Deteriorate
Soul Stone
Pestering Haunt
Sacrifice the Weak
Gargoyle
Thoughts
Yuck. I’ll just try to whittle Nekoatl’s board down as much as I can. Putting Soul Stone on the Skeleton Javelineer isn’t ideal, but if Neko isn’t careful it’ll be able to run into Setsuki and half-kill her by itself. Shame I don’t have the gold to do that this turn while building a Tower.
Teched cards: 2
T2: Gargoyle, Soul Stone
T3: Crypt Crawler, Dark Pact
T4: Abomination, Gorgon
Get paid + float- (8)
Rebuild Tech I
Worker - (7)
Vandy Anadrose - (5)
Soul Stone on Skeleton Javelineer - (3)
Deteriorate, Aged Sensei dies
Pestering Haunt
Tower - (0)
Skeleton Javelineer throws javelin , kills a Ninja
Discard 1, draw 3
Vandy L1 2/3+1A (sparkshot)
Skeleton Javelineer 2/2 (Soul Stone: +1/+1, dies: full heal and lose attachments instead)
Pestering Haunt 1/1 (unstoppable; can’t be sacrificed or patrol; attack capped at 1)
Soul Stone (attached to Skeleton Javelineer)
Base HP: 16 Tech I HP: 5 Tower HP: 4
Hand: 3
Crypt Crawler
Dark Pact
Thieving Imp
Deck: 0
Discard: 0
Graveyard
Jandra, the Negator
Abomination
Gorgon
Deteriorate
Gargoyle
Card-count details (opponent-viewable)
Expected: 10 + 4 teched = 14
1 in Graveyard
2 on board
5 in hand
3 in deck
0 in discard
3 in workers
Total: 14
Gold: 0
Workers: 8
4 x start
T1: Summon Skeletons
T2: Skeletal Archery
T3: Poisonblade Rogue
T4: Sacrifice the Weak
I’m fine with either, though I don’t have another deck that I’m more interested in than this one at the moment. But yeah, I agree T1 Jandra opening is hard to make work.
Ugh, Grappling Hook in my starting hand again. That really hurt me in game 1. What else can I do, though? I guess I can try opening with Flagbearer, if it doesn’t die to StW, it’ll provide protection against Deteriorate.
Best counter to discard is card draw, and Setsuki can provide. There’s not really a tech I card I’m super interested in right now, but Shuriken Hail could help Setsuki claim some levels… if it’s not played around. In which case, it may be a good idea to builde my Tech I now as a feint.
Pestering Haunt
Jandra, the Negator
Sacrifice the Weak
Summon Skeletons
Thoughts
Summon Skeletons is looking better than Jandra to play here, but Neko teched in Shuriken Hail in an earlier game, so I not as sure of it as I would be otherwise. Maybe I use Sacrifice the Weak to leave Setsuki on her own? Then I might as well throw the Javelineer at her first, and Imp could put her to 1 health without dying itself, so Neko’s caught between putting units down and healing up Sets.
Teched cards: 2
T2: Shadow Blade, Sparring Partner
Get paid - (6)
Worker - (5)
Vandy Anadrose - (3)
Skeleton Javelineer throws Javelin at Setsuki for 1A damage
Thieving Imp hits Setsuki down to 1, takes 1 damage
Sacrifice the Weak, Skeleton Javelineer dies, Morningstar Flagbearer dies, you get a gold - (1)
Discard 2, draw 1, reshuffle, draw 3
Vandy L1 2/3+1A (sparkshot)
Thieving Imp 2/1 (1 damage)
Base HP: 20
Hand: 4
Graveyard
Poisonblade Rogue
Sacrifice the Weak
Summon Skeletons
Just as well, Advent of Code took up all of my remaining attention span Hope you’re having a good Christmas. Right, where were we?
P2T3
Starting hand: 4
Graveyard
Poisonblade Rogue
Sacrifice the Weak
Summon Skeletons
Thoughts
Yuck. Maybe Gargoyle to try to take out Setsuki, Carrion Curse to slow down Ninja spam in the meantime. Stick Grave out in the meantime, to threaten a sword swipe / sparkshot on Ninjas.
Nekoatl’s being pretty careful to play around Shadow Blade here. Unfortunately, I wasn’t doing the same for Shuriken Hail. Teching Abomination and Gorgon to threaten a counter to heroes + Ninjas, hopefully by also playing my own heroes and attackers that can hit Setsuki I’ll present enough targets that he can’t hit all of them. He’s probably only got a set of teched units if he’s gone for double Hail and double Students.
Get paid - (9)
Rebuild Tech I
Worker - (8)
Orpal Gloor - (6)
Carrion Curse, I look at your hand, you discard Fox’s Den Students and Bloodlust - (3)
Tower - (0)
Discard 3, draw 5
Orpal L1 1/3+1A (deals damage as - runes)
Base HP: 16 Tech I HP: 5 Tech II HP: 0 (Disease) Tower HP: 4
Hand: 5
Gargoyle
Sacrifice the Weak
Gorgon
Deteriorate
Shadow Blade
Vandy L1 2/3+1A (sparkshot)
Base HP: 16
Elite:
Scavenger: Morningstar Flagbearer (2/2) Tempting Target
Technician:
Lookout:
Skeleton Javelineer 1/1 (javelin; lose javelin: gain long range that turn)
Hope you’re having a good Christmas. Right, where were we?
Vandy L1 2/3+1A
Sparring Partner 2/2
Base HP: 20