[MMM1] Warm-up: Blue (Dreamfire) vs. Purple (holytispon)

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@holytispon GL HF!

P1T1

StartingHand Workers

STARTING HAND
Traffic Director
Porkhand Magistrate
Spectral Aven
Manufactured Truth
Bluecoat Musketeer

WORKERS
Bluecoat Musketeer

NextHand

Jail
Arrest
Lawful Search
Building Inspector
Reputable Newsman

Discard

Traffic Director
Manufactured Truth
Porkhand Magistrate

Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($4)
Worker - ($3)
Spectral Aven - ($1)

Float ($1)
Discard 3, draw 5

[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]

  • :psblueshield: [I]Squad Leader[/I]:
  • :psfist: [I]Elite[/I]:
  • :ps_: [I]Scavenger[/I]:
  • :pschip: [I]Technician[/I]:
  • :target: [I]Lookout[/I]: Spectral Aven (2/2)
    [B]In Play:[/B]

[B]Buildings:[/B]

  • :heart: Base HP: 20

[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]

  • Hand: 5
  • Deck: 0
  • Disc: 3
    [B]Gold:[/B]
  • Gold: 1
  • Workers: 5
Thoughts

Having read Jadiel’s analysis of his and holytispon’s warm-up games, I’m going with his suggestion for Spectral Aven as a strong P1T1 play.
My go-to plan with mono-blue is a Peace engine, which is vulnerable to Assimilate, so I’ll have to try some other things here. We’ll see how it goes!

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GLHF and forgive me if I’m a bit slow or if I don’t remember the game as well…

"P2T1

StartingHand Workers

STARTING HAND
Plasmodium
Neo Plexus
Nullcraft
Battle Suits
Tinkerer

WORKERS
Plasmodium

NextHand

Fading Argonaut
Temporal Research
Forgotten Fighter
Time Spiral

Discard

Tinkerer
Nullcraft

Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($5)
Worker - ($4)
Battle Suits - ($2)
Neo Plexus - ($0)

Float ($0)
Discard 2, draw 4

[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]

  • :psblueshield: [I]Squad Leader[/I]:
  • :psfist: [I]Elite[/I]:
  • :ps_: [I]Scavenger[/I]:
  • :pschip: [I]Technician[/I]: Neo 3/2
  • :target: [I]Lookout[/I]:
    [B]In Play:[/B]
  • Battle Suits
    [B]Buildings:[/B]
  • :heart: Base HP: 20

[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]

  • Hand: 4
  • Deck: 1
  • Disc: 2
    [B]Gold:[/B]
  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 6
    "
3

Sure, don’t worry about it.

P1T2

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Brave Knight
Overeager Cadet

STARTING HAND
Jail
Lawful Search
Reputable Newsman
Arrest
Building Inspector

WORKERS
Bluecoat Musketeer
Jail

NextHand

Brave Knight
Manufactured Truth
Lawful Search
Porkhand Magistrate
Reputable Newsman

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($6)
Worker - ($5)
Tech 1 - ($4)
Quince + Mirror - ($2)
Building Inspector - ($1)
Aven kills Neo Plexus, you draw

Float ($1)
Discard 3, reshuffle, draw 5

[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]

  • :psblueshield: [I]Squad Leader[/I]:
  • :psfist: [I]Elite[/I]:
  • :ps_: [I]Scavenger[/I]: Building Inspector (1/1)
  • :pschip: [I]Technician[/I]: Mirror (0/1)
  • :target: [I]Lookout[/I]:
    [B]In Play:[/B]
  • Spectral Aven (2/2)
  • Quince lvl 1 (1/3)
    [B]Buildings:[/B]
  • :heart: Base HP: 20
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5

[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]

  • Hand: 5
  • Deck: 3
  • Disc: 0
    [B]Gold:[/B]
  • Gold: 1
  • Workers: 6
Thoughts

Stewardess of the Undone seems to be the big threat in the early game, so I’m hoping to mitigate her effect by having a bunch of cheap units on board. This might make me vulnerable to Rewind, but not anytime soon. Inspector is likely to die to Nullcraft, but Aven would kill it shortly afterwards, leaving me ahead in gold. Of course I’ll also be ahead if Inspector stays alive!
Teching Brave Knight as a strong unit to copy, and Overeager Cadet just for the value. Still not sure what my longer-term plan is…

4

"P2T2

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Now!
Now!

STARTING HAND
Time Spiral
Forgotten Fighter
Fading Argonaut
Temporal Research
Hardened Mox

WORKERS
Plasmodium
Time Spiral

NextHand

Forgotten Fighter
Now!
Now!
Temporal Research

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($6)
Worker - ($5)
Fargo - ($3)
Mox - ($0)

Float ($0)
Discard 2, reshuffle, draw 4

[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]

  • :psblueshield: [I]Squad Leader[/I]: Hardened Mox 2/1A
  • :psfist: [I]Elite[/I]:
  • :ps_: [I]Scavenger[/I]:
  • :pschip: [I]Technician[/I]: Fading Argonaut 3/3 @3
  • :target: [I]Lookout[/I]:
    [B]In Play:[/B]
  • Battle Suits
    [B]Buildings:[/B]
  • :heart: Base HP: 20

[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]

  • Hand: 4
  • Deck: 3
  • Disc: 0
    [B]Gold:[/B]
  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 7
Thoughts

Already in a tight spot. the inspector makes it hard for me to build Tech 1. I can take him out with FF but that’s costly and my hero will die, feeding levels. Teching double Now!s to make Geiger hasty if necessary and get rid of pesky Avens as well as mirrors. We’ll see how it goes. I’m expecting MT to make the mirror another Aven and deal 4 damage - so that can make my tech 1 really miserable if I don’t get rid of the Aven first.

"

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P1T3

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Free Speech
Overeager Cadet

STARTING HAND
Reputable Newsman
Manufactured Truth
Porkhand Magistrate
Brave Knight
Lawful Search
Arrest

WORKERS
Bluecoat Musketeer
Jail
Porkhand Magistrate

NextHand

Overeager Cadet
Overeager Cadet
Free Speech
Traffic Director

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($7)
Lawful Search your hand, I draw - ($6)
Worker - ($5)
Reputable Newsman, blocking $1 - ($3)
Brave Knight - ($0)
Aven hits your base to 18

Float ($0)
Discard 2, draw 2, reshuffle, draw 2

[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]

  • :psblueshield: [I]Squad Leader[/I]: Brave Knight (3/3A)
  • :psfist: [I]Elite[/I]:
  • :ps_: [I]Scavenger[/I]:
  • :pschip: [I]Technician[/I]: Building Inspector (1/1)
  • :target: [I]Lookout[/I]: Mirror (0/1)
    [B]In Play:[/B]
  • Spectral Aven (2/2)
  • Quince lvl 1 (1/3)
  • Reputable Newsman (0/3), blocking $1
    [B]Buildings:[/B]
  • :heart: Base HP: 20
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5

[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]

  • Hand: 4
  • Deck: 3
  • Disc: 0
    [B]Gold:[/B]
  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 7
Thoughts

Huh, no tech 1 building yet. I’m curious what holytispon is thinking, so I guess I’ll go ahead and have a look!
…
Not just one, but two Now! I guess he really wants to get rid of Spectral Aven… I should definitely drop a Newsman to block it. A bit of a bummer, since I had a cool idea I wanted to do with Brave Knight and Manufactured Truth on the Inspector (bouncing him to my hand after killing Fargo). But I can’t afford it all without skipping a worker, which is not worth it.
As I see it, holytispon’s only option is going to be Prynn + Temporal Research, which is already 4 gold, and I don’t think he has a big threat in his deck to play afterwards. Maybe Nullcraft, but that I can live with.
I’m patrolling Inspector in technician so that, whether he’s killed or bounced, I’m back up a card!

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"P2T3

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
stewardess of the undone
stewardess of the undone

STARTING HAND
Now!
Forgotten Fighter
Now!
Temporal Research

WORKERS
Plasmodium
Time Spiral
Temporal Research

NextHand

Nullcraft
stewardess of the undone
Tinkerer
Neo 3/2
stewardess of the undone

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($7)
Worker - ($6)
Tech 1, with tax - ($4)
Tower - ($1)

Float ($1)
Discard 3, draw 3, reshuffle, draw 2

[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]

  • :psblueshield: [I]Squad Leader[/I]: Hardened Mox 2/1A
  • :psfist: [I]Elite[/I]:
  • :ps_: [I]Scavenger[/I]:
  • :pschip: [I]Technician[/I]: Fading Argonaut 3/3 @2
  • :target: [I]Lookout[/I]:
    [B]In Play:[/B]
  • Battle Suits
    [B]Buildings:[/B]
  • :heart: Base HP: 18
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5
  • :heart: Tower HP: 4

[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]

  • Hand: 5
  • Deck: 3
  • Disc: 0
    [B]Gold:[/B]
  • Gold: 1
  • Workers: 8
Thoughts

damn that was a good lawful search. really screwed me.

"

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P1T4

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Air Hammer
Air Hammer

STARTING HAND
Overeager Cadet
Traffic Director
Overeager Cadet
Free Speech

WORKERS
Bluecoat Musketeer
Jail
Porkhand Magistrate
Traffic Director

NextHand

Arrest
Free Speech
Lawful Search
Manufactured Truth

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($7)
Worker - ($6)
Tech 2 (Peace) - ($2)
Overeager Cadet
Make another Mirror - ($0)
Aven hits your tech 1 to 3 health, gets pinged by tower

Float ($0)
Discard 2, draw 3, reshuffle, draw 1

[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]

  • :psblueshield: [I]Squad Leader[/I]: Brave Knight (3/3A)
  • :psfist: [I]Elite[/I]: Overeager Cadet (3/2)
  • :ps_: [I]Scavenger[/I]: Mirror (0/1)
  • :pschip: [I]Technician[/I]: Mirror (0/1)
  • :target: [I]Lookout[/I]: Reputable Newsman (0/3), blocking $1
    [B]In Play:[/B]
  • Spectral Aven (2/1)
  • Quince lvl 1 (1/3)
  • Building Inspector (1/1)
    [B]Buildings:[/B]
  • :heart: Base HP: 20
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5
  • :heart: Tech II HP: 5 (Peace)

[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]

  • Hand: 4
  • Deck: 3
  • Disc: 0
    [B]Gold:[/B]
  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 8
Thoughts

I think I’ll try some misdirection here. Everyone expects Garrisons when they see Peace, not surprise Air Hammers! If holytispon techs an Assimilate in response, I’d consider this a win no matter what happens next. Would’ve liked to get a Spy too, but tower put a damper on that.
Feels a bit silly having all my teched cards in hand and not playing any of them, but Free Speech would be trivial to just play around. I guess I could drop Cadet and make up for the loss in handsize next turn with Lawful Search. In fact, this way I’ll be guaranteed to draw an Air Hammer, plus it helps with the aforementioned misdirection…
Hitting tech 1 with Aven to set up breaking it next turn. Don’t mind the tower damage, as Aven is likely to get bounce-popped by Stewardess anyway.
…
After the draw: oops, miscalculated my deck size, might whiff on Air Hammer next turn. Counting is hard…

8

Not looking good…

"P2T4

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Seer
Assimilate

STARTING HAND
Tinkerer
Neo 3/2
Nullcraft
stewardess of the undone
stewardess of the undone

WORKERS
Plasmodium
Time Spiral
Temporal Research
Tinkerer

NextHand

Now!
Forgotten Fighter
Now!

Discard

Fading Argonaut 3/3 @1
Nullcraft
Seer
Assimilate

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($9)
Worker - ($8)
Stewardess, kills Aven - ($5)
Stewardess, kills scav mirror - ($2)
Mox and Fargo trade for Knight
Neo Plexus (0)

Float ($0)
Discard 1, draw 3

[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]

  • :psblueshield: [I]Squad Leader[/I]: Stewardess of the Undone 3/3A
  • :psfist: [I]Elite[/I]:
  • :ps_: [I]Scavenger[/I]: Neo Plexus 3/2
  • :pschip: [I]Technician[/I]: Stewardess of the Undone 3/3
  • :target: [I]Lookout[/I]:
    [B]In Play:[/B]
  • Battle Suits
  • Hardened Mox 2/1
    [B]Buildings:[/B]
  • :heart: Base HP: 18
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 3
  • :heart: Tower HP: 4

[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]

  • Hand: 3
  • Deck: 0
  • Disc: 4
    [B]Gold:[/B]
  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 9
Thoughts

Already made some serious errors. didn’t really take into consideration I was P2. Mox may not be as useful at p2, and I probably need the tower earlier. I also forgot that with blue, because of the inspector, it’s often better to build tech 1 on turn 1 (and get those stewardesses out). I didn’t even trade the plexus for the aven, it was a big mistake. Bracing myself for that Peace engine…

"

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Was going to ask you about paying for Neo Plexus, but you beat me to it :wink:

P1T5

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Injunction
Community Service

STARTING HAND
Lawful Search
Manufactured Truth
Arrest
Free Speech
Brave Knight (bounced after trading)

WORKERS
Bluecoat Musketeer
Jail
Porkhand Magistrate
Traffic Director
Manufactured Truth

NextHand

Injunction
Air Hammer
Air Hammer
Overeager Cadet

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($8)
Scav gold - ($9)
Worker - ($8)
Arrest SQL Stewardess - ($6)
Overeager Cadet trades with Neo Plexus, you get 1 gold
Brave Knight returns - ($3)
Make a new Mirror - ($1)

Float ($1)
Discard 2, draw 3, reshuffle, draw 1

[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]

  • :psblueshield: [I]Squad Leader[/I]: Brave Knight (3/3A)
  • :psfist: [I]Elite[/I]:
  • :ps_: [I]Scavenger[/I]: Building Inspector (1/1)
  • :pschip: [I]Technician[/I]:
  • :target: [I]Lookout[/I]: Reputable Newsman (0/3), blocking $1
    [B]In Play:[/B]
  • Quince lvl 1 (1/3)
  • Mirror (0/1)
  • Mirror (0/1)
    [B]Buildings:[/B]
  • :heart: Base HP: 20
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5
  • :heart: Tech II HP: 5 (Peace)

[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]

  • Hand: 4
  • Deck: 6
  • Disc: 0
    [B]Gold:[/B]
  • Gold: 1
  • Workers: 9
Thoughts

I’m in a pretty secure position. All of holytispon’s teched cards are either on the board, blocked by Newsman, or still in his discard. That means there’s no need for Free Speech or breaking his tech 1. Granted, he could build tech 2 next turn, but with his low hand size he’s unlikely to get a scary unit for the turn afterwards.
So I’m just going to solidify my position and try to set up a big next turn with mirrors.

10

"P2T5

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Rewind
Seer

STARTING HAND
Forgotten Fighter
Now!
Now!

WORKERS
Plasmodium
Time Spiral
Temporal Research
Tinkerer
Now!

NextHand

Now!
Forgotten Fighter
Neo Plexus 3/2
Fading Argonaut 3/3 @1

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($9)
scav - ($10)
Prynn, to max - ($2)
Prynn removes two runes to kidnap the so-called Brave Knight
Worker - ($1)
Stewardess kills newsman

Float ($1)
Discard 2, reshuffle, draw 4

[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]

  • :psblueshield: [I]Squad Leader[/I]: Hardened Mox 2/1A
  • :psfist: [I]Elite[/I]:
  • :ps_: [I]Scavenger[/I]:
  • :pschip: [I]Technician[/I]: Prynn L7 3/5, @2, holding the Knight
  • :target: [I]Lookout[/I]:
    [B]In Play:[/B]
  • Battle Suits
  • Stewardess of the Undone, disabled this turn
  • Stewardess of the Undone 3/3
    [B]Buildings:[/B]
  • :heart: Base HP: 18
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 3
  • :heart: Tower HP: 4

[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]

  • Hand: 4
  • Deck: 5
  • Disc: 0
    [B]Gold:[/B]
  • Gold: 1
  • Workers: 10
Thoughts

I think he’s going too slow and losing momentum.

"

11

P1T6

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Patriot Gryphon
Patriot Gryphon

STARTING HAND
Air Hammer
Overeager Cadet
Air Hammer
Injunction

WORKERS
Bluecoat Musketeer
Jail
Porkhand Magistrate
Traffic Director
Manufactured Truth

NextHand

Spectral Aven
Community Service
Free Speech
Lawful Search

Discard

Reputable Newsman
Building Inspector
Air Hammer
Injunction
Patriot Gryphon
Patriot Gryphon

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($10)
Skip worker
Quince to midband - ($8)
Quince smack the armor off Mox, survives with 1 health
Building Inspector suicides to sideline Mox
Quince to maxband, he heals - ($6)
Air Hammer, Mirror #1 copies - ($2)
Mirror Hammer hits Prynn for 3
Bigby - ($0)
Overeager Cadet, Mirror #2 copies
Mirror Cadet trades with Prynn, Bigby to lvl 3, Brave Knight returns yet again!

Float ($0)
Discard 2, draw 4

[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]

  • :psblueshield: [I]Squad Leader[/I]: Brave Knight (3/3A)
  • :psfist: [I]Elite[/I]: Overeager Cadet (3/2)
  • :ps_: [I]Scavenger[/I]:
  • :pschip: [I]Technician[/I]:
  • :target: [I]Lookout[/I]: Air Hammer (3/3)
    [B]In Play:[/B]
  • Quince lvl 5 (1/5)
  • Copied Air Hammer (3/2)
  • Bigby lvl 3 (2/4)
    [B]Buildings:[/B]
  • :heart: Base HP: 20
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5
  • :heart: Tech II HP: 5 (Peace)

[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]

  • Hand: 4
  • Deck: 2
  • Disc: 6
    [B]Gold:[/B]
  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 9
Thoughts

I can’t let Prynn stick around, so it looks like his tech 1 building will live another turn… Still, I keep filling the board while he’s struggling to contain my guys, so I’d say this is a good position.
Teching Gryphons might be optimistic, but I’m not sure I’ll have anything to spend gold on next turn, other than a tech 3 building. Well, depending on my hand and the board state I might want to use Lawful Search to look for a good Community Service target. We’ll see.

12

"P2T6

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Sentry
Hive

STARTING HAND
Forgotten Fighter
Neo Plexus 3/2
Now!
Fading Argonaut 3/3 @1

WORKERS
Plasmodium
Time Spiral
Temporal Research
Tinkerer
Now!

NextHand

Seer
Rewind
Nullcraft
Assimilate
Seer

Discard

Now!
Fading Argonaut 3/3 @1
Neo Plexus 3/2
Forgotten Fighter
Sentry
Hive

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($11)
Geiger to mid - ($7)
Geiger casts Now! on Geiger - ($6)
Geiger damages the Knight and spraks the Cadet
Mox moves the knight
Geiger maxes to flicker the Mox - ($4)
Tech 2 Future - ($0)

Float ($0)
Discard 3, draw 5

[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]

  • :psblueshield: [I]Squad Leader[/I]: Stewardess of the Undone 3/3A
  • :psfist: [I]Elite[/I]: Hardened Mox 3/1
  • :ps_: [I]Scavenger[/I]:
  • :pschip: [I]Technician[/I]: Stewardess of the Undone 3/3
  • :target: [I]Lookout[/I]:
    [B]In Play:[/B]
  • Battle Suits
  • Max Geiger L5 3/4
    [B]Buildings:[/B]
  • :heart: Base HP: 18
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 3
  • :heart: Tech II HP: 5 (Future)
  • :heart: Tower HP: 4

[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]

  • Hand: 5
  • Deck: 0
  • Disc: 6
    [B]Gold:[/B]
  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 10
Thoughts

I guess I was wrong. I’m not doing well. I have nothing against flying. oh well. we’ll see what happens.

"

13

I’m surprised you didn’t use Now! to pop my Mirror Air Hammer. It might have some dire consequences…

P1T7

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
General’s Hammer
General’s Hammer

STARTING HAND
Free Speech
Spectral Aven
Community Service
Lawful Search
Brave Knight (bounced after trading last turn)
Arrest (Lawful Search draw)

WORKERS
Bluecoat Musketeer
Jail
Porkhand Magistrate
Traffic Director
Manufactured Truth
Community Service

NextHand

Overeager Cadet
Air Hammer
Arrest

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($9)
Lawful Search your hand, I draw - ($8)
Free Speech - ($6)
Spectral Aven - ($4)
Brave Knight returns… perhaps for the last time? - ($1)
Real and copied Air Hammers hit your previously damaged base down to 8 health, survive being pinged by tower
Worker - ($0)

Float ($0)
Stash 1, Discard 0, draw 1, reshuffle, draw 1

[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]

  • :psblueshield: [I]Squad Leader[/I]: Brave Knight (3/4)
  • :psfist: [I]Elite[/I]:
  • :ps_: [I]Scavenger[/I]: Bigby lvl 3 (2/4)
  • :pschip: [I]Technician[/I]: Overeager Cadet (2/1)
  • :target: [I]Lookout[/I]: Spectral Aven (2/2)
    [B]In Play:[/B]
  • Quince lvl 5 (1/5)
  • Air Hammer (3/2)
  • Copied Air Hammer (3/1)
    [B]Buildings:[/B]
  • :heart: Base HP: 20
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5
  • :heart: Tech II HP: 5 (Peace)

[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]

  • Hand: 3
  • Deck: 9
  • Disc: 0
    [B]Gold:[/B]
  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 10
Thoughts

I can finish this in 2 turns, if I can just keep my Air Hammers alive. Any spells that can mess with them, I can prevent with Free Speech. But the right tech 2 unit or even a single Nullcraft can hold me up. So I’ll Lawful Search holytispon’s hand to see if that’s available to him. Since I still have to tech cards, I’ll keep thinking about lethal and get General’s Hammer, though I don’t expect to use it.
…
First off, I’m glad to see he teched Assimilate lol. He can’t afford Rewind, but I’ll Free Speech anyway to shut down potential Prynn shenanigans, especially with Seers in hand. The real problem is Nullcraft, to be honest.
Actually, I just noticed I have Spectral Aven in hand! I’ll play him as a chump patroller, and my Air Hammers should be scot-free. I’ll also stash Arrest, just in case.

14

GG. the Free Speech negates my future plans, and so I can’t do anything. I’ll start again as P1?

15

GG WP. And yeah, go ahead.

16

I didn’t pop your hammer because I thought you were going to go for my tech buildings or even race my bace, while I can rewind next turn. It was probably a mistake either way because the sparkshot didn’t actually kill your cadet - the only point of it was to make sure your cadet dies if it attacks.
In any case, this wasn’t a great game on my part - but we’re warming up! Hopefully I’ll be able to give you a bit more a challenge.

GLHF!

"P1T1

StartingHand Workers

STARTING HAND
Time Spiral
Tinkerer
Plasmodium
Fading Argonaut
Hardened Mox

WORKERS
Plasmodium

NextHand

Temporal Research
Nullcraft
Neo Plexus
Forgotten Fighter
Battle Suits

Discard

Time Spiral
Fading Argonaut
Tinkerer

Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($4)
Worker - ($3)
Mox - ($0)

Float ($0)
Discard 3, draw 5

[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]

  • :psblueshield: [I]Squad Leader[/I]:
  • :psfist: [I]Elite[/I]:
  • :ps_: [I]Scavenger[/I]:
  • :pschip: [I]Technician[/I]:
  • :target: [I]Lookout[/I]:
    [B]In Play:[/B]
  • Hardened Mox
    [B]Buildings:[/B]
  • :heart: Base HP: 20

[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]

  • Hand: 5
  • Deck: 0
  • Disc: 3
    [B]Gold:[/B]
  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 5
Thoughts

Mox is actually better off patrol in this MU because of that damn arrest that makes Mox really horrible. I’m so happy I found it in hand T1

"

17

I was very lucky with that Lawful Search, way back on T2. That probably hurt your momentum quite a bit. But honestly, I’m just happy I got to use Air Hammers!
Anyway, GL HF!

P2T1

StartingHand Workers

STARTING HAND
Building Inspector
Reputable Newsman
Spectral Aven
Lawful Search
Porkhand Magistrate

WORKERS
Porkhand Magistrate

NextHand

Arrest
Traffic Director
Manufactured Truth
Jail

Discard

Lawful Search
Building Inspector

Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($5)
Worker - ($4)
Reputable Newsman, block $2 - ($2)
Spectral Aven - ($0)

Float ($0)
Discard 2, draw 4

[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]

  • :psblueshield: [I]Squad Leader[/I]: Reputable Newsman (0/3A), blocking $2
  • :psfist: [I]Elite[/I]:
  • :ps_: [I]Scavenger[/I]:
  • :pschip: [I]Technician[/I]:
  • :target: [I]Lookout[/I]:
    [B]In Play:[/B]
  • Spectral Aven (2/2)
    [B]Buildings:[/B]
  • :heart: Base HP: 20

[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]

  • Hand: 4
  • Deck: 1
  • Disc: 2
    [B]Gold:[/B]
  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 6
Thoughts

Mox down, might see both Battle Suits and Nullcraft next turn.
As much as I’d like to be aggressive with Aven again, I feel like preventing Battle Suits is a pretty high priority. So Newsman and a hero? Or maybe both Newsman and Aven? As long as I don’t whiff MTruth, I could do some serious damage.

18

Lawful search is an interesting card. I don’t really know how you would play around it. I can play around many other cards but that one, just kind of messes you up. The options purple has vs. blue are severly limited due to Manufactured Truth and the weakness of the purple heroes in early games, so it’s pretty hard to play around the fact your oppnent knows what you’ve teched.

I think air Hammers are a pretty unusual choice in this match-up. I tend to think purple has better flying units than blue (I may be wrong about it) but I was so behind that it didn’t matter and I couldn’t really get to tech 2. I do think that my biggest mistake is not taking into consideration that I was player 2. Even before that turn 2 lawful search - I shouldn’t have fed that Nexus to the Aven, knowing that it wouldn’t be a trade, and probably should have played tower earlier. oh well. On to the next one!

"P1T2

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Sentry
Stewardess of the Undone

STARTING HAND
Neo Plexus
Temporal Research
Nullcraft
Battle Suits
Forgotten Fighter

WORKERS
Plasmodium
Neo Plexus

NextHand

Sentry
Fading Argonaut
Battle Suits
Tinkerer
Temporal Research

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($5)
Worker - ($4)
Tech 1 - ($3)
Tower - ($0)

Float ($0)
Discard 4, reshuffle, draw 5

[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]

  • :psblueshield: [I]Squad Leader[/I]:
  • :psfist: [I]Elite[/I]:
  • :ps_: [I]Scavenger[/I]:
  • :pschip: [I]Technician[/I]:
  • :target: [I]Lookout[/I]:
    [B]In Play:[/B]
  • Hardened Mox 1/1
    [B]Buildings:[/B]
  • :heart: Base HP: 20
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5
  • :heart: Tower HP: 4

[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]

  • Hand: 5
  • Deck: 4
  • Disc: 0
    [B]Gold:[/B]
  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 6
    "
19

I think Manufactured Truth is a strong tempo play (I hope I’m using that term right…), but it can’t really give card advantage, can it? It’s often trading up in gold, but down in cards, unless it’s used on a Mirror or copying a flying unit or whatever. And besides, there’s only one copy of it, and then it’s in discard for a while, right? I don’t know if it’s stronger than green’s Rampant Growth, or black’s Deteriorate, for example.

And yeah, I find Air Hammers to be one of the weaker flying tech 2’s, unless you’re going all in on base damage. Their ability is all but useless against tech buildings and add-ons. But I guess the fact that you can copy them with Mirrors probably makes up for that.

P2T2

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Brave Knight
Free Speech

STARTING HAND
Traffic Director
Manufactured Truth
Jail
Arrest

WORKERS
Porkhand Magistrate
Traffic Director

NextHand

Building Inspector
Bluecoat Musketeer
Lawful Search
Arrest

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($6)
Worker - ($5)
Tech 1 - ($4)
Jail - ($1)

Float ($1)
Discard 2, draw 1, reshuffle, draw 3

[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]

  • :psblueshield: [I]Squad Leader[/I]: Reputable Newsman (0/3A), blocking $2
  • :psfist: [I]Elite[/I]:
  • :ps_: [I]Scavenger[/I]:
  • :pschip: [I]Technician[/I]:
  • :target: [I]Lookout[/I]:
    [B]In Play:[/B]
  • Spectral Aven (2/2)
  • Jail (3)
    [B]Buildings:[/B]
  • :heart: Base HP: 20
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5

[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]

  • Hand: 4
  • Deck: 3
  • Disc: 0
    [B]Gold:[/B]
  • Gold: 1
  • Workers: 7
Thoughts

Interesting decision by holytispon, going for an early tower. I could break it with MTruth on the Newsman, but that leaves my Aven vulnerable to Nullcraft, and doesn’t really benefit me. I’m not really aiming to be aggressive.
I could play a hero to rebuild hand size, but I think I’ll try Jail. It’ll force him to either go down on cards, or play heroes, either of which I’m fine with. And I’ll tech Brave Knight and Free Speech, to capitalize on both of those options.

20

The problem with Manufactured Truth is not that it’s better than deteriorate (it’s not) but that it blocks lots of common options for purple. Argonaut is a go-to tech 1 unit for purple but MT makes it a lot less efficient as you can use your little guys and they can sometimes even survive with readiness (Gilded Galxx is similar). Nullcraft is really dangerous if it’s on the table because any of your units can become a flying hasted unit. Vir’s Mech is a hard no because you work hard to get it and Blue just steals it to kill it with no problems (Knight of the Conclave is similar). So, there are not many options left in tech 1 and if you know what I choose with your lawful search, it’s really hard. If I go for spells you can go for free speech. If I go for units, you see exactly which ones. you can play around the Stewardesses etc.

"P1T3

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Hive
Hive

STARTING HAND
Sentry
Tinkerer
Battle Suits
Fading Argonaut
Temporal Research

WORKERS
Plasmodium
Neo Plexus
Tinkerer

NextHand

Nullcraft
Stewardess of the Undone
Time Spiral
Forgotten Fighter

Discard

Temporal Research
Battle Suits
Hive
Hive

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($6)
Worker - ($5)
Sentry, goes to jail - ($3)
Fading Argo, goes to jail - ($1)

Float ($1)
Discard 2, draw 4

[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]

  • :psblueshield: [I]Squad Leader[/I]: Hardened Mox 1/1A
  • :psfist: [I]Elite[/I]:
  • :ps_: [I]Scavenger[/I]:
  • :pschip: [I]Technician[/I]:
  • :target: [I]Lookout[/I]: Sentry 3/2 Anti-air, sparkshot, prevent first damage
    [B]In Play:[/B]
  • Fading Argonaut, in jail
    [B]Buildings:[/B]
  • :heart: Base HP: 20
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5
  • :heart: Tower HP: 4

[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]

  • Hand: 4
  • Deck: 0
  • Disc: 4
    [B]Gold:[/B]
  • Gold: 1
  • Workers: 7
    "