technician[/I]:
  • :target: [I]Lookout[/I]:
    [B]In Play:[/B]
  • Grave 2/3, lvl 1
  • Aged Sensei 1/1
    [B]Buildings:[/B]
  • :heart: Base HP: 20
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5

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

  • Hand: 5
  • Deck: 3
  • Disc: 0
    [B]Gold:[/B]
  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 6
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P2 Turn2

[details=Tech StartingHand Workers][spoiler]
TECH
Bone Collector
Bone Collector

STARTING HAND
Aged Sensei
Fox Viper
Snapback
Morningstar Flagbearer
Sensei’s Advice

WORKERS
Fox Primus
Morningstar Flagbearer

[/spoiler][/details]

[details=NextHand][spoiler]
Bone Collector
Grappling Hook
Smoker
Sensei’s Advice

[/spoiler][/details]
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($9)
Worker - ($8)
Garth - ($6)
Skeleton - ($5)
Aged Sensei - ($4)
Fox Viper - ($2)
Tech 1 - ($0)

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

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

  • :psblueshield: [I]Squad Leader[/I]: Skeleton (1/1 + 1)
  • :psfist: [I]Elite[/I]:
  • :ps_: [I]Scavenger[/I]: Fox Viper (2/1)
  • :pschip: [I]Technician[/I]:
  • :target: [I]Lookout[/I]: Aged Sensei (1/1)
    [B]In Play:[/B]
  • Safe Attacking
  • Garth lvl 1 (1/3)
    [B]Buildings:[/B]
  • :heart: Base HP: 17
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5

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

  • Hand: 4
  • Deck: 3
  • Disc: 0
    [B]Gold:[/B]
  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 7

[details=Thoughts][spoiler]

Putting down a board – though position will go from bad to completely sunk if he gets the 35% draw of Sensei’s Advice + Grappling Hook for board wipe with hero kill. If not, I’ve a stabilizing option of max Garth to summon Rambasa Twins next turn.

Teching 2xBone Collectors. Don’t know if Lich’s Bargains would be better to stop the Grave juggernaut, just nervous taking the Base down to 13HP so quickly.

[/spoiler][/details]

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P1T3

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Tricycloid
Hyperion

STARTING HAND
Sparring Partner
Grappling Hook
Safe Attacking
Snapback
Sensei’s Advice

WORKERS
Fox Viper
Morningstar Flagbearer
Safe Attacking

NextHand

Rambasa Twin
Fox Primus
Smoker

Discard

Grappling Hook
Sensei’s Advice
Snapback

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($6)
Worker - ($5)
Grappling Hook Fox Viper to elite
Grave kills Skeleton and Sparkshots Viper
Sensei’s Advice on Sensei and Savior Monk - ($4)
Sensei kills Sensei safely
Savior Monk kills Garth, Grave to lvl 3 heals
Sparring Partner - ($3)

Float ($3)
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]:
  • :pschip: [I]Technician[/I]: Sparring Partner 2/2
  • :target: [I]Lookout[/I]:
    [B]In Play:[/B]
  • Grave 3/4, lvl 3
  • Aged Sensei 1/1
  • Savior Monk 2/2
    [B]Buildings:[/B]
  • :heart: Base HP: 20
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5

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

  • Hand: 3
  • Deck: 0
  • Disc: 5
    [B]Gold:[/B]
  • Gold: 3
  • Workers: 7
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Forgot to mark the tech cards, so edited them in.

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That was the 35% draw I was worried about. Looks pretty horrible!

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P2 Turn3

[details=Tech StartingHand Workers][spoiler]
TECH
Lich’s Bargain
Crashbarrow

STARTING HAND
Sensei’s Advice
Grappling Hook
Smoker
Bone Collector

WORKERS
Fox Primus
Morningstar Flagbearer
Grappling Hook

[/spoiler][/details]

[details=NextHand][spoiler]
Bone Collector
Savior Monk
Snapback

[/spoiler][/details]

[details=Discard][spoiler]
Fox Viper
Aged Sensei
Sensei’s Advice
Lich’s Bargain
Crashbarrow

[/spoiler][/details]
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($7)
Worker - ($6)
Bone Collector - ($4)
Smoker - ($3)
Tower - ($0)

Float ($0)
Discard 1, draw 3

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

  • :psblueshield: [I]Squad Leader[/I]: Smoker (1/1 + 1)
  • :psfist: [I]Elite[/I]:
  • :ps_: [I]Scavenger[/I]: Bone Collector (3/3)
  • :pschip: [I]Technician[/I]:
  • :target: [I]Lookout[/I]:
    [B]In Play:[/B]
  • Safe Attacking
    [B]Buildings:[/B]
  • :heart: Base HP: 17
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5
  • :heart: Tower HP: 4

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

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

[details=Thoughts][spoiler]

T3 and already looks hopeless. Maybe there was a better line to play (eg T2 Tower, no hero, look to block with Lich’s Bargain). But like facing P1 Vandy, there’s no safe answer to Grave+Sensei, just have to make some percentage play and accept you’re screwed if he draws the cards he needs against that.

[/spoiler][/details]

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"P1T4

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Immortal
Temporal Distortion

STARTING HAND
Rambasa Twin
Fox Primus
Smoker

WORKERS
Fox Viper
Morningstar Flagbearer
Safe Attacking
Fox Primus

NextHand

Immortal
Sensei’s Advice
Grappling Hook

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($10)
Worker - ($9)
Sparring with savior monk, kills snoker
Sensei advises Grave, who kills Bone Collector
Rambasa Twin - ($5)
Tech 2 Present - ($1)

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

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

  • :psblueshield: [I]Squad Leader[/I]:
  • :psfist: [I]Elite[/I]:
  • :ps_: [I]Scavenger[/I]: Rambasa Twin 3/2
  • :pschip: [I]Technician[/I]: Rambasa Twin 3/2
  • :target: [I]Lookout[/I]:
    [B]In Play:[/B]
  • Grave 3/1, lvl 3
  • Aged Sensei 1/1
  • Savior Monk 3/1, +1 Rune
  • Sparring Partner 2/2
    [B]Buildings:[/B]
  • :heart: Base HP: 20
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5
  • :heart: Tech II HP: 5 (Present)

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

  • Hand: 3
  • Deck: 5
  • Disc: 0
    [B]Gold:[/B]
  • Gold: 1
  • Workers: 8
    "
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I’ll call it early here and save the turkey shoot. GG!
@EricF

Hoped you wouldn’t draw both Grappling Hook and Sensei’s Advice T3 – then Garth would survive and I could max him T3 to summon Rambasa Twins as a way to stabilize. Maybe there was a better defensive line, eg keep a hero off the board longer, or try something with Lich’s Bargain? But couldn’t come up with anything decent that wouldn’t fail badly if you turned up with the right cards. Doesn’t help that my main defensive hero open (Garth/Skellies) walks into sparkshot. Also see that you had Grappling Hook in your T2 hand, so think any of the plays I could have made with my T1 hand would have worked out poorly.

Any ideas? Looks like there will be plenty of Grave openers to face this tourney.

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Bloodlust was the only concern I had, but even then, not sure what you could have done with it. And sometimes giving up hero levels isn’t so bad if it means something better survives. But yea, 35% chance is still pretty rough going.

Frenzied bloodlusted bone collectors breaking my tech building maybe. With Safe attacking, you really needed to get in some haste. A slightly more gold intensive option would be reversal to get out some damage, but still doesn’t get you to anything in the back.

The main thing seems to be figuring out either how to keep something alive in order to respond, or getting enough haste to slow the opponent down.

Do you want to do a casual match with me as player 2?

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Thanks – would appreciate a casual rematch, work on a better defence/counter.

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you want me to start? or you want me to go p2?

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I’ll be glad to try P2 again

15

cant have sensei everytime…

P1T1

StartingHand Workers

STARTING HAND
Snapback
Morningstar Flagbearer
Savior Monk
Fox Viper
Smoker

WORKERS
Fox Viper

NextHand

Fox Primus
Aged Sensei
Sensei’s Advice
Grappling Hook
Safe Attacking

Discard

Morningstar Flagbearer
Snapback
Savior Monk

Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($4)
Worker - ($3)
Grave - ($1)
Smoker - ($0)

Float ($0)
Discard 3, draw 5

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

  • :psblueshield: [I]Squad Leader[/I]:
  • :psfist: [I]Elite[/I]:
  • :ps_: [I]Scavenger[/I]:
  • :pschip: [I]Technician[/I]:
  • :target: [I]Lookout[/I]:
    [B]In Play:[/B]
  • Grave 2/3, lvl 1
  • Smoker 1/1
    [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
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P2 Turn1

[details=StartingHand Workers][spoiler]
STARTING HAND
Aged Sensei
Snapback
Grappling Hook
Morningstar Flagbearer
Safe Attacking

WORKERS
Morningstar Flagbearer

[/spoiler][/details]

[details=NextHand][spoiler]
Fox Primus
Smoker
Savior Monk
Fox Viper
Sensei’s Advice

[/spoiler][/details]

[details=Discard][spoiler]
Snapback
Grappling Hook
Safe Attacking

[/spoiler][/details]
Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($5)
Worker - ($4)
Aged Sensei - ($3)
Tower - ($0)

Float ($0)
Discard 3, draw 5

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

  • :psblueshield: [I]Squad Leader[/I]:
  • :psfist: [I]Elite[/I]:
  • :ps_: [I]Scavenger[/I]: Aged Sensei (1/1)
  • :pschip: [I]Technician[/I]:
  • :target: [I]Lookout[/I]:
    [B]In Play:[/B]

[B]Buildings:[/B]

  • :heart: Base HP: 20
  • :heart: Tower HP: 4

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

  • Hand: 5
  • Deck: 0
  • Disc: 3
    [B]Gold:[/B]
  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 6

[details=Thoughts][spoiler]

Tower seems a bit passive – as well as expensive, considering $1 Safe Attacking offsets it, for units at least. But maybe better than putting down 1-drops that end up as sparkshot fodder.

[/spoiler][/details]

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P1T2

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Rambasa Twin
Sparring Partner

STARTING HAND
Aged Sensei
Safe Attacking
Sensei’s Advice
Grappling Hook
Fox Primus

WORKERS
Fox Viper
Fox Primus

NextHand

Morningstar Flagbearer
Grappling Hook
Savior Monk
Sparring Partner

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($5)
Worker - ($4)
Safe Attacking - ($3)
Aged Sensei - ($2)
Tech 1 - ($0)
Grave kills Sensei, see you got that gold back
Smoker safely hits tower for 1

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

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

  • :psblueshield: [I]Squad Leader[/I]:
  • :psfist: [I]Elite[/I]:
  • :ps_: [I]Scavenger[/I]: Aged Sensei 1/1
  • :pschip: [I]Technician[/I]:
  • :target: [I]Lookout[/I]:
    [B]In Play:[/B]
  • Grave 2/1, lvl 1
  • Smoker 1/1
  • Safe Attacking
    [B]Buildings:[/B]
  • :heart: Base HP: 20
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5

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

  • Hand: 4
  • Deck: 3
  • Disc: 0
    [B]Gold:[/B]
  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 6
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I just realized, you underpaid for the tower, the first addon or tech building gets the multicolor penalty.

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You’re right. Just when that strategy was looking half decent ! Shall we start the game again from scratch, since I know something about your T2 hand now?

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I’m not overly worried, go ahead and redo P2T1, and I’ll see what I can do. You had to know sensei was in T2, and safe attacking was 50/50 anyway.