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[CAMS22] Round1: P1 Dreamfire [Present]/Peace/Discipline vs P2 Bryce_The_Rice [Finesse]/Anarchy/Strength

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#1

GL HF! Looking forward to taking part in the experiment :wink:

Relevant changes
Pirate Gunship Remove obliterate 2
Bird’s Nest Change Upkeep to “Resummon one lost bird (max: 2)”
Battle Suits Change to apply to “Purple Soldiers and Mystics”

P1T1

StartingHand Workers

STARTING HAND
Tinkerer
Hardened Mox
Nullcraft
Battle Suits
Plasmodium

WORKERS
Plasmodium

NextHand

Fading Argonaut
Temporal Research
Time Spiral
Neo Plexus
Forgotten Fighter

Discard

Battle Suits
Tinkerer
Nullcraft

Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($4)
Worker - ($3)
Hardened Mox - ($0)

Float ($0)
Discard 3, draw 5

Board Info:
In Patrol:

  • :psblueshield: Squad Leader:
  • :psfist: Elite:
  • :ps_: Scavenger:
  • :pschip: Technician:
  • :target: Lookout: Hardened Mox (1/1)

In Play:
*

Buildings:

  • :heart: Base HP: 20

Economy Info:
Cards:

  • Hand: 5
  • Deck: 0
  • Disc: 3

Gold:

  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 5
Thoughts

Mox in lookout should be safe for now.

@Bryce_The_Rice’s turn!

#2

An experiment, I guess. I hope it sticks and we can stop discussing it for a while.

Turn 1

Hand: Wither, Older Brother, Spark, Bloom, Brick Thief
Workers: Spark

Techs

  1. Get paid (+$5, $5)
  2. Hire a worker ($4)
  3. Summon Older Brother ($2)
  4. Summon Garus Rook ($0)
  5. Discard 3, draw 5
  • Patrol:
    :psblueshield:Squad Leader: Older Brother (2/2+A)
    :psfist:Elite:
    :ps_:Scavenger: Garus Rook (2/4)
    :pschip:Technician:
    :target:Lookout:
  • Buildings:
  • Units/Heroes:
  • Base: 20
  • Other:

Economy:

  • Workers: 6
  • Gold: 0
  • Hand: 5
  • Deck: 0
  • Discard: 3
Hand

Fruit Ninja, Timely Messenger, Helpful Turtle, Tenderfoot, Granfalloon Flagbearer

Discard

Wither, Bloom, Brick Thief

Think

It’s a shame I have wither in my opening hand, and can’t go for a turn 2 mox disable. I will have to wait to strike, but hopefully I can put it out of the way before it achieves too much value.
More importantly, I didn’t have get to worker fruit ninja turn 1, so I might lose. We should be able to worker it turn 2 though, so hopefully not too much value lost.
Think I’ll go for birds to dissuade nullcraft.

#3

P1T2

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Argonaut
Sparring Partner

STARTING HAND
Fading Argonaut
Neo Plexus
Time Spiral
Forgotten Fighter
Temporal Research

WORKERS
Plasmodium
Time Spiral

NextHand

Neo Plexus
Argonaut
Nullcraft
Battle Suits
Sparring Partner

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($5)
Worker - ($4)
Fading Argonaut - ($2)
Tech 1 - ($0)

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

Board Info:
In Patrol:

  • :psblueshield: Squad Leader:
  • :psfist: Elite:
  • :ps_: Scavenger:
  • :pschip: Technician: Fading Argonaut (2/3), fading 3
  • :target: Lookout: Hardened Mox (1/1)

In Play:
*

Buildings:

  • :heart: Base HP: 20
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5

Economy Info:
Cards:

  • Hand: 5
  • Deck: 3
  • Disc: 0

Gold:

  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 6
Thoughts

This is a little awkward. I won’t be able to keep up with Bryce at tech 1, but since I’m P1 I can’t speed-tech either. And I really don’t want to feed heroes to Rook, so I need something else do with my gold. Weirdly, I think I prefer Argo to Rambasa here.

@Bryce_The_Rice’s turn!

#4
Turn 2

Hand: Fruit Ninja, TImely Messenger, Helpful Turtle, Tenderfoot, Granfalloon Flagbearer
Workers: Spark, Fruit Ninja

Techs

Turn 2: Bird’s Nest, Nimble Fencer

  1. Tech 2 cards
  2. Get paid (+$6, $6)
  3. Hire a worker ($5)
  4. Build Tech 1 ($3)
  5. Summon Tenderfoot ($2)
  6. Discard 3, reshuffle, draw 5
  • Patrol:
    :psblueshield:Squad Leader: Tenderfoot (1/2+A)
    :psfist:Elite:
    :ps_:Scavenger:
    :pschip:Technician: Older Brother (2/2)
    :target:Lookout:
  • Buildings:
    Tech 1: 5
  • Units/Heroes:
    Garus Rook (2/4)
  • Base: 20
  • Other:

Economy:

  • Workers: 7
  • Gold: 2
  • Hand: 5
  • Deck: 3
  • Discard: 0
Hand

Wither, Granfalloon Flagbearer, Bird’s Nest, Bloom, Nimble Fencer

Discard

Think

Ok, we successfully workered fruit ninja! This game is practically in the bag.
Setting up for a fast tech 2 to really put the pressure on, hoping to go into finesse and rush them down before the peace engine gets going, or they can set up present stuff.

#5

P1T3

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Flagstone Garrison
Flagstone Garrison

STARTING HAND
Neo Plexus
Sparring Partner
Nullcraft
Battle Suits
Argonaut

WORKERS
Plasmodium
Time Spiral
Neo Plexus

NextHand

Sparring Partner
Tinkerer
Temporal Research
Forgotten Fighter

Tech 2 card(s)
Fargo to fading 2
Get Paid - ($6)
Worker - ($5)
Battle Suits - ($3)
Fargo kills Tenderfoot
Mox kills Brother, you draw
Argonaut - ($0)

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

Board Info:
In Patrol:

  • :psblueshield: Squad Leader:
  • :psfist: Elite:
  • :ps_: Scavenger:
  • :pschip: Technician:
  • :target: Lookout: Argonaut (4/4)

In Play:

  • Fading Argonaut (3/2), fading 2
  • Hardened Mox (2/1)
  • Battle Suits

Buildings:

  • :heart: Base HP: 20
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5

Economy Info:
Cards:

  • Hand: 4
  • Deck: 3
  • Disc: 0

Gold:

  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 7
Thoughts

That float is interesting. It allows all sorts of Fencer shenanigans, so I still can’t play a hero, but I do feel safe preparing to tech up.
Alternatively, Bryce might be thinking of an early maxband Rook. That could be hard to deal with, but it’s sure expensive.

@Bryce_The_Rice’s turn!

#6
Turn 3

Hand: Wither, Granfalloon Flagbearer, Bird’s Nest, Bloom, Nimble Fencer, Helpful Turtle
Workers: Spark, Fruit Ninja, Helpful Turtle

Techs

Turn 2: Bird’s Nest, Nimble Fencer
Turn 3: Nimble Fencer, Grounded Guide

  1. Technician draw
  2. Tech 2 cards
  3. Get paid (+$7, $9)
  4. Hire a worker ($8)
  5. Cast Bird’s Nest ($6)
  6. Cast Wither on Hardened Mox ($4)
  7. Summon Nimble Fencer ($2)
  8. Cast Bloom on Rook ($0)
  9. Discard 1, draw 2, reshuffle, draw 1
  • Patrol:
    :psblueshield:Squad Leader: Nimble Fencer (2/3+A)
    :psfist:Elite: Bird (2/1)
    :ps_:Scavenger: Bird (1/1)
    :pschip:Technician: Garus Rook lvl 1 (3/5)
    :target:Lookout:
  • Buildings:
    Tech 1: 5
  • Units/Heroes:
  • Base: 20
  • Other:
    Bird’s Nest

Economy:

  • Workers: 8
  • Gold: 0
  • Hand: 3
  • Deck: 6
  • Discard: 0
Hand

Timely Messenger, Brick Thief, Granfalloon Flagbearer

Discard

Think

I’ll admit, Argonaut is a strong choice here. I also patrolled incorrectly, but not that incorrectly. We can remove Mox, get some birds, and wait to tech. It does mean I’m giving away tech lead, but I’m also developing my board quite strongly. I just hope I’m not making a huge mistake and opening myself to hyperions.

#7

P1T4

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Overeager Cadet
Overeager Cadet

STARTING HAND
Forgotten Fighter
Temporal Research
Tinkerer
Sparring Partner

WORKERS
Plasmodium
Time Spiral
Neo Plexus
Temporal Research

NextHand

Flagstone Garrison
Flagstone Garrison
Nullcraft
Tinkerer

Tech 2 card(s)
Fargo to fading 1
Get Paid - ($7)
Worker - ($6)
Tech 2 (Peace) - ($2)
Argo readily kills Fencer
Sparring Partner - ($1)

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

Board Info:
In Patrol:

  • :psblueshield: Squad Leader: Fading Argonaut (3/2A), fading 1
  • :psfist: Elite:
  • :ps_: Scavenger: Sparring Partner (2/2)
  • :pschip: Technician: Argonaut (4/2)
  • :target: Lookout:

In Play:

  • Hardened Mox (1/0), -
  • Battle Suits

Buildings:

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

Economy Info:
Cards:

  • Hand: 4
  • Deck: 3
  • Disc: 0

Gold:

  • Gold: 1
  • Workers: 8
Thoughts

I’d be more worried by a HH than I am about that Bloom. I guess I could lose my tech 2 to Thunderclap + midband Rook, but worst case I can always instamax Oni.

@Bryce_The_Rice’s turn!

#8
Turn 4

Hand: Timely Messenger, Brick Thief, Granfalloon Flagbearer
Workers: Spark, Fruit Ninja, Helpful Turtle, Brick Thief

Techs

Turn 2: Bird’s Nest, Nimble Fencer
Turn 3: Nimble Fencer, Grounded Guide
Turn 4: Star-Crossed Starlet, Discord

  1. Tech 2 cards
  2. Get paid (+$8, $8)
  3. Hire a worker ($7)
  4. Build Tech 2 Finesse ($3)
  5. Birds kill Sparring Partner, you gain 1 gold
  6. Discard 2, draw 4
  • Patrol:
    :psblueshield:Squad Leader: Garus Rook lvl 1 (3/5+A)
    :psfist:Elite:
    :ps_:Scavenger:
    :pschip:Technician:
    :target:Lookout:
  • Buildings:
    Tech 1: 5
    Tech 2: 5
  • Units/Heroes:
    Bird (1/1)
    Bird (1/1)
  • Base: 20
  • Other:
    Bird’s Nest

Economy:

  • Workers: 9
  • Gold: 3
  • Hand: 4
  • Deck: 2
  • Discard: 5
Hand

Tenderfoot, Bloom, Older Brother, Grounded Guide

Discard

Timely Messenger, Nimble Fencer, Granfalloon Flagbearer, Star-Crossed Starlet, Discord

Think

I’m making a risky play here, and gambling on them not having teched Now!. My prediction is that they have: 2x Sparring Partner, 1x Argonaut, 2x Garrison, 1x Cadet. We’ll see if I’m right later. I probably should do more research on my opponent’s teching habits, but I never do.

#9

P1T5

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Drill Sergeant
Sparring Partner

STARTING HAND
Flagstone Garrison
Flagstone Garrison
Nullcraft
Tinkerer
Overeager Cadet
Forgotten Fighter
Overeager Cadet
Sparring Partner
Drill Sergeant
Fading Argonaut
Sparring Partner

WORKERS
Plasmodium
Time Spiral
Neo Plexus
Temporal Research
Forgotten Fighter

NextHand

Sparring Partner
Tinkerer
Fading Argonaut
Drill Sergeant
Nullcraft

Tech 2 card(s)
Fargo fades away
Get Paid + float + scav - ($10)
Flagstone Garrison - ($7)
Flagstone Garrison #2 - ($4)
Nullcraft, draw 2 - ($2)
Overeager Cadet, draw 1, reshuffle, draw 1
Overeager Cadet #2, draw 2
Sparring Partner, draw my last card - ($1)
Nullcraft trades with a bird
Worker - ($0)

Float ($0)
Discard 4, reshuffle, draw 5

Board Info:
In Patrol:

  • :psblueshield: Squad Leader: Overeager Cadet (2/2A)
  • :psfist: Elite: Overeager Cadet (3/2)
  • :ps_: Scavenger: Sparring Partner (2/2)
  • :pschip: Technician: Argonaut (4/2)
  • :target: Lookout:

In Play:

  • Flagstone Garrison (4)
  • Flagstone Garrison (4)
  • Hardened Mox (1/0), -
  • Battle Suits

Buildings:

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

Economy Info:
Cards:

  • Hand: 5
  • Deck: 0
  • Disc: 0

Gold:

  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 9
Thoughts

What are the odds Bryce teched double Discord back on turn 3?

@Bryce_The_Rice’s turn!

#10
Turn 5

Hand: Tenderfoot, Bloom, Older Brother, Grounded Guide
Workers: Spark, Fruit Ninja, Helpful Turtle, Brick Thief

Techs

Turn 2: Bird’s Nest, Nimble Fencer
Turn 3: Nimble Fencer, Grounded Guide
Turn 4: Star-Crossed Starlet, Discord
Turn 5: Grounded Guide, Thunderclap

  1. Tech 2 cards
  2. Bird comes back
  3. Get paid (+$9, $12)
  4. Summon Tenderfoot ($11)
  5. Summon Grounded Guide ($6)
  6. Summon Captain Zeno Zane ($4)
  7. Summon Older Brother ($2)
  8. Bird kills Argonaut, you draw it
  9. Rook kills Squad Leader
  10. Zane trades with Elite
  11. Discard 1, draw 3, reshuffle, draw 1
  • Patrol:
    :psblueshield:Squad Leader: Bird (2/1+A)
    :psfist:Elite: Older Brother (4/2)
    :ps_:Scavenger:
    :pschip:Technician: Tenderfoot (3/3)
    :target:Lookout:
  • Buildings:
    Tech 1: 5
    Tech 2: 5
  • Units/Heroes:
    Bird (2/1)
    Grounded Guide (4/4)
    Garus Rook lvl 1 (3/3
  • Base: 20
  • Other:
    Bird’s Nest

Economy:

  • Workers: 9
  • Gold: 2
  • Hand: 3
  • Deck: 7
  • Discard: 0
Hand

Nimble Fencer, Wither, Thunderclap

Discard

Think

This game got away from me really quickly. They are definitely laying down two drill sergeants this turn, and therefore, I am probably dead. Oh well.

#11

This seems wrong, but your card count is correct as far as I can tell so I guess it’s just a glitch.

#12

P1T6

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Elite Training
Drill Sergeant

STARTING HAND
Drill Sergeant
Tinkerer
Sparring Partner
Fading Argonaut
Nullcraft
Elite Training
Overeager Cadet
Overeager Cadet
Drill Sergeant

WORKERS
Plasmodium
Time Spiral
Neo Plexus
Temporal Research
Forgotten Fighter

NextHand

Fading Argonaut
Argonaut
Drill Sergeant
Elite Training
Sparring Partner

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + technician draw - ($9)
Drill Sergeant, reshuffle and draw 2, trash Mox - ($6)
Nullcraft, draw 2, Sergeant @1 - ($4)
Overeager Cadet, nothing to draw, Sergeant @2
Overeager Cadet #2, nothing to draw, Sergeant @3
Oni - ($2)
Elite Training on Spartner and a Cadet - ($0)
Spartner kills SQL bird and sparkshots elite
Sergeant moves 3 runes to Nullcraft
Nullcraft kills Grounded Guide

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

Board Info:
In Patrol:

  • :psblueshield: Squad Leader: Overeager Cadet (3/2AA), anti-air
  • :psfist: Elite: Oni lvl 1 (3/3)
  • :ps_: Scavenger: Drill Sergeant (3/3)
  • :pschip: Technician: Overeager Cadet (2/2)
  • :target: Lookout:

In Play:

  • Sparring Partner (3/1), anti-air
  • Nullcraft (4/4), +++
  • Flagstone Garrison (4)
  • Flagstone Garrison (4)
  • Battle Suits

Buildings:

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

Economy Info:
Cards:

  • Hand: 5
  • Deck: 1
  • Disc: 0

Gold:

  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 9
Thoughts

GGuide is the biggest threat I think. Best way to get at it right now is Elite Training.

@Bryce_The_Rice’s turn!

#13
Turn 6

Hand: Nimble Fencer, Wither, Thunderclap
Workers: Spark, Fruit Ninja, Helpful Turtle, Brick Thief

Techs

Turn 2: Bird’s Nest, Nimble Fencer
Turn 3: Nimble Fencer, Grounded Guide
Turn 4: Star-Crossed Starlet, Discord
Turn 5: Grounded Guide, Thunderclap
Turn 6: Surprise Attack, Maestro

  1. Tech 2 cards
  2. Bird returns
  3. Get paid (+$9, $11)
  4. Summon RIver Montoya ($9)
  5. Summon Nimble Fencer ($7)
  6. Cast Thunderclap, sidelinining Cadets ($5)
  7. Cast Wither on Onimaru ($3)
  8. Nimble Fencer kills Onimaru, Rook gains 2 levels
  9. Midband Rook ($1)
  10. Bird and Brother kill Drill Sergeant, you gain 1 gold
  11. Rook and Tenderfoot destroy your Tech 2, your base takes 2
  12. Discard 0, draw 2
  • Patrol:
    :psblueshield:Squad Leader: Bird (1/1+A)
    :psfist:Elite:
    :ps_:Scavenger:
    :pschip:Technician: River Montoya (2/3)
    :target:Lookout:
  • Buildings:
    Tech 1: 5
    Tech 2: 5
  • Units/Heroes:
    Bird (1/1)
    Nimble Fencer (2/1)
    Tenderfoot (1/2)
    Garus Rook lvl 5 (4/6)
  • Base: 20
  • Other:
    Bird’s Nest

Economy:

  • Workers: 9
  • Gold: 1
  • Hand: 2
  • Deck: 5
  • Discard: 6
Hand

Grounded Guide, Bloom

Discard

Grounded Guide, Maestro, Surprise Attack, Older Brother, Thunderclap, Wither

Think

I realise that in changing what I was doing last turn, I didn’t redo my patrol to make more sense. I definitely should not have had bird in squad leader when I decided to put grounded guide backline. This error has certainly cost me a lot of potential damage.
Moving on, I will destroy the tech 2 over the tech 1 here, because they have no shortage of tech 0 units to proc garrisons (I assume anyway), and I would rather prevent rune spreading at this point. I opted to go with the wither line over the max rook line knowing I might lose rook, because it leaves me with a more diversified board for better attacks next turn.
I don’t have a good strategy for dealing with nullcraft though, and I suspect that will ultimately be my downfall.

#14

P1T7

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Now!
Sentry

STARTING HAND
Fading Argonaut
Drill Sergeant
Argonaut
Elite Training
Sparring Partner
Tinkerer
Sparring Partner
Sentry
Now!
Overeager Cadet
Overeager Cadet
Drill Sergeant

WORKERS
Plasmodium
Time Spiral
Neo Plexus
Temporal Research
Forgotten Fighter
Tinkerer

NextHand

Fading Argonaut
Drill Sergeant
Argonaut
Elite Training
Drill Sergeant

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + scav - ($10)
Rebuild tech 2
Geiger - ($8)
Cadets trade with River, you draw, Geiger to midband
Spartner runs into Rook
Sparring Partner, draw 1, reshuffle, draw 1 - ($7)
Sparring Partner #2, draw 2 - ($6)
Sentry, draw 2 - ($4)
Overeager Cadet, draw 1
Overeager Cadet #2, no cards to draw
Now! on Sentry - ($3)
Sentry kills SQL
Nullcraft kills Rook, Bird’s Nest to discard, Geiger maxbands and flickers Sentry
Worker - ($2)

Float ($2)
Discard 5, reshuffle, draw 5

Board Info:
In Patrol:

  • :psblueshield: Squad Leader: Overeager Cadet (2/2A)
  • :psfist: Elite: Sparring Partner (3/2)
  • :ps_: Scavenger: Geiger lvl 5 (3/4)
  • :pschip: Technician: Sentry (3/2)
  • :target: Lookout: Overeager Cadet (2/2)

In Play:

  • Sparring Partner (2/2)
  • Nullcraft (4/4), +++
  • Flagstone Garrison (4)
  • Flagstone Garrison (4)
  • Battle Suits

Buildings:

  • :heart: Base HP: 18
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5
  • :heart: Tech II HP: 5 (Peace)

Economy Info:
Cards:

  • Hand: 5
  • Deck: 1
  • Disc: 0

Gold:

  • Gold: 2
  • Workers: 10
Thoughts

Losing the Tech 1 would’ve been worse IMO. As it is I can cycle for Now! + Sentry and finally get rid of Rook.
…
Ended up not needing Fargo for the cycle, so I’ll just float a bit.

@Bryce_The_Rice’s turn!

#15

Last game of the round @Bryce_The_Rice looks not great, any outs in that technician draw?

#16

Yeah you would have to get extremely unlucky to lose at this point, and I don’t see it happening reasonably. It’s certainly over.
@FrozenStorm

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#17

GG WP!
Any thoughts about the nerfs? The Bird’s Nest one didn’t really come into play, but the Battle Suits one made a difference IMO.