GLHF @charnel_mouse
Fox Viper
Fox Primus
Sensei’s Advice
Safe attacking
Savior monk
Fox Viper
Get paid ($4)
Worker ($3)
Hire Arg ($1)
Research Safe Attacking ($0)
Squad leader: Wisp (0/1)
Lookout: Arg (1/3)
In play: Safe attacking
Base: 20
5 workers
Hand: 5
Deck: 0
Discard: 3
Smoker
Snapback
Morningstar Flagbearer
Grappling hook
Aged Sensei
GLHF Nope!
P2T1
Young Treant
Playful Panda
Verdant Tree
Rich Earth
Rampant Growth
Argagarg’s the only attack on Nope’s board at the moment, so I see no reason not to bully him with Calamandra.
Calamandra goes in Technician, so he can’t just Grappling Hook the Wisp there and make me reshuffle before teching anything.
No upgrade removal in either deck, so I’m assuming by default that we’ll be in a MoLaC race. Strength’s pretty good for accelerating that with Birds, but Disease has good anti-air, and I can delay it coming out with Carrion Curse.
Get paid - ($5)
Worker - ($4)
Calamandra Moss - ($2)
Playful Panda, Wisp arrives - ($0)
Discard 3, draw 5
Squad Leader: Wisp 0/1+1A
Technician: Calamandra L1 2/3
Playful Panda 2/2
Base HP: 20
Merfolk Prospector
Tiger Cub
Ironbark Treant
Spore Shambler
Forest’s Favor
Young Treant
Verdant Tree
Rampant Growth
Expected: 10
1 on board
5 in hand
0 in deck
3 in discard
1 workered
5 x start
Rich Earth
P1t2
Smoker
Snapback
Morningstar Flagbearer
Grappling hook
Aged Sensei
Morningstar Flagbearer
Spirit of the Panda and Dinosize
Get paid ($5)
Worker ($4)
Hire Smoker ($3)
Hire Aged Sensei ($2)
Midband Arg ($0)
Squad leader: wisp (0/1)
Scavenger: Smoker (1/1)
Technician: Aged Sensei (1/1)
In play: Arg (1/4) Safe attacking
Base: 20
6 workers
Hand: 4
Deck: 3
Discard: 0
Savior monk
Snapback
Fox Primus
Grappling hook
Sacrifice deck cycling and tech for board presence.
P2T2
Merfolk Prospector
Tiger Cub
Ironbark Treant
Spore Shambler
Forest’s Favor
Um. I can kill Argagarg here if I go really down on cards. It’s possible that it’s bait, and Nope’s teched in Doom Grasp or something, but even if he does that I don’t think he ends up in a good position.
What happens if I just tech up instead? Can he do anything if I just kill the Wisp and the Smoker, and block with my Wisp? He’s down on cards, he can’t both Hook the Wisp and cast Dinosize, unless he’s skipping Tech I again, right? And SotP doesn’t get him a Calamandra kill either. He could bring in the Water Elemental, but I’m not sure I care, I can bring in a big Disease/Feral I unit or play Ferocity. I can’t think what else he’d have in mind here, apart from just massing units for a Stampede on Turn 3. Going with Crypt Crawler for the sparkshot.
T2: Crypt Crawler, Ferocity
Get paid - ($6)
Worker - ($5)
Tech I - ($3)
Merfolk Prospector - ($2)
Playful Panda kills Wisp
Calamandra kills Smoker, you get a gold, takes 1 damage
Midband Calamandra - ($0)
Squad Leader: Wisp 0/1+1A (Calamandra aura)
Scavenger: Merfolk Prospector 1/1 (Calamandra aura)
Calamandra L3 3/4 (units have resist 1)
Playful Panda 2/2 (Calamandra aura)
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Rampant Growth
Crypt Crawler
Ferocity
Spore Shambler
Forest’s Favor
Young Treant
Verdant Tree
Tiger Cub
Expected: 10 + 2 teched = 12
2 on board
5 in hand
3 in deck
0 in discard
2 workered
Total: 12
5 x start
T1: Rich Earth
T2: Ironbark Treant
P1t3
Snapback
Grappling hook
Fox Primus
Savior monk
Spirit of the Panda
Fox Primus
Huntress and Centaur
Get paid + scavenger ($7)
Worker ($6)
Build Tech 1 ($4)
Maxband Arg ($2)
Float 2 gold
Squad leader: Elemental (3/3)
Technician: Aged Sensei (1/1)
In play: Arg (1/5) Aged Sensei (1/1) Safe Attacking
Base: 20
Tech 1: 5
7 workers
Hand: 5
Deck: 4
Discard: 0
Smoker
Spirit of the Panda
Savior monk
Dinosize
Sensei’ Advice
I sure hope he decides that sneaky Cal isn’t worth going down on cards. I’m going buff somebody really big next turn. Possibly 2 things.
I’m assuming the Sensei is in Technician.
P2T3
Rampant Growth
Crypt Crawler
Ferocity
Spore Shambler
Forest’s Favor
I could just tech up and leave Argagarg on his own, which is pretty safe. I think it’s worth going down on cards to wipe the board instead, though. I should be fine to tech up next turn, and go for Feral Strike.
T2: Crypt Crawler, Ferocity
T3: Might of Leaf and Claw, Murkwood Allies
Get paid - ($7)
Worker - ($6)
Rampant Growth on Merfolk Prospector - ($4)
Forest’s Favor, Wisp gets a + rune - ($2)
Ferocity, my units have armour piercing and swift strike until my next upkeep - ($0)
Merfolk Prospector swiftly kills Water Elemental
Wisp swiftly kills Aged Sensei, you draw
Calamandra hits Argagarg for 3, takes 1 damage
Playful Panda swiftly kills Argagarg, Calamandra hits level 5 (maxband)
Discard 1, draw 3
Calamandra L5 4/5 (units have resist 1)
Playful Panda 2/2 (armour piercing, swift strike, Calamandra aura)
Merfolk Prospector 1/1 (armour piercing, swift strike, Calamandra aura)
Wisp 1/2 (+, armour piercing, swift strike, Calamandra aura)
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Young Treant
Verdant Tree
Tiger Cub
Might of Leaf and Claw
Murkwood Allies
Rampant Growth
Forest’s Favor
Ferocity
Crypt Crawler
Expected: 10 + 4 teched = 14
2 on board
3 in hand
0 in deck
6 in discard
3 workered
Total: 14
5 x start
T1: Rich Earth
T2: Ironbark Treant
T3: Spore Shambler
GGWP. I don’t see getting out from under this pressure
GG! It was a pretty rough early game for you. There’s not much Argagarg can do if the units keep getting killed, and Cal can apply that pressure while threatening a hero snipe. @FrozenStorm
How do I stop Rook from hero sniping like that?
Cal, you mean? You had the right idea levelling up. Maybe you’d have been better off skipping Safe Attacking and Smoker, so you could maxband on Turn 2 and make me deal with the Elemental. It’s still not certain, with Rampant Growth in the deck, but I’d have to spend 4 gold to do it and play 3 cards, so I wouldn’t be able to do much else that turn.
The easiest way to avoid it, of course, is to not play a hero early on. Alternatively, Rook is safer to bring out because he has so much health.
Okay. Thanks. I don’t think I like this format. So many weird multicolor builds that I don’t want to play…
the best way to stop cala is to build an early tower.
That’s a lot of gold to not be adding to your board that early, though.
Opening with your own Cal is also an option, since you’re Player 1. It would give you the offence your starting hand didn’t offer this time.
You last post suggests not, but we’ve got time for a rematch if you’d like.
No thanks.