You got lucky a couple of turns ago in discarding my Plague Lord, now I got lucky in drawing it…
P1T9
StartingHand Workers
STARTING HAND
Savior Monk
Grappling Hook
Plague Spitter
Abomination
Plague Lord
WORKERS
Fox Viper
Smoker
Morningstar Flagbearer
Safe Attacking
Fox Primus
Sensei’s Advice
NextHand
Cursed Crow
Abomination
Plague Lord
Judgment Day
Aged Sensei
Discard
Grappling Hook
Abomination
Savior Monk
Plague Spitter
Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($10)
Exhaust Bigby to draw
Plague Lord, kills skeletons and gimps everyone else on your team - ($4)
Grappling Hook on Spectral Hound, paying for resist and popping it - ($3)
Gorgon kills Vir, bringing Grave to midband
Grave readily kills Garth, levelling up to 5
Grave to maxband, healing him - ($1)
Float ($1)
Discard 3, draw 5
Board Info:
In Patrol:
-
Squad Leader: Plague Lord (4/7A)
-
Elite:
-
Scavenger: Grave lvl 7 (4/5)
-
Technician:
-
Lookout:
In Play:
- Bigby lvl 5 (3/4)
- Gorgon (2/3)
- Plague Lab (4)
Buildings:
-
Base HP: 18
-
Tech I HP: 5
-
Tech II HP: 5 (Disease)
-
Tech III HP: 2
Economy Info:
Cards:
Gold:
Thoughts
mordred just teched 2 cards after a few turns teching nothing, and hasn’t cycled yet, so I’m not super-worried about facing a Nebula or what have you next turn. With that in mind, I can clear the board w/o Bigby’s help, which means I can use him to draw, and maybe luck into a Plague Lord.
…
Got one! I think I can lock this board up pretty tight.
I’m about ready to call this one, but here’s one last small show of strength.
"P2T9
StartingHand Workers
STARTING HAND
Thieving Imp
Sacrifice the Weak
Bone Collector
Hooded Executioner
WORKERS
Jandra, the Negator
Poisonblade Rogue
Graveyard
Pestering Haunt
Skeleton Javelineer
Deteriorate
NextHand
Sacrifice the Weak
Omegacron
Corpse Catapult
Skeletal Archery
Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($11)
No Worker
Boosted Hooded Executioner, you sac Gorgon - ($6)
Quince - ($4)
Expensive Sacrifice the Weak, you sac Plague Lord - ($1)
Level Quince once cuz why not - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 2, draw 2, reshuffle, draw 2
Board Info:
In Patrol:
-
Squad Leader: Hooded Executioner (3/3+A)
-
Elite:
-
Scavenger:
-
Technician:
-
Lookout: Mirror Illusion (0/1)
In Play:
Buildings:
-
Base HP: 20
-
Tech I HP: 5
-
Tech II HP: 5 (Necromancy)
-
Tech III HP: 5
-
Tech Lab HP: 4 (Future)
Economy Info:
Cards:
Gold:
@Dreamfire’s turn!
"
P1T10
Tech StartingHand Workers
TECH
True Power of Storms
True Power of Storms
STARTING HAND
Aged Sensei
Abomination
Cursed Crow
Judgment Day
Plague Lord
Snapback
WORKERS
Fox Viper
Smoker
Morningstar Flagbearer
Safe Attacking
Fox Primus
Sensei’s Advice
NextHand
Abomination
Abomination
Snapback
Injunction
True Power of Storms
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($11)
Gorgon draw
Brand new Plague Lord, kills Mirror and gimps Executioner and Quince - ($5)
Exhaust Plague Lab, adding a -1/-1 rune to each of Executioner and Quince, and adding a sword rune to Grave - ($3)
Bigby kills Executioner
Grave readily breaks the Tech Lab, bringing your base to 18
Exhaust Grave and spend a sword rune to kill Quince
Cursed Crow - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 4, draw 1, reshuffle, draw 4
Board Info:
In Patrol:
-
Squad Leader: Plague Lord (4/7A)
-
Elite:
-
Scavenger: Cursed Crow (3/3)
-
Technician:
-
Lookout:
In Play:
- Grave lvl 7 (4/5)
- Bigby lvl 5 (3/3)
- Plague Lab (4)
Buildings:
-
Base HP: 18
-
Tech I HP: 5
-
Tech II HP: 5 (Disease)
-
Tech III HP: 2
Economy Info:
Cards:
Gold:
Thoughts
Infinite sword runes? Sign me up!
Even if mordred did tech a Lord of Shadows, which I doubt, I don’t see it making much of a difference at this point.
In the end, play all the cards. Using the Plague Lab to get extra sword runes is friggin’ sick. I hadn’t heard of or seen that before and reserve the right to steal it for future use.
"P2T10
StartingHand Workers
STARTING HAND
Corpse Catapult
Skeletal Archery
Sacrifice the Weak
Omegacron
WORKERS
Jandra, the Negator
Poisonblade Rogue
Graveyard
Pestering Haunt
Skeleton Javelineer
Deteriorate
Skeletal Archery
NextHand
Bone Collector
Corpse Catapult
Summon Skeletons
Discard
Hooded Executioner
Sacrifice the Weak
Omegacron
Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($11)
Worker - ($10)
Garth - ($8)
Sac the Weak against Crow - ($6)
Vir - ($4)
Garth skeleton - ($3)
Corpse Catapult - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 1, draw 3
Board Info:
In Patrol:
-
Squad Leader: Vir (lv 1, 2/3)
-
Elite: Garth (lv 1, 1/3)
-
Scavenger: Corpse Catapult (1/4)
-
Technician: Skeleton (1/1)
-
Lookout:
In Play:
*
Buildings:
-
Base HP: 18
-
Tech I HP: 5
-
Tech II HP: 5 (Necromancy)
-
Tech III HP: 5
Economy Info:
Cards:
Gold:
@Dreamfire’s turn!
"
The Plague Lab + sword rune combo is one of the reasons I wanted to play this codex - I’d never pulled it off before!
P1T11
StartingHand Workers
STARTING HAND
Injunction
Snapback
Abomination
True Power of Storms
Abomination
WORKERS
Fox Viper
Smoker
Morningstar Flagbearer
Safe Attacking
Fox Primus
Sensei’s Advice
NextHand
Grappling Hook
Aged Sensei
Savior Monk
Gorgon
True Power of Storms
Discard
Cursed Crow
Snapback
Injunction
Abomination
Abomination
Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($10)
Scav gold - ($11)
Orpal - ($9)
Snapback Vir for Quince, who arrives with a Mirror - ($6)
Plague Lord kills Garth, killing Mirror and skeleton, gimping Quince and Catapult, and bringing Orpal to lvl 3
Injunction on Tech 2, sidelining and disabling Catapult - ($3)
Exhaust Plague Lab, adding a -1/-1 rune to Quince and Catapult, and adding another sword rune to Grave - ($1)
Bigby hits tech 3
Grave readily finishes tech 3, your base to 16
Exhaust Grave and spend a sword rune to kill Quince, bringing Orpal to lvl 5
Float ($1)
Stash 1, Discard 2, draw 4
Board Info:
In Patrol:
-
Squad Leader: Orpal lvl 5 (2/4A)
-
Elite:
-
Scavenger:
-
Technician:
-
Lookout:
In Play:
- Grave lvl 7 (4/5)
- Bigby lvl 5 (3/3)
- Plague Lord (4/5)
- Plague Lab (4)
Buildings:
-
Base HP: 18
-
Tech I HP: 5
-
Tech II HP: 5 (Disease)
-
Tech III HP: 2
Economy Info:
Cards:
Gold:
Thoughts
Not much point playing TPoS if I can’t get the base kill. Maybe next turn?
Ok, it’s time to concede. Very well played. That well-timed Judgment Day totally swung the game.
I found a fun Catapult combo I wanted to try that also required a Tech Lab, which is an add-on I’ve never used. The plan was to use Omegacron to fuel the catapults using skeletons and maybe Mirror Illusions and wreak havok on your buildings. Then Quince could copy catapults and so on.
In hindsight I should have teched Skeletal Lords against Disease. The extra defense could have helped them survive the Plague Lord, Plague Lab, and Abomination.
I think the combo could be sound, but you just refused to let me get it all out. I was all set to play Omegacron and start the pain on turn 7. Then Judgment Day happened.
Again, great game.
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GG WP!
Yeah, spamming unbuffed skeletons against Disease is setting yourself up to be frustrated. I generally find Necro tech 2 to be powerful as long as you’re in the lead, but very tough to comeback with, which makes it super-vulnerable to things like Judgment Day.
Anyway, this was a fun game! If you want to tweak your game-plan and have another go, we can switch P1 and P2.
I’m down for a rematch, but I’m also a big fan of random squads. Let me know which you prefer and I’ll set it up.
I’d like to give this codex another spin, if that’s alright. I wouldn’t mind if you change it up though.
Nope. I’ll play the same. I’m just going to continue on this thread. I’ll post turn 1 shortly.
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"P1T1
StartingHand Workers
STARTING HAND
Deteriorate
Thieving Imp
Poisonblade Rogue
Sacrifice the Weak
Jandra, the Negator
WORKERS
Graveyard
NextHand
Skeletal Archery
Summon Skeletons
Deteriorate
Jandra, the Negator
Sacrifice the Weak
Discard
Skeleton Javelineer
Poisonblade Rogue
Thieving Imp
Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($4)
Worker - ($3)
Pestering Haunt
Garth + skeleton - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 3, draw 5
Board Info:
In Patrol:
-
Squad Leader:
-
Elite:
-
Scavenger: Skeleton (1/1)
-
Technician:
-
Lookout:
In Play:
- Garth (lv 1, 1/3)
- Pestering Haunt (1/1)
Buildings:
-
Base HP: 20
Economy Info:
Cards:
Gold:
@Dreamfire’s turn!
"
GL HF!
P2T1
StartingHand Workers
STARTING HAND
Fox Primus
Aged Sensei
Fox Viper
Safe Attacking
Morningstar Flagbearer
WORKERS
Fox Viper
NextHand
Snapback
Savior Monk
Smoker
Sensei’s Advice
Grappling Hook
Discard
Safe Attacking
Fox Primus
Morningstar Flagbearer
Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($5)
Worker - ($4)
Grave - ($2)
Aged Sensei - ($1)
Float ($1)
Discard 3, draw 5
Board Info:
In Patrol:
-
Squad Leader: Grave lvl 1 (2/3A)
-
Elite:
-
Scavenger: Aged Sensei (1/1)
-
Technician:
-
Lookout:
In Play:
*
Buildings:
-
Base HP: 20
Economy Info:
Cards:
Gold:
Thoughts
Aggressive opening, I’ll do what I can to match that pace.
"P1T2
Tech StartingHand Workers
TECH
Bone Collector
Bone Collector
STARTING HAND
Sacrifice the Weak
Deteriorate
Jandra, the Negator
Skeletal Archery
Summon Skeletons
WORKERS
Graveyard
Jandra, the Negator
NextHand
Skeletal Archery
Deteriorate
Poisonblade Rogue
Thieving Imp
Bone Collector
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($5)
Worker - ($4)
Deteriorate Sensei, killing him
Skeleton - ($3)
Level Garth once - ($2)
Tech 1 - ($0)
Pestering Haunt pings base for 1
Float ($0)
Discard 3, reshuffle, draw 5
Board Info:
In Patrol:
-
Squad Leader: Skeleton (1/1+A)
-
Elite:
-
Scavenger: Skeleton (1/1)
-
Technician:
-
Lookout:
In Play:
- Garth (lv 2, 1/3)
- Pestering Haunt (1/1)
Buildings:
-
Base HP: 20
Economy Info:
Cards:
Gold:
@Dreamfire’s turn!
"
P2T2
Tech StartingHand Workers
TECH
Sparring Partner
Sparring Partner
STARTING HAND
Smoker
Savior Monk
Snapback
Sensei’s Advice
Grappling Hook
WORKERS
Fox Viper
Smoker
NextHand
Aged Sensei
Morningstar Flagbearer
Snapback
Safe Attacking
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($7)
Worker - ($6)
Tech 1 - ($4)
Grave to midband - ($2)
Grappling Hook scavenger to elite
Grave readily kills SQL and sparkshots elite
Savior Monk - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 2, reshuffle, draw 4
Board Info:
In Patrol:
-
Squad Leader: Grave lvl 3 (3/3A)
-
Elite:
-
Scavenger:
-
Technician: Savior Monk (2/2)
-
Lookout:
In Play:
*
Buildings:
-
Base HP: 19
-
Tech I HP: 5
Economy Info:
Cards:
Gold:
Thoughts
What’s better than generating infinite sword runes for Grave? Well, generating infinite sword runes AND infinites +1/+1 runes! Let’s get a Sparring Partner or two in here.
"P1T3
StartingHand Workers
STARTING HAND
Bone Collector
Skeletal Archery
Deteriorate
Thieving Imp
Poisonblade Rogue
WORKERS
Graveyard
Jandra, the Negator
Skeletal Archery
NextHand
Summon Skeletons
Bone Collector
Poisonblade Rogue
Skeleton Javelineer
Sacrifice the Weak
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($6)
Worker - ($5)
Bone Collector - ($3)
Skeleton - ($2)
Midband Garth - ($0)
Pestering Haunt pings Tech 1 for 1
Float ($0)
Discard 3, draw 4, reshuffle, draw 1
Board Info:
In Patrol:
-
Squad Leader: Bone Collector (3/3+A)
-
Elite:
-
Scavenger:
-
Technician: Skeleton (1/1)
-
Lookout:
In Play:
- Garth (lv 4, 2/4)
- Pestering Haunt (1/1)
Buildings:
-
Base HP: 20
Economy Info:
Cards:
Gold:
@Dreamfire’s turn!
"
Edit: forgot to mark damage on my tech 1
P2T3
Tech StartingHand Workers
TECH
Plague Lab
Gorgon
STARTING HAND
Safe Attacking
Snapback
Aged Sensei
Morningstar Flagbearer
WORKERS
Fox Viper
Smoker
Safe Attacking
NextHand
Sparring Partner
Sensei’s Advice
Grappling Hook
Sparring Partner
Fox Primus
Discard
Snapback
Morningstar Flagbearer
Aged Sensei
Plague Lab
Gorgon
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($7)
Worker - ($6)
Grave to maxband - ($2)
Grave readily kills Bone Collector
Exhaust Grave and spend sword rune to kill Garth
Heroes’ Hall - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 3, draw 5
Board Info:
In Patrol:
-
Squad Leader: Savior Monk (2/2A)
-
Elite:
-
Scavenger:
-
Technician:
-
Lookout:
In Play:
- Grave lvl 7 (4/2), runeless
Buildings:
-
Base HP: 19
-
Tech I HP: 4
-
Heroes’ Hall HP: 4
Economy Info:
Cards:
Gold:
Thoughts
Whiffed the Sparring Partners, but that’s okay. I’ll just HH for now, then next turn I can tech up +Partner + 2nd hero.
Pity I have to let the free lvls off Garth go to waste, but I think it’s still worth it, gold-wise.
I guess a boosted Hoodie would be pretty bad right now, but that’s still a big gold investment at this point, so maybe not that terrible.
"P1T4
Tech StartingHand Workers
TECH
Skeletal Lord
Void Star
STARTING HAND
Bone Collector
Skeleton Javelineer
Sacrifice the Weak
Summon Skeletons
Poisonblade Rogue
WORKERS
Graveyard
Jandra, the Negator
Skeletal Archery
Poisonblade Rogue
NextHand
Deteriorate
Doom Grasp
Thieving Imp
Nether Drain
Discard
Bone Collector
Sacrifice the Weak
Pestering Haunt
Bone Collector
Summon Skeletons
Skeletal Lord
Void Star
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($7)
Worker - ($6)
Quince + illusion - ($4)
Expensive Sac the Weak, I sac illusion, you sac monk - ($1)
Javelineer - ($0)
skeleton and Pestering Haunt team up to drop Grave, Quince midbands
Float ($0)
Discard 2, draw 4
Board Info:
In Patrol:
-
Squad Leader:
-
Elite:
-
Scavenger:
-
Technician: Skeleton Javelineer (1/1)
-
Lookout:
In Play:
Buildings:
-
Base HP: 20
-
Tech 1 HP: 5
Economy Info:
Cards:
Gold:
@Dreamfire’s turn!
"
P2T4
Tech StartingHand Workers
TECH
Abomination
Injunction
STARTING HAND
Grappling Hook
Sparring Partner
Sensei’s Advice
Sparring Partner
Fox Primus
WORKERS
Fox Viper
Smoker
Safe Attacking
Fox Primus
NextHand
Aged Sensei
Morningstar Flagbearer
Snapback
Savior Monk
Abomination
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($8)
Worker - ($7)
Orpal - ($5)
Sparring Partner - ($4)
Tech 2 (Disease) - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 3, reshuffle, draw 5
Board Info:
In Patrol:
-
Squad Leader: Orpal lvl 1 (1/3A)
-
Elite:
-
Scavenger: Sparring Partner (2/2)
-
Technician:
-
Lookout:
In Play:
*
Buildings:
-
Base HP: 19
-
Tech I HP: 4
-
Tech II HP: 5
-
Heroes’ Hall HP: 4
Economy Info:
Cards:
Gold:
Thoughts
I didn’t think about the Mirror getting sac’d, that was a nice trick. Still, not an overwhelming board presence by mordred, and I get to tech up first.
…
Not a bad post-reshuffle split. Ideally, I play Abom next turn with a 2nd hero or extra sparring session. Then the turn afterwards I can Injunction something while dropping Plague Lab or Gorgon.
"P1T5
Tech StartingHand Workers
TECH
Void Star
Corpse Catapult
STARTING HAND
Nether Drain
Doom Grasp
Thieving Imp
Deteriorate
WORKERS
Graveyard
Jandra, the Negator
Skeletal Archery
Poisonblade Rogue
Deteriorate
NextHand
Corpse Catapult
Sacrifice the Weak
Summon Skeletons
Bone Collector
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($8)
Worker - ($7)
Thieving Imp, you discard number 4 of 5 - ($4)
Tech 2 (Necro) - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 2, reshuffle, draw 4
Board Info:
In Patrol:
-
Squad Leader: Thieving Imp (2/2+A)
-
Elite:
-
Scavenger:
-
Technician: Skeleton Javelineer (1/1)
-
Lookout:
In Play:
Buildings:
-
Base HP: 20
-
Tech I HP: 5
-
Tech II HP: 5 (Necromancy)
Economy Info:
Cards:
Gold:
@Dreamfire’s turn!
"
P2T5
Tech StartingHand Workers
TECH
Cursed Crow
Sickness
STARTING HAND
Morningstar Flagbearer
Aged Sensei
Abomination
Snapback
Savior Monk
WORKERS
Fox Viper
Smoker
Safe Attacking
Fox Primus
Aged Sensei
NextHand
Grappling Hook
Gorgon
Sensei’s Advice
Injunction
Discard
Savior Monk
Snapback
Morningstar Flagbearer
Cursed Crow
Sickness
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($9)
Worker - ($8)
Abomination, kills Javelineer on arrival - ($2)
Exhaust Sparring Partner to buff Orpal
Orpal kills the weakened Imp
Ready Spartner - ($0)
Exhaust Spartner to buff himself
Float ($0)
Discard 2, draw 4
Board Info:
In Patrol:
-
Squad Leader:
-
Elite:
-
Scavenger:
-
Technician: Abomination (6/6)
-
Lookout:
In Play:
- Orpal lvl 1 (2/3), +
- Sparring Partner (2/2), +
Buildings:
-
Base HP: 19
-
Tech I HP: 4
-
Tech II HP: 5
-
Heroes’ Hall HP: 4
Economy Info:
Cards:
Gold:
Thoughts
I don’t need to worry about Mirrors as long as Abom is around. And I won’t need to worry about losing Abom to StW/Hoodie as long as Spartner is around. Which means I should probably buff him out of the range of a Deteriorate kill.
I reckon I’ll have too much stuff to spend gold on next turn, so tech 3 is off the table for now. I’ll tech a Sickness as fuel for Plague Lab (and maybe Orpal’s maxband, if we get there), and a Cursed Crow to pick off Skelelords.
…
A bit bummed not to have drawn Plague Lab… If mordred floods the board here, I might have to sac Spartner to Orpal’s midband.
Base HP: 18