Spectral Hound
Spectral Hound
Playful Panda
Macciatus, the Whisperer
Rampant Growth
Returned to hand: 1
Merfolk Prospector
Thoughts
Not unexpected, but still painful. I think I just tech up and hope for not too much hasted stealth damage coming my way. Thinking of teching in Moment’s Peace next to give me time to build a good board, I’m going down on cards to fit in that last teching round.
Merfolk Prospector in Scavenger guarantees I can afford worker + midband Midori + Spectral Tiger next turn.
Teched cards: 2
T2: 2 x Spectral Hound
T3: Macciatus, the Whisperer, Spectral Tiger
T4: Reteller of Truths, Spectral Tiger
Get paid - (8)
Worker - (7)
Tech II Truth - (3)
2 x Spectral Hound - (1)
Merfolk Prospector - (0)
Discard 2, draw 4
I’ve tried a few attempts to make them work, but I think my only success was in this thread using [Law]/Present/Anarchy with the goal of using Sanatorium to get discount units in play and Insurance Agent to get paid when they died at end of turn for most units, and to drop in Immortals which wouldn’t be able to patrol with ephemeral, but could attack each turn thanks to haste… until Geiger maxband eventually flickers after an attack so they can start patrolling. The challenge, as always, is applying enough pressure to drop the Sanatoriums and have them actually survive the opponent’s next turn.
Well, you’ve got at least one turn for Sanitorium to fire, hit me.
P2T5
Starting hand: 4
Ironbark Treant
Spectral Tiger
Young Treant
Verdant Tree
Thoughts
Ooh, wasn’t expecting Sanitorium. Nature Reclaims is the obvious answer, but Moment’s Peace is also pretty good outside of Whitestar Grapplers, and it would help me hit critical illusion mass.
I can do worker + Midbandori + Tiger. Alternatively, I can do worker + Young Treant + Midori + Tiger + Quince, to give myself a larger patrol. That gives me more chance of Midori surviving to take to the air, assuming Dreamfire is going straight for Strength units instead of Anarchy II. Let’s do it.
Teched cards: 2
T2: 2 x Spectral Hound
T3: Macciatus, the Whisperer, Spectral Tiger
T4: Reteller of Truths, Spectral Tiger
T5: 2 x Moment’s Peace
Get paid + Scavenger - (10)
Young Treant, reshuffle 9, draw 1 - (8)
Tiger Cub
Thoughts
Another potential beneficiary of Midori’s midband looks good to me. Quince can wait until later, when I can double up on a Tiger.
Thunderclap
Undo
Colossus
Colossus
Fox Viper
Sanatorium
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($9)
Rook and Stewardess kill Treant
Zane, to midband, kills technician, we both draw - ($4)
Exhaust Sanatorium, I draw, then put 2 Colossi in play - ($3)
Colossus #1 kills Spectral Tiger
Zane to maxband, pops Spectral Hound - ($1)
Colossus #2 breaks tech 2, your base to 17
Worker - ($0)
At end of turn, Colossi die
Float ($0)
Discard 2, draw 4
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader:
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician:
Lookout:
In Play:
Zane lvl 6 (4/4)
Rook lvl 1 (2/4)
Stewardess of the Undone (2/3)
Sanatorium (4)
Safe Attacking
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Tech II HP: 5 (Anarchy)
Tech Lab HP: 4 (Strength)
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 4
Deck: 1
Disc: 6
Gold:
Gold: 0
Workers: 10
Thoughts
I’ve got 4/7 odds to draw something good with Sanatorium, which just isn’t good enough. So I’ll bring Zane in first for another draw.
…
Well that went well!
That’s a good hit 1 gold for two Colossi, scary stuff.
P2T6
Starting hand: 4
Reteller of Truths
Macciatus, the Whisperer
Rampant Growth
Technician draw: 1
Moment’s Peace
Thoughts
Painful Tech II break, thankfully I got Moment’s Peace on the Technician draw rather than the other Tiger. I’m going to risk killing Rook instead of destroying the Sanitorium, since it can’t do much with Moment’s Peace up. Have a Grappler come out and wrestle the Mirror? Whatever. Calypso could move Quince out of the way for killing Midori, but I don’t expect to see that.
Killing Rook also lets me afford both midband on Midori and maxband on Quince. The latter is essential for insuring Quince takes two attackers to kill, since Grappling Hook could remove the Squad Leader armour. No Birds, either, so Midori should survive to fly over and destroy the Sanitorium / boost some Illusions next turn. If there’s no Morningstar Pass, at least, I can’t get too greedy on delaying destruction of Sanitorium.
Grappling Hook might make me reshuffle, is there anything I want on this next cycle? Probably the other copies of Macciatus and Reteller.
Teched cards: 2
T2: 2 x Spectral Hound
T3: Macciatus, the Whisperer, Spectral Tiger
T4: Reteller of Truths, Spectral Tiger
T5: 2 x Moment’s Peace
T6: Macciatus, the Whisperer, Reteller of Truths
Get paid - (10)
Rebuild Tech II
Moment’s Peace, your units can’t attack, mine can’t patrol - (8)
Rampant Growth, Midori is 4/3+2A
Midori kills Rook, takes 2 damage, hits level 3
Sirius Quince, Mirror arrives - (6)
Maxband Quince - (2)
Midband Midori - (0)
Discard 2, draw 4
Quince 1/5 (resist 0+1; 2g: summon Mirror, limit 2; 2g: Mirror copies non-III unit, is trashed at end of turn; allied non-token unit arrives: a Mirror may copy it, is trashed when Quince or original leave)
Midori L5 3/4 (units with no abilities get +1/+1)
Mirror 1/2 (Midori: +1/+1; illusion)
Verdant Tree
Young Treant
Tiger Cub
Spectral Tiger
Spectral Hound
Macciatus, the Whisperer
Reteller of Truths
Moment’s Peace
Rampant Growth
Reteller of Truths
Macciatus, the Whisperer
Card-count details (opponent-viewable)
Expected: 10 + 10 teched = 20
0 on board
4 in hand
0 in deck
11 in discard
5 in workers
Gold: 0
Workers: 10
5 x start
T1: Spore Shambler
T2: Rich Earth
T3: Forest’s Favour
T4: Playful Panda
T5: Ironbark Treant
Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($10)
Extra expensive Snapback, Quince out, Jaina in - ($5)
Prynn - ($3)
Zane kills Midori, Prynn to lvl 3
Gunpoint Taxman - ($1)
Exhaust Sanatorium just to draw - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 3, reshuffle, draw 5
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader:
Elite: Stewardess of the Undone (3/3)
Scavenger:
Technician: Gunpoint Taxman (3/3)
Lookout:
In Play:
Zane lvl 6 (4/1)
Prynn lvl 3 (1/3)
Sanatorium (4)
Safe Attacking
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Tech II HP: 5 (Anarchy)
Tech Lab HP: 4 (Strength)
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 5
Deck: 5
Disc: 0
Gold:
Gold: 0
Workers: 10
Thoughts
Pity that Grapplers can’t target heroes… I don’t have to play Grappler, since I’ll have Prynn for removal next turn, so I’ll just rebuild hand with the Sanatorium.
T2: 2 x Spectral Hound
T3: Macciatus, the Whisperer, Spectral Tiger
T4: Reteller of Truths, Spectral Tiger
T5: 2 x Moment’s Peace
T6: Macciatus, the Whisperer, Reteller of Truths
STARTING HAND
Undo
Thunderclap
Whitestar Grappler
Grappling Hook
Sanatorium
Fox Viper
WORKERS
Morningstar Flagbearer
Fox Primus
Sensei’s Advice
Aged Sensei
Savior Monk
Smoker
Fox Viper
NextHand
Colossus
Whitestar Grappler
Colossus
Snapback
Discard
Steam Tank
Steam Tank
Grappling Hook
Gunpoint Taxman
Undo
Thunderclap
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($10)
Prynn to fading 3
Exhaust Sanatorium, just to draw 1 - ($9)
Zane trades with Hound, Jaina to lvl 3
Prynn kills Merfolk, to fading 4, you get 1 gold
Taxman trades with Jaina, steals 1 gold, Prynn to midband - ($10)
Stewardess safely kills Mirror
Rook - ($8)
Grappling Hook pops Tiger, you draw
Sanatorium #2 - ($4)
Whitestar Grappler - ($1)
Worker - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 2, draw 4
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader: Whitestar Grappler (3/5A)
Elite:
Scavenger: Rook lvl 1 (2/4)
Technician:
Lookout:
In Play:
Prynn lvl 5 (2/4), fading 4
Stewardess of the Undone (2/3)
Sanatorium (4)
Sanatorium (4)
Safe Attacking
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Tech II HP: 5 (Anarchy)
Tech Lab HP: 4 (Strength)
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 4
Deck: 0
Disc: 6
Gold:
Gold: 0
Workers: 11
Thoughts
Bah, Sanatorium only drew me Fox Viper. I could haste it and Grappler and get a tech break, but I think I’d rather worker and patrol them, respectively.
I don’t know. The double Colossus turn alone was worth it for sure, but otherwise it’s just been a slow surplus, which is not really worth the tech slot.
Macciatus, the Whisperer
Reteller of Truths
Macciatus, the Whisperer
Technician draw: 1
Moment’s Peace
Teched cards: 0
T2: 2 x Spectral Hound
T3: Macciatus, the Whisperer, Spectral Tiger
T4: Reteller of Truths, Spectral Tiger
T5: 2 x Moment’s Peace
T6: Macciatus, the Whisperer, Reteller of Truths
Get paid + 2 float - (12)
Master Midori - (10)
Moment’s Peace, your units can’t attack, mine can’t patrol - (8)
Macciatus, the Whisperer - (5)
Reteller of Truths - (3)
Sirius Quince, Mirror arrives - (1)
Discard 1, draw 3
STARTING HAND
Colossus
Whitestar Grappler
Snapback
Colossus
Steam Tank
Grappling Hook
WORKERS
Morningstar Flagbearer
Fox Primus
Sensei’s Advice
Aged Sensei
Savior Monk
Smoker
Fox Viper
NextHand
Colossus
Thunderclap
Gunpoint Taxman
Steam Tank
Undo
Discard
Whitestar Grappler
Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($11)
Prynn to fading 3
Exhaust Sanatorium #1, I draw and put hasty Grappler into play - ($10)
Exhaust Sanatorium #2, I draw - ($9)
Exhaust Grappler #1 to throw Macciatus to death
Exhaust Grappler #2 to throw Reteller back to your hand
Grappling Hook Quince to elite
Rook to midband - ($5)
Rook kills Quince, Prynn to lvl 7
Prynn to maxband - ($4)
Prynn kills Midori, to fading 4, Rook to lvl 7
Rook to maxband - ($3)
Steam Tank - ($0)
At end of turn, hasty Grappler dies
T2: 2 x Spectral Hound
T3: Macciatus, the Whisperer, Spectral Tiger
T4: Reteller of Truths, Spectral Tiger
T5: 2 x Moment’s Peace
T6: Macciatus, the Whisperer, Reteller of Truths
T9: 2 x Liberty Gryphon
Get paid + float - (11)
2 x Reteller of Truths - (7)
Young Treant, I draw - (5)
Verdant Tree
Tech III - (0)
Discard 2, draw 4
Young Treant 0/2+1A Reteller of Truths #1 3/3 (first 2 non-token illusion deaths return to hand) Reteller of Truths #2 3/3 (first 2 non-token illusion deaths return to hand)
Mirror 0/1 (illusion)
Base HP: 17 Tech I HP: 5 Tech II HP: 5 (Truth) Tech III HP: 5 Tower HP: 4
Spectral Hound
Merfolk Prospector
Spectral Tiger
Moment’s Peace
Macciatus, the Whisperer
Macciatus, the Whisperer
Liberty Gryphon
Liberty Gryphon
Tiger Cub
Verdant Tree
Card-count details (opponent-viewable)
Expected: 10 + 12 teched = 22
3 on board
4 in hand
0 in deck
10 in discard
5 in workers
Gold: 0
Workers: 10
5 x start
T1: Spore Shambler
T2: Rich Earth
T3: Forest’s Favour
T4: Playful Panda
T5: Ironbark Treant
STARTING HAND
Steam Tank
Gunpoint Taxman
Thunderclap
Undo
Colossus
Snapback
Colossus
WORKERS
Morningstar Flagbearer
Fox Primus
Sensei’s Advice
Aged Sensei
Savior Monk
Smoker
Fox Viper
NextHand
Undo
Grappling Hook
Gunpoint Taxman
Thunderclap
Discard
Colossus
Colossus
Steam Tank
Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($11)
Thunderclap sidelines your patrollers - ($9)
Exhaust Sanatorium #1, draw 1, put Colossus and Steam Tank into play - ($8)
Prynn, Rook, Stewardess, Grappler, Colossus and 2 Steam Tanks hit your base for 32 damage
Undo bounces a Steam Tank to my hand - ($5)
Exhaust Sanatorium #2, draw 1, put Colossus and Steam Tank into play - ($4)
Colossus and Steam Tank hit your base for another 13 damage
Spectral Hound #1 3/3+1A (illusion)
Merfolk Prospector 1/1 (exhaust: 1g)
Spectral Hound #2 3/3 (resist 0+1; illusion)
Base HP: 19
Tiger Cub 2/2
