STARTING HAND
Knight of the Conclave
Neo Plexus
Knight of the Conclave
Tinkerer
Fading Argonaut
WORKERS
Forgotten Fighter
Hardened Mox
Neo Plexus
NextHand
Temporal Research
Seer
Time Spiral
Nullcraft
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($7)
Plasmo to forecast 1, Prynn to fading 3
Worker - ($6)
Knight of the Conclave
Knight of the Conclave
Prynn to maxband, remove 2 runes to pop Hound - ($0)
Prynn breaks Jail, gets a rune
STARTING HAND
Spectral Hound
Traffic Director
Arrest
Lawful Search
Reputable Newsman
WORKERS
Bluecoat Musketeer
Building Inspector
Porkhand Magistrate
Traffic Director
Next Hand
Injunction
Jail
Community Service
Manufactured Truth
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($12)
Worker - ($11)
Build Tech II - Truth. - ($7)
Hire a Spectral Hound. - ($6)
The Spectral Aven harries Prynn yet again.
Hire a Reputable Newsman who opposes spells and upgrades that cost 2. - ($4)
STARTING HAND
Time Spiral
Nullcraft
Temporal Research
Seer
Seer
Fading Argonaut
WORKERS
Forgotten Fighter
Hardened Mox
Neo Plexus
Nullcraft
NextHand
Unphase
Tinkerer
Temporal Research
Time Spiral
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($8)
Plasmo arrives, Knights to forecast 2, Prynn to fading 1
Plasmo kills Hound
Prynn kills Newsman, gets a rune (@2), you draw
Temporal Research, draw 2 - ($6)
Worker - ($5)
Heroes’ Hall - ($3)
Seer, add a rune to Prynn (@3) - ($2)
Seer, add a rune to Prynn (@4) - ($1)
Remove two runes from Prynn to pop Aven (@2)
Float ($1)
Discard 2, draw 1, reshuffle, draw 3
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader:
Elite:
Scavenger: Seer (3/1)
Technician: Seer (3/1)
Lookout:
In Play:
Prynn lvl 7 (3/3), fading 2
Battle Suits
Plasmodium (4/1)
Knight of the Conclave, forecast 2
Knight of the Conclave, forecast 2
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Heroes’ Hall HP: 4
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 4
Deck: 2
Disc: 0
Gold:
Gold: 1
Workers: 9
Thoughts
I think I can delay tech 2 for a turn, if I get Vir spells to help me take care of Truth’s most troublesome cards.
Injunction + MTruth can net a kill on Prynn, but that’s ok.
@Dreamfire I got a couple questions for you.
You did the first MMM on this match up as Blue. What is your general thought about this match up? Fair? Lopsided?
You were gone for two years and returned to the forum recently. What kept you away and what brings you back?
TECH
Eyes of the Chancellor
Eyes of the Chancellor
STARTING HAND
Manufactured Truth
Community Service
Injunction
Jail
Macciatus, The Whisperer
WORKERS
Bluecoat Musketeer
Building Inspector
Porkhand Magistrate
Traffic Director
Jail
Next Hand
Reteller of Truths
Arrest
Lawful Search
Discard
Spectral Aven
Spectral Hound
Reputable Newsman
Eyes of the Chancellor
Eyes of the Chancellor
Injunction
Manufactured Truth
Community Service
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($12)
Worker - ($11)
Summon Bigby Hayes. - ($9)
Bigby serves your Tech I with an Injunction, disabling your Seers. - ($6)
Hire Macciatus, The Whisperer. - ($4)
Summon Sirus Quince and his Mirror Illusion. - ($2)
Quince casts Manufactured Truth and transforms the Mirror Illusion into a Plasmodium. - ($1)
Mirror Plasmodium kills Prynn; Quince midbands.
My blue v purple MMM series was a long time ago, and I don’t think it was very instructive. As I recall, my opponent was reluctant to try different strategies after seeing them countered in previous games (basically declining to “play the mind games”), and clung to a single game plan. Intuitively, I’d say blue is probably favored, but more like a 7-3 than a 9-1.
I left the forums after playing pretty intensively for several months, and just gradually losing my enthusiasm for the game. I played some other games for a while, mostly Hearthstone, but then recently my laptop died and I couldn’t play online in real time. So I decided to check out what was going on here, and was happy to find this place still alive and well!
STARTING HAND
Tinkerer
Temporal Research
Time Spiral
Unphase
WORKERS
Forgotten Fighter
Hardened Mox
Neo Plexus
Nullcraft
Time Spiral
NextHand
Plasmodium
Temporal Research
Assimilate
Fading Argonaut
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($10)
Knights to forecast 1
Vir, take a peek - ($8)
Unphase on Plasmo - ($6)
Geiger - ($4)
Plasmo trades with Quince, Geiger to midband
Geiger to maxband, flicker Seer, remove a rune from a Knight, Knight arrives - ($2)
Worker - ($1)
Float ($1)
Discard 2, draw 2, reshuffle, draw 2
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader: Knight of the Conclave (5/4A)
Elite: Vir lvl 1 (3/3)
Scavenger: Seer (3/1)
Technician:
Lookout:
In Play:
Battle Suits
Geiger lvl 5 (3/4)
Seer (3/1)
Knight of the Conclave, forecast 1
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Heroes’ Hall HP: 4
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 4
Deck: 4
Disc: 0
Gold:
Gold: 1
Workers: 10
Thoughts
If Fargo is on the top of my deck, I could swap him in with Vir and then Temporal Research for more stuff. If he’s not, I think I’ll go maxband Geiger and flicker a Seer.
Thanks for your answers I agree mind game is the key in Codex, especially in a series of games like MMM. I think Blue’s got some good options which outweigh Purple here.
Glad you are back and hope you enjoy the games here. The community is so small that each player’s participation is huge. I was gone for a year too for similar reason, nothing beats Codex though
Wow! These conversations are super interesting though I do feel flustered because I don’t think I’ve ever felt like Blue had an advantage in this matchup. Then again, I do know that I’m bad at this game so that definitely has a big influence on my perspective.
P1T6
Tech Starting Hand Workers
TECH
Spectral Tiger
Spectral Roc
STARTING HAND
Reteller of Truths
Lawful Search
Arrest
Spectral Hound
WORKERS
Bluecoat Musketeer
Building Inspector
Porkhand Magistrate
Traffic Director
Jail
Arrest
Next Hand
Reputable Newsman
Eyes of the Chancellor
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($10)
Bigby performs a Lawful Search of your hand and draws a card. - ($9)
Worker. - ($8)
Hire a Reteller of Truths. - ($6)
Hire a Spectral Hound. - ($5)
Build Tech III. - ($0)
I would say that is totally normal. Everyone has different perspectives depending on which color they are more experienced/skilled at. Mine is also skewed because I’m most comfortable with Blue.
Curious where you guys live @flagrantangles@Dreamfire I live in San Diego, California (PST). Good to know what time zones other players are in.
STARTING HAND
Assimilate
Fading Argonaut
Plasmodium
Temporal Research
Unphase
Research & Development
Tinkerer
Unphase
Now!
Now!
Temporal Research
WORKERS
Forgotten Fighter
Hardened Mox
Neo Plexus
Nullcraft
Time Spiral
Tinkerer
NextHand
Unphase
Now!
Now!
Assimilate
Seer
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($11)
Knight #2 arrives
Fading Argonaut - ($9)
Temporal Research, draw 2 - ($7)
Research & Development, draw 2, reshuffle, draw 3 - ($5)
Unphase on Seer #1 - ($3)
Seer #1 trades with Macciatus
Now! bounces Reteller to your hand - ($2)
Now! pops Hound - ($1)
Seer #2 trades with Bigby, Vir to lvl 3
Knight #1 breaks tech 3, your base to 18
Vir and Geiger break tech 2, your base to 16
Worker - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 4, reshuffle, draw 5
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader:
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician:
Lookout:
In Play:
Battle Suits
Geiger lvl 5 (3/4)
Vir lvl 3 (2/3)
Knight of the Conclave (5/4)
Knight of the Conclave (5/4)
Fading Argonaut (3/3), fading 3
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Heroes’ Hall HP: 4
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 5
Deck: 5
Disc: 0
Gold:
Gold: 0
Workers: 11
Thoughts
With 1 more gold, I could’ve done a triple tech break.
@bansa I did not. I grew up on the other side of Iowa.
@Dreamfire I think I have to concede. I don’t believe a Reputable Newsman will be enough to turn the tide. On the other hand, it does slot nicely into my experience of this matchup. Would you like to continue playing and switch sides or is this sufficient for you?
Squad Leader:
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician:
Lookout:
Base HP: 20
I agree mind game is the key in Codex, especially in a series of games like MMM. I think Blue’s got some good options which outweigh Purple here.
