[CAMS19 Round5] Legion [Anarchy]/Strength/Growth vs charnel_mouse [Balance]/Blood/Strength

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Adding the Pillage damage to my base.

P2T6

Starting hand: 5

Crash Bomber
Young Treant
Kidnapping
Tiger Cub
Rampant Growth

Thoughts

OK, I was surprised by that one. Technician draw is useless, Young Treant gives me a 50/50 chance of drawing the Bird’s Nest. Is there anything better I could do? I could just put maxband Rook down and stall. I’ve got enough gold to do that after playing Young Treant, so I’ll play that first and see if I can bring the Birds back instead. Do I want to tech anything first? The other Crashbarrow and Bloodlust, perhaps? Moment’s Peace might be good if he’s going for Surprise Attacks, especially to quickly get a MoLaC up. Not much need for the other Recruiter if he’s mostly going for Tech II and tokens. Second Bloodlust might not be so good if I’m spending 5 gold on a Recruiter, I’ll go for Moment’s Peace.

… Damn, drew the Bloodlust. I’ll just put maxband Rook down. If I’d known I was doing that, I’d have teched an Earthquake… well, never mind.

Teched cards: 2

T2: Bird’s Nest, Crash Bomber
T3: Bloodlust, Tiny Basilisk
T4: Crashbarrow, Kidnapping
T5: Nature Reclaims, Ogre Recruiter
T6: Crashbarrow, Moment’s Peace

Get paid + float - ($11)
Rebuild Tech II

Young Treant, I draw - ($9)

Bloodlust

Garus Rook - ($7)
Maxband Rook - ($0)
Discard 5, draw 1, reshuffle, draw 4

:psblueshield: Squad Leader: Rook L8 4/6+1A (ignores lone patrollers, two lives)
:exhaust: Technician: Young Treant 0/2 (can’t attack)

:heart: Base HP: 17
:heart: Tech I HP: 5
:heart: Tech II HP: 5 (Blood)

Hand: 5

Bird’s Nest
Merfolk Prospector
Crashbarrow
Kidnapping
Bloodlust

Deck: 9

Nature Reclaims
Ogre Recruiter
Tiny Basilisk
Spore Shambler
Crashbarrow
Moment’s Peace
Crash Bomber
Tiger Cub
Rampant Growth

Discard: 0
Card count check (opponent-viewable)

Expected: 10 + 10 teched = 20
5 workered
1 on board
5 in hand
9 in deck
0 in discard
Total: 20 :white_check_mark:

Gold: 0
Workers: 10

5 x start
Rich Earth
Ironbark Treant
Forest’s Favor
Verdant Tree
Playful Panda

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[b]P1T7[/b]
Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Might of Leaf and Claw
Pirate Gunship

STARTING HAND
Charge
Blooming Ancient
Mad Man
Nautical Dog 1/1

WORKERS
Bloodburn
Scorch
Careless Musketeer
Bombaster
Bloodrage Ogre
Charge

NextHand

Bird’s Nest
Surprise Attack

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($9)
Worker - ($8)
bloom ancient - ($4)
arg+wisp 2 runes - ($2)
ndog - ($1)
mman - ($0)
All runes on bird, kills your tech II again base takes 2 more

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

Board Info:
In Patrol:

  • :psblueshield: Squad Leader: Zane 4/4+A
  • :psfist: Elite: Wisp 1/1
  • :ps_: Scavenger: Nautical Dog 1/1
  • :pschip: Technician: Mad man 1/1
  • :target: Lookout:

In Play:

  • Bird 5/5
  • Blooming Ancient 2/4
  • Arg 1/3

Buildings:

  • :heart: Base HP: 20
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5
  • :heart: Tech II HP: 5 (Growth)

Economy Info:
Cards:

  • Hand: 2
  • Deck: 11
  • Disc: 0

Gold:

  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 10
Thoughts

hmmm, still got the nest, no ancient

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You need to update your base health.

P2T7

Starting hand: 5

Bird’s Nest
Merfolk Prospector
Crashbarrow
Kidnapping
Bloodlust

Thoughts

If I could have gotten Drakk out this turn I would be OK, as is I’m in for a beating.

Teched cards: 0

T2: Bird’s Nest, Crash Bomber
T3: Bloodlust, Tiny Basilisk
T4: Crashbarrow, Kidnapping
T5: Nature Reclaims, Ogre Recruiter
T6: Crashbarrow, Moment’s Peace

Get paid - ($10)
Rebuild Tech II
Bird’s Nest - ($8)
Merfolk Prospector - ($7)
Heroes’ Hall - ($5)
Discard 3, draw 5

:psblueshield: Squad Leader: Bird #1 1/1+1A (flying)
:psfist: Elite: Young Treant 1+0/2 (can’t attack)
:ps_: Scavenger: Rook L8 4/6 (ignores lone patrollers, two lives)
:exhaust: Technician: Merfolk Prospector 1/1
:target: Lookout: Bird #2 1/1 (resist 0+1, flying)

Bird’s Nest (channelled by Rook)

:heart: Base HP: 15
:heart: Tech I HP: 5
:heart: Tech II HP: 5 (Blood)
:heart: Heroes’ Hall HP: 4

Hand: 5

Nature Reclaims
Crash Bomber
Tiger Cub
Ogre Recruiter
Spore Shambler

Deck: 4

Tiny Basilisk
Crashbarrow
Moment’s Peace
Rampant Growth

Discard: 3

Crashbarrow
Kidnapping
Bloodlust

Card count check (opponent-viewable)

Expected: 10 + 10 teched = 20
5 workered
3 on board
5 in hand
4 in deck
3 in discard
Total: 20 :white_check_mark:

Gold: 5
Workers: 10

5 x start
Rich Earth
Ironbark Treant
Forest’s Favor
Verdant Tree
Playful Panda

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[b]P1T8[/b]
StartingHand Workers

STARTING HAND
Surprise Attack
Bird’s Nest
Surprise Attack

WORKERS
Bloodburn
Scorch
Careless Musketeer
Bombaster
Bloodrage Ogre
Charge

NextHand

Makeshift Rambaster
Blooming Ancient

Discard

Nautical Dog 1/1
Surprise Attack

Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($10)
surprise attack +2 runes - ($5)
really big bird kills sql
2 sharks take rook first life
ndog and zane kill rook for good, arg lv3 we both get 1 g bn falls - ($6)
rune on mman, kills treant takes 1
arg kills tech, you draw
rook +1 rune - ($4)
birds nest+1 rune. - ($2)
max arg We arrives+1 rune - ($0)
Ancient destroys your tech II again, base takes 2
all runes on wisp, destroys your HH base takes 2 more

Float ($0)
Discard 0, draw 2

Board Info:
In Patrol:

  • :psblueshield: Squad Leader: Bird 1/1+A
  • :psfist: Elite:
  • :ps_: Scavenger: Water ele
  • :pschip: Technician: Rook 2/4
  • :target: Lookout:

In Play:

  • Bird 5/4 (4+)
  • Blooming Ancient 2/4
  • Arg 1/5
  • wisp 4/5 (4+)
  • mman 2/1 (+)
  • Bird’s Nest

Buildings:

  • :heart: Base HP: 16
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5
  • :heart: Tech II HP: 5 (Growth)

Economy Info:
Cards:

  • Hand: 2
  • Deck: 9
  • Disc: 2

Gold:

  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 10
Thoughts

hmmm, still got the nest, no ancient

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I’ll fold here, not being able to get Ogre Recruiter out to snatch that Bird removes my last good chance to come back. Well played. @FrozenStorm

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thank you very much, really wp. I really felt hopeless at some point.

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Drakk is great if he can stick around, but he falls over very easily if you can reach him, and I had nothing to block up with. I had a Prospector I could have blocked him with, but with shove and Birds it wouldn’t have helped. Strength was probably the better spec choice, but if I try this again I probably need to grab the Ogres first, not the Crashbarrows. And not feed you so much gold.

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imo the gold feed the early turns was decisive, since allowed me to feed on your resources. Imo would have ended in your victory otherwise.

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Yeah, I needed to put much more thought into working around Zane in the early game. Good luck for the rest of the tournament!

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