GLHF @FrozenStorm!
P1T1
Starting hand: 5
Mad Man
Bloodrage Ogre
Careless Musketeer
Makeshift Rambaster
Pillage
Thoughts
Not quite the optimal opener, but not bad. Ogre patrols to protect Mad Man against a Manufactured Truth trade, even if that’s really inefficient.
Get paid - (4)
Worker - (3)
Bloodrage Ogre - (1)
Mad Man - (0)
Mad Man hits your base to 19
Discard 2, draw 4
Bloodrage Ogre 3/2 (resist 0+1; doesn’t attack: returns to hand)
Mad Man 1/1 (haste)
Base HP: 20
Starting hand: 4
Bombaster
Bloodburn
Charge
Scorch
Deck: 1
Discard: 2
Makeshift Rambaster
Pillage
Card-count check (opponent-viewable)
Gold: 0
Workers: 5
4 x start
T1: Careless Musketeer
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P1T2
Starting hand: 4
Bombaster
Bloodburn
Charge
Scorch
Thoughts
Main question here is whether to bring out Bloodburn or Bombaster. The former slows down my aggression, but it’s an easy way to deal with Spectral Aven. Alternatively, I just tech in Bloodlust or Taxmen. I’d rather not rely on Bloodlust so much, when I might be facing Free Speech later on. I’ll go with Bloodburn, and plan on getting offence going again with Lobbers. Hopefully I can get some card size back later with Zane.
Teched Cards: 2
Get paid - (5)
Worker - (4)
Tech I - (3)
Bloodrage Ogre kills Reputable Newsman, you draw
Bloodburn - (0)
Mad Man hits your base to 18
Discard 2, draw 1, reshuffle 6, draw 3
Bloodrage Ogre 3/2 (doesn’;t attack: returns to hand)
Mad Man 1/1 (haste)
Bloodburn (exhaust + 2 runes: deal 1 damage to target unit/building; limit 4 runes)
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Starting hand: 4
Nautical Dog
Makeshift Rambaster
Pillage
Lobber
Deck: 3
Bloodrage Ogre
Surprise Attack
Lobber
Discard: 0
Card-count check (opponent-viewable)
Expected: 10 + 2 teched = 12
3 on board
4 in hand
3 in deck
0 in discard
2 in workers
Gold: 0
Workers: 6
4 x start
T1: Careless Musketeer
T2: Scorch
You’ll have to wait to play Bloodburn until after Newsman is dead, since he’s blocking $3.
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Arf
P1T3
Starting hand: 4
Nautical Dog
Makeshift Rambaster
Pillage
Lobber
Thoughts
Lobber and Mad Man can kill Onimaru, and leave nothing good on-board to copy with Manufactured Truth, if I kill the Traffic Director with Zane.
So far, so good, but with only Zane on the board I don’t have especially strong forward momentum, so Peace would still be nasty to deal with. Maybe Surprise Attack can help me keep FrozenStorm under pressure while he tries to set up. In the meantime, Firebirds are the obvious response.
Teched Cards: 2
T2: 2 x Lobber
T3: Molting Firebird, Surprise Attack
Get paid - (6)
Worker - (5)
Lobber - (4)
Captain Zeno Zane, dapper Dimber Damber - (2)
Zane kills Traffic Director, takes 1 damage
Mad Man and Lobber trade with Onimaru, you draw, Zane hits level 3, Bloodburn to 3 runes
Midband Zane - (1)
Bloodburn pops Spectral Aven, goes to 2 runes
Discard 2, draw 3, reshuffle 7, draw 1
Zane L4 3/3 (haste; kills patroller: shares resource bonus)
Bloodburn (2 runes; exhaust + 2 runes: deal 1 damage to target unit/building; limit 4 runes)
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Starting hand: 4
Lobber
Bombaster
Charge
Molting Firebird
Deck: 6
Bloodrage Ogre
Surprise Attack
Lobber
Mad Man
Nautical Dog
Makeshift Rambaster
Discard: 0
Card-count check (opponent-viewable)
Expected: 10 + 4 teched = 14
1 on board
4 in hand
6 in deck
0 in discard
3 in workers
Gold: 1
Workers: 7
4 x start
T1: Careless Musketeer
T2: Scorch
T3: Pillage
Awooo
P1T4
Starting hand: 4
Lobber
Bombaster
Charge
Molting Firebird
Thoughts
Peace isn’t surprising here. Drawing Firebird is unfortunate, but it means I don’t need to fit in paying for a Tech II just yet.
Lobber + Charged Bombaster + maxband Zane is 7 gold, and clears the patrol with a patroller bonus on top. I probably want the card draw here rather than the gold, try to get something better to worker. Then Zane and Bloodburn destroy a Tech building, or Bloodburn kills Building Inspector and Zane leaves a building nearly destroyed. The latter invites instantly losing tempo to Garrison + Cadet, the former might see Manufactured Truth + Aven to… kill Bombaster, which the Inspector can do anyway with a trade. Eh, that’s fine.
Teched Cards: 2
T2: 2 x Lobber
T3: Molting Firebird, Surprise Attack
T4: Hotter Fire, Molting Firebird
Get paid + float - (8)
Bombaster - (6)
Charge, Bombaster is 3/2 with haste - (4)
Bombaster hits Scribe for 2+1A, takes 1 damage
Maxband Zane, shoves Scribe to Technician and kills him, you draw, Bloodburn to 3 runes… - (2)
... I draw
Thoughts
Hmm, I was hoping to hold on to this for knocking down buildings, but I’ll take it as a better worker option.
Lobber - (1)
Worker - (0)
Bloodburn hits your Tech I to 4 HP, down to 1 rune
Lobber trades with Overeager Cadet, Bloodburn to 3 runes
Zane destroys your Tech I, your base to 16
Discard 1, draw 3
Zane L6 4/4 (haste; kills patroller: shares resource bonus)
Bombaster 2/1 (1g, sacrifice: deal 2 to a patrolling unit)
Bloodburn (3 runes; exhaust + 2 runes: deal 1 damage to target unit/building; limit 4 runes)
Base HP: 19
Tech I HP: 5
Starting hand: 3
Bloodrage Ogre
Surprise Attack
Mad Man
Deck: 2
Discard: 5
Hotter Fire
Molting Firebird
Charge
Lobber
Molting Firebird
Card-count check (opponent-viewable)
Expected: 10 + 6 teched = 16
2 on board
3 in hand
2 in deck
5 in discard
4 in workers
Gold: 0
Workers: 8
4 x start
T1: Careless Musketeer
T2: Scorch
T3: Pillage
T4: Makeshift Rambaster
@charnel_mouse Action to you 
Grrrr
P1T5
Starting hand: 3
Bloodrage Ogre
Surprise Attack
Mad Man
Thoughts
I can deal a little building damage here, if I really want to, but I’ll be going even further down on hand size to do so. If I only play Surprise Attack and don’t worker, I can kill the ground patrollers and build Tech II, but Aven will be around to be a menace.
Teched Cards: 2
T2: 2 x Lobber
T3: Molting Firebird, Surprise Attack
T4: Hotter Fire, Molting Firebird
T5: Bamstomper Lizzo, Maximum Anarchy
Get paid - (8)
Surprise Attack - (3)
Bloodburn pops Spectral Aven, goes to 2 runes - (2)
Mad Man - (1)
Mad Man sacrifices itself into Bigby for 1A damage, Bloodburn to 3 runes
Sharks trade with Bigby and Quince, levels fizzle, Bloodburn to 4 runes
Zane kills Traffic Director, we get gold, takes 1 damage - (2)
Worker - (1)
Discard 0, draw 2
Zane L6 4/3 (haste; kills patroller: shares resource bonus; 1 damage)
Bloodburn (4 runes; exhaust + 2 runes: deal 1 damage to target unit/building; limit 4 runes)
Base HP: 19
Tech I HP: 5
Starting hand: 2
Deck: 0
Discard: 10
Lobber
Bombaster
Hotter Fire
Molting Firebird
Charge
Molting Firebird
Bamstomper Lizzo
Maximum Anarchy
Surprise Attack
Mad Man
Card-count check (opponent-viewable)
Expected: 10 + 8 teched = 18
1 on board
2 in hand
0 in deck
10 in discard
5 in workers
Gold: 1
Workers: 9
4 x start
T1: Careless Musketeer
T2: Scorch
T3: Pillage
T4: Makeshift Rambaster
T5: Bloodrage Ogre
Bloodburn can target units or buildings. Bigby is strong like his courthouse but is not, in fact, a building. And I’m sure in his sportsball days they might have referred to him as “a BEAST UNIT” but that was not literal in the context of card time 
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Fixed! Aven gets popped, I make a worker, no Tech II.
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TY sir, hope your cold’s on the mend
Oh and, ruff
[XCAFRR21] Pod3 Player 2 Turn 5
P2 Blue vs P1 Red
Starting Hand
Flagstone Garrison
Reputable Newsman
Scribe
Spectral Flagbearer
Overeager Cadet
Man Truth (oc1)
Garrison + BI (scribe)
OC (flagb)
Arrest (OC2)
Flagb (rs BI)
Macciatus (flagb2)
Events of Turn:
Upkeep:
- Get Gold (9+1scav)
- Tech 2 cards in (except turn 1)
All Teched Cards
Spectral Flagbearer, Macciatus, the Whisperer
Spectral Flagbearer, Flagstone Garrison
Overeager Cadet, Flagstone Garrison
Scribe, Overeager Cadet
Main:
- Flagstone Garrison (7)
- Overeager Cadet, draw 1
- Scribe, draw 2 (5)
- Spectral Flagbearer, draw 1 (4)
- Overeager Cadet, draw 1
- Building Inspector, rs draw 1 (3)
- Spectral Flagbearer, draw 1 (2)
- Tech Lab Truth (1)
- Worker (0)
Workers
Arrest, Lawful Search, Jail, Porkhand Magistrate, Bluecoat Musketeer
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Patrol as below
- Discard 4 Draw 2 rs Draw 3
Board Info:
Buildings:
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Base HP: 16
- Tech1 HP: 5
- Tech2 HP: 5
- Tech Lab HP: 4 TRUTH
In Patrol:
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Squad Leader: Scribe (1/3A)
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Elite: Overeager Cadet (2+1/2)
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Scavenger: Spectral Flagbearer (2/2)
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Technician: Spectral Flagbearer (2/2)
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Lookout: Overeager Cadet (2/2)
In Play:
- Mirror Illusion (0/1)
- Flagstone Garrison (4hp)
- Building Inspector (1/1)
Economy Info:
Cards:
Gold:
End of Turn Hand
Spectral Aven
Traffic Director
Reputable Newsman
Macciatus, the Whisperer
Manufactured Truth
End of Turn Discard
My Thoughts
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Getting better, thanks, slowly though. The complete opposite of this match right now.
Whimper
P1T6
Starting hand: 2
Thoughts
Probably dead here, but I’ll try to delay for a good spell turn.
Teched Cards: 2
T2: 2 x Lobber
T3: Molting Firebird, Surprise Attack
T4: Hotter Fire, Molting Firebird
T5: Bamstomper Lizzo, Maximum Anarchy
T6: 2 x Bloodlust
Get paid + float - (10)
Lobber - (9)
Tower, pay Building Inspector fee - (5)
Tech II: Fire - (1)
Bloodburn pops Scavenger Spectral Flagbearer, you get a gold, goes to 3 runes
Worker - (0)
Discard 0, reshuffle 12, draw 2
Lobber 2/2+1A (haste; exhaust: deal 1 to target building)
Zane L6 4/3 (haste; kills patroller: shares resource bonus; 1 damage)
Bloodburn (3 runes; exhaust + 2 runes: deal 1 damage to target unit/building; limit 4 runes)
Base HP: 19
Tech I HP: 5
Tech II HP: 5 (Fire)
Tower HP: 4
Starting hand: 2
Deck: 10
Bombaster
Lobber
Hotter Fire
Molting Firebird
Charge
Molting Firebird
Bamstomper Lizzo
Maximum Anarchy
Surprise Attack
Bloodlust
Discard: 0
Card-count check (opponent-viewable)
Expected: 10 + 10 teched = 20
2 on board
2 in hand
10 in deck
0 in discard
6 in workers
Gold: 0
Workers: 10
4 x start
T1: Careless Musketeer
T2: Scorch
T3: Pillage
T4: Makeshift Rambaster
T5: Bloodrage Ogre
T76: Nautical Dog
I’m unclear how Jaina joins us, you ended up not building tech 2 last turn, and didn’t build a hero’s Hall that I saw
Also I have flagbearers who are dying for that sweet heat of burning blood, afraid the mirror isn’t as eager
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Rolls over
Yep, I’ll call it there, GG! I don’t understand Red vs. Peace very well.
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GG WP! I think it’s like Growth, the only winning move is to keep it from happening in the first place. Idk though easy to say, tough to get done. I liked bloodburn for Illusion hate
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