Nopethebard vs @nekoatl

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101

P1T2

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Giant Panda
Giant Panda

STARTING HAND
Summon Skeletons
Skeletal Archery
Jandra, the Negator
Pestering Haunt
Deteriorate

WORKERS
Poisonblade Rogue
Jandra, the Negator

NextHand

Summon Skeletons
Thieving Imp
Deteriorate
Pestering Haunt
Skeletal Archery

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($5)
Worker - ($4)
Expensive Deteriorate kills Inspector - ($3)
Expensive Tech I - ($1)
Skeleton - ($0)

Float ($0)
Discard 3, reshuffle, draw 5

Board Info:
In Patrol:

  • :psblueshield: Squad Leader:
  • :psfist: Elite:
  • :ps_: Scavenger: Skeleton (1/1)
  • :pschip: Technician: Skeleton Javelineer (1/1) [javelin]
  • :target: Lookout:

In Play:

  • L1 Garth Torken (1/3)

Buildings:

  • :heart: Base HP: 20
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5

Economy Info:
Cards:

  • Hand: 5
  • Deck: 4
  • Disc: 0

Gold:

  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 6
Thoughts

Even with the Lookout tax, Deteriorate for Inspector is an even trade, and I want a building, so I’ll take it. Patrolling with both Skeletons in case of Arrest.

102

P2t2

Summary

Hand
Bluecoat musketeer
Lawful search
Arrest
Traffic director
Porkhand magistrate
Workers bluecoat musketeer
Tech overeager cadet 2x

Get paid ($6)
Worker ($5)
Cast lawful search ($4). I see your hand and draw a card.
Hire overeager cadet ($4).
Midband Onimaru ($0).
Onimaru kills skeletal javelineer. You draw a card.
Squad leader: Onimaru
Scavenger: overeager cadet
7 workers
Base: 20
Tech 1: 5
Hand: 5
Deck: 0
Discard: 3

New hand

Overeager cadet
Manufactured truth
Jail
Reputable newsman
Building inspector

Thoughts

Shifting gears to Peace.

103

P1T3

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Doom Grasp
Nether Drain

STARTING HAND
Summon Skeletons
Thieving Imp
Deteriorate
Skeletal Archery
Pestering Haunt
Graveyard

WORKERS
Poisonblade Rogue
Jandra, the Negator
Thieving Imp

NextHand

Sacrifice the Weak
Giant Panda
Giant Panda
Skeleton Javelineer

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($6)
Worker - ($5)
Pestering Haunt
Graveyard - ($3)
Summon Skeletons - ($0)

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

Board Info:
In Patrol:

  • :psblueshield: Squad Leader:
  • :psfist: Elite: Skeleton (2/1)
  • :ps_: Scavenger: Skeleton (1/1)
  • :pschip: Technician: Skeleton (1/1)
  • :target: Lookout:

In Play:

  • Graveyard (3)
  • L1 Garth Torken (1/3)
  • Pestering Haunt (1/1) Unstoppable

Buildings:

  • :heart: Base HP: 20
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5

Economy Info:
Cards:

  • Hand: 4
  • Deck: 5
  • Disc: 0

Gold:

  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 7
Thoughts

I’m a bit wary of Judgment Day, and I want tools to deal with Onimaru directly, so I’m teching spells instead of Bone Collectors.

104

P2t3

Summary

Hand
Manufactured truth
Overeager cadet
Jail
Reputable newsman
Building inspector
Workers jail
Tech Flagstone Garrison and Drill Sergeant

Get paid ($7)
Worker ($6)
Tech 2 Peace ($2)
Hire Overeager cadet ($2)
Hire Reputable Newsman ($0) he blocks 2 cost spells and abilities.
Onimaru kills elite skeleton.
Overeager cadet Rogers kills technician skeleton. You draw a card.
Squad leader: Overeager Cadet Bucky
Scavenger: Onimaru
Technician: Reputable newsman
In play: Overeager Cadet Rogers
Base: 20
Tech 1: 5
Tech 2: 5
Hand: 4
Deck: 3
Discard: 0

New hand

Flagstone garrison
Building inspector
Arrest
Porkhand magistrate

105

P1T4

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Might of Leaf and Claw
Might of Leaf and Claw

STARTING HAND
Giant Panda
Giant Panda
Sacrifice the Weak
Skeleton Javelineer
Deteriorate

WORKERS
Poisonblade Rogue
Jandra, the Negator
Thieving Imp
Skeleton Javelineer

NextHand

Might of Leaf and Claw
Nether Drain
Skeletal Archery
Doom Grasp
Summon Skeletons

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($7)
Worker - ($6)
Deteriorate kills Rogers
Haunt kills Onimaru, you get $1
Replay Haunt from Graveyard
Tech II: Growth - ($2)
Skeleton - ($1)

Float ($1)
Discard 3, draw 4, reshuffle, draw 1

Board Info:
In Patrol:

  • :psblueshield: Squad Leader:
  • :psfist: Elite:
  • :ps_: Scavenger: Skeleton (1/1)
  • :pschip: Technician: Skeleton (1/1)
  • :target: Lookout:

In Play:

  • Graveyard (3)
  • L3 Garth Torken (1/3)
  • Pestering Haunt (1/1) Unstoppable

Buildings:

  • :heart: Base HP: 20
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5
  • :heart: Tech II HP: 5 (Growth)

Economy Info:
Cards:

  • Hand: 5
  • Deck: 5
  • Disc: 0

Gold:

  • Gold: 1
  • Workers: 8
Thoughts

Still wary of Judgment Day; investing in non-unit tech cards.

106

P2t2

Summary

Hand
Flagstone garrison
Building inspector
Arrest
Porkhand magistrate
Workers Porkhand magistrate
Tech spectral hound 2x

Get paid + scavenger ($9)
Worker ($8)
Build Flagstone Garrison ($5)
Hire building inspector ($4) draw a card.
Hire Drill Sergeant ($1). Draw a card.
Overeager cadet Bucky kills scavenger skeleton but dies doing his duty.
Float 1 gold
Squad leader: reputable newsman
Scavenger: building inspector
In play: drill sergeant, overeager cadet Bucky, and flagstone garrison
Base: 20
Tech 1: 5
Tech 2: 5
9 workers
Hand: 4
Deck: 3
Discard: 0

New Hand

Traffic director
Overeager cadet
Overeager cadet
Arrest

107

Rogers died to Deteriorate. Did you mean Bucky? But he had no damage, and should have survived combat with a Skeleton.

108

Okay. That then

109

P1T5

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Blooming Ancient
Blooming Elm

STARTING HAND
Skeletal Archery
Nether Drain
Doom Grasp
Summon Skeletons
Might of Leaf and Claw

WORKERS
Poisonblade Rogue
Jandra, the Negator
Thieving Imp
Skeleton Javelineer
Summon Skeletons

NextHand

Giant Panda
Deteriorate
Giant Panda
Sacrifice the Weak

Discard

Nether Drain
Blooming Elm
Doom Grasp
Skeletal Archery

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + float + Scavenger - ($10)
Might of Leaf and Claw - ($7)
Argagarg Garg - ($5)
Nether Drain from Argagarg to Garth - ($4)
Maxband Garth, animate Blooming Ancient - ($2)
Haunt kills Bucky
Replay Haunt from Graveyard
Worker - ($1)
Skeleton - ($0)
Move runes from Blooming Ancient to Wisp
Skeleton and Garth kill Newsman

Float ($0)
Discard 2, draw 4

Board Info:
In Patrol:

  • :psblueshield: Squad Leader: Wisp (2/3A)
  • :psfist: Elite:
  • :ps_: Scavenger: Skeleton (1/1)
  • :pschip: Technician: L1 Argagarg Garg (1/3)
  • :target: Lookout:

In Play:

  • Might of Leaf and Claw [3 growth]
  • Graveyard (3)
  • L7 Garth Torken (3/4)
  • Blooming Ancient (2/4)
  • Pestering Haunt (1/1) Unstoppable
  • Skeleton (1/1)

Buildings:

  • :heart: Base HP: 20
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5
  • :heart: Tech II HP: 5 (Growth)

Economy Info:
Cards:

  • Hand: 4
  • Deck: 1
  • Disc: 4

Gold:

  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 9
Thoughts

Killing the Newsman even though it can be Garrison-replayed to block my 2nd MoLaC in part because it could just suicide attack to get itself replayed, and in part to gum up the works (Peace engine works best when the deck consists mostly or entirely of $0 and $1 units).

110

P2t5

Summary

Hand
Overeager cadet
Arrest
Traffic director
Spectral hound
Workers arrest
Tech Censorship council and Spectral Flagbearer

Get paid + float ($10)
Worker ($9)
Build tech lab: law ($8)
Hire overeager cadet ($8). Draw a card and drill sergeant gains a +1/+1 rune.
hire spectral hound ($7). Draw a card and drill sergeant gains a +1/+1 rune.
Hire traffic director ($6). Draw a card and drill sergeant gains a +1/+1 rune.
Hire Spectral hound ($5). Draw a card and drill sergeant gains a +1/+1 rune.
Hire reputable newsman ($3). He blocks 3 cost spells and upgrades. Draw a card and drill sergeant gains a +1/+1 rune.
Hire Overeager Cadet ($3). Draw a card and drill sergeant gains a +1/+1 rune.
Hire Onimaru ($1).
Drill sergeant splits two +1/+1 runes equally between Cadets. They are each now a 5/5.
Float 1 gold
Squad leader: Onimaru
Elite: overeager cadet Rogers (5/5).
Scavenger: spectral hound Yeller
Technician: spectral hound Fido
Lookout: overeager cadet Bucky (5/5).
In play: traffic director, Drill Sergeant, reputable newsman, Flagstone Garrison
Base: 20
Tech 1: 5
Tech 2: 5
Tech lab: law: 5
10 workers
Hand: 3
Deck: 0
Discard: 0

New hand

Censorship council
Manufactured truth
Spectral Flagbearer

Thoughts

I think this game is probably mine.

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111

P1T6

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Blooming Ancient
Blooming Elm

STARTING HAND
Giant Panda
Giant Panda
Sacrifice the Weak
Deteriorate
Might of Leaf and Claw

WORKERS
Poisonblade Rogue
Jandra, the Negator
Thieving Imp
Skeleton Javelineer
Summon Skeletons

NextHand

Blooming Elm
Giant Panda
Skeletal Archery
Sacrifice the Weak

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($9)
Skeleton, sacrifice it to draw - ($8)
Giant Panda - ($5)
Sacrifice the Weak, Wisp and Newsman die - ($3)
Might of Leaf and Claw - ($0)
Ancient kills Onimaru, levels to Argagarg
Garth kills Technician Hound, first MoLaC activates
Haunt trades with Director, replay from Graveyard
Argagarg kills Rogers
Wisp kills Buicky, second MoLaC activates
Skeleton kills Scavenger
Skeleton breaks Garrison

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

Board Info:
In Patrol:

  • :psblueshield: Squad Leader:
  • :psfist: Elite:
  • :ps_: Scavenger:
  • :pschip: Technician:
  • :target: Lookout:

In Play:

  • Might of Leaf and Claw [ACTIVE]
  • Might of Leaf and Claw [ACTIVE]
  • Graveyard (3)
  • L3 Argagarg Garg (11/9) [6 damage]
  • L7 Garth Torken (13/11) [3 damage]
  • Blooming Ancient (16/16) [4+, 2 damage]
  • Giant Panda (12/14)
  • Pestering Haunt (1/11) Unstoppable
  • Wisp (12/8) [2+, 5 damage]
  • Skeleton (11/8) [3 damage]
  • Skeleton (11/11)

Buildings:

  • :heart: Base HP: 20
  • :heart: Tech I HP: 5
  • :heart: Tech II HP: 5 (Growth)

Economy Info:
Cards:

  • Hand: 4
  • Deck: 5
  • Disc: 0

Gold:

  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 9
Thoughts

SQL’ing Onimaru was a good move, I can’t attack with Argagarg and then gain free levels to heal him. I don’t think it can save him, however… Blue starter vs. Black starter is rough. I have some control over his Technician draw, as well… I think I’ll stick him with the Newsman again.

112

That is GG. I thought I had you. I hate might of leaf and Claw.

113

So very much

114

GG. Might of Leaf and Claw is scary for sure, and Black starter is particularly strong against Blue starter, because of the difficulty of blocking non-$2 spells and upgrades with Newsman when faced with Sacrifice the Weak. The only real defense is to quickly dump +1/+1 runes on the Newsman so that it’s not your weakest unit, but even then, you only get to choose one cost to block, and your opponent will see that and be able to react to it. It’s tough.

Well, that’s generally speaking, and especially for the early game. Later on, it becomes possible to use tricks like using Eyes of the Chancellor to spy the opponent’s hand, then using Manufactured Truth, Flagstone Garrison, or Reteller of Truths to get the Newsman back into your hand, and the replay it to block the worst immediate threat, but the problem with that is it tends to require more gold than is practically available, unless you’re running Insurance Agents.

115

I’m playing mono white this time.

116

Alright, it looks like I went first last time you played White, which means you get T1 this time around.

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117

Scratch that. I want to try [Discipline/Strength]/Finesse instead.

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118

P1t1

Summary

Hand
Grappling hook
Fox Primus
Snapback
Smoker
Aged Sensei
Workers fox Primus

Get paid ($4)
Worker ($3)
Hire Smoker ($2)
Hire Rook ($0)
Squad leader: Smoker
Scavenger: Rook
Base: 20
5 workers

New hand

Fox Viper
Morningstar Flagbearer
Savior monk
Sensei’ Advice
Safe attacking

Thoughts

I think Finesse’s haste will be helpful.

119

P2T1

StartingHand Workers

STARTING HAND
Deteriorate
Sacrifice the Weak
Summon Skeletons
Jandra, the Negator
Graveyard

WORKERS
Jandra, the Negator

NextHand

Pestering Haunt
Skeletal Archery
Poisonblade Rogue
Thieving Imp

Discard

Deteriorate
Sacrifice the Weak
Summon Skeletons

Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($5)
Worker - ($4)
Garth Torken - ($2)
Deteriorate returns Smoker to hand
Graveyard - ($0)

Float ($0)
Discard 2, draw 4

Board Info:
In Patrol:

  • :psblueshield: Squad Leader: L1 Garth Torken (1/3A)
  • :psfist: Elite:
  • :ps_: Scavenger:
  • :pschip: Technician:
  • :target: Lookout:

In Play:

  • Graveyard (3)

Buildings:

  • :heart: Base HP: 20

Economy Info:
Cards:

  • Hand: 4
  • Deck: 1
  • Disc: 3

Gold:

  • Gold: 0
  • Workers: 6
Thoughts

T1 Rook is an unusual choice, as he’s expensive to bump to 3 attack for a hero kill. Maybe the plan is to slip past a single patroller? More likely the aim is Two Lives; looks like I need to use Poisonblade.

120

P1t2

Summary

Hand
Fox Viper
Morningstar Flagbearer
Savior monk
Sensei’s advice
Safe attacking
Smoker
Workers Morningstar Flagbearer
Tech nimble Fencer and Bird Nest

Get paid ($5)
Worker ($4)
Build tech 1 ($3)
Research safe attacking ($2)
Hire savior monk ($0)
Squad leader: Rook
Scavenger: savior monk
In play: safe attacking
6 workers
Base: 20
Tech 1: 5
Hand: 5
Deck: 3
Discard: 0

New hand

Bird’s nest
Smoker
Nimble Fencer
Grappling hook
Sensei’s Advice