[XCAFRR19 Round1] Bomber678 [Demonology/Disease/Necromancy] vs charnel_mouse [Balance]/Disease/Growth

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@charnel_mouse Let’s play

Turn 1

Hand: Pestering Haunt, Skeleton Archery, Jandra, The Negator, Deteriorate, Graveyard
Workers: Jandra, The Negator

  1. Get paid (+$4, $4)
  2. Hire a worker ($3)
  3. Summon Pestering Haunt ($3)
  4. Summon Vandy Anadrose ($1)
  5. Discard 3, draw 5
  • Patrol:
    :psblueshield:Squad Leader:
    :psfist:Elite:
    :ps_:Scavenger:
    :pschip:Technician:
    :target:Lookout:
  • Buildings:
  • Units/Heroes:
    Pestering Haunt (1/1)
    Vandy Anadrose (2/3)
  • Base: 20
  • Other:

Economy:

  • Workers: 5
  • Gold: 1
  • Hand: 5
  • Deck: 0
  • Discard: 3
Hand

Thieving Imp, Summon Skeletons, Poisonblade Rogue, Sacrifice The Weak, Skeleton Javelineer

Discard

Skeleton Archery, Deteriorate, Graveyard

Think

Oh boy, fighting Arg and also Vandy. Ugh.
Hopefully I can claim an early hero kill, but I don’t think Charnel is foolish enough to put one out. So I’ll probably roll for Bone Collectors instead.

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I’m not sure fighting you with Monoblack instead of Peace is a good tradeoff… have fun, dude.

P2T1

Starting hand: 5

Young Treant
Forest’s Favor
Ironbark Treant
Verdant Tree
Rampant Growth

Thoughts

Well, at least I’m sort of on home turf with this starter. Vandy’s going to be a pain, though, maybe I open with Orpal in Elite here. Speading Plague would be nice against Metamorphosis if it didn’t also add + runes, but Carrion Curse might help me catch it before it gets played. I might need to resort to Tower + Polymorph: Squirrel. I’d usually expect Bone Collectors to come out first, but maybe Sickness + Abomination discourages that.

Black can’t do anything against upgrades, so my default spec choice would be Growth here, but I don’t have great options for unit spam outside of Pandas. I might need to Circle in a Basilisk while I set up. Or maybe I go for the silly option, and go for Plague Lord to make it a rune-spamming race. We’ll see.

Drawing both my spells sucks here, and I was also hoping to open with Rich Earth + Orpal. I can’t just Argagarg out either, because the Wisp could get Deteriorated and he’d be a sitting duck. My choices are suicidal Orpal in Elite to get runes on Vandy, and Forest Favor on Midori, also in Elite to trade with midband Vandy. I’m not sure I like either of these, but the latter seems like the better option, the Tree would just be picked at by the Pestering Haunt. Workering Verdant Tree over the Ironbark Treant: the latter’s vulnerable to Sacrifice the Weak right now, but if I go for Might of Leaf and Claw he might be worth the cost/risk.

Get paid - ($5)
Master Midori - ($3)
Forest’s Favor, Midori gets a + rune - ($1)
Worker - ($0)
Discard 3, draw 5

:psfist: Elite: Midori L1 1+3/4 (+)

:heart: Base HP: 20

Hand

Spore Shambler
Merfolk Prospector
Playful Panda
Tiger Cub
Rich Earth

Deck
Discard

Forest’s Favor
Young Treant
Ironbark Treant
Rampant Growth

Card count check (opponent-viewable)

Expected: 10
1 workered
0 on board
5 in hand
0 in deck
4 in discard
Total: 10

Gold: 0
Workers: 6

5 x start
T1: Verdant Tree

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Didn’t you beat me last we played…?

Turn 2

Hand: Thieving Imp, Summon Skeletons, Poisonblade Rogue, Sacrifice the Weak, Skeleton Javelineer
Tech: Dark Pact, Shadow Blade
Workers: Jandra, The Negator, Summon Skeletons

  1. Tech 2 cards
  2. Get paid (+$5, $6)
  3. Hire a worker ($5)
  4. Build Tech 1 ($4)
  5. Summon Thieving Imp, discard #5 ($1)
  6. Summon Skeleton Javelineer ($0)
  7. Pestering Haunt hits your base for 1
  8. Discard 2, reshuffle, draw 4
  • Patrol:
    :psblueshield:Squad Leader:
    :psfist:Elite:
    :ps_:Scavenger: Skeleton Javelineer (1/1)
    :pschip:Technician:
    :target:Lookout:
  • Buildings:
    Tech 1: 5
  • Units/Heroes:
    Vandy Anadrose (2/3)
    Pestering Haunt (1/1)
    Thieving Imp (2/2)
  • Base: 20
  • Other:

Economy:

  • Workers: 6
  • Gold: 0
  • Hand: 4
  • Deck: 3
  • Discard: 0
Hand

Graveyard, Skeletal Archery, Dark Pact, Shadow Blade

Discard

Thenk

Big hero means it’s time to shift into big hero kills and board control. Bleed his hand, get shadow blade to bleed it more, play dudes, be rude. It’s mono-black, baby.

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I’ve never beaten you. Yet.

P2T2

Starting hand: 5

Spore Shambler
Merfolk Prospector
Playful Panda
Tiger Cub
Rich Earth

Thieving Imp discard

Rich Earth

Thoughts

6 attack on Bomber’s board, if I put Tiger Cub and Merfolk Prospector down I have 7 health before patrol bonus and spells, the latter of which are surely coming. I’m not feeling hopeful.

I think this patrol as a good as I can do: Prospector in the back so it would have to be hit with Deteriorate for the Tiger Cub to be hit with Sacrifice the Weak, Tiger Cub in SQL so it trades 2-for-1 without Deteriorate or levelling Vandy, Midori still in Elite so Vandy can’t safely hit him. I’m still not confident about Midori surviving, so Sickness is going in to take out surviving units, along with Crypt Crawler to trade with Bone Collectors (Tiny Basilisk is too easy to neuter with Deteriorate). If Vandy’s levelled, I’ll be looking at a quick Carrion Curse.

Unfortunately, I have to worker the Playful Panda, which makes shooting for Growth rather questionable.

Teched cards: 2

T2: Crypt Crawler, Sickness

Get paid - ($6)
Worker - ($5)
Tech I - ($3)
Tiger Cub - ($1)
Merfolk Prospector - ($0)
Discard 1, reshuffle, draw 3

:psblueshield: Squad Leader: Tiger Cub 2/2+1A
:psfist: Elite: Midori L1 1+3/4 (+)
:exhaust: Technician: Merfolk Prospector 1/1

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

Hand: 3

Spore Shambler
Sickness
Rich Earth

Deck: 5

Forest’s Favor
Young Treant
Ironbark Treant
Rampant Growth
Crypt Crawler

Discard: 0
Card count check (opponent-viewable)

Expected: 10 + 2 teched = 12
2 workered
2 on board
3 in hand
5 in deck
0 in discard
Total: 12

Gold: 0
Workers: 7

5 x start
T1: Verdant Tree
T2: Playful Panda

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Oh, huh.
Well, let’s keep it that way then.

Also reminder that your base took 1 last turn.

Turn 3

[spoiler]Hand: Graveyard, Skeletal Archery, Dark Pact, Shadow Blade
Draw: Sacrifice the Weak, Poisonblade Rogue
Tech: Bone Collector, Bone Collector
Workers: Jandra, The Negator, Summon Skeletons, Poisonblade Rogue[spoiler]

  1. Tech 2 cards
  2. Get paid (+$6, $6)
  3. Cast Dark Pact on me, draw 2 ($6)
  4. Hire a worker ($5)
  5. Build Graveyard ($3)
  6. Give Javelineer long range
  7. Javelineer and Vandy kill Tiger Cub, sparkshot Midori for 1
  8. Thieving Imp kills Prospector, you draw
  9. Cast Shadow Blade on Midori, you discard #1, Vandy gains 2 levels ($0)
  10. Pestering Haunt hits your Tech 1 for 1
  11. Discard 3, draw 1, reshuffle, draw 4
  • Patrol:
    :psblueshield:Squad Leader:
    :psfist:Elite:
    :ps_:Scavenger:
    :pschip:Technician:
    :target:Lookout:
  • Buildings:
    Tech 1: 5
    Graveyard: 3
  • Units/Heroes:
    Vandy Anadrose lvl 3 (3/4)
    Pestering Haunt (1/1
    Skeleton Javelineer (1/1)
    Thieving Imp (2/1)
  • Base: 18
  • Other:

Economy:

  • Workers: 7
  • Gold: 0
  • Hand: 5
  • Deck: 2
  • Discard: 0
Hand

Deteriorate, Dark Pact, Sacrifice the Weak, Shadow Blade, Skeletal Archery

Discard

Thinking

Holy moly. I was thinking “let’s dark pact and take it from there”, then found a whole line of play to clear his board while only losing Haunt.
And then, I looked at my cards. “Wait, SPARKSHOT? This hero is BROKEN!”
I almost feel dirty, but… I’m playing black.
YEAH YEAH BAD IS GOOD BABY, DOWN WITH GOVERNMENT!

I should’ve built a heroes’ hall though.

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Oh, sparkshot, right.

P2T3

Starting hand: 3

Spore Shambler
Sickness
Rich Earth

Technician draw

Rampant Growth

Shadow Blade discard

Spore Shamber

Thoughts

No units in hand, this is bad. I guess I have to risk building Tech II now, otherwise I’m out of the game anyway. Do I want to shoot for an Abomination, or go for a Potent Basilisk? Both do decent jobs against high-level heroes, but the Basilisk can’t be hit with Doom Grasp or Shadow Blade, just Sacrifice the Weak. For further techs, Gorgon could help with the card drain, Plague Lab might be an intended synergy because of the runes from Forest’s Favor and Spore Shambler (and Blooming Ancients, but I don’t like my chances in Growth right now). On the other hand, Balance has… very expensive units to get sacrificed, for the most part. I could go for mass fliers, although Disease I has good options for countering them. Or I could try using Sickness to sneak out some Horselords without them defecting, since they’re not too expensive. I’ll try that.

Teched cards: 2

T2: Crypt Crawler, Sickness
T3: Carrion Curse, Potent Basilisk

Get paid - ($7)
Worker - ($6)
Argagarg Garg, Wisp arrives - ($4)
Maxband Argagarg, Water Elemental arrives - ($0)
Discard 2, draw 4

:psblueshield: Squad Leader: Argagarg Garg L5 1/5+1A
:ps_: Scavenger: Water Elemental 3/3 (anti-air)
:target: Lookout: Wisp 0/1 (resist 0+1)

:heart: Base HP: 19
:heart: Tech I HP: 4

Hand: 4

Ironbark Treant
Young Treant
Crypt Crawler
Forest’s Favor

Deck: 0
Discard: 7

Tiger Cub
Merfolk Prospector
Spore Shamber
Carrion Curse
Potent Basilisk
Sickness
Rampant Growth

Card count check (opponent-viewable)

Expected: 10 + 4 teched = 14
3 workered
0 on board
4 in hand
0 in deck
7 in discard
Total: 14

Gold: 0
Workers: 8

5 x start
T1: Verdant Tree
T2: Playful Panda
T3: Rich Earth

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Turn 4

Hand: Deteriorate, Dark Pact, Sacrifice the Weak, Shadow Blade, Skeletal Archery
Tech: Metamorphosis, Metamorphosis
Workers: Jandra, The Negator, Summon Skeletons, Poisonblade Rogue, Skeletal Archery

  1. Tech 2 cards
  2. Get paid (+$7, $7)
  3. Hire a worker ($6)
  4. Build a Heroes’ Hall ($4)
  5. Cast Shadow Blade on Water Elemental, you discard #3 ($1)
  6. Pestering Haunt kills Wisp
  7. Vandy, Imp, and Javelineer kills Arg, Vandy maxbands and buffs Haunt
  8. Summon Javelineer from Graveyard ($0)
  9. Discard 3, draw 2, reshuffle, draw 3
  • Patrol:
    :psblueshield:Squad Leader:
    :psfist:Elite:
    :ps_:Scavenger:
    :pschip:Technician:
    :target:Lookout:
  • Buildings:
    Tech 1: 5
    Heroes’ Hall: 4
    Graveyard: 3 (Thieving Imp)
  • Units/Heroes:
    Vandy Anadrose lvl 5 (4/5)
    Skeleton Javelineer (1/1)
    Pestering Haunt (1/3)
  • Base: 18
  • Other:

Economy:

  • Workers: 8
  • Gold: 0
  • Hand: 5
  • Deck: 3
  • Discard: 0
Hand

Bone Collector, Bone Collector, Shadow Blade, Dark Pact, Deteriorate

Discard

Thinkums

Tiny Basilisks are really strong. If he drops two and a tower, I might have to abandon meta entirely.
Also, Vandy is very strong. Shame about my gold.

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P2T4

Starting hand: 4

Ironbark Treant
Young Treant
Crypt Crawler
Forest’s Favor

Shadow Blade discard

Crypt Crawler

Thoughts

Wow, these discards are awful. I think my choices are to just tech in stuff to deal with Vandy, and hope I draw something good with the Young Treant, or to build Tech II, and put Midori with a + rune in front to block. Given there’s probably a Metamorphosis incoming, I think I need to risk the former. I could also build both a Tech II and a Tower, but then I need to skip a worker if I want put anything into patrol, and I need to if I want the Tech II to survive. The tower at least buys me a turn from invisible-hero hell, I’ll do that. Waiting on the decision whether to tech in any Horselords until I’m more likely to have attack supremacy.

Teched cards: 2

T2: Crypt Crawler, Sickness
T3: Carrion Curse, Potent Basilisk
T4: Faerie Dragon, Tiny Basilisk

Get paid + scavenger - ($9)

Young Treant, I draw - ($7)

Potent Basilisk

Thoughts

Oh, come on…

Tech II Balance - ($3)
Tower - ($0)
Skip worker
Discard 3, draw 5

:exhaust: Technician: Young Treant 0/2

:heart: Base HP: 19
:heart: Tech I HP: 4
:heart: Tech II HP: 5 (Balance)
:heart: Tower HP: 4

Hand: 5

Carrion Curse
Faerie Dragon
Tiger Cub
Merfolk Prospector
Crypt Crawler

Deck: 4

Spore Shamber
Sickness
Rampant Growth
Tiny Basilisk

Discard: 3

Ironbark Treant
Forest’s Favor
Potent Basilisk

Card count check (opponent-viewable)

Expected: 10 + 6 teched = 16
3 workered
1 on board
5 in hand
4 in deck
3 in discard
Total: 16

Gold: 0
Workers: 8

5 x start
T1: Verdant Tree
T2: Playful Panda
T3: Rich Earth

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@Bryce_The_Rice Batter up

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Oh yeah sorry I forgot to post here.
I’m on a camp and I haven’t had much time to myself to write out a phone post.
I’m home for one night on Thursday then off to another camp Friday.

So yeah, sorry for not posting sooner. I realise I shouldn’t expect people to remember me saying that ages ago in the sign up thread!

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Ah, I read that at the time but completely forgot. No worries!

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Turn 5

Hand: Bone Collector, Bone Collector, Shadow Blade, Dark Pact, Deteriorate
Draw: Sacrifice the Weak, Metamorphosis
Tech: Gargoyle, Nether Drain
Workers: Jandra, The Negator, Summon Skeletons, Poisonblade Rogue, Skeletal Archery

  1. Tech 2 cards
  2. Get paid (+$8, $8)
  3. Cast Dark Pact on me, draw 2 ($8)
  4. Summon Garth Torken ($6)
  5. Cast Deteriorate on Treant ($6)
  6. Javelineer trades with Treant, you draw
  7. Cast Metamorphosis, raise Gargoyle from the discard ($0)
  8. Summon Pestering Haunt from Graveyard ($0)
  9. Vandy destroys your Tech 2, your base takes 2
  10. Discard 4, draw 1, reshuffle, draw 4
  • Patrol:
    :psblueshield:Squad Leader:
    :psfist:Elite:
    :ps_:Scavenger:
    :pschip:Technician:
    :target:Lookout:
  • Buildings:
    Tech 1: 5
    Heroes’ Hall: 4
    Graveyard: 3 (Thieving Imp, Skeleton Javelineer)
  • ‎Units/Heroes:
    Vandy Anadrose lvl 5 (6/6) Demon
    Garth Torken lvl 7 (5/6) Demon
    Gargoyle (0/2)
    Pestering Haunt (1/1)
  • ‎Base: 16
  • ‎Other:

Economy:

  • Workers: 8
  • ‎Gold: 0
  • ‎Hand: 5
  • ‎Deck: 4
  • ‎Discard: 0
Hand

Metamorphosis, Metamorphosis, Nether Drain, Bone Collector, Bone Collector

Discard

Thonk

Hard decision between meta or not, because of the sad redraw, but decide to go for it. And then get a questionable new hand.
Well, at least we know what to worker!

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P2T5

Starting hand: 5

Carrion Curse
Faerie Dragon
Tiger Cub
Merfolk Prospector
Crypt Crawler

Technician draw

Spore Shamber

Thoughts

Yeah, I’m going to get steamrolled here. I should have opened with Plague Spitters to keep Vandy down, then taken a Spreading Plague if there was still a Metamorphosis threat. As it is, it’s too late to use them to set up a Spreading Plague, so I’ll have to go into one now, plus a Tiny Basilisk, to try to make those heroes go away.

Teched cards: 2

T2: Crypt Crawler, Sickness
T3: Carrion Curse, Potent Basilisk
T4: Faerie Dragon, Tiny Basilisk
T5: Tiny Basilisk, Plague Spitter

Get paid - ($8)
Rebuild Tech II
Orpal Gloor - ($6)
Carrion Curse, I look at your hand, you discard Metamorphosis and Nether Drain - ($3)

Thoughts

Unfortunately, there’s nothing I can do about those Bone Collectors right now.

Crypt Crawler - ($1)
Worker - ($0)
Discard 3, draw 3, reshuffle, draw 2

:psblueshield: Crypt Crawler 3/3+1A (sparkshot, can pay to ground flier for the turn)
:exhaust: Technician: Orpal L1 1/3 (deals damage in - runes)

:heart: Base HP: 17
:heart: Tech I HP: 4
:heart: Tech II HP: 5 (Balance)
:heart: Tower HP: 4

Hand: 5

Carrion Curse
Spore Shambler
Rampant Growth
Tiny Basilisk
Sickness

Deck: 8

Ironbark Treant
Forest’s Favor
Potent Basilisk
Young Treant
Tiny Basilisk
Plague Spitter
Faerie Dragon
Tiger Cub

Discard: 0
Card count check (opponent-viewable)

Expected: 10 + 8 teched = 18
4 workered
1 on board
5 in hand
8 in deck
0 in discard
Total: 18

Gold: 0
Workers: 9

5 x start
T1: Verdant Tree
T2: Playful Panda
T3: Rich Earth
T5: Merfolk Prospector

Thoughts added later

Hmm, hadn’t noticed that Bomber skipped a worker too. Either he’s teching in extra cards to switch gameplan, or he skipped to destroy the Tech II because there’s something in Balance II he doesn’t want to see. I’m guessing the Basilisks. Which Tech II would he would to tech into to deal with those? Probably Disease for the Gorgons, or possible Demonology to smash through them with Blackhand Dozers, although those are vulnerable to Faerie Dragons. I guess we’ll see soon enough, if I survive that long.

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Turn 6

[spoiler]Hand: Metamorphosis, Bone Collector, Bone Collector
Tech: Soul Stone, Voidblocker
Workers: Jandra, The Negator, Summon Skeletons, Poisonblade Rogue, Skeletal Archery, Metamorphosis/spoiler]

  1. Tech 2 cards
  2. Get paid (+$8, $8)
  3. Hire a worker ($7)
  4. Summon Bone Collector ($5)
  5. Summon Thieving Imp from Graveyard, discard #2 ($2)
  6. Activate Gargoyle ($1)
  7. Summon a Skeleton ($0)
  8. Pestering Haunt and Gargoyle kills Crypt Crawler
  9. Vandy kills Orpal, you draw
  10. Garth destroys your Tech 2, your base takes 2
  11. Discard 1, draw 3
  • Patrol:
    :psblueshield:Squad Leader:
    :psfist:Elite:
    :ps_:Scavenger:
    :pschip:Technician:
    :target:Lookout:
  • Buildings:
    Tech 1: 5
    Heroes’ Hall: 4
    Graveyard: 3 (Pestering Haunt, Skeleton Javelineer)
  • Units/Heroes:
    Vandy Anadrose lvl 5 (5/4)
    Garth Torken lvl 7 (5/6)
    Gargoyle (3/1)
    Thieving Imp (2/2)
    Bone Collector (3/3)
    Skeleton (1/1)
  • Base: 16
  • Other:

Economy:

  • Workers: 9
  • Gold: 0
  • Hand: 3
  • Deck: 1
  • Discard: 5
Hand

Deteriorate, Dark Pact, Sacrifice the Weak

Discard

Voidblocker, Soul Stone, Metamorphosis, Nether Drain, Bone Collector

Big think

I somehow didn’t notice up until this point that he’s playing Disease not Demonology. So that uhh doesn’t really change much, but I wasn’t expecting Carrion Curse, and I sure am holding a lot of spells. Anyway, I have my real spells now, so I expect I shall continue to crush his defences moving forwards.
YEAH BABY YEAH!

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I accidentally logged a scavenger bonus last turn, but the gold total was right, so it’s all good.

P2T6

Starting hand: 5

Carrion Curse
Spore Shambler
Rampant Growth
Tiny Basilisk
Sickness

Thieving Imp discard

Spore Shambler

Technician draw

Tiger Cub

Thoughts

Discarding the Spore Shambler here isn’t great, because I was hoping to give its runes to the Tiny Basilisk so it could survive against Bone Collector / Gargoyle. As it is, I’ll just have to bring out Argagarg to block with his pets. I still think it’s too late to go for Spreading Plague, but I can’t see a better option here, and at least the Plague Spitters are anti-air.

Teched cards: 2

T2: Crypt Crawler, Sickness
T3: Carrion Curse, Potent Basilisk
T4: Faerie Dragon, Tiny Basilisk
T5: Tiny Basilisk, Plague Spitter
T6: Plague Spitter, Spreading Plague

Get paid - ($9)
Rebuild Tech II
Worker - ($8)
Argagarg Garg, Wisp arrives - ($6)
Maxband Argagarg, Water Elemental arrives - ($2)
Tiny Basilisk - ($0)
Discard 3, draw 5

:psblueshield: Water Elemental 3/3+1A (anti-air)
:psfist: Squad Leader: Argagarg Garg L5 1+1/5
:ps_: Scavenger: Wisp 0/1
:exhaust: Technician: Tiny Basilisk 1/2 (deathtouch, can’t be attacked by Tech 0 units)

:heart: Base HP: 15
:heart: Tech I HP: 4
:heart: Tech II HP: 5 (Balance)
:heart: Tower HP: 4

Hand: 5

Plague Spitter
Faerie Dragon
Young Treant
Tiny Basilisk
Ironbark Treant

Deck: 2

Forest’s Favor
Potent Basilisk

Discard: 7

Spore Shambler
Crypt Crawler
Plague Spitter
Spreading Plague
Carrion Curse
Rampant Growth
Sickness

Card count check (opponent-viewable)

Expected: 10 + 10 teched = 20
5 workered
1 on board
5 in hand
2 in deck
7 in discard
Total: 20

Gold: 0
Workers: 10

5 x start
T1: Verdant Tree
T2: Playful Panda
T3: Rich Earth
T5: Merfolk Prospector
T6: Tiger Cub

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Turn 7

Hand: Deteriorate, Dark Pact, Sacrifice the Weak
Draw: Shadow Blade, Metamorphosis, Soul Stone
Tech: Death Rites, Blackhand Dozer
Workers: Jandra, The Negator, Summon Skeletons, Poisonblade Rogue, Skeletal Archery, Metamorphosis, Shadow Blade

  1. Tech 2 cards
  2. Get paid (+$9, $9)
  3. Cast Dark Pact on me, draw 1, reshuffle, draw 1 ($9)
  4. Summon Skeleton ($8)
  5. Sacrifice Skeleton to draw ($8)
  6. Hire a worker ($7)
  7. Build Tech 2 Demonology ($3)
  8. Cast Deteriorate on Water Elemental ($3)
  9. Cast Soul Stone on Gargoyle ($1)
  10. Summon Pestering Haunt from Graveyard ($1)
  11. Activate Gargoyle ($0)
  12. Bone Collector kills Water Elemental, I get a Skeleton
  13. Gargyle kills Tiny Basilisk, you draw
  14. Garth kills Wisp, you gain 1 gold
  15. Vandy destroys your Tech 2, your base takes 2
  16. Discard 2, draw 4
  • Patrol:
    :psblueshield:Squad Leader: Skeleton (1/1)
    :psfist:Elite:
    :ps_:Scavenger: Skeleton (1/1)
    :pschip:Technician: Thieving Imp (2/2)
    :target:Lookout:
  • Buildings:
    Tech 1: 5
    Tech 2: 5
    Heroes’ Hall: 4
    Graveyard: 3 (Skeleton Javelineer, Bone Collector)
  • Units/Heroes:
    Vandy Anadrose lvl 5 (5/4)
    Garth Torken lvl 7 (5/5)
    Gargoyle (4/1)
    Pestering Haunt (1/1)
  • Base: 14
  • Other:
    Soul Stone

Economy:

  • Workers: 10
  • Gold: 0
  • Hand: 4
  • Deck: 1
  • Discard: 4
Hand

Voidblocker, Blackhand Dozer, Bone Collector, Death Rites

Discard

Metamorphosis, Sacrifice the Weak, Deteriorate, Dark Pact

Thinkerino

Shame I didn’t get Death Rites this turn, but having it next turn is probably better actually, as I now have a bunch of weenie fodder to kill to it to mostly clear his board. All going to plan, I should be able to straight kill him next turn.
We’ll see though.

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P2T7

Starting hand: 5

Plague Spitter
Faerie Dragon
Young Treant
Tiny Basilisk
Ironbark Treant

Technician draw

Forest’s Favor

Thoughts

Meh. Buffing the Plague Spitter in SQL hopefully means it should either hit a hero or kill the Gargoyle in a way that bypasses the Soul Stone, unless it gets hit with both Deteriorate and Shadow Blade. Teching in the other Spreading Plague: if I don’t hurry up and stop those heroes soon, then Bomber can just go for base. Putting in the other Basilisk too, in case he’s trying to shoot for Zarramonde to close things out.

Teched cards: 2

T2: Crypt Crawler, Sickness
T3: Carrion Curse, Potent Basilisk
T4: Faerie Dragon, Tiny Basilisk
T5: Tiny Basilisk, Plague Spitter
T6: Plague Spitter, Spreading Plague
T7: Potent Basilisk, Spreading Plague

Get paid + scavenger - ($11)
Rebuild Tech II
Plague Spitter - ($8)
Forest’s Favor, Plague Spitter gets a rune - ($6)
Tiny Basilisk - ($4)
Ironbark Treant - ($1)
Discard 2, draw 1, reshuffle, draw 3

:psblueshield: Squad Leader: Plague Spitter 4/4+1A (+, anti-air, deals damage in - runes)
:psfist: Elite: Tiny Basilisk 1+1/2 (deathtouch, not attackable/stoppable by Tech 0 units)
:exhaust: Technician: Argagarg Garg L5 1/5
:target: Lookout: Ironbark Treant 1/2+2A (resist 0+1, -2/+2A in patrol)

:heart: Base HP: 13
:heart: Tech I HP: 4
:heart: Tech II HP: 5 (Balance)
:heart: Tower HP: 4

Hand: 4

Spore Shambler
Potent Basilisk
Potent Basilisk
Spreading Plague

Deck: 10

Crypt Crawler
Plague Spitter
Carrion Curse
Rampant Growth
Sickness
Tiny Basilisk
Spreading Plague
Forest’s Favor
Faerie Dragon
Young Treant

Discard: 0
Card count check (opponent-viewable)

Expected: 10 + 12 teched = 22
5 workered
3 on board
4 in hand
10 in deck
0 in discard
Total: 22

Gold: 1
Workers: 10

5 x start
T1: Verdant Tree
T2: Playful Panda
T3: Rich Earth
T5: Merfolk Prospector
T6: Tiger Cub

18

Cast death rites
Summon skeleton
Sac summoned skeleton to draw, kill treant
Pestering haunt hits your base, dies, kill plague spitter
Skeleton hits Arg and dies, kill basilisk
Activate gargoyle
Gargoyle kills arg
Thieving imp and heroes destroy your base

@FrozenStorm if I made some kind of mistake and I’m actually a big cheater call me out and I’ll do a proper turn tomorrow.

If not, gg!

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19

Looks fine to me, well played! I didn’t react to Vandy quickly enough and spent the whole game in catch-up. Bringing out Midori was an error.

20

I think everything checks out there, nice stalemate, gg!