STARTING HAND
Nullcraft
Undo
Assimilate
Fading Argonaut
Rewind
WORKERS
Temporal Research
Tinkerer
Plasmodium
Forgotten Fighter
Stewardess of the Undone
Time Spiral
Neo Plexus
Battle Suits
NextHand
Rewind
Nebula
Hive
Assimilate
Undo
Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($12)
Each Omegacron loses a time rune
Summon Prynn, maxband Prynn - ($4)
Remove two time runes, trash Glorious Ninja
Let’s try this again; I Rewind everything (except forecasted units and the stasis’d Ninja) to a nicer time - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 5, reshuffle, draw 5
[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]
[I]Squad Leader[/I]: Vir L1 2/3+a
[I]Elite[/I]:
[I]Scavenger[/I]:
[I]Technician[/I]:
[I]Lookout[/I]: Prynn L7 MAX 3/5 fading 2
[B]In Play:[/B]
Fox Viper
Morningstar Flagbearer
Fox Primus
Smoker
Grappling Hook
Next Hand
Hidden Ninja
Flying Fox
Savior Monk
Speed of the Fox
Snapback
Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($10)
My Birds waited out the Rewind from their Nest, but can’t attack this turn Rook casts Snapback on Vir, replacing him with Geiger - ($7)
Level Setsuki to Lv. 4 - ($4) Rook hits Prynn for 4 damage and takes 3 in return Setsuki swiftly kills Prynn, freeing Glorious Ninja from stasis, and gains 2 free levels Glorious Ninja thanks you for keeping him out of Rewind by swiftly killing Geiger, the free levels fizzle
Re-recruit Porcupine - ($1)
Recruit Aged Sensei - ($0)
Snapback
Speed of the Fox
Savior Monk
Flying Fox
Hidden Ninja
Sensei’s Advice
Inverse Power Ninja
WORKERS
Fox Viper
Morningstar Flagbearer
Fox Primus
Smoker
Grappling Hook
Inverse Power Ninja
Next Hand
Jade Fox
Hidden Ninja
Mythmaking
Glorious Ninja
Jade Fox
Tech 1 card(s)
Get Paid - ($10)
Draw 2 from Setsuki’s maxband
Summon Grave - ($8) Rook walks under Nebula and crushes yourwindmillTower and takes 1 damage from it
Setsuki casts Speed of the Fox, gaining +1 ATK and… other stuff… this turn - ($6)
Aged Sensei gives Setsuki +1/+a this turn Setsuki dashes under your Nebula and breaks your Tech II, dealing 2 damage to your Base
Recruit Flying Fox - ($3)
Recruit Savior Monk - ($1)
Worker - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 3, draw 3, reshuffle, draw 2
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader: Flying Fox (3/1+a) (Flying)
Elite: Cucco (1+1/1) (Flying)
Scavenger: Savior Monk (2/2) (Healing 1)
Technician: Pipi (1/1) (Flying)
Lookout: Porcupine (2/6) (Deathtouch, resist 1) In Play:
Safe Attacking
Bird’s Nest
Setsuki Hiruki Lv. 6 (3/4) (Upkeep: draw 2, Attacks: swift strike, costs $1 to attack)
Garus Rook Lv. 8 (4/2) (Two Lives)
Grave Stormborne Lv. 1 (2/3) (Sparkshot)
Aged Sensei (1/1) Buildings:
Base HP: 18
Tech I HP: 4
Tech II HP: 5 (Ninjutsu)
Tech III HP: 5
Tower HP: 4
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 5
Deck: 4
Disc: 0 Gold:
Gold: 0
Workers: 11
Thoughts
OK, next turn I can drop Jade Fox and Mythmaking to completely shut down any flying units he has, or I can just have Grave strike down the Nebula with his sword. As long as Setsuki stays alive to keep my cycling at insane levels, odds are good that I can get the advantage.
STARTING HAND
Fading Argonaut
Ready or Not
Stewardess of the Undone
Nullcraft
Origin Story
WORKERS
Temporal Research
Tinkerer
Plasmodium
NextHand
Undo
Fading Argonaut
Rewind
Nullcraft
Hive
Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($14)
Both Omegacrons lose a time rune
Summon Prynn - ($12)
Origin Story on Rook to bounce him away; Bird’s Nest goes away too - ($9)
Summon Stewardess of the Undone, bouncing your Savior Monk - ($6)
Nebula destroys Porcupine - ($5)
Sacrifice six workers for Aiur
Double Omegacrons hit your base for 18 damage, gg!
Float ($5)
Discard 3, reshuffle, draw 5
[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]
[I]Squad Leader[/I]:
[I]Elite[/I]:
[I]Scavenger[/I]:
[I]Technician[/I]:
[I]Lookout[/I]:
[B]In Play:[/B]
Omegacron 9/7 haste
Omegacron 9/7 haste
Stewardess of the Undone
Nebula 7/6 flying resist 3
Prynn L1 1/3 fading 4
[B]Buildings:[/B]
Base HP: 18
Tech I HP: 5
Tech III HP: 5
[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]
Hand: 5
Deck: 2
Disc: 0
[B]Gold:[/B]
Gold: 5
Workers: 7
Sorry about that bouncing-Rook nonsense. I did that before I realized I had an instant win!
Wow. I think that was the longest game I’ve played on these forums, and I’m honestly relieved that it’s over. Well played!
Clearly I need to play this matchup more. I felt like you had the advantage the whole game, and I’m not sure what kind of plan I should have used… It doesn’t help that I assumed you’d go for Present (I chose Ninjutsu for the Porcupines). I also got some bad luck with Jade Fox not wanting to be in hand at the right time, so that didn’t help any.
Hmmmmm. Porcupines definitely gave me a HUGE amount of pain, since I lacked good hard removal. (Purple can stall, but not remove, with cards.) I feel like Purple, at least in one playstyle, hovers around walking the knife’s edge, just keeping things going with bounces until their game plan swings together all in one turn.
You did a really good job with keeping heroes on the board, and Origin Story never ever seemed to be in hand at the right time. You’d either used Snapback or just plain killed Prynn. I kept feeling really worried, honestly–I’ll try and pinpoint some turns where I felt like you had a strong advantage.
Your Turn 9 (especially with keeping all three of my heroes out of play next turn!) felt like a really strong securing of the board. I guess I underestimated Nebula’s potential, but at that point I figured you’d be able to quickly rush me down, albeit not factoring in Omegacrons. I felt incredibly vulnerable, even after deploying Nebula, because you just had free shots on my base all day. Starting with Turn 5 and the arrival of the Glorious Ninja, I felt my board position slowly slipping, and I think had you managed to hang on a bit longer, you would’ve just outright overwhelmed me.
Given my Omegacrons, I personally would’ve parked Grave in a patrol zone slot over one of your birds, because keeping out of lethal range was key. Having something that couldn’t be bounced by Stewardess of the Undone was really important IMO, and that’s what let me win. I would’ve had to sacrifice workers for Omegacron, and that would’ve set me back intensely, while you would maintain a full board of units and heroes. At that point, you’d be able to repeatedly down my tech buildings.
[I]Squad Leader[/I]: Vir L1 2/3+a
[I]Elite[/I]:
[I]Scavenger[/I]:
[I]Technician[/I]:
[I]Lookout[/I]: Prynn L7 MAX 3/5 fading 2
Base HP: 20
[I]Squad Leader[/I]: Vir L1 2/3+a
[I]Elite[/I]:
[I]Scavenger[/I]:
[I]Technician[/I]:
[I]Lookout[/I]: Prynn L7 MAX 3/5 fading 2
Base HP: 20
Base HP: 18