Isn’t it just a sign of a great card that if you have and play a Jade Fox next turn you won’t be able to block any attackers with the little ninjas oh and it costs 8…
RuleChanges
Nerfs
Vandy
Remove resist 1 at midband
Midband changes to “①, , Discard a card → Fetch any non-ultimate Demonology spell from your codex, reveal it, then put it in your hand.”
Maxband loses targeting, changes to giving the weakest unit on each side +2/2 (analogously to StW)
Tiger Cub(2/2a)
Ferocity
Young Treant
Barkcoat Bear
Ferocity
Tiny Basilisk(1/2a) (swift strike till upkeep)
Stampede
Moss Ancient
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($12)
Worker
Tiny B trades with porcupine
Cala and huntress take out tech 2
Arg hits your base to 17
Barkcoat bear - ($8)
Rampaging elephant - ($2)
Or it’s just a sign how powerful a 6g unit is that singlehandedly can do 12 base damage in one turn such that my tech 3 unit is unplayable.
But well, that game has been over with our tech choice combined with this perfectly timed ferocity of yours. Let’s get it over with!
PS: I’m up for another one as soon you’ve overwhelmed me completely - do you want to start again or do you prefer p2 in case we still have time and you’re interested in continuing?
Edit: here was a turn where I forgot the resist ability of Cal midband
Tech 0 card(s)
technician draw
Get Paid - ($10)
rebuild tech 2
grave+troq - ($6)
the Boot elephant with resist, discard a card - ($2)
tenderfoot - ($1)
Float ($1)
Discard 3, draw 5
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader: grave 2/3
Elite:
Scavenger: troq 2/3
Technician:
Lookout: Tenderfoot (1/2)
In Play:
*
Buildings:
Base HP: 17
Tech I HP: 5
Tech II HP: 5 (Ninjutsu)
Tech III HP: 5
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 5
Deck: 1
Disc: 6
Gold:
Gold: 1
Workers: 10
Thoughts
without being able to play my porcupine I don’t see a way back into the game
Post draw: lol, the same draw 5 out of 6 than before
Well, she is plain useless if you have no board presence. In case of an air fight or already two gn or 1-2 porcupines on the table I would disagree with her being useless.
I have a buff, choose to take out tech 2 in the hope i draw some extra damage to punish a jade fox…
post draw: i don’t think there’s a way you could kill arg and play a tech 3, so barring that would be happy to skip to next game lol, and also to be P2
RuleChanges
Nerfs
Vandy
Remove resist 1 at midband
Midband changes to “①, , Discard a card → Fetch any non-ultimate Demonology spell from your codex, reveal it, then put it in your hand.”
Maxband loses targeting, changes to giving the weakest unit on each side +2/2 (analogously to StW)
Young Treant
Tiny Basilisk(1/2a) (swift strike till upkeep)
Barkcoat Bear
Stampede
Discard
Tiger Cub(2/2a)
Playful Panda
Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($12)
spirit of the Panda my bear - ($8)
Panda bear kills grave and troq - ($9)
huntress kills tenderfoot
arg and cala destroy tech 2
tech 3 - ($4)
Float ($4)
Discard 2, draw 4
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader:
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician:
Lookout:
In Play:
Rich Earth
L5 Arg(1/4)
Huntress(3/3)
L5 Calamandra(4/5) grants resist
Barkcoat Bear(7/5) resist 2, overpower, attacks gain gold
Sorry this is taking a while, it’s because i am struggling to see how to do anything but offer up trades in your favour…
Current top running start for me is Rich Earth + float 2
(Arg/panda) + tiger cub I end with just Arg/panda and unable to retaliate, and you still build tech 1.
Cala + tiger cub is free levels for you if you miss tech 1, but green really has no strong hero counter and grave will continue wrecking. As P1 you can still tech 2 in normal time
Well, the choose-your-split modus obviously favors P1 a lot more than P2, so I think you have to aim for a lesser outcome than what you have to aim for in a normal game.
And you can always aim for counter punches or to force me into hero kill variants where I’m going down on cards too early with a bigger next cycle than I would prefer. I think a T2 hero kill is always less dramatic than a T3 one, if you have good follow up. Yes, I do then get free levels and grave will be a pita for you, but it will come at the cost for me to have a reduced quality for my first tech 2 cycle.
Some thoughts on your options (but without guarantees that there is no blunder included as I haven’t thought everything properly through)
What would I do if I were in your shoes?
FF Cal in elite (as I just love my own bloomed combat heroes)
What do I think might also end in okayish scenarios?
Midori SL (!) plus Panda with RG & FF in your next hand
Panda+Cal with wisp in SL and Cal elite might also work
Tiger SL + Panda with wisp in technician
Ironbark SL + MP (either technician or backline) will force me into either going down on cards early to kill ironbark (but MP survives) or to kill MP with card/cost disadvantage for me
I think Rich Earth puts you even more on the back foot as your initial problem is just shifted. But yes, maybe in a few turns your tremendous gold advantage might bring you out of the hole, especially as maxband arg plus MP seems like a pretty good follow up for that line.
You got me into pondering more about that possible rich earth float 2 start of yours. In retrospect I think doing exactly that and following it up with maxband arg + MP could indeed turn into a favorable game for you under one condition: sacrifice arg immediately and place him in SL (or maybe even elite to kill brother and tenderfoot) in order to save your units for a counter punch. The elemental will do some overtime work and you will have enough gold to go for centaurs into feral biggies with an instantly maxbanded Cal in between… We should try this out some time - it sounds interesting!
casual zango vs dwarddd game 3 P1T2
P1 [Bashing]/Discipline/Ninjutsu vs. P2 [Balance]/Feral/Growth
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($9)
Worker - ($8)
grave readily kills SL
wither MP (I really really don’t like that guy) - ($6)
tech 2 - ($2)
hh - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 3, draw 5
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader: Inverse Power Ninja (5/5)
Elite: Grave (4/4, lvl3)+
Scavenger:
Technician:
Lookout:
In Play:
*
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Tech II HP: 5 (Discipline)
Heroes’ Hall HP: 4
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 5
Deck: 0
Disc: 6
Gold:
Gold: 0
Workers: 8
Thoughts
that line up nicely. I’m a bit afraid of his synergy plan for the frogs unless he just used them for stalling so let’s try to reduce his gold count. the patrol is chosen sich that he can’t attack anything with Cal and let her survive AND build tech 2
Didn’t see that option of yours clearly enough last turn. I considered shortly the relevant synergies with frogs, but galina plus a 60% probability to pair this with double BA or alternatively at least a guaranteed combination of a single BA together with again frogs is just awesome. I don’t see any possibility to get myself out of this hole that my way too greedy and passive last turn got me into… But I’ll give it a shot, even if it’s just in order to give you the honors to play it through. I’m betting everything on your 40% chance to have prematurely drawn a BA, so I’m neglecting you another call for frogs.
Either way: congratulations to this perfect execution of a good strategy that I didn’t have on my radar!
casual zango vs dwarddd game 3 P1T5
P1 [Bashing]/Discipline/Ninjutsu vs. P2 [Balance]/Feral/Growth
Im afraid my reshuffle last time was nice with the BAs both in deck; it definitely took a bit of luck for this to line up as it did but yeah was pretty happy with the line in general, thanks man!
RuleChanges
Nerfs
Vandy
Remove resist 1 at midband
Midband changes to “①, , Discard a card → Fetch any non-ultimate Demonology spell from your codex, reveal it, then put it in your hand.”
Maxband loses targeting, changes to giving the weakest unit on each side +2/2 (analogously to StW)
That’s GG, my technician draw (older brother) didn’t safe me this time.
Had I drawn my speed of the Fox I could have killed at least one BA as well as the panda and a grave with only one damage in SL for defense, but no such luck this time.
Very well played and definitely a fun game.
Are you up for another one?
oh and it costs 8…
, Discard a card → Fetch any non-ultimate Demonology spell from your codex, reveal it, then put it in your hand.”
Squad Leader: Barkcoat Bear(5/5a) resist 2 (+ 1 more, from cala), overpower
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician: Rampaging Elephant(6/7)
Lookout:
Base HP: 20
