Scavenger: Reputable Newsman 0/3 (no 1-cost upgrades or spells)
Technician:
Lookout:
In Play:
*
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 5
Deck: 0
Disc: 3
Gold:
Gold: 0
Workers: 6
Thoughts
No choice in the unit to play here, but I’m not sure about the hero. Grave would be nice for combat, but makes one of my key cards (MT) more expensive. I’ll be using Illusions later, but this is probably too early. Bigby is somewhere in the middle, and Stash would let me copy the Aven next turn. That’s pretty early to be going down on cards, though. Let’s go with Grave, I might need Reversal to deal with Rook, or Versatile Style to help with Birds, and a combat hero gives me more space to get a tower down. First tech choices will be Twin and Hound.
STARTING HAND
Porkhand Magistrate
Spectral Aven
Building Inspector
Bluecoat Musketeer
Traffic Director
WORKERS
Jail
Porkhand Magistrate
NextHand
Building Inspector
Spectral Hound
Bluecoat Musketeer
Traffic Director
Lawful Search
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($6)
Worker - ($5)
Tech I - ($3)
Spectral Aven - ($1)
Float ($1)
Discard 3, reshuffle, draw 5
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader: Reputable Newsman 0/2+1A (no 1-cost upgrades or spells, 1 damage)
Elite:
Scavenger: Grave L1 2/3 (sparkshot)
Technician:
Lookout: Spectral Aven 2/2 (flying, illusion)
In Play:
*
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 5
Deck: 3
Disc: 0
Gold:
Gold: 1
Workers: 7
Thoughts
Pft, I’m lucky Shadow didn’t just Hook Grave and kill him. Next turn I’ve got 6 gold after worker, 2 if I want to hit Tech II. But I’m going to try for a Twin rush, so I’ve got enough gold for both of my techs, with 1 left over. I probably want to float 1 this turn, in case I draw Manufactured Truth as well. That leaves me enough to bring in Aven, so I’m happy. On the other hand, maybe I want Musketeer down instead for another land patroller? No, I’ll need Aven if Birds appear. Let’s just put the Newsman up front, if Shadow wants to leave himself open for a counterattack with Grave and Aven he’s welcome to it.
STARTING HAND
Manufactured Truth
Traffic Director
Building Inspector
Rambasa Twin
WORKERS
Jail
Porkhand Magistrate
Building Inspector
NextHand
Free Speech
Bluecoat Musketeer
Reputable Newsman
Discard
Manufactured Truth
Traffic Director
Reteller of Truths
Macciatus, The Whisperer
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($6)
Worker - ($5)
Rambasa Twin, his brother arrives - ($1)
Manufactured Truth, Mirror becomes a Rambasa Twin - ($0)
Spectral Aven hits Rook for 1+1A damage
Rambasa Twin (Mirror) trades with Rook, Quince hits level 3 (midband)
Quince hits your Tech I down to 4
Float ($0)
Discard 1, draw 3
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader:
Elite:
Scavenger: Rambasa Twin #1 4/2
Technician: Rambasa Twin #2 4/2
Lookout:
In Play:
Quince L3 1/4
Spectral Aven 2/2 (flying, illusion)
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 3
Deck: 2
Disc: 4
Gold:
Gold: 0
Workers: 7
Thoughts
The few things that can kill a Twin on Shadow’s turn (e.g. Speed of the Fox, Reversal) can kill one whether they’re in Squad Leader or not, so I might as well patrol in the resource slots here.
I’ve been wondering whether to go Law or Truth, and I’ve just realised that Reteller plus Hallucination or Dreamscape would skip having to reshuffle to get the Twins back. Truth it is.
… 2 gold after worker and Tech II next turn leaves me enough for Free Speech or Newsman if I need them, but hopefully I’ll have the breathing room to bring in a Mirror and build my hand size back up.
STARTING HAND
Free Speech
Bluecoat Musketeer
Reputable Newsman
WORKERS
Jail
Porkhand Magistrate
Building Inspector
Bluecoat Musketeer
NextHand
Traffic Director
Lawful Search
Arrest
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($7)
Worker - ($6)
Tech II Truth - ($2)
Spectral Aven kills Scavenger Twin, it goes to codex, you get a gold
Reputable Newsman, naming 1 - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 1, draw 2, reshuffle, draw 1
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader: Reputable Newsman 0/3+1A (no 1-cost spells or upgrades)
Elite:
Scavenger: Rambasa Twin #1 3/2
Technician: Rambasa Twin #2 3/2
Lookout:
In Play:
Quince L3 1/4
Spectral Aven 2/2 (flying, illusion)
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Tech II HP: 5 (Truth)
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 3
Deck: 6
Disc: 0
Gold:
Gold: 0
Workers: 8
Thoughts
Eh. Free Speech or a Mirror would be nice, but I’m worried about Partner helping to clear my Twins, or Safe Attacking going down. Blocking with Newsman also gives me more patrollers in case a Glorious Ninja comes out.
Tiger and Reversal are pretty much required, I think, for Glorious Ninja and Porcupine. Time to play Lawful Search and see what I draw… meh, Manufactured Truth isn’t ideal here. On the other hand, I’m only facing a Porcupine next turn, not a Glorious Ninja. I could kill Grave by maxing Quince, hitting him with Aven, then turning Aven into a Sparring Partner to buff Quince and the Twin. That takes 5 gold, pretty hefty but enough for me to worker and put Grave down to block. Quince will get hit with Snapback, but I won’t have to worry about that sword rune.
… Actually, he can just Snapback Grave and get a full hero wipe, and still afford Porcupine. This is going to suck.
Squad Leader: Rook (2/4, lvl 1)
Elite:
Scavenger: Smoker (1/1)
Technician:
Lookout:
Base HP: 20
Base HP: 20