Well I haven’t really played much monoGreen, so I’m looking forward to learning it from the otherside of the table.
During our casual games you avoided playing several of the green starter cards: Rich Earth, Spore Shambler, Ironbark Treant. I’d be interested to hear your opnions of those cards in this match up.
Rich Earth - I guess green doesn’t have a tonne of tricks to quickly recover hand size, and finding room (and $) to play this early (when you get the most benefit) might be tough to justify. Plus Green has other ways of getting ahead on cash, (like Merfolk Prospector, Gemscout Owls and Galina) that can all contribute bodies to the board.
Spore Shambler - Seems like a decent T1-2 option to me? I might give it shot and see.
Ironbark Treant - I guess 2 health when attacking is pretty weak to most of purple’s card, especially at $3. Still strong early blocker.
P2T1
StartingHand Workers
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STARTING HAND
Spore Shambler
Ironbark Treant
Rampant Growth
Verdant Tree
Tiger Cub
WORKERS
Ironbark Treant
NextHand
Playful Panda
Forest’s Favor
Merfolk Prospector
Rich Earth
Young Treant
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Discard
Verdant Tree
Rampant Growth
Tiger Cub
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($5)
Worker - ($4)
Play Spore Shambler (2/3, two +1/+1 runes) - ($1)
Float ($1)
Discard 3, draw 5
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader: Spore Shamber (2/3, two +1/+1 runes)
For this matchup specifically, shambler and ironbark are susceptible to Stewardess of the Undone, and thus are usually not worth spending gold on early.
As for a rich earth, assimilate is a major deterrent to anyone looking to play upgrades, and it’s generally just kinda slow where green really wants to keep purple off tech 2
Ah, makes sense. Yeah, I often teched Stewardess in our casual games, but typically Calamandra’s midband applying resist 1 to units made actually playing it an expensive proposition.
Great turn! Impressive to get all that to come together. I’m a little surprised about how resilient Green feels though. Interested to see how you press the advantage here.
P2T5
Tech StartingHand Workers
TECH
Dothram Horselord
Dothram Horselord
STARTING HAND
Young Treant
Rampant Growth
Verdant Tree
Fairie Dragon
Huntress
Playful Panda
that’s true, but i think i got a little lucky this round.
[b]P1T6[/b]
StartingHand Workers
STARTING HAND
Nullcraft
Temporal Research
Temporal Distortion
Now!
Hyperion
Temporal Distortion
WORKERS
NextHand
Fading Argonaut
Neo Plexus (3/1)
Hyperion
Now!
Temporal Research
Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($9)
hyperion - ($4)
tap tinkerer, add rune to tricycloid (5/5 with 2 runes)
tricycloid hits wisp, takes 1
remove two runes from tricycloid, kill young treant
hyperion kills huntress takes 4, draw 1
temporal distortion, tricyloid to hand, omegacron to field from codex - ($2)
trash 6 of my 9 workers to remove all 6 runes, omegacron hits your base to 9
temporal distortion, omegacron to hand, second omegacron to field from codex - ($0)
trash final 3 workers and sacrifice hyperion, tinkerer, and stewardass to remove 6 runes
omegacron hits your base for 9 and the game!! GG!!
Centaur
Verdant Tree
Young Treant
Merfolk Prospector
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($6)
Worker - ($5)
Calamandra casts Rampant Growth on Playful Panda (now, 4/2+AA) - ($3)
Playful Panda attacks Fading Argonaut, suffers 1 damage after armour.
Calamandra levels to 3rd, midbanding (now 3/4) - ($1)
Calamandra kills Max Geiger, levels to 5th, maxbands and heals. You draw a card.
Play Galina Glimmer (2/2) - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 2, draw 3, reshuffle, draw 1
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader: Wisp (0/1+A, resist 1)
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician: Galina Glimmer (2/2, resist 1)
Lookout:
In Play:
L5 - Calamandra Moss (4/5)
Playful Panda (2/1, 1 damage, resist 1)
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 4
Deck: 5
Disc: 0
Gold:
Gold: 0
Workers: 7
Thoughts
Mmm, playing against the ever looming possibility of Origin Story is a bit disconcerting!
Squad Leader:
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician:
Lookout:
Base HP: 20
Base HP: 20
Spore Shamber (1/2, one +1/+1 rune)