Both my hand this turn and next turn are particularly unhelpful, and you easily have enough damage on board to break my base in 2 turns, so I’ll tap out here. I was counting on Free Speech to block Assimilate, but the draws didn’t cooperate. GG WP!
GG WP! I learned a lot from that match (some of which I’m employing over in my games against Gbudee). I think my hands definitely skewed slightly lucky, drawing the Now!s I needed 3 turns running.
Shall we run it back? I totally understand if you want to free up a slot to play against someone else. If not… GL HF!
P1T1
StartingHand Workers
STARTING HAND
Fading Argonaut
Neo Plexus
Forgotten Fighter
Tinkerer
Time Spiral
WORKERS
Time Spiral
NextHand
Hardened Mox
Nullcraft
Temporal Research
Battle Suits
Plasmodium
Discard
Tinkerer
Forgotten Fighter
Neo Plexus
Get Paid - ($4)
Worker - ($3)
Fading Argonaut - ($1)
Float ($1)
Discard 3, draw 5
Board Info:
In Patrol:
-
Squad Leader: -
Elite: -
Scavenger: -
Technician: -
Lookout:
In Play:
- Fading Argonaut (2/3) fading 3
Buildings:
-
Base HP: 20
Base HP: 20Economy Info:
Cards:
- Hand: 5
- Deck: 0
- Disc: 3
Gold:
- Gold: 1
- Workers: 5
Thoughts
Is there a scenario where I’d play Neo Plexus over Fading Argonaut P1T1? This game I’ll endeavor to keep Battle Suits and forecast strats open as long as possible.
Yeah, I’m enjoying our games and am happy to keep going. GL HF!
P2T1
StartingHand Workers
STARTING HAND
Arrest
Jail
Spectral Aven
Building Inspector
Porkhand Magistrate
WORKERS
Jail
NextHand
Traffic Director
Reputable Newsman
Bluecoat Musketeer
Manufactured Truth
Lawful Search
Discard
Porkhand Magistrate
Arrest
Building Inspector
Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($5)
Worker - ($4)
Spectral Aven - ($2)
Sirus Quince - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 3, draw 5
Board Info:
In Patrol:
-
Squad Leader: L1 Sirus Quince (1/3A)
-
Elite: Spectral Aven (3/2) Flying
-
Scavenger:
-
Technician:
-
Lookout:
In Play:
- Mirror Illusion (0/1)
Buildings:
-
Base HP: 20
Economy Info:
Cards:
- Hand: 5
- Deck: 0
- Disc: 3
Gold:
- Gold: 0
- Workers: 6
Thoughts
I’ll try a different strategy this time around… Art of War + Free Speech can be a powerful lockdown, but it can be quite difficult to maintain both consistently… and while Law offers a fair amount of deck manipulation to assist, getting 3 heroes out before Origin Story is rather unrealistic. Laying down the Law seems like a particularly bad strategy against Past. Maybe best to just go with cheap Illusion units and replay them if they get bounced. For now, though, I’ll need a hero to take point… Nullcraft + Battle Suits could efficiently down one, but at least he can’t also play a hero and collect free levels. If he doesn’t have Nullcraft, it’s better to play the Inspector, but if he does, it’s better to go with the Aven. A tough call… but the Aven seems to offer the best worst-case scenario, so I’ll go with that. As for choice of hero… I’m kinda tempted to try Quince, even though it’s generally hard to make good use of him this early because of the gold investment required… but if he can pull off a hero kill, I’ll at least have some remaining value in the free Mirror Illusion, and if Quince survives, I’ll have the option to midband and copy the Aven for a significant air threat. Patrolling Aven as Elite to protect against Forgotten Fighter. Stewardesses are still a significant threat, but the only way to stop that is to lockdown his Tech I. It’s unlikely I can consistently do that with damage, and experience has taught me that if I spam it to block units, I’ll just be overpowered by tech 0 units, heroes, and spells, due to my opponent having more disposable gold. Best to just try to get as much value out of my tech 0 units before they disappear, I suppose.
Excellent!
P1T2
Tech StartingHand Workers
TECH
Stewardess of the Undone
Stewardess of the Undone
STARTING HAND
Hardened Mox
Temporal Research
Plasmodium
Battle Suits
Nullcraft
WORKERS
Time Spiral
Hardened Mox
NextHand
Temporal Research
Tinkerer
Stewardess of the Undone
Neo Plexus
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($6)
Worker - ($5)
Battle Suits - ($3)
Nullcraft - ($1)
Tech I - ($0)
Fading Argonaut and Nullcraft kill Quince.
Float ($0)
Discard 2, reshuffle, draw 4
Board Info:
In Patrol:
-
Squad Leader:
-
Elite:
-
Scavenger:
-
Technician:
-
Lookout:
In Play:
- Fading Argonaut (3/2) fading 2
- Battle Suits
- Nullcraft (1/1) flying, no buffs/debuffs
Buildings:
-
Base HP: 20
-
Tech I HP: 5
Economy Info:
Cards:
- Hand: 4
- Deck: 3
- Disc: 0
Gold:
- Gold: 0
- Workers: 6
Thoughts
Hard to beat teching Stewardesses, especially if we are going Battle Suits + Nullcraft. Wish I could have a hero out, but not so much that I won’t worker. This line leans us towards hyperion strats later, and starts to cut us off the forecast knights strats.
P2T2
Tech StartingHand Workers
TECH
Spectral Flagbearer
Spectral Hound
STARTING HAND
Lawful Search
Bluecoat Musketeer
Manufactured Truth
Reputable Newsman
Traffic Director
WORKERS
Jail
Bluecoat Musketeer
NextHand
Building Inspector
Spectral Hound
Arrest
Reputable Newsman
Porkhand Magistrate
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($6)
Worker - ($5)
Aven kills Fading Argonaut
Tower - ($2)
Tech I - ($1)
Traffic Director - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 3, reshuffle, draw 5
Board Info:
In Patrol:
-
Squad Leader: Traffic Director (1/1A) Untargetable, building access
-
Elite:
-
Scavenger: Mirror Illusion (0/1)
-
Technician:
-
Lookout:
In Play:
- Spectral Aven (2/2) Flying
Buildings:
-
Base HP: 20
-
Tech I HP: 5
-
Tower HP: 4
Economy Info:
Cards:
- Hand: 5
- Deck: 3
- Disc: 0
Gold:
- Gold: 0
- Workers: 7
Thoughts
So he did have both… glad I played cautiously there. Now, the Aven can kill either Nullcraft or FArgo, but will likely be killed by a Stewardess next turn, which means I either build a Tower to deal with the Nullcraft or Elite the Director to ward off FArgo. Do I need a different add-on? Not really… and the Tower could provide a lot of long-term value and protection against Future’s invisibility threats. I’ll go with that. Against Stewardesses, Traffic Director is my most valuable tech 0 unit, so I’ll SQL him. If Nullcraft takes out Mirror Illusion, I’ll be happy with the value trade, and if not, I can potentially use the Mirror to transform into a higher tech level unit.
P1T3
Tech StartingHand Workers
TECH
Knight of the Conclave
Origin Story
STARTING HAND
Stewardess of the Undone
Temporal Research
Neo Plexus
Tinkerer
WORKERS
Time Spiral
Hardened Mox
Neo Plexus
NextHand
Plasmodium
Stewardess of the Undone
Forgotten Fighter
Origin Story
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($6)
Worker - ($5)
Stewardess of the Undone, pops Spectral Aven - ($2)
Max Geiger - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 2, draw 3, reshuffle, draw 1
Board Info:
In Patrol:
-
Squad Leader: Stewardess of the Undone (3/3A)
-
Elite:
-
Scavenger: Nullcraft (1/1) flying, no buffs/debuffs
-
Technician: L1 Max Geiger (2/3) sparkshot
-
Lookout:
In Play:
- L1 Max Geiger (2/3) sparkshot
- Battle Suits
Buildings:
-
Base HP: 20
-
Tech I HP: 5
Economy Info:
Cards:
- Hand: 4
- Deck: 4
- Disc: 0
Gold:
- Gold: 0
- Workers: 7
Thoughts
Blegh, tower is annoying. I suspect I’ll find myself trying to bash it in next turn. Awkward tech turn before Tech II, something I clearly haven’t mastered yet. Knight fairs well against their early threats and might be annoying to remove. Origin story will likely be a dead draw next turn, but might get me out of a bad spot later.
P2T3
Tech StartingHand Workers
TECH
Spectral Flagbearer
Spectral Hound
STARTING HAND
Spectral Hound
Building Inspector
Arrest
Reputable Newsman
Porkhand Magistrate
WORKERS
Jail
Bluecoat Musketeer
Porkhand Magistrate
NextHand
Spectral Flagbearer
Reputable Newsman
Lawful Search
Manufactured Truth
Spectral Flagbearer
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($7)
Worker - ($6)
Spectral Hound - ($5)
Sirus Quince - ($3)
Float ($3)
Discard 3, draw 3, reshuffle, draw 2
Board Info:
In Patrol:
-
Squad Leader: Traffic Director (1/1A) Untargetable, building access
-
Elite:
-
Scavenger: Mirror Illusion (0/1)
-
Technician: Mirror Illusion (0/1)
-
Lookout: Spectral Hound (3/3) Resist 1
In Play:
- L1 Sirus Quince (1/3)
Buildings:
-
Base HP: 20
-
Tech I HP: 5
-
Tower HP: 4
Economy Info:
Cards:
- Hand: 5
- Deck: 4
- Disc: 0
Gold:
- Gold: 3
- Workers: 8
Thoughts
This would be a good time to have MTruth in hand, but I have to work with what’s available. It’s too expensive to use Quince to copy the Mirror, so I’ll just turtle up until next turn.
P1T4
Tech StartingHand Workers
TECH
Hyperion
Hyperion
STARTING HAND
Plasmodium
Stewardess of the Undone
Forgotten Fighter
Origin Story
WORKERS
Time Spiral
Hardened Mox
Neo Plexus
Plasmodium
NextHand
Tinkerer
Temporal Research
Knight of the Conclave
Discard
Forgotten Fighter
Stewardess of the Undone
Origin Story
Hyperion
Hyperion
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($7)
Worker - ($6)
Stewardess of the Undone bounces a Mirror Illusion - ($3)
Max Geiger kills Traffic Director
Forgotten Fighter bounces a Mirror Illusion - ($1)
Stewardess 1 trades with Spectral Hound
Float ($1)
Discard 1, draw 3
Board Info:
In Patrol:
-
Squad Leader: Stewardess of the Undone (3/3A)
-
Elite:
-
Scavenger:
-
Technician: Nullcraft (1/1) flying, no buffs/debuffs
-
Lookout:
In Play:
- L1 Max Geiger (2/1) sparkshot
- Battle Suits
Buildings:
-
Base HP: 20
-
Tech I HP: 5
Economy Info:
Cards:
- Hand: 3
- Deck: 1
- Disc: 5
Gold:
- Gold: 1
- Workers: 8
Thoughts
This might be too aggressive a line. It sets me back teching up a turn (but opp did the same, so maybe we can expect a light response). Hopefully we can go down on cards now and recover when we get Hyperions.
The Mirror Illusions will die when targeted, before the bounce effects will process, so patrol zone bonuses will trigger. Is that okay?
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Blegh, I forgot that the illusion thing would trigger before the token bouncing thing… I think that’s still okay, though it makes the margins of the turn a lot worse.
A lot worse indeed, as luck would have it.
P2T4
Tech StartingHand Workers
TECH
Macciatus, The Whisperer
Reteller of Truths
STARTING HAND
Lawful Search
Spectral Flagbearer
Manufactured Truth
Spectral Flagbearer
Reputable Newsman
Arrest
WORKERS
Jail
Bluecoat Musketeer
Porkhand Magistrate
Reputable Newsman
NextHand
Lawful Search
Spectral Hound
Building Inspector
Spectral Aven
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + float + Scavenger - ($12)
Worker - ($11)
Arrest Stewardess - ($9)
Quince kills Geiger
Spectral Flagbearer - ($8)
Spectral Flagbearer - ($7)
Tech II: Truth - ($3)
Float ($3)
Discard 2, draw 3, reshuffle, draw 1
Board Info:
In Patrol:
-
Squad Leader:
-
Elite:
-
Scavenger: Spectral Flagbearer (2/2) Tempting target
-
Technician: Spectral Flagbearer (2/2) Tempting target
-
Lookout:
In Play:
- L3 Sirus Quince (1/4)
Buildings:
-
Base HP: 20
-
Tech I HP: 5
-
Tech II HP: 5 (Truth)
-
Tower HP: 4
Economy Info:
Cards:
- Hand: 4
- Deck: 5
- Disc: 0
Gold:
- Gold: 3
- Workers: 9
Thoughts
Finally, the shuffler favors me! Arrest FTW! I’ll shuffle in tech II Illusion units this turn and aim to shuffle in Gryphons next turn; I think I have enough gold float to rapidly tech up and make use of them, and Gryphons should be immensely helpful in suppression if I can deploy even one.
Ouch!
P1T5
StartingHand Workers
STARTING HAND
Temporal Research
Tinkerer
Knight of the Conclave
Fading Argonaut
Origin Story
WORKERS
Time Spiral
Hardened Mox
Neo Plexus
Plasmodium
Tinkerer
NextHand
Hyperion
Stewardess of the Undone
Forgotten Fighter
Hyperion
Discard
Origin Story
Fading Argonaut
Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($9)
Worker - ($8)
Knight of the Conclave
Vir Garbarean - ($6)
Temporal Research draws 1, reshuffles, draws 1, - ($4)
Tech II (Present) - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 2, draw 4
Board Info:
In Patrol:
-
Squad Leader: Vir Garbarean (2/3A)
-
Elite:
-
Scavenger:
-
Technician: Nullcraft (1/1) flying, no buffs/debuffs
-
Lookout:
In Play:
- Stewardess of the Undone (3/3)
- Battle Suits
Future:
- Knight of the Conclave (4/4) resist 2, forecast 3
Buildings:
-
Base HP: 20
-
Tech I HP: 5
-
Tech II HP: 5 (Present)
Economy Info:
Cards:
- Hand: 4
- Deck: 1
- Disc: 2
Gold:
- Gold: 0
- Workers: 9
Thoughts
Losing Geiger there was a big blow and one I definitely could have anticipated. Next time I should at least put him in Technician. Now we’re really white-knuckling our hyperions to get us out of this…). On opps side, they are probably rushing gryphons, so theoretically we could have gone back into future, but void stars don’t generate card advantage, and frequently will find gryphons untargetable. I think we are racing to break their techs as they build em…
P2T5
Tech StartingHand Workers
TECH
Liberty Gryphon
Liberty Gryphon
STARTING HAND
Spectral Hound
Building Inspector
Spectral Aven
Lawful Search
Traffic Director
WORKERS
Jail
Bluecoat Musketeer
Porkhand Magistrate
Reputable Newsman
Building Inspector
NextHand
Spectral Hound
Macciatus, The Whisperer
Manufactured Truth
Reteller of Truths
Discard
Lawful Search
Liberty Gryphon
Liberty Gryphon
Traffic Director
Spectral Aven
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($12)
Lawful Search your hand - ($11)
Worker - ($10)
Tech III - ($5)
Maxband Quince - ($3)
Mirror Illusion - ($1)
Spectral Hound, mirrored - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 2, draw 4
Board Info:
In Patrol:
-
Squad Leader: Spectral Hound {Copy of A} (3/3A)
-
Elite: Spectral Flagbearer (3/2) Tempting target
-
Scavenger: Spectral Hound {A} (3/3)
-
Technician: Spectral Flagbearer (2/2) Tempting target
-
Lookout:
In Play:
- L5 Sirus Quince (1/5)
Buildings:
-
Base HP: 20
-
Tech I HP: 5
-
Tech II HP: 5 (Truth)
-
Tech III HP: 5
-
Tower HP: 4
Economy Info:
Cards:
- Hand: 4
- Deck: 0
- Disc: 5
Gold:
- Gold: 0
- Workers: 10
Thoughts
I’m nervous about tech II Present units, but I need my Flagbearers to protect my Hounds right now. If I can just get my Gryphons in play, everything should work out. Hmm… I think it’s worth investing the $1 to check for Origin Story before paying to maxband Quince. No Origin Story in hand, but Hyperion gives card draw… it’s a bit of a gamble, but worth the risk, I think. Thankfully, he won’t have enough gold to play both of them and reshuffle in teched cards. Hmm… looks like his only targeting options are FF and hero maxbands… I doubt he’ll go for a maxband because that would preclude a Hyperion, so I’ll boost the other Flagbearer’s attack.
Stewardess of the Undone can target only tech 0 units, and Spectral Flagbearer is tech I.
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Ah, apologies. I’ve adjusted my turn accordingly.
Edit: Wait, hound is also not tech 0. I likely won’t be able to rework my turn til tonight. I’ll withdraw my current turn.
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You still have to tech until you have ten workers
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