Arg didn’t need to kill the Skeleton javelineer here, as killing jandra with the flagbearer would have auto killed the javelineer.
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Yes, @zhavier, noticed that as well, though there wasn’t anything I was going to be able to do about it so kinda inconsequential to point out 
And yes, @codexnewb, Water Elemental lives, trades was the wrong word (suicides would be better, editing that in)
edit thoughts
"P1T7
Tech StartingHand Workers
TECH
Hooded Executioner
Artisan Mantis
STARTING HAND
Bloom
Bone Collector
Liches Bargain
WORKERS
W1 - T1 - Fruit Ninja
W2 - T2 - Spark
W3 - T3 - Wither
W4 - T4 - Older Brother
W5 - T6 - Blooming Elm
W6 - T7 - liches bargain
NextHand
Blooming Ancient
Bone Collector
Two Step
Discard
Nimble Fencer
Flagbearer (2/2)
Blooming Ancient
Bloom
Bone Collector
Artisan Mantis
Artisan Mantis
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($9)
Scav gold, - ($10)
rebuild tech 2, base to 12
Worker (10) - ($9)
garth - ($7)
make a skeleton - ($6)
water elemental trades with dark, garth to lvl 3, my base to 10 (2 damage from drak)
Bloom arg - ($4)
arg kills lobber, takes 3
max garth, summon Hooded Executioner from discard, - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 1, draw 3
Board Info:
In Patrol:
-
Squad Leader: Hooded Executioner (3/3+A) -
Elite: -
Scavenger: SK (1/1) -
Technician: Garth (3/4+A) -
Lookout:
In Play:
- Arg, lvl 5, (2/3)+
Buildings:
-
Base HP: 10 -
Tech I HP: 5
-
Tech II HP: 5 (Growth)
-
Heroes’ Hall HP: 4
Base HP: 10Economy Info:
Cards:
- Hand: 3
- Deck: 4
- Disc: 7
Gold:
- Gold: 0
- Workers: 10
Thoughts
well, this is over. every game i regret not swapping out finesse for anarchy. lets see if i can get lucky with BA and LB next hand. …damnit, draw second LB on the tech…okay, just wall up and hope he doesnt drop the hammer with firebird just yet. we can just keep delaying for now…
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Tough to bring out a tech 2 unit without a tech 2 building 
Also your base will take 1 for Drakk dying
ahh, good point, ill use garth’s maxband to bring out star crossed starlet instead of mantis then. ill make the edit and redraw my hand in a second. my base will be at 11 instead of 15.
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actually went with hooded executioner, patrolling garth, and also my base takes 2 from drak. okay, lets see how this goes.
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Hang on, was about to post my next turn but this game is so tight I triple checked your econ state, and I noticed one more quick thing @codexnewb: you drew technician, but I didn’t kill your technician in his resource slot. That skeleton was “mine” when it died.
Can you resolve that lack of card easily with your turn (i.e. just one less card, redraw hand), or does it need further changing?
oh nice catch. okay, so it wont affect the turn. i can just redraw the hand for 1 less. allow me to update and ill post back.
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okay, should be good to go. hand has 3, deck has 4, discard 7 (it would be 8, but raised Hooded Execution with Garth maxband).
sorry for all the confusion. this is what i get for starting a turn late at night, and finishing it in the morning.
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Good deal, thanks for that. This is on a razor’s edge man! Very Exciting. One last thing (I promise!) your base is actually at 10, as Drakk’s topband is enhanced by Hotter Fire
XCAFS Round 4 Player 2, Turn 7
P2 [Necro]/Blood/Fire vs P1 [Finesse]/Necro/Growth
Starting Hand
Skeleton Javelineer
Jandra, the Negator
Nether Drain
Events of Turn:
Upkeep:
- Get Gold (9)
- Tech 2 cards in (except turn 1)
All Teched Cards
Kidnapping, Bamstamper Lizzo
Lobber, Ember Sparks
Molting Firebird, Bamstamper Lizzo
Nether Drain, Hotter Fire
Lobber, Ember Sparks
Kidnapping, Hooded Executioner
Main:
- Garth + Level 5 (3)
- Jaina (1)
- Nether Drain your Garth, my Garth maxbands and fetches Bamstamper Lizzo #2 (let’s call him Gojira, and the existing one Bowser), blowing up your HE (0)
- Bamstamper Bowser kills your Garth, surviving on 1hp, you draw 1, Jaina to level 3
- skip worker
Workers
Summon Skeletons, Pestering Haunt, Poisonblade Rogue, Skeletal Archery
-
Patrol as below - Discard 2 Draw 4
- Tech 2 cards before my next turn
Board Info:
Buildings:
-
Base HP: 20 - Tech1 HP: 5
- Tech2 HP: 5 FIRE
- Tower HP: 4
In Patrol:
-
Squad Leader: Bamstamper Lizzo Gojira (5/3+1armor) -
Elite: -
Scavenger: -
Technician: Garth (3/4 lvl 7) -
Lookout:
In Play:
- Jaina (2/3 lvl 3)
- Bamstamper Lizzo Bowser (5/1)
- Hotter Fire
Economy Info:
Cards:
- Hand: 4
- Deck: 1
- Disc: 10
Gold:
- Gold: 0
- Workers: 9
End of Turn Hand
Molting Firebird
Hooded Executioner
Graveyard
Thieving Imp
End of Turn Discard
Ember Sparks
Lobber
Deteriorate
Kidnapping
Sacrifice the Weak
Lobber
Kidnapping
Nether Drain
Jandra, the Negator
Skeleton Javelineer
My Thoughts
I see two lines I could go here:
- Drain Garth, Max Mine to summon another Bamstamper, kill his Garth w/ my ready Bamstamper (maybe bring Jaina out for levels?) Leaves me with good patrol and him with little board, next turn I can max Jaina + Ember Sparks his base for 8, vulnerable to very little he could bring out (polymorph, though I highly doubt he teched it)
- Trade Bamstamper into Hoodie, max my Garth (no drain) to fetch Firebird, patrol in scav, worker. This would leave a next-turn play of Max Drakk + Firebird for the lethal 10 damage to his base, barring a mantis (and even still, drawing an Ember Sparks would be lethal). However, this plan would be vulnerable to a slightly more likely Doom Grasp (though still unlikely) or Ancient in hand (which he’s likely to have and would likely give him enough to break my tech 2 and cut off the second firebird)
I feel like 1 is the safe, attrition-y option, but I also feel like skipping worker and giving him a card isn’t great… Still, I’m going for that as I think it keeps me most in control of the board.
Other tech? I’m going kidnapping, as it makes for the best patrol-busting backup plan to straight burn. Not sure if Flame Arrow would be a better choice, certainly Burning Volley would be a gutsier one. I have to tech 2 more next turn so I’ll see how jaina fares here.
Patrolling Bamstamper ahead of Garth in technician, just in case I bottom-deck the Ember Sparks and need to skeleton sac to draw it (max jaina + ember sparks is only 7 of my 9 gold, so I’ll have enough to skeleton and worker regardless).
…
Of course I bottom deck it lol. Bottoming HE or Firebird (or even Imp) would have been ideal (ember sparks + graveyard would’ve been cool), but w/e.
wouldnt second bamstamper only knock off the armor and do 2 damage to HE?
He does 4 damage with hotter fire 
#hotHotHot #spitHotFiya
dahhhhhhh, got it. nice one. okay, lets see if i can respond.
"P1T8
StartingHand Workers
STARTING HAND
Brick Thief
Tenderfoot
Blooming Ancient
Timely Messenger
Two Step
BC (3/3)
Two Step
Blooming Ancient
Brick Thief
Tenderfoot
BC (3/3)
Blooming Ancient
Two Step
Liches Bargain
WORKERS
W1 - T1 - Fruit Ninja
W2 - T2 - Spark
W3 - T3 - Wither
W4 - T4 - Older Brother
W5 - T6 - Blooming Elm
W6 - T7 - liches bargain
W7 - T8 - Two Step
NextHand
Tenderfoot
Timely Messenger
Brick Thief
Discard
Nimble Fencer
Flagbearer (2/2)
Blooming Ancient
Artisan Mantis
Artisan Mantis
Bloom
Bone Collector
Hooded Execution
Liches Bargain
Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($10)
tech draw
Blooming Ancient - ($6)
bone collector, 1 total rune - ($4)
river, 2 total runes - ($2)
move 2 runes to skeleton
tap arg, boost skeleton
Skeleton trades wtih sql lizzo
worker - ($1)
Float ($1)
Discard 1, draw 3
Board Info:
In Patrol:
-
Squad Leader: BC (3/3+A)
-
Elite:
-
Scavenger: River, lvl 1, (2/3)
-
Technician:
-
Lookout: BA (2/4)
In Play:
- Arg, lvl 5, (2/3)+
Buildings:
-
Base HP: 10
-
Tech I HP: 5
-
Tech II HP: 5 (Growth)
-
Heroes’ Hall HP: 4
Economy Info:
Cards:
- Hand: 3
- Deck: 0
- Disc: 9
Gold:
- Gold: 1
- Workers: 11
Thoughts
workering to prevent reshuffle. max garth for ba next turn if i can.
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I’m finally starting to breathe some, looks like I might have this wrapped up.
XCAFS Round 4 Player 2, Turn 8
P2 [Necro]/Blood/Fire vs P1 [Finesse]/Necro/Growth
Starting Hand
Molting Firebird
Hooded Executioner
Graveyard
Thieving Imp
Ember Sparks (skele)
Events of Turn:
Upkeep:
- Get Gold (9)
- Tech 2 cards in (except turn 1)
All Teched Cards
Flame Arrow x2
Kidnapping, Bamstamper Lizzo
Lobber, Ember Sparks
Molting Firebird, Bamstamper Lizzo
Nether Drain, Hotter Fire
Lobber, Ember Sparks
Kidnapping, Hooded Executioner
Main:
- Hooded Executioner + Boost, no BC (4)
- Garth kills River, Jaina to level 5, you get a gold
- Maxband Jaina, shoot BA down (1)
- Bamstamper breaks your tech 2, your base to 8
- Garth makes a skeleton (0)
Workers
Summon Skeletons, Pestering Haunt, Poisonblade Rogue, Skeletal Archery
-
Patrol as below
- Discard 3 Draw 1 rs Draw 4
- Tech 2 cards before my next turn
Board Info:
Buildings:
-
Base HP: 20
- Tech1 HP: 5
- Tech2 HP: 5 FIRE
- Tower HP: 4
In Patrol:
-
Squad Leader: Hooded Executioner (3/3+1armor)
-
Elite:
-
Scavenger:
-
Technician:
-
Lookout: Skeleton (1/1)
In Play:
- Jaina (4/3 lvl 7)
- Garth (3/2 lvl 7)
- Bamstamper Lizzo Bowser (5/1)
- Hotter Fire
Economy Info:
Cards:
- Hand: 5
- Deck: 12
- Disc: 0
Gold:
- Gold: 0
- Workers: 9
End of Turn Hand
Ember Sparks
Kidnapping
Deteriorate
Lobber
Lobber
End of Turn Discard
My Thoughts
Glad I chose wisely, this is all but locked up. I actually don’t even need Ember Sparks (I can’t make it to lethal anyway) and can save the guaranteed draw for next turn while totally locking down the board. Why he is making a worker and not patrolling in Techn is beyond me, as he needs Doom Grasp badly (it’s his only out at this point really, and even then it’d be a stall tactic more than an actual answer). Teching a Flame Arrow and a Hotter Fire on the off chance he does hit Doom Grasp, so there’s even more direct damage lurking in the deck. But the goal will be patrol HE and Skeleton to keep the ground game from coming, and break the tech 2 to prevent a Mantis or anything game warping from entering.
yep, that’ll be it. GG man!
GG WP @codexnewb ! That was a seriously exciting mid-game, your Flagbearer lay to read my Kidnapping / block deteriorate was unexpected and threw a great wrinkle into things!
It was difficult for me playing a safer, grindy Fire tech 2 game (I always want hasty firebird!) but I learned my lesson early on in the tourney that Hasty Firebird is a greedy strat that needs a lot to line up for it to succeed.
I was surprised to see no Doom Grasp for you, as late-game that might have bought you the space to bring the BA + LB game online (and I had no great answer to LB + Arg hording in my deck; Discord is so perfect for that, my risky firebird or the mildly effective Ember Sparks were all I could hope would be enough)
@zhavier this was a spectator special, I hope others got a chance to check it out!
yeah. once you teched fire, i just didnt think i could maintain the LB base damage cost. one of those rare times when the base damage actually weighed my decision. given i ended up at 10 there, it seemed reasonable.
since i’ve kidnapped many a bone collector, i was just trying to avoid that most of the game. in the end, i probably should have just allowed you to do so, because it’s a heavy gold cost.
im realizing more and more that i wish i had anarchy and red starter instead of neutral. maybe next tournament.
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Totally agree on Anarchy + Growth, surprised my suggestion & thus the ultimate tournament ban was Strength + Growth instead of Red Starter or Anarchy + Growth (Anarchy / Necro / Growth almost sounds BETTER than Anarchy / Strength / Growth, really shocked we haven’t seen it in a tourney and it might be worth seeing in CAWS which is better ^_^)
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I like that this restricted tourney is likely to influence some deck choices into the meta for a standard tourney. 
I was indeed watching with anticipation the entire match. Quite a spectacle.
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