STARTING HAND
Verdant Tree
Spore Shambler
Merfolk Prospector
Rampant Growth
Tiger Cub
WORKERS
Verdant Tree
Next Hand
Playful Panda
Forest’s Favor
Rich Earth
Ironbark Treant
Young Treant
Discard
Spore Shambler
Tiger Cub
Rampant Growth
Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($4)
Worker - ($3)
Summon River Montoya. - ($1)
Hire a Merfolk Prospector. - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 3, draw 5
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader: River (1) 2/3A
Elite:
Scavenger: Merfolk Prospector 1/1
Technician:
Lookout:
In Play:
*
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 5
Deck: 0
Disc: 3
Gold:
Gold: 0
Workers: 5
Thoughts
I felt like haste would be a theme but I guess we’ve only got that via Drakk abilities and Nimble Fencers. I haven’t the slightest clue what I should do with this deck.
STARTING HAND
Playful Panda
Forest’s Favor
Ironbark Treant
Spore Shambler
Rampant Growth
WORKERS
Ironbark Treant
NextHand
Tiger Cub
Verdant Tree
Young Treant
Merfolk Prospector
Rich Earth
Discard
Rampant Growth
Spore Shambler
Forest’s Favor
Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($5)
Worker - ($4)
Playful Panda - ($2)
Bigby Hayes - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 3, draw 5
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader: L1 Bigby Hayes (2/3A) Stash
Elite:
Scavenger: Wisp (0/1)
Technician:
Lookout:
In Play:
Playful Panda (2/2)
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 5
Deck: 0
Disc: 3
Gold:
Gold: 0
Workers: 6
Thoughts
Well, this deck is right up my alley, but is also better suited for P1. Also, my starting hand split is really bad. Well, I’ll just have to try to make it work. He chose to open with River, playing Green… which means if he wants to power-up to take a kill, he’ll have to pay extra for it. There’s no great play here, so let’s go with this and see what happens.
STARTING HAND
Playful Panda
Ironbark Treant
Rich Earth
Forest’s Favor
Young Treant
WORKERS
Verdant Tree
Rich Earth
Next Hand
Young Treant
Rampant Growth
Tiger Cub
Spore Shambler
Discord
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($5)
Worker - ($4)
Build Tech I. - ($2)
Merfolk Prospector finds some gold. - ($3)
Hire an Ironbark Treant. - ($0)
River hits Bigby for 1 damage through the armor.
Float ($0)
Discard 3, reshuffle, draw 5
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader: Ironbark Treant 1/2AAA
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician:
Lookout:
In Play:
River (1) 2/1
Merfolk Prospector 1/1
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 5
Deck: 3
Disc: 0
Gold:
Gold: 0
Workers: 6
Thoughts
I considered Rich Earth and then promptly abandoned it for Midori reasons. I am flying by the seat of my pants, which is especially concerning since I’m wearing very short shorts.
STARTING HAND
Rich Earth
Young Treant
Merfolk Prospector
Tiger Cub
Verdant Tree
WORKERS
Ironbark Treant
Tiger Cub
NextHand
Young Treant
Verdant Tree
Jurisdiction
Jurisdiction
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($6)
Rich Earth - ($3)
Worker
Merfolk Prospector - ($2)
Midband Bigby - ($0)
Sideline Ironbark Treant
Playful Panda trades with Ironbark Treant
Float ($0)
Stash 1, Discard 1, reshuffle, draw 3
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader:
Elite: Wisp (1/1)
Scavenger:
Technician: Merfolk Prospector (1/1) Finds gold
Lookout:
In Play:
L3 Bigby Hayes (2/4) Stash, sideline
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 4
Deck: 4
Disc: 0
Gold:
Gold: 0
Workers: 7
Thoughts
Aiming for his Treant as the highest value target, and the most immediately dangerous. Stashing my own Treant to ensure I have an appropraite card to worker next turn.
STARTING HAND
Tiger Cub
Spore Shambler
Rampant Growth
Young Treant
Discord
WORKERS
Verdant Tree
Rich Earth
Tiger Cub
Next Hand
Forest’s Favor
Nimble Fencer
Playful Panda
Ironbark Treant
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($6)
Worker - ($5)
River casts Discord, killing your units. - ($3)
River casts Rampant Growth on herself. - ($0)
River kills Bigby Hayes and midbands.
Merfolk Prospector exhausts to find gold. ($1)
Float ($1)
Discard 2, draw 3, reshuffle, draw 1
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader:
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician:
Lookout:
In Play:
River (3) 2/4
Merfolk Prospector 1/1
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 4
Deck: 6
Disc: 0
Gold:
Gold: 1
Workers: 7
Thoughts
I considered Rich Earth and then promptly abandoned it for Midori reasons. I am flying by the seat of my pants, which is especially concerning since I’m wearing very short shorts.
STARTING HAND
Young Treant
Jurisdiction
Verdant Tree
Jurisdiction
Playful Panda
WORKERS
Ironbark Treant
Tiger Cub
Young Treant
NextHand
Spore Shambler
Forest’s Favor
Verdant Tree
Argonaut
Rampant Growth
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($7)
Worker
Tech I - ($5)
Playful Panda - ($3)
Master Midori - ($1)
Float ($1)
Discard 3, draw 3, reshuffle, draw 2
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader: Wisp (0/1A)
Elite:
Scavenger: L1 Master Midori (2/3)
Technician:
Lookout:
In Play:
Playful Panda (2/2)
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 5
Deck: 4
Disc: 0
Gold:
Gold: 1
Workers: 8
Thoughts
One of these years, I need to stop forgetting that River can cast Wither. At least teching Jurisdiction allows me to pivot my strategy. Guess I’ll use forget about Owls and go for Argonauts as more reliable patrollers, and to combo with Insurance Agent and Temporal Distortion later. For now, I’ll just tech up and stall… chances are I won’t have Jurisdiction in hand next turn, and I’ll probably be able to tech up next turn as well, so no real concern about locking myself out of spell access.
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($8)
Worker - ($7)
River exhausts to sideline the wisp.
Hire a Nimble Fencer. - ($5)
Nimble Fencer and Merfolk Prospector kill Midori; River maxbands.
Build Tech II - Balance. - ($1)
Hire a Playful Panda with River’s discount. - ($0)
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + float + scavenger - ($10)
Worker
Max Geiger - ($8)
Expensive Rampant Growth on my Playful Panda - ($5)
Expensive Forest’s Favor on my Wisp - ($2)
Wisp kills Wisp, you draw.
Panda kills River.
Verdant Tree - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 1, draw 3
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader: L3 Max Geiger (2/4A) Sparkshot, trade
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician:
Lookout:
In Play:
Verdant Tree (3) Healing 1, rapid growth
Playful Panda (2/2)
Wisp (1/2) [1+]
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 3
Deck: 1
Disc: 5
Gold:
Gold: 0
Workers: 9
Thoughts
I could kill River by playing both spells, but with multicolor penalties, that would be super expensive… but with her being maxband, maybe it’s worth it. Half-tempted to try for Immortals, as they’re immune to River’s shenanigans, but that would be just asking for Kidnapping. Since I’m using Jurisdiction, I’m going to need an econ boost as well, so I’ll stick with the Agent plan.
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($8)
Worker - ($7)
Summon Midori. - ($5)
Midori casts Rampant Growth on the Playful Panda. - ($3)
Nimble Fencer deals 1 point of damage to Geiger through the armor.
Playful Panda kills Geiger; Midori gains 2 levels.
Hire a Tiny Basilisk. - ($1)
Float ($1)
Discard 0, draw 2
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader: Tiny Basilisk 1/2A - Deathtouch
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician: Midori (3) 2/3
Lookout:
In Play:
Playful Panda 2/2
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Tech II HP: 5 (Balance)
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 2
Deck: 0
Disc: 8
Gold:
Gold: 1
Workers: 9
Thoughts
Yeah, it feels like this is slipping away from me.
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($9)
Worker
Bigby Hayes - ($7)
Jurisdiction: Community Service, search your discard, steal a Wandering Mimic, and gain substantial information about your deck. - ($0)
Panda and Wisp can’t attack the Tiny Basilisk, so they kill Midori instead.
Squad Leader: L3 Bigby Hayes (2/4A) Stash, sideline
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician: Wandering Mimic (4/4)
Lookout:
In Play:
Rich Earth
Verdant Tree (3) Healing 1, rapid growth
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 3
Deck: 9
Disc: 0
Gold:
Gold: 0
Workers: 10
Thoughts
Well, that’s an awfully large discard pile, and chances are, there’s something in there worth stealing. Looks like he’s aiming to load up Mimics with various abilities, and with only 3 starter cards in his discard and one on the field, I can deduce that the 2 cards in his hand must be limited to the Discord I saw earlier and 2 starter cards other than spells, which means I can be assured that that Basilisk will stay tiny next turn. My primary goal right now is to keep one of the Mimics out of his cycle when he reshuffles, which means Bigby has to eat the attack from the Basilisk, but at least I’ll be confident he’ll kill it in the process. I’d better kill Midori now, so he doesn’t maxband and snipe the Mimic from the sky. Now, should I stash the Argonaut, or not? If I don’t, I increase my chances of drawing a card I want to worker, but if I do, I can more reliably defend and prepare to make use of an Insurance Agent. How important is workering next turn to me…? I already have 10, so it probably shouldn’t be my top priority… especially with a small hand. Stash it is, then. I want to patrol Bigby as Technician, but if I do that, he’ll probably play a midband Drakk and take out my Tree… and a card on the field is more valuable than a card in hand. Besides, there’s also a possibility he’ll go for a maxband Drakk and take out the Mimic as well, which I can do nothing to prevent, but if it happens, at least I can get the extra draw as compensation.
STARTING HAND
Nature Reclaims
Young Treant
Rampant Growth
WORKERS
Verdant Tree
Rich Earth
Tiger Cub
Ironbark Treant
Discord
Young Treant
Next Hand
Forest’s Favor
Nimble Fencer
Gemscout Owl
Discard
Playful Panda
Rampant Growth
Tiny Basilisk
Wandering Mimic
Nature Reclaims
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($10)
Worker - ($9)
Summon and midbank Drakk. - ($4)
Drakk casts Rampant Growth on the Playful Panda. - ($1)
Playful Panda murders Bigby; Drakk Maxbands.
Tiny Basilisk trades with the Wandering Mimic.
Float ($1)
Discard 1, draw 3
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader: Drakk (6) 3/4A
Elite:
Scavenger:
Technician:
Lookout:
In Play:
Playful Panda 2/2
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Tech II HP: 5 (Balance)
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 3
Deck: 5
Disc: 4
Gold:
Gold: 1
Workers: 10
Thoughts
Drawing Rampant Growth was surprisingly helpful though I do have to be worried about surprise Tech II building these days. I’m worried about the possibility of Hyperions so I’m going to put Drakk into SQL to prevent him from being killed outright.
Oh, right… I forgot to take into account that the technician bonus would trigger a reshuffle. Oh, well, this works too, as the Mimic missed the reshuffle. I guess going for Juggernauts is better than going for Immortals… they’re a little slower, but they don’t require a Tech Lab, and I can use them to get Immortals via Temporal Distortion… which is good, because a Tower is my only defensive option against his stealth. I should also start thinking about tech III units soonish. I doubt the point of armor from SQL would make a difference, especially with 2 3/4 patrollers for him to choose from, so I’ll just go for econ bonuses.
Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid + float - ($11)
Build Tech III. - ($6)
Summon Midori. - ($4)
Hire a Nimble Fencer. - ($2)
Midori casts Forest’s Favor on the Plaful Panda. - ($0)
Playful Panda trades with Midori; my Midori gains 2 levels.
STARTING HAND
Judgment Day
Rampant Growth
Insurance Agent
Jurisdiction
Argonaut
WORKERS
Ironbark Treant
Tiger Cub
Young Treant
Spore Shambler
Merfolk Prospector
Playful Panda
NextHand
Insurance Agent
Lawbringer Gryphon
Judgment Day
Community Service
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($11)
Quick build Tech II: Law - ($7)
Insurance Agent, insuring Nimble Fencer - ($6)
Max Geiger - ($4)
Expensive Rampant Growth on Argonaut - ($1)
Argonaut kills Nimble Fencer, I collect insurance - ($3)
Argonaut - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 2, draw 3, reshuffle, draw 1
Board Info: In Patrol:
Squad Leader: Argonaut (3/4A) Readiness
Elite: Insurance Agent (3/2)
Scavenger: Argonaut (3/4) Readiness
Technician:
Lookout:
In Play:
Verdant Tree (3) Healing 1, rapid growth
L1 Max Geiger (2/3) Sparkshot
Buildings:
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Tech II HP: 5 (Law)
Tower HP: 4
Economy Info: Cards:
Hand: 4
Deck: 8
Disc: 0
Gold:
Gold: 0
Workers: 11
Thoughts
With him running Mimics, I can’t allow the Fencer to survive. Choosing Geiger over Bigby here, because I dont expect to have enough gold for Bigby’s expensive spells after everything else I want to do this turn… I’ll be potentially feeding his Mimic sparkshot, but Insuring his Fencer so Midori doesn’t fly over and take out the Agent before I can collect. Hmm… guess I’ll try to maybe work in a Censorship Council to limit his ability to drop Mimic combos and slow his deployment in general. Ooh, lucky draw, 2nd Argonaut. Putting Geiger in the backline so if he wants to take the kill, he’ll have to pay to maxband Midori first.
STARTING HAND
Merfolk Prospector
Tyrannosaurus Rex
Tyrannosaurus Rex
WORKERS
Verdant Tree
Rich Earth
Tiger Cub
Ironbark Treant
Discord
Young Treant
Merfolk Prospector
Next Hand
Nature Reclaims
Chameleon
Wandering Mimic
Tech 0 card(s)
Get Paid - ($10)
Hire a Tyrannosaurus Rex who eats your two Argonauts. - ($2)
T-Rex, blessed with Haste from Drakk, kills the Elite Insurance agent and overpowers to kill Geiger; Midori midbands.
Drakk destroys the Verdant Tree.
Worker. - ($1)
Squad Leader: River (1) 2/3A
Elite:
Scavenger: Merfolk Prospector 1/1
Technician:
Lookout:
Base HP: 20
Base HP: 20