[CAPS25] Round6: P1 Bryce_The_Rice monopurple vs P2 thehug0naut [Bashing]/Balance/Disease

My boy stays chilling

P2T7


Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH

Sneaky Pig
Sneaky Pig


STARTING HAND

Older Brother
Wandering Mimic
Tenderfoot
Technician Draw → Moment’s Peace


WORKERS

Fruit Ninja
Helpful Turtle
Spark
Granfalloon Flagbearer


NextHand

Death and Decay
Bloom
Intimidate
Potent Basilisk
Fairie Dragon


Discard

Brick Thief
Timely Messenger
Tenderfoot
Sneaky Pig
Sneaky Pig
Wandering Mimic
Moment’s Peace
Older Brother


Tech 2 card(s)
Technician Draw
Get Paid - ($9)
Tenderfoot, Sac to kill Stewie, runes spread to kill 2x backline Stingers, you reshuffle and draw - ($8)
Mimic (Flying, Untargetable, Sparkshot) hits Mech to 4HP, takes 1 from Tower, Sparkshot Elite
Maxband Troq, trades mech, Midband hits Tech I to 3HP, levels whiff - ($2)
Orpal and Crawler run under flyers and break Tech II, each takes 1, your base to 16
Midori - ($0)

Float ($0)
Discard 3, draw 5


Board Info:
In Patrol:

  • :psblueshield: Squad Leader: L1 Master Midori 2/3A
  • :psfist: Elite:
  • :ps_: Scavenger:
  • :pschip: Technician:
  • :target: Lookout:

In Play:

  • L6 Orpal Gloor 2/3 [Deal’s Damage as -1/-1 runes]
  • Wandering Mimic 4/3
  • Crypt Crawler 3/2 [Sparkshot]

Buildings:

  • :heart: Base HP: 19
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5
  • :heart: Tech II HP: 5 (Balance)

Economy Info:
Cards:

  • Hand: 5
  • Deck: 3
  • Disc: 8

Gold:

  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 9
Thoughts

I think this is my best line since it gets rid of mech and breaks Tech II. I kind of wish I’d patrolled Scav so I could worker though, not a fan of how large my deck is getting. Nervous in case he goes for Orpal here but surely Mimic and Crawler (or even Midori) seem like bigger threats in this position. Guess I Tech pigs here so I have the option to tech lab if I get to my reshuffle.

Edit: Fixed Sparkshot (thanks Legion!)

Turn 8

Hand: Temporal Distortion, Void Star, Battle Suits, Nullcraft, Ready or Not
Swap: Temporal Distortion/Plasmodium
Workers: Time Spiral, Hardened Mox, Temporal Research, Forgotten Fighter, Neo Plexus, Tinkerer

Techs

Turn 2: Seer, Stewardess of the Undone
Turn 3: Hive, Argonaut
Turn 4: Void Star, Temporal Distortion
Turn 5: Now!, Xenostalker
Turn 6: Void Star, Temporal Distortion
Turn 7: Ready or Not, Argonaut


  1. Technician draw
  2. Tech 0 cards
  3. Get paid (+$10, $11)
  4. Rebuild Tech 2 ($11)
  5. Summon Nullcraft ($9)
  6. Swap a card from hand and deck ($8)
  7. Summon three Stingers ($5)
  8. Research Battle Suits ($3)
  9. Summon Plasmodium ($1)
  10. Two Stingers and Nullcraft kill Orpal
  11. Discard 2, draw 4

  • Patrol:
    :psblueshield:Squad Leader: Stinger (1/1+A)
    :psfist:Elite: Stinger (2/1)
    :ps_:Scavenger: Stinger (1/1)
    :pschip:Technician: Vir Garbarean lvl 7 (3/5)
    :target:Lookout: Hive (0/6)

  • Buildings:
    Tech 1: 3
    Tech 2: 5
    Tower: 4
  • Units/Heroes:
    Stinger (1/1)
    Stinger (1/1)
    Nullcraft (1/1)
    Plasmodium (Forecast 3)
  • Base: 16
  • Other:
    Battle Suits

Economy:

  • Workers: 10
  • Gold: 2
  • Hand: 4
  • Deck: 6
  • Discard: 2

Hand

Temporal Distortion, Fading Argonaut, Now!, Argonaut

Discard

Void Star, Ready or Not

Think

I was going to kill Midori and patrol a bunch of fliers, but then I realised crypt crawler can ground mimic (or I assume it works that way anyway) and break my tech 2 anyway. So instead, Vir has to patrol. Sad. He will probably die. And I really wanted to prevent my opponent from casting any spells at all…

@Bryce_The_Rice Nullcraft can’t kill the crawler on its own as it doesn’t benefit from Battle Suits

I’m well aware. I didn’t say it killed it.

didn’t elite stinger die to sparkshot?

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Ohhh, good point. I often forget about Mimic stealing sparkshot. If that is the case, I will spend one more gold to summon one more stinger, and it shall patrol in Scavenger, and Crypt Crawler will remain unhit.

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P2T8


Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH

Wrecking Ball
Wrecking Ball


STARTING HAND

Bloom
Potent Basilisk
Death and Decay
Fairie Dragon
Intimidate → Worker


WORKERS

Fruit Ninja
Helpful Turtle
Spark
Granfalloon Flagbearer
Intimidate


NextHand

Death and Decay
Wither
Brick Thief
Moment’s Peace


Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($9)
Worker - ($8)
Crawler runs into Vir, deals 3, Sparkshot Hive
Fairie Dragon, rune Hive, pay Resist 2, dies, sac 5x Stingers, you gain 1g - ($2)
Bloom Mimic, breaks Tech II, your base to 14 - ($0)

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


Board Info:
In Patrol:

  • :psblueshield: Squad Leader: L1 Master Midori 2/3A
  • :psfist: Elite:
  • :ps_: Scavenger:
  • :pschip: Technician:
  • :target: Lookout:

In Play:

  • Wandering Mimic 5/3 [+]
  • Fairie Dragon 4/2 [Flying]

Buildings:

  • :heart: Base HP: 19
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5
  • :heart: Tech II HP: 5 (Balance)

Economy Info:
Cards:

  • Hand: 4
  • Deck: 13
  • Disc: 0

Gold:

  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 10
Thoughts

I finally managed to worker while keeping him off Tech II and I got rid of Hive! That was damn satisfying.

Sticking in some extra base damage since one good turn gets me really close to lethal, I need the maximum number of lines where I can tech break and Tech III feels like it might be hard to get to. I really don’t want to give him more cards so I’ve not traded Midori with Vir. I’ve kept him in SQL as that way he needs Now! or to use NC to kill him, so there’s a chance he might survive. Think the biggest threat he can bring is Prynn + Seer to time trash both flyers, so got to hope I can dodge that!

Really good catch legion, had forgotten that myself!

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Turn 9

Hand: Temporal Distortion, Fading Argonaut, Now!, Argonaut
Workers: Time Spiral, Hardened Mox, Temporal Research, Forgotten Fighter, Neo Plexus, Tinkerer

Techs

Turn 2: Seer, Stewardess of the Undone
Turn 3: Hive, Argonaut
Turn 4: Void Star, Temporal Distortion
Turn 5: Now!, Xenostalker
Turn 6: Void Star, Temporal Distortion
Turn 7: Ready or Not, Argonaut
Turn 9: Sentry, Rewind


  1. Forecast
  2. Tech 2 cards
  3. Get paid (+$10, $12)
  4. Rebuild Tech 2 ($12)
  5. Vir hits Midori, Midori gains 2 levels
  6. Summon Max Geiger ($10)
  7. Summon Argonaut ($7)
  8. Nullcraft kills Midori, Geiger midbands
  9. Cast Temporal Distortion on Argonaut, play Sentry from Codex ($5)
  10. Summon Fading Argonaut ($3)
  11. Cast Now! on Sentry ($2)
  12. Maxband Geiger, flicker Nullcraft ($0)
  13. Sentry kills Mimic
  14. Discard 1, draw 3

  • Patrol:
    :psblueshield:Squad Leader: Nullcraft (1/1+A)
    :psfist:Elite:
    :ps_:Scavenger: Fading Argonaut (3/3) (Fading 3)
    :pschip:Technician: Max Geiger lvl 5 (3/4)
    :target:Lookout:

  • Buildings:
    Tech 1: 3
    Tech 2: 5
    Tower: 4
  • Units/Heroes:
    Plasmodium (Forecast 2)
  • Base: 14
  • Other:
    Battle Suits

Economy:

  • Workers: 10
  • Gold: 0
  • Hand: 3
  • Deck: 3
  • Discard: 9

Hand

Argonaut, Void Star, Stewardess of the Undone

Discard

Temporal Distortion, Now!, Argonaut, Hive, Void Star, Sentry, Sentry, Ready or Not, Rewind

Think

Augh, what a blunder. I hate fighting balance. I hate that stupid deck. It pulls something out of its ass every turn. I wonder what stupid thing I will lose to this turn.

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That was a cracking use of TD for Sentry, very impressive!

P2T9


StartingHand Workers

STARTING HAND

Death and Decay
Wither
Moment’s Peace
Brick Thief


WORKERS

Fruit Ninja
Helpful Turtle
Spark
Granfalloon Flagbearer
Intimidate


NextHand

Older Brother
Tenderfoot
Wandering Mimic
Crypt Crawler
Sneaky Pig


Discard

Wandering Mimic
Brick Thief
Moment’s Peace
Death and Decay
Wither


Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($10)
Orpal + Maxband - ($3)
Brick Thief, Tech II to 4HP, my base to 20 - ($1)
Sac Thief, -1/-1 kills Nullcraft, rune spreads to Fargo
Dragon breaks Tech II, takes 1, your base to 12
Tech Lab Bashing - ($0)

Float ($0)
Discard 3, draw 5


Board Info:
In Patrol:

  • :psblueshield: Squad Leader: L6 Orpal Gloor 2/5A
  • :psfist: Elite:
  • :ps_: Scavenger:
  • :pschip: Technician:
  • :target: Lookout:

In Play:

  • Fairie Dragon 4/1 [Flying]

Buildings:

  • :heart: Base HP: 20
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5
  • :heart: Tech II HP: 5 (Balance)
  • :heart: Tech Lab HP: 4 (Bashing)

Economy Info:
Cards:

  • Hand: 5
  • Deck: 8
  • Disc: 5

Gold:

  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 10
Thoughts

Oh man just when I thought my flyers were safe! kudos to him finding that one! Plasmo likely incoming now which is a concern

Turn 10

Hand: Argonaut, Void Star, Stewardess of the Undone
Discard: Void Star
Draw: Seer
Workers: Time Spiral, Hardened Mox, Temporal Research, Forgotten Fighter, Neo Plexus, Tinkerer

Techs

Turn 2: Seer, Stewardess of the Undone
Turn 3: Hive, Argonaut
Turn 4: Void Star, Temporal Distortion
Turn 5: Now!, Xenostalker
Turn 6: Void Star, Temporal Distortion
Turn 7: Ready or Not, Argonaut
Turn 9: Sentry, Rewind


  1. Forecast, Fading
  2. Tech 0 cards
  3. Get paid (+$10, $10)
  4. Rebuild Tech 2 ($10)
  5. Exhaust Geiger to discard and draw
  6. Summon Seer, Plasmodium arrives ($9)
  7. Plasmodium and Fading Argonaut kill Orpal, Fading Argonaut and Seer die, Plasmodium gets -1/-1
  8. Summon Stewardess of the Undone, return Plasmodium to my hand ($6)
  9. Summon Argonaut ($3)
  10. Discard 1, draw 2, reshuffle, draw 1

  • Patrol:
    :psblueshield:Squad Leader: Stewardess of the Undone (3/3+A)
    :psfist:Elite:
    :ps_:Scavenger:
    :pschip:Technician: Argonaut (4/4)
    :target:Lookout:

  • Buildings
    Tech 1: 3
    Tech 2: 5
    Tower: 4
  • Units/Heroes:
    Max Geiger lvl 5 (3/4)
  • Base: 12
  • Other:
    Battle Suits

Economy:

  • Workers: 10
  • Gold: 3
  • Hand: 3
  • Deck: 13
  • Discard: 0

Hand

Temporal Distortion, Xenostalker, Hive

Discard

Think

Will I get to keep my tech 2?? Not bloody likely. Ugh.
I want this game to be over. This is miserable.

@Bryce_The_Rice

Fargo already has a -1/-1 so it will die when it attacks Orpal. As you have it, runes will spread to kill Seer and make Plasmo a -1/-1

Oh, the bloody rune spread… How I despise Orpal.
Well I don’t really have a choice. I have to kill him.

Yeah after playing against him a bunch with Frozenstorm I knew I definitely wanted a deck with him in it, he’s a horrible horrible monster

You won’t be able to bounce Fargo so you’ll need to at least retake that part and redraw

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No need to redraw, because the extra card came from a new deck.

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Oh yeah that’s true. Let me know when I’m good to go then!

I decided plasmodium is not worth keeping. So I did redraw.

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P2T10


StartingHand Workers

STARTING HAND

Wandering Mimic
Sneaky Pig
Older Brother
Crypt Crawler
Tenderfoot


WORKERS

Fruit Ninja
Helpful Turtle
Spark
Granfalloon Flagbearer
Intimidate


NextHand

Death and Decay
Potent Basilisk
Bloom


Discard

Wandering Mimic
Brick Thief
Moment’s Peace
Death and Decay
Wither
Older Brother


Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($10)
Sneaky Pig - ($7)
Mimic, has Haste, Stealth and Flying, is detected but flies over patrol and breaks Tower, takes 1, base to 10 - ($3)
Pig steathily hits Tech II to 2HP
Dragon breaks Tech II, base to 8
Tenderfoot - ($2)
Crawler - ($0)

Float ($0)
Discard 1, draw 3


Board Info:
In Patrol:

  • :psblueshield: Squad Leader: Tenderfoot 1/2A
  • :psfist: Elite:
  • :ps_: Scavenger:
  • :pschip: Technician: Crypt Crawler 3/3 [Sparkshot]
  • :target: Lookout:

In Play:

  • Wandering Mimic 4/3
  • Fairie Dragon 4/1 [Flying]
  • Sneaky Pig 3/3 [Haste]

Buildings:

  • :heart: Base HP: 20
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5
  • :heart: Tech II HP: 5 (Balance)
  • :heart: Tech Lab HP: 4 (Bashing)

Economy Info:
Cards:

  • Hand: 3
  • Deck: 5
  • Disc: 6

Gold:

  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 10
Thoughts

I’m one damage short of lethal this turn so I think we rebreak, keep flyers alive and aim at keeping Prynn out of play. That way he has to get rid of both flyers or die. Tenderfoot in SQL and Midori or Crawler in Technician for my patrol.

Nullcraft let’s him kill both flyers, but its only a 7% chance to have in hand right now and a 14% chance if he uses Geiger midband. The latter limits his ability to break my patrol unless he has Now! or another Stewardess.

Outside of Nullcraft, Sentry+Now! Or TD+Now! Would do it, but again Geiger midband eats into his ability to break through. I guess R&D would change that up calculus, but has he teched it? It doesn’t feel likely but it’s definitely possible.

I guess the final question is should I play Midori or not? Keeping him in reserve means I have access to Flying for my mimic, even if he kills the dragon to ground it (though if he does that I think both probably die). He also gives me access to Moment’s Peace which might be required if he does draw well.

Yeah I think caution would say play the Crawler and save Midori just in case. I don’t like dropping in cards but Technician will get me back to 4 and if he’s not breaking my patrol then he’s most likely dead on my next turn.

Forgot to edit my redraw in my last turn, but it’s reflected in my hand here.


Turn 11

Hand: Temporal Distortion, Xenostalker, Ready or Not
Workers: Time Spiral, Hardened Mox, Temporal Research, Forgotten Fighter, Neo Plexus, Tinkerer

Techs

Turn 2: Seer, Stewardess of the Undone
Turn 3: Hive, Argonaut
Turn 4: Void Star, Temporal Distortion
Turn 5: Now!, Xenostalker
Turn 6: Void Star, Temporal Distortion
Turn 7: Ready or Not, Argonaut
Turn 9: Sentry, Rewind


  1. Tech 0 cards
  2. Get paid (+$10, $13)
  3. Rebuild Tech 2 ($13)
  4. Geiger kills Tenderfoot
  5. Argonaut kills Crypt Crawler, you draw
  6. Stewardess hits your Tech 2
  7. Cast Ready or Not on Stewardess ($9)
  8. Stewardess destroys your Tech 2, your base takes 2
  9. Cast Temporal Distortion on Argonaut, bring in Gilded Glaxx ($7)
  10. Summon Argonaut ($4)
  11. Discard 1, draw 3

  • Patrol:
    :psblueshield:Squad Leader: Gilded Glaxx (4/4+A)
    :psfist:Elite:
    :ps_:Scavenger:
    :pschip:Technician:
    :target:Lookout: Argonaut (4/4)

  • Buildings:
    Tech 1: 3
    Tech 2: 5
  • Units/Heroes:
    Stewardess of the Undone (3/3)
    Max Geiger lvl 5 (3/3)
  • Base: 8
  • Other:
    Battle Suits

Economy:

  • Workers: 10
  • Gold: 4
  • Hand: 3
  • Deck: 10
  • Discard: 3

Hand

Seer, Now!, Sentry

Discard

Temporal Distortion, Ready or Not, Xenostalker

Think

I HATE MIMICS I HATE MIMICS I HATE MIMICS I HATE MIMICS I HATE MIMICS

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