[XCAFRR19 Round4] Persephone [Discipline]/Strength/Finesse vs bomber678 [Necromancy]/Blood/Present

Persephone · October 17, 2019, 11:09pm

P1 @Persephone [Discipline]/Strength/Finesse vs
P2 @Bryce_The_Rice [Necromancy]/Blood/Present

Opening hand

Savior Monk
Safe Attacking
Fox Primus
Aged Sensei
Morningstar Flagbearer

Player 1, Turn 1

Workers make 4g. (4g)

Hire 5th worker for 1g. (3g, 4 cards)

Fox Primus

Summon Grave Stormborne for 2g. (1g)

Recruit Aged Sensei for 1g. (0g, 3 cards)

Aged Sensei patrols in Scavenger.

Discard 3, draw 5.

Patrols:
Squad Leader:
Elite:
Scavenger: Aged Sensei (1 , 1 , gives +1/+A)
Technician:
Lookout:

Grave Stormborne (2 , 3 , Sparkshot)

Base: 20

0g banked, 5 workers.

5 cards in hand

Fox Viper
Snapback
Smoker
Sensei’s Advice
Grappling Hook

0 cards in deck

3 cards in discard

Savior Monk
Safe Attacking
Morningstar Flagbearer

Thoughts

Aged Sensei + Grave is the book aggro opening, right?

Bryce_The_Rice · October 18, 2019, 3:27am

Turn 1

Hand: Pestering Haunt, Skeletal Archery, Skeleton Javelineer, Thieving Imp, Sacrifice the Weak
Workers: Skeletal Archery

Get paid (+$5, $5)
Hire a worker ($4)
Summon Thieving Imp, discard #2 ($1)
Summon Skeleton Javelineer ($0)
Discard 2, draw 4

Patrol:
Squad Leader: Thieving Imp (2/2+A)
Elite:
Scavenger: Skeleton Javelineer (1/1)
Technician:
Lookout:

Buildings:
Units/Heroes:
Base: 20
Other:

Economy:

Workers: 6
Gold: 0
Hand: 4
Deck: 1
Discard: 2

Hand

Poisonblade Rogue, Deteriorate, Jandra, the Negator, Graveyard

Discard

Pestering Haunt, Sacrifice the Weak

Think

This is going to be a tough matchup for me. I have to keep up my card draw to drop enough things to not fold to early pressure. Probably playing Jandra next turn and a graveyard when she dies.

Persephone · October 18, 2019, 6:33pm

P1 @Persephone [Discipline]/Strength/Finesse vs
P2 @Bryce_The_Rice [Necromancy]/Blood/Present

Discard card #2 (4 cards)

Snapback

Tech 2 cards. (6 discards)

Savior Monk
Safe Attacking
Morningstar Flagbearer
Snapback
Nimble Fencer
Nimble Fencer

Player 1, Turn 2

Workers make 5g. (5g)

Hire 6th worker for 1g. (4g, 3 cards)

Fox Viper

Pay 2g to level Grave to 3, midband. (2g)
Exhaust Aged Sensei to give Grave +1/+A, for 4/4A total.

Grave Stormborne readily attacks and kills Thieving Imp, taking 1 damage after armor.

Begin construction of Tech I for 1g. (1g)

Grave patrols in Squad Leader.

Discard 3, shuffle 9, draw 5.

Patrols:
Squad Leader: Grave Stormborne Lv. 3 (3 , 3 of 4 , 1 , Sparkshot, Readiness)
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician:
Lookout:

Aged Sensei (1 , 1 , gives +1/+A)

Base: 20
Tech I (5 )

1g banked, 6 workers.

5 cards in hand

Snapback
Nimble Fencer
Sensei’s Advice
Smoker
Savior Monk

4 cards in deck

Morningstar Flagbearer
Safe Attacking
Grappling Hook
Nimble Fencer

0 cards in discard

Thoughts

Fox Viper seems like a liability vs. Deteriorate, and I have plenty of Virtuosos to tech at the 2g mark.

Bryce_The_Rice · October 19, 2019, 9:39am

Turn 2

Hand: Poisonblade Rogue, Deteriorate, Jandra, the Negator, Graveyard
Tech: Lich’s Bargain, Argonaut
Workers: Skeletal Archery, Poisonblade Rogue

Tech 2 cards
Get paid (+$6, $6)
Hire a worker ($5)
Build Tech 1 ($3)
Summon Jandra, the Negator ($0)
Discard 2, draw 1, reshuffle, draw 3

Patrol:
Squad Leader: Skeleton Javelineer (1/1+A)
Elite: Jandra, the Negator (4/3)
Scavenger:
Technician:
Lookout:

Buildings:
Tech 1: 5
Units/Heroes:
Base: 20
Other:

Economy:

Workers: 7
Gold: 0
Hand: 4
Deck: 4
Discard: 0

Hand

Summon Skeletons, Deteriorate, Pestering Haunt, Thieving Imp

Discard

Thinking

I should’ve played Haunt instead of Javelineer last turn. Fencers are going to ruin my day. With this redraw, this game could be in serious trouble.

Persephone · October 20, 2019, 2:51pm

P1 @Persephone [Discipline]/Strength/Finesse vs
P2 @Bryce_The_Rice [Necromancy]/Blood/Present

Tech 2 cards. (2 discards)

Star-Crossed Starlet
Two-Step

Player 1, Turn 3

1g from last turn. (1g)
Workers make 6g. (7g)

Hire 7th worker for 1g. (6g, 4 cards)

Smoker

Grave readily attacks and kills Skeleton Javelineer, taking 1 damage.

Train a Nimble Fencer for 2g. (4g, 3 cards)
Grave dispenses Sensei’s Advice to Nimble Fencer and Aged Sensei. (3g, 2 cards)
Exhaust Aged Sensei to give a Nimble Fencer an additional +1/+A.
4/3AA Nimble Fencer attacks and kills Jandra, taking 2 damage after armor.

Train a Savior Monk for 2g. (1g, 1 card)

Grave patrols in Squad Leader.

Discard 1, draw 3.

Patrols:
Squad Leader: Grave Stormborne Lv. 3 (3 , 2 of 4 , Sparkshot, Readiness)
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician: Savior Monk (2 , 2 , Healing 1)
Lookout:

Nimble Fencer (2 , 1 of 3 , virtuoso haste)
Aged Sensei (1 , 1 , gives +1/+A)

Base: 20
Tech I (5 )

1g banked, 7 workers.

3 cards in hand

Safe Attacking
Nimble Fencer
Grappling Hook

1 cards in deck

Morningstar Flagbearer

4 cards in discard

Snapback
Sensei’s Advice
Star-Crossed Starlet
Two-Step

Thoughts

Maybe if burn my entire hand, I can recoup enough value from healing & reusable armor that it works out anyway.

Bryce_The_Rice · October 21, 2019, 8:15am

Turn 3

Hand: Summon Skeletons, Deteriorate, Pestering Haunt, Thieving Imp
Tech: Hyperion, Tricycloid
Workers: Skeletal Archery, Poisonblade Rogue, Summon Skeletons

Tech 2 cards
Get paid (+$7, $7)
Hire a worker ($6)
Summon Max Geiger ($4)
Build Tech 2 Present ($0)
Summon Pestering Haunt ($0)
Discard 2, draw 4

Patrol:
Squad Leader: Max Geiger (2/3+A)
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician:
Lookout:

Buildings:
Tech 1: 5
Tech 2: 5
Units/Heroes:
Pestering Haunt (1/1)
Base: 20
Other:

Economy:

Workers: 8
Gold: 0
Hand: 4
Deck: 0
Discard: 6

Hand

Argonaut, Sacrifice the Weak, Lich’s Bargain, Graveyard

Discard

Hyperion, Tricycloid, Thieving Imp, Deteriorate, Jandra, the Negator, Skeleton Javelineer

Thonk

A painful whiff for me means I have to make a tough decision: try to defend or tech up. I decided to tech up, since with a smart Lich’s Bargain last turn, I can put up a reasonable defence even if both my tech buildings go down here (which I don’t think is likely anyway).

Persephone · October 22, 2019, 5:46pm

P1 @Persephone [Discipline]/Strength/Finesse vs
P2 @Bryce_The_Rice [Necromancy]/Blood/Present

Tech 2 cards. (6 discards)

Snapback
Sensei’s Advice
Star-Crossed Starlet
Two-Step
Star-Crossed Starlet
Two-Step

Player 1, Turn 4

1g from last turn. (1g)
Workers make 7g. (8g)
Savior Monk heals Grave to 3 and Nimble Fencer to 2 .

Hire 8th worker for 1g. (7g, 2 cards)

Grappling Hook

Exhaust Aged Sensei to give Grave +1/+A.
4/3A Grave Stormborne Grave readily attacks and kills Max Geiger, dealing 3A damage and taking 1A damage.
Grave gains two free levels, to 5.

Train a Nimble Fencer for 2g. (5g, 1 cards)
Begin construction of a Surplus for 5g. (0g)

Savior Monk and both Nimble Fencers attack and destroy your Tech II, dealing 3x 2 damage. Your base takes 2 damage, to 18 .

Grave patrols in Squad Leader.

Discard 1, draw 1, shuffle 7, draw 2.

Patrols:
Squad Leader: Grave Stormborne Lv. 5 (3 , 2 of 4 , Sparkshot, Readiness)
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician:
Lookout:

Savior Monk (2 , 2 , Healing 1)
Nimble Fencer ‘Alice’ (2 , 2 of 3 , virtuoso haste)
Nimble Fencer ‘Beth’ (2 , 3 , virtuoso haste)
Aged Sensei (1 , 1 , gives +1/+A)

Base: 20
Tech I (5 )
Surplus (4 )

0g banked, 8 workers.

3 cards in hand

Morningstar Flagbearer
Star-Crossed Starlet
Safe Attacking

5 cards in deck

Two-Step <-- Surplus draw
Star-Crossed Starlet
Sensei’s Advice
Two-Step
Snapback

0 cards in discard

Thoughts

Even a single Immortal messes me up pretty bad; will need to tech Reversal (Entangling Roots?) if Tech II is going to stay up. Unfortunately, Geiger beats both of those.

Bryce_The_Rice · October 23, 2019, 10:42am

Turn 4

Hand: Argonaut, Sacrifice the Weak, Lich’s Bargain, Graveyard
Tech: Argonaut, Immortal
Workers: Skeletal Archery, Poisonblade Rogue, Summon Skeletons, Sacrifice the Weak

Tech 2 cards
Get paid (+$8, $8)
Rebuild Tech 2 ($8)
Hire a worker ($7)
Summon Garth Torken ($5)
Cast Lich’s Bargain ($3)
Summon Argonaut ($0)
Pestering Haunt kills Aged Sensei
Discard 1, reshuffle, draw 3

Patrol:
Squad Leader: Zombie (2/2+A)
Elite: Skeleton (2/1)
Scavenger: Argonaut (3/4)
Technician: Garth Torken (1/3)
Lookout: Horror (3/3)

Buildings:
Tech 1: 5
Tech 2: 5
Units/Heroes:
Base: 14
Other:

Economy:

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

Hand

Graveyard, Jandra, the Negator, Deteriorate

Discard

Thenk

So all we can do is put a bunch of things in the way of my Tech 2. And we draw a really bad next hand, so uhhhhh we’re probably stuffed here.

Persephone · October 23, 2019, 9:56pm

P1 @Persephone [Discipline]/Strength/Finesse vs
P2 @Bryce_The_Rice [Necromancy]/Blood/Present

Tech 2 cards + Aged Sensei. (3 discards)

Aged Sensei
Colossus
Colossus

Player 1, Turn 5

Workers make 8g. (8g)
Savior Monk heals Grave and injured Nimble Fencer to 3 .

Draw card from Surplus (4 cards, 4 in deck)

Two-Step

Hire 9th worker for 1g. (7g, 3 cards)

Morningstar Flagbearer

Upgrade attacking to Safe Attacking for 1g. (6g, 2 cards)
Cast a Star-Crossed Starlet for 2g. (4g, 1 card)
Begin construction of Tech II – Strength for 4g. (0g)

Grave Stormborne attacks and destroys the Zombie, dealing 2A and taking 2 damage. Sparkshot deals 1 damage to and destroys the Skeleton.

Savior Monk and Nimble Fencer ‘Alice’ attack and kill Garth Torken, taking no damage due to Safe Attacking armor and dealing 2 each. You draw a card.
Grave gains two levels, to 7, maxband, and heals.

Star-Crossed Starlet hastily attacks and kills the Horror, dealing 3 damage and dying to deathtouch. (4 discards)

Exhaust Grave to kill Argonaut with his sword. You get 1g.

Remaining Nimble Fencer patrols in Technician.

Discard 1, draw 3.

Patrols:
Squad Leader:
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician: Nimble Fencer ‘Beth’ (2 , 3 , virtuoso haste)
Lookout:

Grave Stormborne Lv. MAX (4 , 5 , Sparkshot, Readiness)
Savior Monk (2 , 2 , Healing 1)
Nimble Fencer ‘Alice’ (2 , 3 , virtuoso haste)

Safe Attacking (+1 on attack for T0/T1)

Base: 20
Tech I (5 )
Tech II – Strength
Surplus (4 )

0g banked, 9 workers.

3 cards in hand

Sensei’s Advice
Snapback
Two-Step

1 cards in deck

Star-Crossed Starlet

5 cards in discard

Aged Sensei (1 , 1 , gives +1/+A)
Colossus
Colossus
Star-Crossed Starlet (3 , 2 , +1 attack per damage)
Two-Step

Thoughts

Hyperion time, maybe? Hitting base with the Fencer lowers it to 2x Colossus hits but I don’t think I’m going to lose by 2hp on base vs. dropping Surplus after only 1 turn.

Bryce_The_Rice · October 23, 2019, 11:16pm

Turn 5

Hand: Graveyard, Jandra, the Negator, Deteriorate, Immortal
Tech: Temporal Distortion, Doom Grasp
Workers: Skeletal Archery, Poisonblade Rogue, Summon Skeletons, Sacrifice the Weak, Jandra, the Negator

Tech 2 cards
Get paid (+$8, $9)
Hire a worker ($8)
Summon Immortal ($2)
Build Graveyard ($0)
Discard 1, draw 3

Patrol:
Squad Leader: Immortal (5/5+A)
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician:
Lookout:

Buildings:
Tech 1: 5
Tech 2: 5
Graveyard: 3
Units/Heroes:
Base: 14
Other:

Economy:

Workers: 9
Gold: 0
Hand: 3
Deck: 4
Discard: 4

Hand

Hyperion, Pestering Haunt, Thieving Imp

Discard

Temporal Distortion, Doom Grasp, Deteriorate, Argonaut

Thunk

I am solidly losing. I have made many bad decisions this game.

Persephone · October 24, 2019, 4:39pm

P1 @Persephone [Discipline]/Strength/Finesse vs
P2 @Bryce_The_Rice [Necromancy]/Blood/Present

Tech 2 cards + Aged Sensei. (7 discards)

Aged Sensei (1 , 1 , gives +1/+A)
Colossus
Colossus
Star-Crossed Starlet (3 , 2 , +1 attack per damage)
Two-Step
Reversal
Reversal

Player 1, Turn 6

Workers make 9g. (9g)

Draw card from Surplus (4 cards, 0 in deck)

Star-Crossed Starlet

Hire 10th worker for 1g. (8g, 3 cards)

Sensei’s Advice

Summon River Montoya for 2g. (6g)
Cast a Star-Crossed Starlet for 2g. (4g, 2 cards)
River calls a Two-Step for 2g, affecting Star-Crossed Starlet and one Nimble Fencer. (2g, 1 card)

Both Nimble Fencers (2/3A and 4/5A) attack Immortal, dealing 5A damage and sidelining it. The fencers each take 4A damage; the one that isn’t dancing dies. (8 discards)

5/4A Star-Crossed Starlet hastily attacks and destroys your Tech II. Your base takes 2 damage, to 12 .

Grave Stormborne and Savior Monk attack and destroy your Tech I, dealing 4 and 2 damage. Your base takes 2 damage, to 10 .

Grave patrols in Squad Leader, River in Technician.

Discard 1, shuffle 9, draw 3.

Patrols:
Grave Stormborne Lv. MAX (4 , 5 , 1 . Sparkshot, Readiness)
Squad Leader:
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician: River Montoya (2 , 3 )
Lookout:

Savior Monk (2 , 2 , Healing 1)
Nimble Fencer (4 , 1 of 5 , virtuoso haste, dancing)
Star-Crossed Starlet (5 , 4 , +1 attack per damage, dancing)

Safe Attacking (+1 on attack for T0/T1)
Two-Step (channeled, +2/+2 to Fencer and Starlet)

Base: 20
Tech I (5 )
Tech II – :fuji: Strength
Surplus (4 )

2g banked, 10 workers.

3 cards in hand

Colossus
Colossus
Nimble Fencer (2 , 3 , virtuoso haste)

6 cards in deck

Reversal
Two-Step
Snapback
Reversal
Star-Crossed Starlet (3 , 2 , +1 attack per damage)
Aged Sensei (1 , 1 , gives +1/+A)

0 cards in discard

Thoughts

Colossus can out-muscle Immortal, if I draw one. Big think if I want to also break Tech I or hit base down to 6. River can always sideline a T0/T1, so a single T1 blocker isn’t that big of a deal… Starlet will have a nice 6 attack, it’s in range for a Colossus hit. But it also means Garth can resurrect an Argonaut, and if I don’t win next turn I’ll have to face more Present IIs. Feeling moderately more confident in a two-turn win than a one-turn one.

Oh, next hand is two Colossi on a 12-gold turn. There’s something.

edit: forgot to update deck/discard sizes

Bryce_The_Rice · October 24, 2019, 5:17pm

Turn 6

Hand: Hyperion, Pestering Haunt, Thieving Imp
Tech: Bloodlust, Nether Drain
Workers: Skeletal Archery, Poisonblade Rogue, Summon Skeletons, Sacrifice the Weak, Jandra, the Negator, Pestering Haunt

Tech 2 cards
Get paid (+$9, $9)
Rebuild Tech 1 ($9)
Hire a worker ($8)
Summon Drakk Ramhorn ($6)
Midband Drakk ($3)
Immortal kills Grave, Drakk maxbands
Summon Thieving Imp, discard #2 ($0)
Imp kills River, Two Step is discarded, Fencer dies, you draw
Discard 1, draw 3

Patrol:
Squad Leader: Drakk Ramhorn (3/4+A)
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician:
Lookout:

Buildings:
Tech 1: 5
Graveyard: 3 (Thieving Imp)
Units/Heroes:
Immortal (5/1)
Base: 10
Other:

Economy:

Workers: 10
Gold: 0
Hand: 3
Deck: 1
Discard: 7

Hand

Tricycloid, Argonaut, Lich’s Bargain

Discard

Temporal Distortion, Hyperion, Bloodlust, Deteriorate, Doom Grasp, Argonaut, Nether Drain

Thinkerino

Weeelllll it’s not over, but it’s almost over.

Persephone · October 24, 2019, 7:28pm

P1 @Persephone [Discipline]/Strength/Finesse vs
P2 @Bryce_The_Rice [Necromancy]/Blood/Present

Discard #2; draw for River dying in Technician. (3 cards, 5 in deck)

(discard)

Colossus

(draw)

Star-Crossed Starlet (3 , 2 , +1 attack per damage)

Player 1, Turn 7

2g from last turn. (2g)
Workers make 10g. (12g)

Draw card from Surplus (4 cards, 4 in deck)

Aged Sensei (1 , 1 , gives +1/+A)

Star-Crossed Starlet deals 1 damage to herself, after Healing triggers.

Animate a Colossus for 6g. (6g, 3 cards)
Train a Nimble Fencer for 2g. (4g, 2 cards)
Cast a Star-Crossed Starlet for 2g. (2g, 1 card)
Summon Garus Rook for 2g. (0g)

Nimble Fencer and the new Star-Crossed Starlet attack and kill Drakk Ramhorn, dealing 1A + 3 damage and taking 2A each. Starlet dies. (4 discards)
Rook gains two levels, to 3. My base takes 1 damage, to 19 .

4/1 Star-Crossed Starlet attacks your base for 4, taking it down to 6 .

Discard 1, draw 3.

Patrols:
Squad Leader: Garus Rook (2 , 4 , 1 )
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician: Savior Monk (2 , 2 , Healing 1)
Lookout:

Star-Crossed Starlet (4 , 1 of 2 , +1 attack per damage)
Nimble Fencer (2 , 1 of 3 , virtuoso haste)
Colossus (6 , 7 , unstoppable when attacking a base)

Safe Attacking (+1 on attack for T0/T1)

Base: 19
Tech I (5 )
Tech II – Strength
Surplus (4 )

0g banked, 10 workers.

3 cards in hand

Two-Step
Reversal
Snapback

1 card in deck

Reversal

5 cards in discard

Colossus
Two-Step
Nimble Fencer (2 , 3 , virtuoso haste)
Star-Crossed Starlet (3 , 2 , +1 attack per damage)
Aged Sensei (1 , 1 , gives +1/+A)

Thoughts

I’m thinking they didn’t tech Death Grasp, as it would be hideously inefficient vs. Virtuosos. With Drakk down, I think it will take 3 Geiger spells to kill Colossus? And then I just hit the base with units.

Bryce_The_Rice · October 27, 2019, 8:30am

Sorry it took so long to respond here.
When I saw your post I thought “This is probably over” but I haven’t had the chance to sit down and confirm it until now.
I realised I had a very slim shot, which was to draw doom grasp from skeletons and crush colossus (and probably lose to something else anyway) but I didn’t draw the doom grasp, so it’s properly over.
Gg.
@FrozenStorm

Persephone · October 27, 2019, 10:08am

Good game! I was kind of hoping the sudden transition from 2-drops to Colossi would maybe catch you off guard & w/o teching a Doom Grasp, but you were prepared.

Bryce_The_Rice · October 27, 2019, 10:09am

I had teched a single one earlier just in case rook turned out to be an issue.