Seer (Cheap + time runes for Tricycloid+Prynn)
Seer (Ditto)
STARTING HAND
Nullcraft
Tricycloid
Hyperion
Forgotten Fighter
WORKERS
Plasmodium
Tinkerer
Time Spiral
Hardened Mox
NextHand
Temporal Research
Rewind
Now!
Temporal Distortion
Discard
Forgotten Fighter
Hyperion
Seer
Seer
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($10)
Peek
Tricyloid - ($5)
Tricyloid-3, pop both Flagbearers and deal 1 to Elite
Nullcraft, kills Elite - ($3)
Maxband Prynn, Prynn-2, time trash SQL - ($0)
Prynn kills Newsman, Prynn+1
Vir and Stewardess break Tech I, your base to 16
Skip Worker
Float ($0)
Discard 2, draw 4
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader:
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician:
Lookout:
In Play:
L7 Prynn Pasternaak 3/5 [Fading 3]
L1 Vir Garbarean 2/3
Tricycloid 3/3
Stewardess of the Undone 3/2
Nullcraft 1/1 [Flying, Haste]
Battle Suits
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Tech II HP: 5 (Present)
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 4
Deck: 4
Disc: 4
Gold:
Gold: 0
Workers: 9
Thoughts
I guess Tech I is best to break now he has Garrisons up. I hate not being able to worker but the Tech break seems really important to slow him down Teching in a couple of Seers to balance out my unit count. If he gets the obvious Free Speech off next turn and I’m neutered I’ll trade as best I can then tech up
I nearly forgot about Omegacron here, purple’s lethal range is absolutely wild!
P2T7
Tech StartingHand Workers
TECH
Ebbflow Archon (Insurance in case he manages to get back into things)
Ebbflow Archon (ditto)
STARTING HAND
Temporal Research → Worker (Got a lot more card draw coming)
Rewind
Temporal Distortion
Now!
WORKERS
Plasmodium
Tinkerer
Time Spiral
Hardened Mox
Temporal Research
NextHand
Fading Argonaut
Now!
Neo Plexus
Research & Development
Discard
Forgotten Fighter
Hyperion
Seer
Seer
Stewardess of the Undone
Now!
Temporal Distortion
Tricycloid
Rewind
Ebbflow Archon
Ebbflow Archon
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($9)
Peek
Worker - ($8)
Prynn kills SQL, takes 1, Pynn+1
Nullcraft kills Elite
Tricycloid kills Scavenger, takes 1, you gain 1g
Vir suicides into Oni, levels whiff
Geiger - ($6)
Stewardess trades with Oni, Geiger midbands, you draw
Maxband Geiger, flicker Tricycloid - ($4)
Now! on Tricycloid, hits base to 10 - ($3)
Tricycloid-3, shoot base to 7
Temporal Distortion, bounce Tric and forecast an Omegacron - ($1)
Workers-6, Omegacron arrives, hits your base for 9 damage, DESTROYING IT
On the assumption that we’re playing again I thought I’d fire this up.
Would you by any chance be interested in trying my current in-testing changes for the blue? It’s mostly designed to help vs Black but we need to test it vs purple too since that’s Blues best matchup.
Card
Changes
Thoughts
Bluecoat Musketeer
Replace ability with “1g → Deal 1 damage to a unit or hero without flying. Once per turn”
Gives Blue some hasty damage to kill things like Pestering Haunt and limit hero aggro (not safe to leave them on 1HP for example) and makes Musketeer a viable copy target throughout the game
If not no worries but thought I would ask
P1T1
StartingHand Workers
STARTING HAND
Time Spiral
Nullcraft
Temporal Research → Worker (Hard to get maximal card draw out of this early and 2-cost spells are likely blocked by Newsman. Time Spiral is underrated imo)
Forgotten Fighter
Battle Suits
WORKERS
Temporal Research
NextHand
Tinkerer
Fading Argonaut
Neo Plexus
Plasmodium
Hardened Mox
I’m willing to try it though I do feel insecure about it since I have lost the vast majority of matches I’ve ever played as Blue so I’m skeptical of the value of the test. While I’m aware of the consensus, winning against Black seems more possible to me then winning against Purple. Oh well, I think we all know that I’m astonishingly bad at this game.
P2T1
Starting Hand Workers
STARTING HAND
Building Inspector
Traffic Director
Arrest
Manufactured Truth
Lawful Search
No safe way to play a hero with Oni out so let’s double tech Now! and get some units in play. Alternative was a single unit plus Tech I but that’s puts me at risk of a tech break if he has Arrest. Plexus over Mox I think, since it lets me preserve the gold surplus for Tech I next turn and lets me have effectively two 3/3 patrollers.
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($7)
Worker - ($6)
Summon Sirus Quince and his Mirror Illusion. - ($4)
Quince performs a Lawful Search of your hand and draws a card. - ($3)
Hire a Reputable Newsman who opposes spells and upgrades that cost 1. - ($1)
Float ($1)
Discard 4, draw 2, reshuffle, draw 3
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader:
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician: Mirror Illusion 0/1
Lookout:
In Play:
Quince (1) 1/3
Reputable Newsman [1] 0/3
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 5
Deck: 5
Disc: 0
Gold:
Gold: 1
Workers: 8
Thoughts
I want to try Law for some reason, though I think it will be bad.
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($7)
Worker - ($6)
Tech II Present - ($2)
Geiger kills Mirror, you draw
Float ($2)
Discard 2, reshuffle, draw 4
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader:
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician:
Lookout:
In Play:
L3 Max Geiger 2/4 [Sparkshot]
Battle Suits
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Tech II HP: 5 (Present)
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 4
Deck: 7
Disc: 0
Gold:
Gold: 2
Workers: 8
Thoughts
I don’t feel particularly threatened here with Quince being limited to 1 attack, so lets go Tech II Present and kill the Mirror. Also lets my handsize recover and builds up some gold for what I’m hoping is a big turn. He can’t Injunction me so worst case I lose Geiger to some Musketeer shenanigans and have to pivot to Prynn for a turn to deal with his board.
STARTING HAND
Spectral Aven
Scribe
Tax Collector
Hallucination
Jail
Arrest
Lawful Search
Building Inspector
WORKERS
Traffic Director
Porkhand Magistrate
Bluecoat Musketeer
Spectral Aven
Next Hand
Jail
Manufactured Truth
Insurance Agent
Hallucination
Dreamscape
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($9)
Worker - ($8)
Hire a Tax Collector who steals one of your floating golds. - ($7)
Hire a Scribe and draw a card. - ($5)
Quince performs a Lawful Search of your hand and draws a card. - ($4)
Build Tech II - Law. - ($0)
Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid + float - Tax - ($9)
Worker - ($8)
Prynn + 1 level - ($5)
Tricycloid, Gun down Quince, Prynn midbands - ($0)
Geiger hits SQL for 1 after armour, takes 1
Float ($0)
Discard 2, draw 4
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader: L4 Prynn 2/4A [Fading 4]
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician:
Lookout:
In Play:
L3 Max Geiger 2/3 [Sparkshot]
Tricycloid 3/3 [0]
Battle Suits
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Tech II HP: 5 (Present)
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 4
Deck: 3
Disc: 4
Gold:
Gold: 0
Workers: 9
Thoughts
Couldn’t see a way to break Tech II outside of some Vir future card shenanigans and those are so low percentage that I don’t see much point in trying. Best way to play this turn is to get Prynn in as a patroller and clear out Quince so I’m ready to make hero based plays next turn. Keeping Geiger safe since he offers so much burst.
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($9)
Hire an Insurance Agent who insures the Scribe. - ($8)
Summon Bigby Hayes. - ($6)
Scribe suicides into Prynn; I gain 2 gold and draw a card. - ($8)
Worker. - ($7)
Bigby casts Manufactured Truth on the Reputable Newsman, transforming it into a Tax Collector. - ($6)
Manufactured Collector and Tax Collector kill Prynn; Bigby midbands.
Hire another Insurance Agent, who insures the Reputable Newsman. - ($5)
Build a Tech Lab - Truth. - ($4)
Build a Jail. - ($1)
Float ($1)
Discard 2, draw 2, reshuffle, draw 2
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader: Insurance Agent 1 2/2A
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician: Insurance Agent 2 2/2 - Insuring the Reputable Newsman
Seer (cheap runes)
Research & Development (loads of card draw)
STARTING HAND
Hyperion → Now!
Nullcraft
Now!
Time Spiral → Worker (Not needed with Seers, need to reduce spell count)
WORKERS
Temporal Research
Plasmodium
Tinkerer
Hardened Mox
Neo Plexus
Time Spiral
NextHand
Stewardess of the Undone
Temporal Distortion
Seer
Forgotten Fighter
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($9)
Tricycloid kills SQL, takes 2
Geiger kills Technician, takes 2, you draw
Maxband Geiger, flicker Tricycloid - ($7)
Tricycloid guns down Newsman and Taxman, no insurance for you
Now! on Tricycloid, breaks Jail - ($6)
Hyperion, breaks Tech II, your base to 18, I draw - ($1)
Worker - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 2, draw 2, reshuffle, draw 2
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader:
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician:
Lookout:
In Play:
L5 Max Geiger 3/4 [Sparkshot]
Hyperion 5/5 [Haste]
Tricycloid 4/4 [1]
Battle Suits
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Tech II HP: 5 (Present)
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 4
Deck: 7
Disc: 0
Gold:
Gold: 0
Workers: 10
Thoughts
Clear most of his board and break his Tech II, seems like a good turn. Hoping to use Prynn to open up his board.
STARTING HAND
Arrest
Lawful Search
Justice Juggernaut
Dreamscape
Hallucination
Scribe
Censorship Council
WORKERS
Traffic Director
Porkhand Magistrate
Bluecoat Musketeer
Spectral Aven
Building Inspector
Arrest
Next Hand
Manufactured Truth
Lawful Search
Macciatus, The Whisperer
Insurance Agent
Tech 1 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($11)
Rebuild Tech II.
Bigby suicides into the Hyperion.
Summon Sirus Quince and his Mirror Illusion. - ($9)
Quince performs a Lawful Search of your hand and draws a card. - ($8)
Quince creates a Dreamscape, transforming all Tech 0, I, and II units into Illusions. - ($5)
Quince casts Hallucination to destroy the Hyperion and Tricycloid. - ($3)
Hire a Scribe and draw a card. - ($1)
Worker. - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 2, draw 1, reshuffle, draw 3
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader:
Elite: Scribe 2/3
Scavenger:
Technician: Mirror Illusion 0/1
Lookout:
In Play:
Dreamscape
Quince (1) 1/3
Buildings:
Base HP: 18
Tech I HP: 5
Tech II HP: 5 (Law)
Tech Lab HP: 4 (Truth)
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 4
Deck: 7
Disc: 0
Gold:
Gold: 0
Workers: 11
Thoughts
Well, I’m glad we can respond with another board clear though we are no longer set up for our LIMITATIONS.
STARTING HAND
Manufactured Truth
Insurance Agent
Lawful Search
Macciatus, The Whisperer
Censorship Council
Justice Juggernaut
WORKERS
Traffic Director
Porkhand Magistrate
Bluecoat Musketeer
Spectral Aven
Building Inspector
Arrest
Manufactured Truth
Next Hand
Tax Collector
Hallucination
Justice Juggernaut
Discard
Dreamscape
Scribe
Lawful Search
Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($11)
Build a Censorship Council. - ($7)
Summon Bigby Hayes. - ($5)
Bigby performs a Lawful Search of your hand and draws a card. - ($4)
Hire Macciatus, The Whisperer. - ($2)
Hire an Insurance Agent who insures Macciatus. - ($1)
Worker. - ($0)
Float ($0)
Stash 1, Discard 0, draw 2
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader: Macciatus, The Whisperer 3/3A
Elite:
Scavenger: Insurance Agent 2/2
Technician: Bigby Hayes (1) 2/3
Lookout:
In Play:
Censorship Council
Buildings:
Base HP: 18
Tech I HP: 5
Tech II HP: 5 (Law)
Tech Lab HP: 4 (Truth)
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 3
Deck: 3
Disc: 3
Gold:
Gold: 0
Workers: 12
Thoughts
Dammit. I looked at his hand and still didn’t see that coming. How am I so godawful as this game?
Ebbflow Archon (Win condition)
Ebbflow Archon (ditto, since I might draw it before Tech Lab is up)
STARTING HAND
Now!
Research & Development
Nullcraft
Rewind
WORKERS
Temporal Research
Plasmodium
Tinkerer
Hardened Mox
Neo Plexus
Time Spiral
NextHand
Now!
Fading Argonaut
Rewind
Ebbflow Archon
Seer
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($10)
Maxband Prynn - ($9)
Prynn-2, trash Macciatus
Stewardess kills Bigby, takes 2, you draw
Rewind, bounce all Tech 0, I and II units - ($5)
Geiger and Prynn break Tech II, your base to 16, Prynn+1
Tech III - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 4, draw 3, reshuffle, draw 2
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader:
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician:
Lookout:
In Play:
L5 Max Geiger 3/3 [Sparkshot]
L7 Prynn Pasternaak 3/5 [Fading 2]
Battle Suits
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Tech II HP: 5 (Present)
Tech III HP: 5
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 5
Deck: 10
Disc: 0
Gold:
Gold: 0
Workers: 10
Thoughts
Tech break and bring on the end game is always good. Next turn tech lab to put him on an urgent clock.
Squad Leader:
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician:
Lookout:
Base HP: 20
While I’m aware of the consensus, winning against Black seems more possible to me then winning against Purple. Oh well, I think we all know that I’m astonishingly bad at this game. 
