(casual) drewper vs NikoBolas

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Might not matter, but your Prynn should be back at 3 Fading counters - whenever she attacks she gets a time counter and she helped destroy the Friendly Reaver last turn :wink:

P2T7

StartingHand Workers

STARTING HAND
Battle Suits
Time Spiral

WORKERS
Hardened Mox
Tinkerer
Neo Plexus
Forgotten Fighter
Plasmodium
Battle Suits

NextHand

Nullcraft (1/1) flying, haste
Time Spiral
Temporal Research

Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid, OMEGACRON is closer - ($10)
Pay off Virā€™s credit card. - ($4)
5 stingers attack and destroy your Hyperion while the Hive just hovers around protectively (will the game go long enough for that to be an awkward draw?)
Sac 3 stingers to bring out OMEGACRON! Hive is indifferent.
Summon Prynn Pastasauce - ($2)
OMEGACRON (9/7) hastily crushes Max Geiger, taking 3 damage. My PastaPrynn gets 2 levels.
Pastasauce to 4 - ($1)
Worker - ($0)
Rebuild Tech II (Future)

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

[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]

  • :psblueshield: [I]Squad Leader[/I]: L4 Ms. Pastasauce (2/4+A)
  • :psfist: [I]Elite[/I]:
  • :ps_: [I]Scavenger[/I]:
  • :pschip: [I]Technician[/I]:
  • :target: [I]Lookout[/I]: Hive (0/6), resist 2, flying
    [B]In Play:[/B]
  • OMEGACRON (9/4), untargetable
  • ā€˜Yā€™ (1/1) flying
  • ā€˜Zā€™ (1/1) flying
    [B]Buildings:[/B]
  • :heart: Base HP: 18
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5
  • :heart: Tech II HP: 5 (Future)

[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]

  • Hand: 3
  • Deck: 9
  • Disc: 0
    [B]Gold:[/B]
  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 11
Thoughts

Ok, weā€™re in free-fall here. That was an awesome turn from him. I really didnā€™t expect anything like that at all, but thatā€™s why Codex is awesome! His FArgo is finally fading away, I killed the Hyperion and Geiger so all he has is Prynn. If he techā€™d Undo then he could deal with Hive, otherwise I think it will be a real thorn (stinger?) in his side. This turn had 2 big decisions:

  1. Kill Tech II or Hyperion
  2. Worker or float

I donā€™t think casting Time Spiral is very useful, cards are much more useful as either workers or ya know future cards. Battle Suits works with Seers and Argnoaut, but Iā€™m really trying to win with other stuff and donā€™t find it that compelling. His suits have been fantastic though. As far as worker or float I went back and forth but ultimately decided if this game goes more than a couple turns I will appreciate the worker more than the card. Could be wrong about that. Is net gold more important than drawing my best cards? My deck is YUGE right now. Iā€™m curious if he is considering Tech III or if he has any countermeasures for The Hive. He hasnā€™t techā€™d since I played it so the only way he would is if he techā€™d an answer. Voidstar is good, but pricey and ultimately unless he plays 2 on one turn I can answer them with stingers. Actually I just realized that I CANā€™T answer even one Voidstar next turn because of sacing for OMEGY. Hmm. Well, letā€™s see how it goes!

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P1T8

StartingHand Workers

STARTING HAND
Undo
Void Star (5/4)
Temporal Distortion
Xenostalker (3/6)
Stewardess of the Undone

WORKERS
Neo Plexus
Tinkerer
Time Spiral
Forgotten Fighter
Plasmodium
Nullcraft

NextHand

Fading Argonaut
Now!
Now!
Argonaut
Temporal Research

Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($11)
Prynn fades, is now at 2
FArgo fades completely
Prynn casts Undo on Hive (paying resist cost of 2), stingers die too - ($6)
Void Star - ($1)
Build Tech Lab - ($0)

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

[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]

  • :psblueshield: [I]Squad Leader[/I]: L1 Prynn (1/3) @2
  • :psfist: [I]Elite[/I]:
  • :ps_: [I]Scavenger[/I]:
  • :pschip: [I]Technician[/I]:
  • :target: [I]Lookout[/I]: Void Star (5/4)
    [B]In Play:[/B]
  • Battle Suits
    [B]Buildings:[/B]
  • :heart: Base HP: 20
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5
  • :heart: Tech II HP: 5 (Future)

[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]

  • Hand: 5
  • Deck: 7
  • Disc: 0
    [B]Gold:[/B]
  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 10
Thoughts

What is going to happenā€¦

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I assume the Tech Lab is for Present? :wink: Or is it actually for Past??

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Lol, Iā€™m all over the place. Yeah itā€™s for Present :wink:

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This might be GGā€¦

P2T8

StartingHand Workers

STARTING HAND
Temporal Research
Nullcraft (1/1) flying, haste
Time Spiral
Ready or Not
Unphase

WORKERS
Hardened Mox
Tinkerer
Neo Plexus
Forgotten Fighter
Plasmodium
Battle Suits
Ready or Not

NextHand

Seer
Faded Argonaut (2/3)
Seer
Reaver
Now!

Discard

Temporal Research
Time Spiral
Hive
Unphase

Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($11)
Pasta noodles fade away a little.
Prynn casts Temporal Research with 3 counters, draw 2 - ($9)
Max Prynn Pastanoodle - ($6)
Prynn exiles the Void Star to theā€¦Void? Down to 1 Time Rune. - ($5)
Hire Nullcraft - ($3)
Summon Vir Gazpacho- ($1)
My Prynn and Nullcraft defeat your Prynn, my pasta takes 1 damage. Prynn picks up a Time rune. Vir gains 2 levels.
OMEGACRON crushes your Tech II (Future), your base takes 2 damage.
Worker - ($0)

Float ($0)
Discard 3, draw 5

[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]

  • :psblueshield: [I]Squad Leader[/I]: L3 Vir Gazpacho (2/3+A)
  • :psfist: [I]Elite[/I]:
  • :ps_: [I]Scavenger[/I]:
  • :pschip: [I]Technician[/I]:
  • :target: [I]Lookout[/I]:
    [B]In Play:[/B]
  • OMEGACRON (9/4)
  • L7 Ms. Pastasauce (3/4), Fading 2
  • Nullcraft (1/1) flying, haste
    [B]Buildings:[/B]
  • :heart: Base HP: 18
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5
  • :heart: Tech II HP: 5 (Future)

[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]

  • Hand: 5
  • Deck: 2
  • Disc: 4
    [B]Gold:[/B]
  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 12
Thoughts

So things I definitely needed to do:

  1. Deal with his Voidstar (4g: 3 to max Prynn, 1 for resist)
  2. Get OMEGY to do some base damage or break a tech building which means:
  3. Kill/Deal with SL Prynn
  4. OMEGA PROFIT

I started with Temporal Research for gas and Nullcraft for the last crucial point of damage. I think the turn worked out pretty well though it would have been nice to re-summon Hive. Could be GG because I canā€™t imagine how heā€™s going to have a powerful turn without Tech II, but Iā€™ve been surprised beforeā€¦

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I feel like Iā€™ve entered zombie mode. I probably should have died a long time ago, but I couldnā€™t pass up this play, either. I feel like Present spec has done more work than my chosen specā€¦

P1T9

StartingHand Workers

STARTING HAND
Now!
Now!
Argonaut
Temporal Research
Fading Argonaut

WORKERS
Neo Plexus
Tinkerer
Time Spiral
Forgotten Fighter
Plasmodium
Nullcraft

NextHand

Xenostalker
Stewardess of the Undone
Void Star
Hyperion

Discard

Now!
Now!
Temporal Research
Fading Argonaut

Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($10)
Geiger - ($8)
Argonaut - ($5)
Geiger casts Now! on Argonaut - ($4)
Argonaut (4/4) => Vir, Vir dies
Geiger gains 2 levels, is now lvl 3
Level Geiger to Max, flicker Argonaut - ($2)
Geiger casts Now! on Argonaut - ($1)
Argonaut (4/4) => Prynn (3/4), Prynn dies, Void Star returns from the Void
Rebuild Tech II

Float ($1)
Discard 2, draw 4

[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]

  • :psblueshield: [I]Squad Leader[/I]: Void Star (5/4)
  • :psfist: [I]Elite[/I]: Lvl 5 Geiger (4/4)
  • :ps_: [I]Scavenger[/I]:
  • :pschip: [I]Technician[/I]: Argonaut (4/1)
  • :target: [I]Lookout[/I]:
    [B]In Play:[/B]
  • Battle Suits
    [B]Buildings:[/B]
  • :heart: Base HP: 18
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5
  • :heart: Tech II HP: 5 (Future)
  • :heart: Tech Lab HP: 4 (Present)

[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]

  • Hand: 4
  • Deck: 3
  • Disc: 4
    [B]Gold:[/B]
  • Gold: 1
  • Workers: 10
Thoughts

Wow, I lucked out with a double-Now!-Argonaut combo. Maybe still GG, but I canā€™t concede yet!

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Iā€™m pretty sure that means theyā€™ve changed something in the Matrix.

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Wow, itā€™s amazing what Geiger can do with a hasty soldier, or with Now! x2.

P2T9

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
OMEGACRON

STARTING HAND
Seer
Seer
Reaver
Faded Argonaut (2/3)
Now!

WORKERS
Hardened Mox
Tinkerer
Neo Plexus
Forgotten Fighter
Plasmodium
Battle Suits
Ready or Not

NextHand

Promise of Payment
Argonaut

Discard

Temporal Research
Time Spiral
Hive
Unphase
Faded Argonaut (2/3)
Now!
OMEGACRON

Tech 1 card(s)
Get Paid - ($12)
Summon Mr. Smith, Max Geigersmith - ($10)
Forecast Reaver - ($8)
Hire Seer, remove a time counter from Reaver - ($7)
Hire Seer, remove a time counter from Reaver, Reaver comes into play - ($6)
Geigersmith casts Now! on Reaver - ($5)
Reaver blows up Voidstar and Mr. Andersonā€¦err Neoā€¦err Max - ($4)
Nullcraft takes out the hardest-working Argonaut this side of Zion. You draw a card.
OMEGACRON takes out your Tech II again. Your base takes 2 damage.

Float ($4)
Discard 0, draw 2

[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]

  • :psblueshield: [I]Squad Leader[/I]: Seer (2/1+A)
  • :psfist: [I]Elite[/I]:
  • :ps_: [I]Scavenger[/I]: Seer (2/1)
  • :pschip: [I]Technician[/I]: L3 Mr. Smith (2/4)
  • :target: [I]Lookout[/I]:
    [B]In Play:[/B]
  • OMEGACRON (9/4)
  • Reaver (0/4)
  • Nullcraft (1/1) flying, haste
    [B]Buildings:[/B]
  • :heart: Base HP: 18
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5
  • :heart: Tech II HP: 5 (Future)

[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]

  • Hand: 2
  • Deck: 0
  • Disc: 7
    [B]Gold:[/B]
  • Gold: 4
  • Workers: 12
Thoughts

Fun turn, it kind-of plays itself out perfectly so itā€™s not too tricky in terms of what should I play/not play. Again the biggest decision is to do 9 to his base or break Tech II. Iā€™m going for Tech II since Hyperion could get him back in the game. My OMEGACRON has taken little damage and I donā€™t see why I wonā€™t be able to continually break his tech II until I can alpha strike his base. Floating gold is fun, next turn I forecast a max Virā€¦

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Oh heavens, thatā€™s definitely GG. What a turn! The old classic Reaver-double-Seer-Geiger-Now! play! :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes: Classicā€¦I have no way of recovering from the Tech II loss this time.

Iā€™m very satisfied with that game. Lots of explosive plays from both sides, and I was definitely surprised I lasted as long as I did after the first Reaver hit. I now see the value of Promise of Payment while playing Future. Invaluable to get maximum value out of those expensive units, or get a head start on forecasting.

Great game, @NikoBolas!

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I just perused the thoughts, and your decision to hit the Tech II on that last play instead of the base was right on. I had a Hyperion in hand that could have possibly drawn me what I needed.

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@drewper Hell yeah man. That game was nuts. Lots of haymakers getting thrown around. I really lucked out with Promise of Power and the Hive in the same hand. I got to use Reaver which is a really cool unit, but man you have to jump through a lot of hoops for it to work. Again, I feel like I got lucky getting Now! alongside Reaver (twice!). I was really jealous of how well you could use Geigerā€™s max-band with your deck, whereas mine I was focused more on time counters.

I love the occasional mirror-match because things play out really interestingly when both players have access to the same effects.

GG :slight_smile:

Edit: The only play you made that really made me scratch my head is when you decided to kill Prynn instead of OMEGACRON with your Argonaut. You were really behind, but I think dealing with OMEGA gives you a chance to come back because a max Prynn with 2 counters can only do so much. Did you consider that line and dismiss it?

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I honestly was not expecting the second Reaver play. Seemed like a perfect draw on your part. I figured Iā€™d get my Void Star back and put up a decent enough Patrol Zone to absorb the Omegacron. Putting the Void Star in SQL was my play agains a Nullcraft poke on that Argo, just in case you had some sort of removal for Geiger. Again, wasnā€™t expecting to see an unforcasted, hasted Reaver show up out of nowhere. :slight_smile: VERY well played!

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Haha, fair enough. I guess it only makes sense from my perspective; )

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Totally. I definitely did consider it. The other small decision with a big impact was choosing to kill your technician that gave you the Hive draw, instead of the FArgo in Lookout. I stared at the screen for like 10 minutes on that one. Forever the optimist, I guess.

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Iā€™m out of town camping for the weekend, but if youā€™d like to play again on Sunday night/Monday, Iā€™d be up for it :wink:

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Will do. Ping me when youā€™re back.