[XCAFRR19 Round2] CarpeGuitarrem [Fire]/Present/Growth vs Zhavier [Anarchy]/Past/Strength

CarpeGuitarrem · October 12, 2019, 5:19am

P1T9

StartingHand Workers

STARTING HAND
Argonaut
Charge
Mad Man
Temporal Distortion
Spirit of the Panda

WORKERS
Pillage
Bloodburn
Careless Musketeer
Bombaster
Makeshift Rambaster (haste, can’t patrol) 1/2
Flame Arrow

NextHand

Blooming Ancient
Nautical Dog
Scorch
Flame Arrow
Tricycloid

Discard

Charge
Temporal Distortion
Spirit of the Panda

Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid slooooooowly - ($4)
Summon Argonaut, Ancient gains a rune - ($1)
Summon Mad Man, Ancient gains a rune - ($0)
Exhaust Argagarg, give Blooming Ancient +1 atk and armor
Ancient kills Rook, levels fizzle, takes 1 damage

Float ($0)
Discard 3, draw 5

Board Info:
In Patrol:

Squad Leader: Argonaut (readiness) 3/4+a
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician:
Lookout: Mad Man (haste) 1/1

In Play:

L5 MAX Argagarg Garg 1/3
Blooming Ancient (++) 4/5

Buildings:

Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 4
Tech II HP: 3 (Present)
Tech Lab HP: 4 (Growth)

Economy Info:
Cards:

Hand: 5
Deck: 3
Disc: 3

Gold:

Gold: 0
Workers: 10

Thoughts

Hmm. looks like double rune is my best bet, getting Argo and MM down. I can afford to leave Z’s MM alive, I think. No real reason to trade here.

@zhavier’s turn!

zhavier · October 13, 2019, 10:26pm

P2T9

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Seer
Seer

STARTING HAND
Stewardess of the Undone
Yesterday’s Golgort
Rememberer
Bloodrage Ogre
Shimmer Ray

WORKERS
Careless Musketeer
Pillage
Scorch
Nautical Dog
Second Chances

NextHand

Rememberer
Bombaster
Ardra’s Boulder
Shimmer Ray
Undo

Discard

Origin Story
Charge
Makeshift Rambaster
Second Chances
Calypso Vystari
Rememberer
Stewardess of the Undone
Bloodrage Ogre
Seer
Seer

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($4)
Shimmer Ray - ($3)
Yesterday’s Golgort - ($0)

Float ($0)
Discard 3, draw 5

Board Info:
In Patrol:

Squad Leader: Yesterday’s Golgort 6/4+A, Fading 2
Elite:
Scavenger: Mad Man 1/1
Technician:
Lookout:

In Play:

Bloodburn, 0 rune
Slow-Time Generator 2
Shimmer Ray 3/4, Fading 2

Buildings:

Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 1
Tech II HP: 5 (Past)

Economy Info:
Cards:

Hand: 5
Deck: 1
Disc: 10

Gold:

Gold: 0
Workers: 10

CarpeGuitarrem · October 14, 2019, 4:24am

[b]P1T10[/b]

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Lobber
Lobber

STARTING HAND
Flame Arrow
Blooming Ancient
Tricycloid
Scorch
Nautical Dog

WORKERS
Pillage
Bloodburn
Careless Musketeer
Bombaster
Makeshift Rambaster (haste, can’t patrol) 1/2
Flame Arrow
Tricycloid

NextHand

Temporal Distortion
Hyperion (haste) 4/2
Spirit of the Panda
Bloodrage Ogre
Argonaut

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid slowly - ($4)
Worker - ($3)
Summon Nautical Dog, Ancient gets a rune - ($2)
Summon Jaina, Ancient gets a rune - ($0)
Argagarg buffs Argonaut with +1 atk and armor
Shift 2 runes from Ancient to Argonaut
Argonaut kills Golgort, takes 5 damage after armor
Blooming Ancient kills your Mad Man
Mad Man breaks your Tech 1, your base takes 2

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

Board Info:
In Patrol:

Squad Leader: Argonaut (readiness, ++) 5/1+a
Elite:
Scavenger: L1 Jaina Stormborne (sparkshot) 2/3
Technician:
Lookout: Nautical Dog (frenzy 1) 1/1

In Play:

L5 MAX Argagarg Garg 1/3
Blooming Ancient (+) 3/4
Mad Man (haste) 1/1

Buildings:

Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 4
Tech II HP: 3 (Present)
Tech Lab HP: 4 (Growth)

Economy Info:
Cards:

Hand: 5
Deck: 6
Disc: 0

Gold:

Gold: 0
Workers: 11

Thoughts

This is where things get nasty. I can either play another Ancient and then proceed with my plan, or worker, Jaina, and Nautical Dog and proceed with my plan. Let’s actually try the latter, and worker Tricycloid. Jaina goes in Scav, so that I can have 5 gold if Shimmer Ray kills her. Then I can beatdown with Hyperion.

@zhavier’s turn!

zhavier · October 14, 2019, 3:19pm

P2T10

Tech StartingHand Workers

TECH
Yesterday’s Golgort
Undo

STARTING HAND
Shimmer Ray
Bombaster
Rememberer
Undo
Ardra’s Boulder

WORKERS
Careless Musketeer
Pillage
Scorch
Nautical Dog
Second Chances

NextHand

Mad Man
Yesterday’s Golgort
Ardra’s Boulder
Undo
Stewardess of the Undone

Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + Scav - ($5)
rebuild tech 1
Zane lkills Argonaut, jaina gets 2 levels - ($3)
Rook - ($1)
Shimmer Ray kills Argagarg, rook to lvl 3
Play Second Shimmer Ray - ($0)
Discard a card to recharge a time rune on first shimmer ray
Bloodburn kills Mad Man

Float ($0)
Discard 3, draw 1, reshuffle, draw 4

Board Info:
In Patrol:

Squad Leader: Rook 2/4+A, lvl 3
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician:
Lookout:

In Play:

Bloodburn, 1 rune
Slow-Time Generator 2
Shimmer Ray 3/4, Fading 2
Shimmer Ray 3/4, Fading 2

Buildings:

Base HP: 18
Tech I HP: 5
Tech II HP: 5 (Past)

Economy Info:
Cards:

Hand: 5
Deck: 14
Disc: 0

Gold:

Gold: 0
Workers: 10

CarpeGuitarrem · October 14, 2019, 4:28pm

P1T11

StartingHand Workers

STARTING HAND
Bloodrage Ogre
Argonaut
Hyperion (haste) 4/2
Spirit of the Panda
Temporal Distortion

WORKERS
Pillage
Bloodburn
Careless Musketeer
Bombaster
Makeshift Rambaster (haste, can’t patrol) 1/2
Flame Arrow
Tricycloid

NextHand

Lobber
Charge
Lobber
Blooming Ancient
Scorch

Discard

Argonaut (readiness)
Mad Man (haste) 1/1
Temporal Distortion
Blooming Ancient 2/1
Argonaut
Bloodrage Ogre
Spirit of the Panda
Hyperion (haste) 4/2

Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($4)
Summon Geiger, Blooming Ancient gets a rune - ($2)
Blooming Ancient deals 4 damage to Rook and takes 2
Move two runes off of Ancient and onto Nautical Dog
Jaina kills Rook, Geiger to 3
Temporal Distortion on Blooming Ancient, bouncing it to hand and playing Molting Firebird from my Codex - ($0)
Nautical Dog deals 4 damage to your Tech I

Float ($0)
Discard 5, draw 5

Board Info:
In Patrol:

Squad Leader: Molting Firebird (flying) 4/3+a
Elite:
Scavenger: L3 Max Geiger (sparkshot) 2/4
Technician:
Lookout:

In Play:

L1 Jaina Stormborne (sparkshot) 2/1
Nautical Dog (frenzy 1, ++) 3/3

Buildings:

Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 4
Tech II HP: 3 (Present)
Tech Lab HP: 4 (Growth)

Economy Info:
Cards:

Hand: 5
Deck: 1
Disc: 8

Gold:

Gold: 0
Workers: 11

Thoughts

It’s really impressive how Slow-Time generator plays well with Bloodburn, and I can’t help but keep asking myself if I shouldn’t have conceded the tempo loss from destroying STG on a previous turn when I had worker lead??? With the help of Purple, I could be having explosive turns, but I’m not. Anyhow, that’s not really on the table right now. My current options are: Geiger + TD on the Blooming Ancient, after Blooming Ancient and Jaina kill Rook, I TD BA into a Firebird. That actually contests one of the Shimmer Rays…no, both, because Bloodburn doesn’t have enough runes to ping. I can also move both runes off of Ancient and onto Nautical Dog, giving it 4 attack, which is ALMOST enough to break a tech building in one hit. I don’t think I want to break Slow-Time Generator at this point when I’ve got something strong going. Nautical Dog sets up for a Lobber tech break next turn

@zhavier’s turn!

zhavier · October 14, 2019, 5:14pm

P2T11

StartingHand Workers

STARTING HAND
Stewardess of the Undone
Ardra’s Boulder
Undo
Yesterday’s Golgort
Mad Man

WORKERS
Careless Musketeer
Pillage
Scorch
Nautical Dog
Second Chances

NextHand

Bombaster
Seer
Rememberer
Yesterday’s Golgort

Discard

Shimmer Ray
Stewardess of the Undone
Undo
Ardra’s Boulder

Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($4)
Mad Man, dies on Geiger - ($3)
Bloodburn Pings Firebird
Shimmer Ray 1 trades with Firebird
Yesterday’s Golgort - ($0)
Discard a card to charge remaining Shimmer Ray
Shimmer Ray kills Dog
Note Jaina is at lvl 3 from Zane

Float ($0)
Discard 2, draw 4

Board Info:
In Patrol:

Squad Leader: Yesterday’s Golgort 6/4+A Fading 2
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician:
Lookout:

In Play:

Bloodburn, 3 rune
Slow-Time Generator 2
Shimmer Ray 3/4, Fading 2

Buildings:

Base HP: 18
Tech I HP: 1
Tech II HP: 5 (Past)

Economy Info:
Cards:

Hand: 4
Deck: 10
Disc: 4

Gold:

Gold: 0
Workers: 10

CarpeGuitarrem · October 14, 2019, 5:36pm

P1T12

StartingHand Workers

STARTING HAND
Blooming Ancient
Charge
Lobber
Lobber
Scorch

WORKERS
Pillage
Bloodburn
Careless Musketeer
Bombaster
Makeshift Rambaster (haste, can’t patrol) 1/2
Flame Arrow
Tricycloid
Charge

NextHand

Spirit of the Panda
Flame Arrow
Argonaut
Bloodrage Ogre

Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($4)
Summon Lobber, it pings your Tech 1 to break it - ($3)
Summon Lobber - ($2)
Level Jaina to 4, she heals - ($1)
Worker - ($0)
Jaina exhausts to ping your Tech II for 1 damage

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

Board Info:
In Patrol:

Squad Leader:
Elite:
Scavenger: L3 Max Geiger (sparkshot) 2/3
Technician: Lobber (haste) 2/2
Lookout:

In Play:

L4 Jaina Stormborne (sparkshot) 3/3
Lobber (haste) 2/2

Buildings:

Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 4
Tech II HP: 3 (Present)
Tech Lab HP: 4 (Growth)

Economy Info:
Cards:

Hand: 4
Deck: 9
Disc: 0

Gold:

Gold: 0
Workers: 12

Thoughts

Not Mad Man!!! I’m almost toast here, but I have one last hope: that Jaina lives and I can Flame Arrow the Shimmer Ray

@zhavier’s turn!

zhavier · October 14, 2019, 6:20pm

P2T12

StartingHand Workers

STARTING HAND
Yesterday’s Golgort
Seer
Bombaster
Rememberer

WORKERS
Careless Musketeer
Pillage
Scorch
Nautical Dog
Second Chances

NextHand

Makeshift Rambaster
Rememberer
Bloodrage Ogre
Second Chances
Seer

Discard

Shimmer Ray
Stewardess of the Undone
Undo
Ardra’s Boulder
Seer
Yesterday’s Golgort
Rememberer
Bombaster

Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($4)
rebuild tech 1
Rook - ($2)
Bloodburn pings tech 1 to 3
Golgort kills Tech Lobber
Shimmer Ray kills Jaina
Discard to recharge Shimmer Ray

Float ($2)
Discard 3, draw 5

Board Info:
In Patrol:

Squad Leader: Rook 2/4+A, lvl 3
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician:
Lookout:

In Play:

Bloodburn, 2 rune
Slow-Time Generator 2
Shimmer Ray 3/4, Fading 2
Yesterday’s Golgort 6/2, fading 1

Buildings:

Base HP: 16
Tech I HP: 5
Tech II HP: 4 (Past)

Economy Info:
Cards:

Hand: 5
Deck: 5
Disc: 8

Gold:

Gold: 2
Workers: 10

Thoughts

Bah, i knew tech 1 was toast either jaina or lobbers, but if I had that seer here I’d be really well off. Really wishing I had pIllage still, as I am fairly confident I could get some really great value from zane with how much hes leaning on heroes. and patrolling in scav

CarpeGuitarrem · October 15, 2019, 1:21pm

P1T13

StartingHand Workers

STARTING HAND
Flame Arrow
Spirit of the Panda
Bloodrage Ogre
Argonaut
Blooming Ancient 2/1

WORKERS
Pillage
Bloodburn
Careless Musketeer
Bombaster
Makeshift Rambaster (haste, can’t patrol) 1/2
Flame Arrow
Tricycloid
Charge

NextHand

Molting Firebird (flying) 4/3+a
Temporal Distortion
Blooming Ancient
Mad Man (haste) 1/1
Scorch

Discard

Lobber (haste) 2/2
Spirit of the Panda
Argonaut
Blooming Ancient 2/1
Flame Arrow

Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($4)
Summon Bloodrage Ogre - ($2)
Lobber pings Slow Time Generator
Max Geiger, he heals and flickers Lobber - ($0)
Lobber breaks Slow Time Generator

Float ($0)
Discard 4, draw 5

Board Info:
In Patrol:

Squad Leader:
Elite: Bloodrage Ogre 4/2
Scavenger:
Technician: L5 MAX Max Geiger (sparkshot) 3/4
Lookout:

In Play:

Lobber (haste) 2/2

Buildings:

Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 3
Tech II HP: 3 (Present)
Tech Lab HP: 4 (Growth)

Economy Info:
Cards:

Hand: 5
Deck: 3
Disc: 5

Gold:

Gold: 0
Workers: 12

Thoughts

Too little too late, but screw it. let’s just break the freaking thing because I’ve failed to do much of anything otherwise.

@zhavier’s turn!

zhavier · October 15, 2019, 2:10pm

P2T13

StartingHand Workers

STARTING HAND
Rememberer
Makeshift Rambaster
Second Chances
Bloodrage Ogre
Seer

WORKERS
Careless Musketeer
Pillage
Scorch
Nautical Dog
Second Chances

NextHand

Calypso Vystari
Charge
Stewardess of the Undone

Discard

Shimmer Ray
Stewardess of the Undone
Undo
Ardra’s Boulder
Seer
Yesterday’s Golgort
Bombaster
Slow-Time Generator
Bloodrage Ogre
Makeshift Rambaster

Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid + float, golgort dies to fading BB@3 - ($12)
Rememberer - ($7)
Seer, removes a rune from Remember, fetches yesterday’s Golgort - ($6)
Second Chances - ($4)
Shimmer Ray breaks Tech 2, base to 18, golgort gets a time rune
Discard to Recharge Shimmer Ray
Bloodburn Kills my seer, BB at 2, second chances brings it back, removes a rune from rememberer, fetches other rememberer
Rook to lvl 5 - ($2)
Zane kills Bro, levels fizzle, BB@3 - ($0)
Rook breaks tech 1, walking past geiger, base to 16, golgort gets another rune

Float ($0)
Discard 1, draw 3

Board Info:
In Patrol:

Squad Leader: Yesterday’s Golgort 6/4+A, fading 4
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician: Seer 2/1
Lookout:

In Play:

Bloodburn, 3 rune
Second Chances
Shimmer Ray 3/4, Fading 2
Rememberer 3/3, fading 1
Rememberer 3/3, fading 3
Rook 3/5, lvl 5

Buildings:

Base HP: 16
Tech I HP: 5
Tech II HP: 4 (Past)

Economy Info:
Cards:

Hand: 3
Deck: 2
Disc: 10

Gold:

Gold: 0
Workers: 10

Thoughts

HAHA, he finally did it! Man, the value trade on slow time was HUGE. He lost maybe 25gold and created 5 workers without seeing any return until now, plus my stuff is much cheaper. meanwhile I plink away at all his stuff and set up this truly amazing turn.

FrozenStorm · October 15, 2019, 2:58pm

This is by far the longest I’ve seen a Slow-Time Generator stick around, and one of the longest games I’ve seen in general. Very fun (albiet very slow) to spectate

CarpeGuitarrem · October 15, 2019, 3:57pm

Yeah I’ll call it there, gg! Figured I might as well try it, given that you’d wiped out my advantage and reset me.

I really had no idea how to handle STG!

CarpeGuitarrem · October 15, 2019, 3:57pm

@FrozenStorm

zhavier · October 15, 2019, 4:12pm

So i decided to do some analysis on the effect of slow time on this matchup. Even beyond the fact that 4g limit for present is TERRIBLE and just fine for past, i would say you also developed a worker advantage and then didnt break the STG to make use of it.

P2T4, i spent 5g on slow time with 8 workers
P1T5, had 8 workers, Cast Spirit of the Panda and made a worker
P2T5, had 8 workers
P1T6, had 9 workers, got 1g from panda, makes a worker, gives scav bonus
P2T6, had 8 workers, made a worker with scav
P1T7, had 10 workers, got 1g from panda, gave scav bonus
P2T7, had 9 workers, got scav bonus
P1T8, had 10 workers, no bonuses
P2T8, had 9 workers, no bonuses, created a worker
P1T9, had 10 workers, no bonuses
P2T9, had 10 workers, no bonuses
P1T10, had 10 workers, made a worker, gave scav bonus
P2T10, had 10 workers, got scav bonus
P1T11, had 11 workers, no bonuses
P2T11, had 10 workers, no bonuses
P1T12, had 11 workers, made a worker
P2T12, had 10 workers, no bonuses
P1T13, had 12 workers, breaks slow time

In total, P1 lost 4+5+6+6+6+6+7+7+8=55 gold, spent 4g on workers and gained 3g from panda, and no scav
P2 lost 5g to create it plus 4+4+5+5+6+6+6+6=42g, created 2 workers, and gained 3g from scav

This was a super interesting game to me.

CarpeGuitarrem · October 15, 2019, 10:11pm

Yeah, I think there was a point in my thoughts where I went “hmm, I really should have broken it by now”.