Hi @CarpeGuitarrem, are you ready to start pod3? Either way I’ll start the thread. Just let me know if you want to wait for your other matches before jumping into this one.
GL & HF!
P1T1
StartingHand Workers
STARTING HAND
Neo Plexus
Battle Suits
Time Spiral
Hardened Mox
Tinkerer
WORKERS
Hardened Mox
NextHand
Fading Argonaut
Plasmodium
Forgotten Fighter
Nullcraft
Temporal Research
STARTING HAND
Hardened Mox
Fading Argonaut
Neo Plexus
Temporal Research
Forgotten Fighter
WORKERS
Hardened Mox
NextHand
Tinkerer
Time Spiral
Nullcraft
Plasmodium
Battle Suits
Discard
Fading Argonaut
Forgotten Fighter
Temporal Research
Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($5)
Worker - ($4)
Summon Geiger - ($2)
Play Neo Plexus from hand - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 3, draw 5
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader: L1 Max Geiger 2/3+a
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician:
Lookout:
In Play:
Neo Plexus 2/2
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 5
Deck: 0
Disc: 3
Gold:
Gold: 0
Workers: 6
Thoughts
Interesting start. I have options here. Did not draw Nullcraft, so I think my main options are: bounce Tinkerer (and have a hero in play, probably Geiger), which leaves Zango at 4 gold and 6 cards in hand, or set up a hero and a Neo Plexus. I actually really like the latter, because it punishes a Tinkerer tap for Plasmodium or Fargo by blowing it out of the water next turn. The main threat here is Time Spiral plus Tinkerer on Plasmodium played out next turn, which I can stop with a Forgotten Fighter, but I think I’m more likely to get something out of giving myself more material to strike back with instead. Mox is an easy worker here because Forgotten Fighter hard counters it.
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($6)
Worker - ($5)
Research Battle Suits - ($3)
Neo Plexus trades with Fading Argonaut
Geiger kills Tinkerer, takes a damage
Geiger casts Time Spiral to add a forecast rune to your Plasmodium - ($2)
Tech 1 - ($1)
Float ($1)
Discard 2, reshuffle, draw 4
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader:
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician:
Lookout:
In Play:
Battle Suits
L1 Max Geiger 2/2
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 4
Deck: 5
Disc: 0
Gold:
Gold: 1
Workers: 7
Thoughts
I can guarantee a Plasmodium with Time Spiral next turn. Maybe I should just use my own Time Spiral to delay it? I can Time Spiral + Battle Suits to clear out the Fading Argonaut and kill Tinkerer. Leaves me 1 gold after Tech 1. Double tech Seers to mess with Plasmo some more.
STARTING HAND
Neo Plexus
Seer
Temporal Research
Battle Suits
Seer
WORKERS
Hardened Mox
Forgotten Fighter
Battle Suits
NextHand
Time Spiral
Nullcraft
Tinkerer (1/2)
Unphase
Tech 2 card(s)
plasmo removes a time rune, now has two again
Get Paid - ($6)
Worker - ($5)
Vir - ($3)
Seer, removes a time rune from plasmo - ($2)
Seer #2, plasmo arrives - ($1)
plasmo kills max
Float ($1)
Discard 2, draw 2, reshuffle, draw 2
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader: Seer 1 (2/1A)
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician: Seer 2 (2/1)
Lookout:
In Play:
Plasmodium (4/2)
Vir (2/3, lvl3)
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 4
Deck: 4
Disc: 0
Gold:
Gold: 1
Workers: 7
Thoughts
Awesome place to be in! Only two out of three technician draws would have gotten me there, but the second Seer was just so sweet! Awesome
STARTING HAND
Time Spiral
Nullcraft
Tinkerer (1/2)
Unphase
peekswap: Time Spiral <-> Neo
WORKERS
Hardened Mox
Forgotten Fighter
Battle Suits
Neo Plexus
NextHand
Rememberer
Temporal Research
Time Spiral
Rememberer
Fading Argonaut (2/3, fading 3)
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($8)
peek + swap - ($7)
Worker - ($6)
my two Seers trade with SL
plasmo trades with your technician, you draw
midband vir kills your vir, vir maxbands & heals, mech is forecasted - ($4)
tech 2 past - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 3, draw 4, reshuffle, draw 1
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader:
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician:
Lookout:
In Play:
Vir (3/5, lvl7)
mech token (6/7, forecast 2)
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Tech II HP: 5 (Past)
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 5
Deck: 7
Disc: 0
Gold:
Gold: 0
Workers: 8
Thoughts
really tempting to go for Tech1 break, but I’ll stick to my strategy, especially as a maxband Vir is not exactly bad in this situation
STARTING HAND
Seer
Nullcraft
Temporal Research
Seer
WORKERS
Hardened Mox
Plasmodium
Tinkerer
Temporal Research
NextHand
Temporal Distortion
Forgotten Fighter
Time Spiral
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($9)
Worker - ($8)
Play a Seer, add a rune to the mech - ($7)
Play a Seer, add a rune to the mech (4 total) - ($6)
Summon Geiger - ($4)
Tech 2 Present - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 1, draw 1, reshuffle, draw 2
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader:
Elite: Seer 4/1
Scavenger:
Technician: Seer 3/1
Lookout:
In Play:
Battle Suits
L1 Max Geiger 2/3
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Tech II HP: 5 (Present)
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 3
Deck: 6
Disc: 0
Gold:
Gold: 0
Workers: 9
Thoughts
okay, could be worse. Stave off the crisis with Seers, stuff up the patrol zone and threaten Nullcraft with an elite Seer
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($8)
peek
Rememberer - ($3)
exhaust vir, play seer from deck, removes rune from rememberer, golgo arrives from discard - ($2)
peek
time spiral from hand removes rune from rememberer, golgo arrives from discard - ($1)
Worker - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 2, draw 4
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader: Seer (2/1A)
Elite:
Scavenger: Yesterday’s Golgort 1 (6/4, fading 2)
Technician: Yesterday’s Golgort 2 (6/4, fading 2)
Lookout:
In Play:
Vir (3/5, lvl7)
mech token (6/7, forecast 3)
Rememberer (3/3, fading 1)
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Tech II HP: 5 (Past)
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 4
Deck: 2
Disc: 3
Gold:
Gold: 0
Workers: 9
Thoughts
On the other hand it’s very fortunate that he drew them both last turn and not this one
And I really have to look up the rules how fading queue works. Can a rememberer fetch himself from discard? Can I queue the triggers in such a way that the newly fetched card directly has to remove a time rune?
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($9)
Midband Geiger - ($7)
Exhaust Geiger and discard to draw
Play Tricycloid - ($2)
Remove runes from Tricycloid to ping both Golgorts and Vir
Geiger casts Temporal Distortion on Tricycloid, returning it to hand and bringing Hyperion out of my Codex - ($0)
Hyperion kills Seer, draws
Seers trade with Golgorts
Float ($0)
Discard 3, draw 4, reshuffle, draw 1
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader:
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician:
Lookout:
In Play:
Battle Suits
L3 Max Geiger 2/4
Hyperion 5/3
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Tech II HP: 5 (Present)
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 5
Deck: 8
Disc: 0
Gold:
Gold: 0
Workers: 9
Thoughts
I can flicker one Seer to set up a Golgort fade and Time Spiral the other one. So then I midband Geiger to dig for something else.
Big turn coming. Feels absolutely awesome. First time ever to properly play a TD for me, after seeing dwarddd do so much crazy stuff with purple in the last tourney it feels just crazy to be the one to do such things!
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid+scav - ($10)
Technician draw
Rememberer dies to fading, remembers himself
mech token removes a forecast rune
don’t need to peek as I know what the last useless card is
Seer removes a time rune from rememberer, a golgo returns - ($9)
Max - ($7)
TD return Rememberer to hand, get hyperion from codex - ($5)
hyperion kills your max, my max to lvl 3, I draw
maxband max, flickers hyperion - ($3)
hyperion deals 4 damage to tech 2, I reshuffle & draw, time rune on Golgo
peek
temporal distortion Hyperion to hand, tricycloid from codex to play - ($1)
remove three time runes to kill your Hyperion
Vir breaks tech 2, your base takes two damage, rune to golgo
worker - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 5, draw 5
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader: Seer (2/1A)
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician: Tricycloid (3/3)
Lookout:
In Play:
Vir (3/4, lvl7)
mech token (6/7, forecast 2)
Yesterday’s Golgort 1 (6/4, fading 4)
Max (3/4, lvl5)
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Tech II HP: 5 (Past)
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 5
Deck: 2
Disc: 6
Gold:
Gold: 0
Workers: 10
Thoughts
Well my plan was to trade vir against Hyperion and to break tech 2 with nullcraft, but when presented with a top decked second TD, I’ll definitely take it
I considered it but figured I could develop more board presence effectively with the Hyperion play. Might have been wrong. Should have pinged Rememberer though
Squad Leader: Tinkerer (1/2)
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician:
Lookout:
Base HP: 20
