GL, HF, @thehug0naut! Good to see you again.
Relevant changes:
| Card |
Change |
| Vandy |
Remove resist 1 at midband |
| Deteriorate |
Increase cost to 1 |
| Dark Pact |
Increase cost to 1 |
P1T1
Starting hand: 5
Pestering Haunt
Poisonblade Rogue
Jandra, the Negator
Thieving Imp
Summon Skeletons
Thoughts
Let’s see if we can be aggressive with Grave when Deteriorate is more expensive.
Get paid - (4)
Worker - (3)
Grave Stormborne - (1)
Pestering Haunt
Discard 3, draw 5
Grave L1 2/3 (sparkshot)
Pestering Haunt 1/1 (unstoppable; can’t patrol or be sacrificed)
Base HP: 20
Hand: 5
Skeleton Javelineer
Graveyard
Skeletal Archery
Deteriorate
Sacrifice the Weak
Deck: 0
Discard: 3
Poisonblade Rogue
Thieving Imp
Summon Skeletons
Card-count check (opponent-viewable)
Expected: 10
1 on board
5 in hand
0 in deck
3 in discard
1 in workers
Gold: 1
Workers: 5
4 x start
T1: Jandra, the Negator
Thanks @charnel_mouse, it’s nice to be back again! GLHF to you too, really interesting deck you have here
P2T1
StartingHand Workers
STARTING HAND
Rich Earth
Verdant Tree
Rampant Growth
Tiger Cub
Young Treant
WORKERS
Rich Earth
NextHand
Merfolk Prospector
Forest’s Favor
Playful Panda
Spore Shambler
Ironbark Treant
Discard
Tiger Cub
Young Treant
Rampant Growth
Verdant Tree
Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($5)
Worker - ($4)
Vandy + Midband - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 4, draw 5
Board Info:
In Patrol:
-
Squad Leader: L3 Vandy Anadrose 3/4A [Sparkshot]
-
Elite:
-
Scavenger:
-
Technician:
-
Lookout:
In Play:
*
Buildings:
-
Base HP: 20
Economy Info:
Cards:
Gold:
Thoughts
He can get to 4 attack with Grave and Haunt so Vandy should survive this turn.
@charnel_mouse’s turn!
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It’s a fun little deck, looks like the change to Deteriorate might hit it pretty hard early on, though.
Yours looks very similar to my regular [Balance]/Blood/Strength!
P1T2
Starting hand: 5
Skeleton Javelineer
Graveyard
Skeletal Archery
Deteriorate
Sacrifice the Weak
Thoughts
Can’t take out Vandy here, and Rampant Growth makes it too dangerous to have Grave out in front.
Main worries here are Blood II and Wandering Mimic / Faerie Dragon. The latter, in particular makes Abominations too risky, but they’re still worth teching if I suspect Blood II for shutting down Shoddy Gliders, and making Crashbarrows a little smaller. Otherwise, I’m thinking either rune spam + Carrion crow or a jump to Plague Lords looks good. Maybe Community Service, but that’s risky.
Taking Rambasa Twin for insurance abuse, and Tax Collector to sit in the Graveyard. I’ll worry about anti-air later.
Teched cards: 2
T2: Rambasa Twin, Tax Collector
Get paid + float - (6)
Worker - (5)
Expensive Tech I - (3)
Graveyard - (1)
Pestering Haunt hits your base to 19
Skeleton Javelineer - (0)
Discard 2, reshuffle 7, draw 4
Skeleton Javelineer 1/1 (javelin rune; remove javelin rune: gains long range this turn)
Grave L1 2/3 (sparkshot)
Pestering Haunt 1/1 (unstoppable; can’t patrol or be sacrificed)
Graveyard HP: 3 (exhaust: play a buried unit; 4+ buried units: destroyed)
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Hand: 4
Thieving Imp
Rambasa Twin
Tax Collector
Sacrifice the Weak
Deck: 3
Poisonblade Rogue
Summon Skeletons
Deteriorate
Discard: 0
Card-count check (opponent-viewable)
Expected: 10 + 2 teched = 12
3 on board
4 in hand
3 in deck
0 in discard
2 in workers
Gold: 0
Workers: 6
4 x start
T1: Jandra, the Negator
T2: Skeletal Archery
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@charnel_mouse I’m not used to your post structure, is Jav patrolling in technician?
And yes I’m a big green and Midori fan so I read up on your deck and thought I’d take something similar for a spin.
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P2T2
Tech StartingHand Workers
TECH
Dark Pact
Shadow Blade
STARTING HAND
Forest’s Favor
Merfolk Prospector
Spore Shambler
Ironbark Treant
Playful Panda
WORKERS
Rich Earth
Forest’s Favor
NextHand
Verdant Tree
Playful Panda
Rampant Growth
Shadow Blade
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($6)
Worker - ($5)
Vandy kills Jav, takes 1, Jav to Graveyard, you draw 1 card
Merfolk Prospector - ($4)
Spore Shambler, arrives with Runes - ($1)
Rune to Prospector - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 2, reshuffle, draw 4
Board Info:
In Patrol:
-
Squad Leader: Spore Shambler 1/2A [+]
-
Elite:
-
Scavenger:
-
Technician: Merfolk Prospector 2/2 [+]
-
Lookout:
In Play:
- L3 Vandy Anadrose 3/3 [Sparkshot]
Buildings:
-
Base HP: 19
Economy Info:
Cards:
Gold:
Thoughts
Hard to defend against the threat of Grave/Reversal/Sac the Weak/Deteriorate so I’ll skip Tech I one turn and make my patrol annoying to break through. Dark Pact should let me even out my draws.
@charnel_mouse’s turn!
Edit: fixed base HP
P1T3
Starting hand: 4
Thieving Imp
Rambasa Twin
Tax Collector
Sacrifice the Weak
Technician draw: 1
Thoughts
I need to start worrying about Shadow Blade now. If the Prospector stays alive, then it can take out the other Rambasa Twin, and let Vandy kill Grave.
Under normal rules, I could play Tax Collector, midband Grave, then he can take out Spore Shambler, and Deteriorate + Haunt takes out the Prospector. Then Grave sits in SQL on 3/3+1, so Vandy has to maxband to kill him, even with a Shadow Blade. That’s not possible with Grave needing 2 gold to cast Deteriorate, though.
One option here is to just bring back the Javelineer to help the Twins block, then I think I’m safe, at least if thehug0naut doesn’t want to delay Tech II.
Working Thieving Imp into a worker, there’s not much point to card drain when Vandy can just use Dark Pact to recover.
Teched cards: 2
T2: Rambasa Twin, Tax Collector
T3: 2 x Insurance Agent
Get paid - (6)
Worker - (5)
Rambasa Twin, his brother arrives - (1)
Skeleton Javelineer returns from Graveyard - (0)
Grave hits Spore Shambler for 1+1A, takes 1 damage
Pestering Haunt trades with Spore Shambler
Discard 3, draw 2, reshuffle 5, draw 3
Skeleton Javelineer 1/1+1A (javelin rune; remove javelin rune: gains long range this turn)
Rambasa Twin #1 3/2 (arrives: fetch a Rambasa Twin from codex)
Rambasa Twin #2 3/2 (arrives: fetch a Rambasa Twin from codex)
Grave L1 2/2 (sparkshot; 1 damage)
Graveyard HP: 3 (exhaust: play a buried unit; 4+ buried units: destroyed)
Buried: Pestering Haunt
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Hand: 5
Poisonblade Rogue
Summon Skeletons
Insurance Agent
Tax Collector
Deteriorate
Deck: 2
Insurance Agent
Sacrifice the Weak
Discard: 0
Card-count check (opponent-viewable)
Expected: 10 + 4 teched + 1 fetched Twin = 15
4 on board
1 in Graveyard
5 in hand
2 in deck
0 in discard
3 in workers
Gold: 0
Workers: 7
4 x start
T1: Jandra, the Negator
T2: Skeletal Archery
T3: Thieving Imp
Just to check, Graveyard has the same priority as the Twin going to the codex, if you’d prefer it to go there.
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That I didn’t know. That potentially changes my turn. I’ll go back and look.
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Thanks for the heads up, so many little things like that in this game are hard to intuit.
P2T3
Tech StartingHand Workers
TECH
Tiny Basilisk
Crash Bomber
STARTING HAND
Rampant Growth
Verdant Tree
Shadow Blade
Playful Panda
WORKERS
Rich Earth
Forest’s Favor
NextHand
Rampant Growth
Dark Pact
Tiger Cub
Ironbark Treant
Young Treant
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($7)
Expensive Tech I - ($5)
Vandy kills Jav, takes 1, Jav to Graveyard
Prospector trades with Lookout Rambasa, Rambasa to Graveyard rather than codex
Shadow Blade Scavenger Rambasa, you discard 2/5, Rambasa to Graveyard, you gain 1 gold, Graveyard bursts - ($2)
Maxband Vandy, doom whiffs - ($0)
Skip Worker
Float ($0)
Discard 3, draw 4, reshuffle, draw 1
Board Info:
In Patrol:
-
Squad Leader:
-
Elite:
-
Scavenger:
-
Technician:
-
Lookout:
In Play:
- L5 Vandy Anadrose 4/5 [Sparkshot]
Buildings:
-
Base HP: 19
-
Tech I HP: 5
Economy Info:
Cards:
Gold:
Thoughts
Now that I know how Graveyard interacts with Rambasa I can burst it and put both Rambasa’s into his deck as expensive chaff. Sadly 1 gold short of max Vandy and a worker, but I need to not give him cheap levels here so I guess we skip a worker.
@charnel_mouse’s turn!
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And there’s the Graveyard destruction I was worried about 
P1T4
Starting hand: 5
Poisonblade Rogue
Summon Skeletons
Insurance Agent
Tax Collector
Deteriorate
Shadow Blade discard: 1
Thoughts
Not much to do about losing the Graveyard, Rambasa insurance abuse is probably off the cards now, but I’m about to tech in other decent options.
Still, the worker skip, and Vandy being on his own with no imminent haste, means I can safely tech up, and keep Grave safe behind a single patroller, outside of thehug0naut drawing or fetching a Shadow Blade, but I’d be very surprised, and there’s not much to gain out of going for Grave that hard. Maybe a really early Metamorphosis, but I don’t expect that either.
Teched cards: 2
T2: Rambasa Twin, Tax Collector
T3: 2 x Insurance Agent
T4: Abomination, Medusa
Get paid + Scavenger - (8)
Worker - (7)
Tech II Disease - (3)
Tech Lab: Law - (2)
Tax Collector - (0)
Grave hits your Tech I to 3 HP
Discard 2, draw 2, reshuffle 10, draw 2
Tax Collector 2/3
Grave L1 2/2 (sparkshot; 1 damage)
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Tech II HP: 5 (Disease)
Tech Lab HP: 4 (Law)
Hand: 4
Insurance Agent
Sacrifice the Weak
Skeleton Javelineer
Rambasa Twin
Deck: 8
Graveyard
Pestering Haunt
Rambasa Twin
Summon Skeletons
Abomination
Medusa
Insurance Agent
Deteriorate
Discard: 0
Card-count check (opponent-viewable)
Expected: 10 + 6 teched + 1 fetched Twin = 17
1 on board
4 in hand
8 in deck
0 in discard
4 in workers
Gold: 0
Workers: 8
4 x start
T1: Jandra, the Negator
T2: Skeletal Archery
T3: Thieving Imp
T4: Poisonblade Rogue
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I have such a strong dislike for Graveyard that it was irresistible 
P2T4
Tech StartingHand Workers
TECH
Nature Reclaims
Kidnapping
STARTING HAND
Ironbark Treant
Tiger Cub
Dark Pact
Young Treant
Rampant Growth
Shadow Blade (Dark Pact)
Crash Bomber (Dark Pact)
WORKERS
Rich Earth
Forest’s Favor
Young Treant
NextHand
Verdant Tree
Playful Panda
Tiny Basilisk
Spore Shambler
Merfolk Prospector
Discard
Nature Reclaims
Kidnapping
Dark Pact
Shadow Blade
Tiger Cub
Rampant Growth
Ironbark Treant
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($7)
Dark Pact, my base to 17, I draw 2 cards - ($6)
Worker - ($5)
Shadow Blade Tax Collector, you discard #2/4, you draw 1 card - ($2)
Vandy kills Grave, takes 2, levels whiff
Crash Bomber - ($1)
Float ($1)
Discard 3, draw 5
Board Info:
In Patrol:
-
Squad Leader:
-
Elite:
-
Scavenger:
-
Technician:
-
Lookout: Crash Bomber 2/2
In Play:
- L5 Vandy Anadrose 4/3 [Sparkshot]
Buildings:
-
Base HP: 17
-
Tech I HP: 3
Economy Info:
Cards:
Gold:
Thoughts
Well, when Dark Pact gives you Shadow Blade, you Shadow Blade those motherfuckers. Was unsure if I should break Tech Lab or kill Grave, but I reckon the combo here is Plague Lab + Juggernauts. The discards and Graveyard burst should have gummed up his plans and if that is the plan then both of those things can’t patrol. I need a bit more gold for hero + tutor and play meta so I’ll delay HH a turn and play a Crash Bomber instead. Short of unit removal, it should let me continue pressure, especially given the Spore Shambler I have guaranteed next turn. Nature Reclaims and Kidnapping give me a lot of flexibility to combat whatever Tech II plan he has.
@charnel_mouse’s turn!
Edit: fixed Tech I HP
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Your Tech I is at 3 HP, not 2.
P1T5
Starting hand: 4
Insurance Agent
Sacrifice the Weak
Skeleton Javelineer
Rambasa Twin
Shadow Blade discard: 1
Technician draw: 1
Thoughts
That’s a lot of effort to put into killing a hero that’s barely done anything. Well, we definitely shouldn’t be facing another Shadow Blade now, unless seeing Twins prompted teching in a second one.
Teched cards: 2
T2: Rambasa Twin, Tax Collector
T3: 2 x Insurance Agent
T4: Abomination, Medusa
T5: Martial Mastery, Plague Lord
Get paid - (8)
Worker - (7)
Rambasa Twin - (3)
Insurance Agent, insuring Rambasa Twin - (2)
Skeleton Javelineer - (1)
Discard 0, draw 2
Rambasa Twin 3/2+1A (insured by Insurance Agent)
Skeleton Javelineer 1/1 (javelin rune; remove javelin rune: gains long range for that turn)
Insurance Agent 2/2 (insuring Rambasa Twin; insured unit dies: draw 1, get gold cost back)
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Tech II HP: 5 (Disease)
Tech Lab HP: 4 (Law)
Hand: 2
Deck: 5
Graveyard
Pestering Haunt
Rambasa Twin
Abomination
Insurance Agent
Discard: 4
Tax Collector
Sacrifice the Weak
Martial Mastery
Plague Lord
Card-count check (opponent-viewable)
Expected: 10 + 8 teched + 1 fetched Twin = 19
3 on board
2 in hand
5 in deck
4 in discard
5 in workers
Gold: 1
Workers: 9
4 x start
T1: Jandra, the Negator
T2: Skeletal Archery
T3: Thieving Imp
T4: Poisonblade Rogue
T5: Summon Skeletons
You have not written your teched cards in.
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Looks like my card count is off too, I’ll have to edit the turn.
EDIT: Fixed and redrawn; go ahead, @thehug0naut.
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P2T5
Tech StartingHand Workers
TECH
Metamorphosis
Crash Bomber
STARTING HAND
Playful Panda
Spore Shambler
Verdant Tree
Tiny Basilisk
Merfolk Prospector → Worker
WORKERS
Rich Earth
Forest’s Favor
Young Treant
Merfolk Prospector
NextHand
Crash Bomber
Tiger Cub
Rampant Growth
Kidnapping
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($9)
Worker - ($8)
Heroes’ Hall - ($6)
Playful Panda, arrives with Wisp - ($4)
Spore Shambler, arrives with runes - ($1)
Rune to Wisp - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 2, reshuffle, draw 4
Board Info:
In Patrol:
-
Squad Leader: Wisp 1/2A [+]
-
Elite:
-
Scavenger:
-
Technician: Spore Shambler 1/2 [+]
-
Lookout:
In Play:
- L5 Vandy Anadrose 4/3 [Sparkshot]
- Crash Bomber 2/2
- Playful Panda 2/2
Buildings:
-
Base HP: 17
-
Tech I HP: 3
-
Heroes’ Hall HP: 4
Economy Info:
Cards:
Gold:
Thoughts
What I can’t tell is how important the Tech Lab is to his plans. I could break it this turn, but I need to give him 4 gold and 2 cards which seems silly given the huge card/tempo advantage I currently find myself in. I’ve got time to set up for a kill, so lets have a weenie boardv with + runes to counteract disease and make it hard to trade the Rambasa other than by Orpal sacrifice or Bigby wiping the board. With this patrol, lines where Vandy dies seem limited to where he has two of Plague Lab, Sickness, Sac the Weak or Deteriorate in hand. With just two cards I think my odds are good so it’s time to tech in Metamorphosis and another Crash Bomber to feed Drakk.
@charnel_mouse’s turn!
Edit: Secret thoughts changed
Nice patrol, but I’m still taking that insurance 
P1T6
Starting hand: 2
Thoughts
I can still take the insurance with Orpal’s midband. Even better, if I use it to rune the Shambler, I can Deteriorate the Shambler, and have my other two units kill Vandy. That should put thehug0naut on the back foot. After that, i’ll get the insurance, and see what I draw.
Tech choices… I think I go for Tech III, still, Kidnapping makes Abomination and Medusa a bit more of a liability, and the threat of Metamorphosis makes Plague Lab less desirable. On the other hand, thehug0naut seems intent on staying at Tech I, so maybe Plague Lab still isn’t so bad.
Teched cards: 2
T2: Rambasa Twin, Tax Collector
T3: 2 x Insurance Agent
T4: Abomination, Medusa
T5: Martial Mastery, Plague Lord
T6: Plague Lab, Plague Lord
Get paid + float - (10)
Rambasa Twin kills Wisp, takes 1 damage
Orpal - (8)
Midband Orpal - (5)
Orpal sacrifices Rambasa Twin, it goes to codex, Spore Shambler loses its + rune
Insurance - (9)
Thoughts
Hmm, I could play Medusa and the Twins if I skip a worker. Grave might be safer to patrol with if there’s a chance of Kidnapping, though. Actually, no, we put maxband Orpal in front, then it takes more than those two 2/2 units frenzied by Drakk to take him down, due to the rune spread. If I have enough other stuff sitting behind, that puts me in a good position for next turn.
Deteriorate, Spore Shambler dies, you draw - (8)
Skeleton Javelineer throws a javelin at Vandy, hits her to 2 HP
Insurance Agent trades with Vandy, Orpal hits level 6 (maxband)
Worker - (7)
Rambasa Twin, his brother returns - (3)
Grave Stormborne - (1)
Discard 0, draw 2
Orpal L6 2/5+1A (deals damage in - runes; sacrifice a non-Demon unit once per turn: give target unit a - rune; first time a unit with a - rune dies each turn; it spreads a - rune to two target allied units)
Rambasa Twin #1 3/2 (first Twin dies this turn: returns to codex)
Rambasa Twin #2 3/2 (first Twin dies this turn: returns to codex)
Grave L1 2/3 (sparkshot)
Skeleton Javelineer 1/1
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Tech II HP: 5 (Disease)
Tech Lab HP: 4 (Law)
Hand: 2
Pestering Haunt
Abomination
Deck: 2
Graveyard
Insurance Agent
Discard: 4
Tax Collector
Sacrifice the Weak
Martial Mastery
Plague Lord
Plague Lab
Plague Lord
Deteriorate
Insurance Agent
Card-count check (opponent-viewable)
Expected: 10 + 10 teched + 1 fetched Twin = 21
3 on board
2 in hand
2 in deck
8 in discard
6 in workers
Gold: 1
Workers: 10
4 x start
T1: Jandra, the Negator
T2: Skeletal Archery
T3: Thieving Imp
T4: Poisonblade Rogue
T5: Summon Skeletons
T6: Medusa
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I always assumed Vandy, the Queen of Demons, was a ‘her’
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Haha it nearly worked. I knew you’d get the insurance with Orpal, but I was hoping you wouldn’t have/draw Deteriorate!
P2T6
Tech StartingHand Workers
TECH
Bloodlust
Gargoyle
STARTING HAND
Kidnapping
Tiger Cub
Rampant Growth → Worker
Crash Bomber
Nature Reclaims (Technician Draw)
WORKERS
Rich Earth
Forest’s Favor
Young Treant
Merfolk Prospector
Rampant Growth
NextHand
Dark Pact
Verdant Tree
Shadow Blade
Metamorphosis
Ironbark Treant
Discard
Spore Shambler
Bloodlust
Gargoyle
Kidnapping
Crash Bomber
Playful Panda
Crash Bomber
Tiger Cub
Nature Reclaims
Tech 2 card(s)
Technician Draw
Get Paid - ($9)
Worker - ($8)
Master Midori - ($6)
Drakk - ($4)
Kidnapping Technician Rambasa - ($0)
Kidnapped Rambasa and Bomber suicide into Orpal, Bomber explodes Orpal to death, Drakk to level 3, returns to codex
Panda trades with Scavenger Rambasa, you gain 1 gold
Float ($0)
Discard 3, draw 5
Board Info:
In Patrol:
-
Squad Leader: L1 Master Midori 2/3A
-
Elite:
-
Scavenger:
-
Technician: L3 Drakk 1/3
-
Lookout:
In Play:
*
Buildings:
-
Base HP: 17
-
Tech I HP: 3
-
Heroes’ Hall HP: 4
Economy Info:
Cards:
Gold:
Thoughts
Nice turn from him. Had a few ways to do this but let’s deny him more card draw and clear his patrol. I don’t really have faith in Shoddy Gliders vs Disease so lets go for Bloodlust and a Gargoyle to give me some haste and flying. I’m guaranteed to get a chance to throw some Crashbarrows next turn in if I think I’ll be able to Tech up,
@charnel_mouse’s turn!
