SCUverse Game 2: The Matriarch / Insula Primalis

EXT. - EIKEN-RUBENDALL RESEARCH EXPEDITION PLANE

A sleek ultramodern aircraft is winging its way over Arctic waters toward a smoldering volcanic cone.  A U.S. Military cargo craft is escorting it, as is LEGACY, flying under his own power.

INT. - EIKEN-RUBENDALL RESEARCH EXPEDITION PLANE

A pretty black-haired teenager is staring out the window at the majestic, square-jawed, white-clad and caped figure of LEGACY, her expression one of absolute boredom.

LILIAN CORVUS:  "So lame...."

Camera cuts back to TACHYON, who seems to be controlling the urge to grind her teeth, and ABSOLUTE ZERO, whose body language conveys a mixture of confusion, contrition, and defensiveness.

TACHYON (quiet):  "I can't believe you let my bratty cousin Lilian on board an official exploratory flight to an island where drone reconaissance has spotted living pterodactyls.  What the hell were you thinking?"

ABSOLUTE ZERO:  "She said you approved it?  How was I supposed to know?  You've done crazier things."

TACHYON (less quiet):  "She's sixteen years old!  And if anything happens to her, Sergeant Corvus is going to have my head mounted on his wall next to all those African animals he kills for fun."

ABSOLUTE ZERO:  "We have three other superheroes along on this little eleventh-hour joyride to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle World, to say nothing of a hundred thousand dollars worth of equipment, not counting the Bunker suit, my own ambulatory prison and ICU, or any of Wraith's high-tech toys.  Even if there really are dinosaurs on this mysterious 'geothermal refuge', I doubt that your cuz would be any safer back at an inner-city public school."

TYLER VANCE (entering frame from left):  "Besides, Lily's a good kid, even if she is going through the whole teenage angst phase.  I think she just wanted to spend some time with her famous nuclear physicist slash superhero relative?"

ABSOLUTE ZERO:  "Then why's she sulking in the forward compartment?"

TACHYON:  "She's always sulking.  It's her default setting."

TYLER VANCE:  "She's probably just not a people person."

ABSOLUTE ZERO:  "That's what you think.  Believe me, I know loneliness.  She may quote awful Goth poetry at the drop of a hat, but she's not really depressed; she just likes to make a show of it.  She'd probably have a whole flock of admirers back at her school if she wanted one, but she gets off on pretending to hate everyone.  Not that I knew any of this when she showed up at the lab claiming to be your intern."

TACHYON:  "I still can't believe you fell for that."

INTERCOM:  "Attention everyone, this is your captain speaking...we are now ten minutes from landing on an uncharted island twenty kilometers above the Arctic Circle, where volcanic activity and an anomalous wind pattern result in a tropical climate year-round despite the high latitude.  Please fasten your seat belts as we prepare to make a water landing just off the coast."

An uncomfortable expression settles on TACHYON's face as she straps in, while TYLER VANCE looks relaxed and cheerful as usual.  AZ goes into the forward compartment and can be faintly heard arguing with LILIAN, who claims that seat belts are "merely a feeble attempt at preserving an illusion of safety in the face of the constant threat of man's utter annihilation by the uncaring cosmos".  Eventually he must manage to assert some authority and get the issue resolved, for he comes back and buckles himself in as well.

EXT - COAST OF INSULA PRIMALIS

The seaplane sets down onshore, while the Army craft powers along, dropping several crates as it flies over the island.  THE WRAITH can be seen clinging to the parachute straps of the largest one.  Legacy swoops in and offers her a gentlemanly hand getting down, even as the boat containing the other four arrives on shore.

Round One

Insula Primalis

In Play: No non-hero targets.

Trash:

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Start of Turn:

Play a Card: Obsidian Field enters play.

End of Turn:

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In Play: Obsidian Field

Trash: 

Effects: Increase all damage by 1.

Hero HP (order to be adjusted): Tachyon 27, Bunker 28, Wraith 26, Absolute Zero 29, Legacy 32

I'll take Ryan again if that's OK with people. Envisioner, do you still want the deck unshuffled, or should I start fresh?

At this point I don't care.  Do whichever is easiest for you.

I'll be happy to play Legacy again.

I'll grab Tachyon again, if that's okay.

For portability reasons, I'd been running the deck by spreadsheet. Should be pretty easy to move things around in a way that mimics shuffling cards in trash, play, and hand.

Should I just post a turn?

On that topic:

Absolute Zero

Initial HP: 29

Initial draw: Focused Apertures, Cryo Chamber, Frost-Bound Drain, Fueled Freeze, Modular Realignment, Sub-Zero Atmosphere. Send Focused Apertures & Sub-Zero Atmosphere to the bottom of the deck; keep the rest.

I'll take Wraith again since it looks like the same team in roughly the same roles.

Initial Hand:  Throwing Knives, Throat Jab, Impromtu Invention (x2)

Everyone (including Bunker, whether he's the same player or not) is free to post their first turn.  However you will be required to maintain the same order in all future posts, so if you guys want Legacy to come first in turn order, everyone else should wait for him to post.  Feel free to discuss this issue in PM; please do not clutter up the game thread by doing so here.

I took my hand and trash, shuffled them, and put them on the bottom of my deck. Initial draw: “Thokk!”, Back-Fist Strike, Motivational Charge (x2), Next Evolution, Danger Sense. Put Motivational Charge and Back-Fist Strike on the bottom of the deck.

Legacy steps out onto the slick field of black glass, alert for any danger. “Look sharp, everybody!”

America’s Finest Legacy

HP: 32

Hand: “Thokk!”, Motivational Charge, Next Evolution, Danger Sense

In play:

Trash:

[hr]
Start of hero turn:

Play a card: Danger Sense enters play. Legacy is immune to damage from environment cards.

Use a power: Galvanize. Until the start of Legacy’s next turn, increase damage dealt by hero targets by 1.

Draw a card: Inspiring Presence to my hand, Heroic Interception to the bottom of the deck.

End of hero turn:

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HP: 32

Hand: “Thokk!”, Motivational Charge, Next Evolution, Inspiring Presence

In play: Danger Sense

Trash:

Deck: ? x 6, Back-Fist Strike, Superhuman Durability, Lead from the Front, Inspiring Presence, Surge of Strength, Fortitude, Bolster Allies, “Thokk!”, Lead from the Front, Bolster Allies, Next Evolution, Surge of Strength, Bolster Allies, Flying Smash, Next Evolution, Motivational Charge, Heroic Interception, Lead from the Front, Fortitude, Surge of Strength, Take Down, The Legacy Ring, Heroic Interception, “Thokk!”, Superhuman Durability, Inspiring Presence, Motivational Charge, Back-Fist Strike, Heroic Interception

Additional effects: Legacy is immune to damage from environment cards.
Until the start of Legacy’s next turn, increase damage dealt by hero targets by 1.

Wraith

"Let's see.  Camo cloak; check. Set of knives; check.  Canteen; check.  Camera; check. Case of utility components; check.  Back-up case of utility components; check."

HP - 26

In Play: (None)

Hand: Throwing Knives, Throat Jab, Impromptu Invention (x2)

Deck:  36x ?

Trash: (None)

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Start of Turn:

Play a Card: Throwing Knives

Power:  Stealth           

Draw: Impromptu Invention, Inventory Barrage; Inventory Barrage to bottom of deck

End of Turn:

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HP - 26

In Play: Throwing Knives

Hand: Throat Jab, Impromptu Invention (x3)

Trash: (None)

Deck:  34x ?, Inventory Barrage

Effects: Next damage dealt to Wraith is reduced by 2

ST:

ET:

Comment:
Strong initial draw for Wraith in my opinion.  And an unexpected bonus there in the draw phase.  I half-expect some effect to make me discard my hand to crop up now.  Going to hold back on burning those for a round or so to get a better idea of what equipment is going to be best needed.
 

"Okay, Lilian, staybehindBunkeryouknowthebigguyinthearmorhe'llkeepyousafe, I'dsaystaybehindmebutthat'snotreallyanachieveablegoalstaysafehavefun!"

Tachyon

HP: 27

In Play: 

Hand: Nimble Strike, Lightning Reflexes, Lightspeed Barrage, Pushing The Limits

Deck:  36x?

Trash:

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Start of Turn:

Play a Card:

Use a Power:           

Draw a Card: Draw Supersonic Response, Pushing The Limits, deck Pushing The Limits, draw Synaptic Interruption, Research Grant, deck Synaptic Interruption.

End of Turn:

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HP: 27

In Play: 

Hand: Nimble Strike, Lightning Reflexes, Lightspeed Barrage, Pushing The Limits, Supersonic Response, Research Grant

Deck:  32x?, Pushing The Limits, Synaptic Interruption

Trash:

Hey, kid - give me a hand getting this thing your cousin built set up, will you? I can't stand all these tropical temperatures.

Absolute Zero

HP: 29

Hand: Cryo Chamber, Fueled Freeze, Modular Realignment, Frost-Bound Drain

In Play:

Trash:

Deck: 34x?, Focused Apertures, Sub-Zero Atmosphere

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Start: Nothing

Play: Cryo Chamber

Power:

Draw: Fueled Freeze and Isothermic Transducer. Fueled Freeze to the bottom, transducer to hand

End: Nothing

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HP: 29

Hand:  Fueled Freeze, Modular Realignment, Frost-Bound Drain, Isothermic Transducer

In Play: Cryo Chamber,

Trash:

Deck: 32x?, Focused Apertures, Sub-Zero Atmosphere, Fueled Freeze

Hi, this is my first post. I've been lurking for awhile and I'd like to play bunker, if that's ok, going off the post in the set up thread by jffdougan.

EDIT: Initial Draw after jffdougan corrected me :Maintenance Unit, Adhesive Foam Grenade, Ammo Drop, Grenade Launcher, Decommissioned Hardware, Heavy Plating, Deck Decommissioned Hardware, Maintenance Unit 

Bunker

HP: 28

Hand: Adhesive Foam Grenade, Ammo Drop, Grenade Launcher, Heavy Plating

In Play:

Trash:

Deck: 36x?

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Start: Nothing

Play: Grenade Launcher

Power: Initialize: Draw External Combustion, Recharge Mode, deck Recharge Mode

Draw: Heavy Plating, Turret Mode, Deck Heavy Plating

End: Nothing

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HP: 28

Hand: Adhesive Foam Grenade, Ammo Drop, Heavy Plating, External Combustion, Turret Mode

In Play: Grenade Launcher

Trash:

Deck: 30x?, Decommissioned Hardware, Maintenance Unit, Recharge Mode, Heavy Plating   

FYI, the first two you drew should have been part of the initial hand, with two of those six sent to the bottom of the deck. Might possibly muck with your turn a bit.

K i'll edit it real quick.

Sorry it took me so long to get back here and update you guys.

Welcome to the game, Humble-Knight! And thank you for not playing an Adhesive Foam Grenade on the first turn, forcing me to figure out what that means in a game where the Environment and Villain decks are reversed (if played as normally affecting the Enviro deck, it'd mean this would be an extremely dull second round).

The cards you haven't yet seen ought to be random and unknown to you…I'm not too comfortable with you just copy-pasting card named among spreadsheet fields at whim.  Even if you are trying not to pay attention, the brain has a habit of imprinting random facts, so you might know that you have a Thermal Shockwave coming up three cards from now and then forget that you knew, so you never fix the problem, but your play is shaped by subconscious realization of your destiny.  If you can't keep a deck on hand to shuffle, perhaps carry a couple d20s in your pocket, and whenever you need to draw a random card, roll them - one is the 20s digit, the other just goes odd-even to determine whether you add 20 to the total, and whenever you roll a number higher than the current count of your deck (including any bottomed cards), you reroll.  (This might bias the roll result slightly against numbers above 20, but eventually the deck will be down to 20 cards and you can stop doing the odd-even roll, so the problem will fix itself.)

Again, you shouldn't know the order of the shuffled cards, so your deck should actually look like this:

Deck: (randomly ordered group of: The Legacy Ring, Flying Smash, Take Down, Fortitude, Danger Sense x2) - (randomly ordered group of: Back-Fist Strike, Superhuman Durability x2, Lead from the Front x3, Inspiring Presence x2, Fortitude x2, Bolster Allies x3, "Thokk!" x2, Next Evolution x2, Surge of Strength x3, Flying Smash, Motivational Charge, Heroic Interception, Take Down, The Legacy Ring, Heroic Interception) - Motivational Charge - Back-Fist Strike - Heroic Interception

I am inclined to be suspicious of Wraith's triple-Impromptu hand, but I have literally seen the same thing happen in the last two non-solo games I played (both of which featured Wraith, while the solo game in between did not).  It was likely the result of bad shuffling, but even so, it can happen, so I'll assume that Oaktree is "lucky" rather than "cheating".  So much for this game being anything resembling a challenge…

EXT - INSULA PRIMALIS

As the five intrepid superhumans (well, three superhumans and two extremely above-average "normal" humans each possessing millions of dollars worth of sophisticated gadgetry) - and, behind them, one morbid teenager - move forward across the jagged volcanic plain, they begin to notice large rotting carcasses piled on all sides, thronged with crows and vultures feasting on their entrails.  TACHYON zooms from one decayed hulk to the next, jabbering excitedly as she streaks across the dogged marching line of the other five visitors.

TACHYON (most intelligible snippet of garbled non-stop dialogue):  "…mygodit'sreallytruethesearetotallyLIVINGDINOSAURSwellokaynotlivinganymoreBUTtheywereuntilrecently, looksliketheymusthavebeencaughtbyablastofcarbonmonoxidegaswhenavolcanicventerupted, couldn'thavehappenedmorethansixhoursagoit'stoobadwehadtoapproachfromthesouthorwe'dhavegottenaniceview, hopefullythesamethingdoesn'thappenagainwhilewe'rehereit'dtotallysuckifwehadtoevacuate, wonderifIshouldtakesomesamplesbutdamnIdidn'tbringtheproperdecontaminationgear, didn'treallythinkwe'dactuallyfindanythingLIVINGhere(assumingtheseweren'tallofthemandsomeactuallyarestillliving)…"

LILIAN CORVUS (sotto voce):  "ugh…she's always so damn eager about everything, even when she's not moving at lightspeed I get tired just listening to her babble all the time, like life is all just one big adventure…one of these days she'll wake up a lonely old woman and be all like 'what happened', and she just won't get it…why the hell did I want to come along with this merry-go-round…"

As she walks sullenly behind the heroes muttering to herself, LILIAN looks about at the spectacle of death, with a mixture of disgust and fascination on her face.  Every time a new bird takes flight within her field of vision, she follows its path with her eyes, a faint ghost of a smile on her face - until she catches ABSOLUTE ZERO's faceplate turned her way, and forcibly stiffens her face into a mask of disdainful grumpiness.

Lilian Corvus - not a target

In Play:  nothing

Trash:  nothing

Deck:  don't even ask

Start of Turn:  nothing.

Play a Card:  Carrion Fields enters play; Darken the Skies to the bottom of the deck.

End of Turn:  Nothing

In Play:  Carrion Fields [15]

Trash:  nothing

Deck: 23x?, Darken the Skies.  (For the moment, the Mask of the Matriarch is shuffled into the deck, but I am more likely to search it out at the appropriate time, bottoming it if I draw it sooner, than I am to decide "now" is the appropriate time just because I drew it.)

EXT - VOLCANIC CARRION FIELDS

LEGACY is marching in the front of the convoy, with WRAITH lurking in the large shadow his burly frame casts; the two armored men follow behind her, guarding LILIAN, while TACHYON zooms in and out of the middle position.  Abruptly TACHYON shouts a warning, just as the camera tightens on Legacy's face.

SFX:  (insert DANGER SENSE signature sound)

TACHYON:  "LOOKOUTGUYSWE'VEGOTCOMPANYANDTHEYDON'TLOOKFRIENDLY!"

A pair of prowling Velociraptors must have been snacking on carrion, hidden from view by the great carcasses, when they caught the scent of Our Heroes and began actively prowling ahead, laying an ambush.  The first one pops into plain view, drawing Legacy's and Wraith's attention - but a second slips around a looming cadaver and pounces on Wraith's back, its claws shearing through her cloak and making a shallow series of scratches on her back!

Round Two

Insula Primalis

In Play: Obsidian Field

Trash:

Start of Turn:

Play a Card: Velociraptor Pack enters play; River of Lava to the bottom of the deck.

End of Turn: Velociraptor Pack deals 1 net damage to Wraith [25].

In Play: Obsidian Field, Velociraptor Pack [5].

Trash: 

Deck:  12 x ?, River of Lava

Effects: Increase all damage by 1.  One player may discard two cards at the end of their turn to end this effect.

Hero HP: Legacy 32, Wraith 25, Tachyon 27, Absolute Zero 29, Bunker 28.

[quote=  Envisioner] " ugh…she's always so damn eager about everything, even when she's not moving at lightspeed I get tired just listening to her babble all the time, like life is all just one big adventure…one of these days she'll wake up a lonely old woman and be all like 'what happened', and she just won't get it…why the hell did I want to come along with this merry-go-round…"

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Wow Lilian, no need to use such fowl language.

Yuk, yuk, yuk…

So dpt, any chance of us getting a turn out of you?  I ask as one Legacy-in-Insula player to another....

EDIT - Jinx!  Looks like we cross-posted.

Shouldn't I know the order of the cards that were already ordered? I think my deck should be

Randomly ordered group of: Danger Sense x2, The Legacy Ring, Flying Smash, Take Down, Fortitude

Ordered: Back-Fist Strike, Superhuman Durability, Lead from the Front, Inspiring Presence, Surge of Strength, Fortitude, Bolster Allies, "Thokk!", Lead from the Front, Bolster Allies, Next Evolution, Surge of Strength

Randomly ordered group of: Bolster Allies, Flying Smash, Fortitude, Heroic Interception x2, Inspiring Presence, Lead from the Front, Motivational Charge, Next Evolution, Superhuman Durability, Surge of Strength, Take Down, The Legacy Ring, "Thokk!"

Ordered: Motivational Charge, Back-Fist Strike, Heroic Interception

It will be a little bit before I get down that far, anyway.

Ah, that makes sense too...sorry, I shoulda checked the previous game before opening my yap.  And sorry to nag you at the very instant you were actually doing as I requested...stupid spacetime continuum going all spacewimey....

HP: 32

Hand: “Thokk!”, Motivational Charge, Next Evolution, Inspiring Presence

In play: Danger Sense

Trash:

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Start of hero turn: Galvanize expires.

Play a card: Inspiring Presence. Wraith’s scratch knits itself closed. All heroes deal +1 damage.

Use a power: Galvanize. Until the start of Legacy’s next turn, increase damage dealt by hero targets by a further +1.

Draw a card: Flying Smash to hand, Danger Sense to bottom of deck.

End of hero turn:

[hr]

HP: 32

Hand: “Thokk!”, Motivational Charge, Next Evolution, Flying Smash

In play: Danger Sense, Inspiring Presence

Trash:

Deck: ?? x 4, Back-Fist Strike, Superhuman Durability, Lead from the Front, Inspiring Presence, Surge of Strength, Fortitude, Bolster Allies, “Thokk!”, Lead from the Front, Bolster Allies, Next Evolution, Surge of Strength, ?? x 14, Motivational Charge, Back-Fist Strike, Heroic Interception, Danger Sense

Additional effects: Legacy is immune to damage from environment cards.
Increase damage dealt by hero targets by +1.
Until the start of Legacy’s next turn, increase damage dealt by hero targets by a further +1.

Wraith

HP - 26

Wraith rolls suddenly to the side as the dinosaur shreds her cloak and does not quite succeed in shredding her.

She taps at a device on her wrist and makes an aside about "Autofocus devices for video recorders *can* be repurposed."

She then draws a throwing knife and tosses it firmly into the throat of the now running dinosaur.  It carooms into a pile of carrion-feasting birds - scattering them and crushing a few as well.

After a quick look for other threats shows none she then pulls out her cloak to look at the long slashes.  She sighs, and then pulls a roll of camoflague duct tape from the utility belt and starts making some quick repairs.

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In Play: Throwing Knives

Hand: Throat Jab, Impromptu Invention (x3)


Deck:  34x ?, Inventory Barrage

Trash: (None)

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Start of Turn:

Play a Card: Impromptu Invention
             - Draw Utility Belt and Micro Targeting Computer - Micro Targeting Computer to bottom of deck
             - Pull Micro Targeting Computer off bottom of deck and put into play
             - Play Utility Belt

Power:  (A) Throwing Knives
             - 6 projectile damage to Velociraptor Pack [x]
             - 6 projectile damage to Carrion Fields [9]  
        (B) Stealth         

Draw: Combat Stance, Grappling Hook; Combat Stance to bottom of deck

End of Turn:

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HP - 26

In Play: Throwing Knives, Micro Targeting Computer, Utility Belt

Hand: Throat Jab, Impromptu Invention (x2), Grappling Hook

Trash: Impromptu Invention

Deck:  30x ?, Inventory Barrage, Combat Stance

Effects: Reduce next damage suffered by Wraith by 2 (duct tape!)
         Wraith may use an additional power during her Power Phase

ST:

ET:

Comment:

6 projectile = Knife (1) + Targeting (2) + Obsidian Field (1) + Galvanize (1) + Inspiring Presence (1) [Nasty.  And a thank you to Legacy.]
 

"OhwowthoseareBEAUTIFUL! Liliankeepwellbackandpleasecomeawayfromthosecorpses..."

Tachyon

HP: 27

In Play: 

Hand: Nimble Strike, Lightning Reflexes, Lightspeed Barrage, Pushing The Limits, Supersonic Response, Research Grant

Deck:  32x?, Pushing The Limits, Synaptic Interruption

Trash:

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Start of Turn:

Play a Card: Research Grant

Use a Power: Research Grant; draw Lightspeed Barrage, Fleet of Foot, deck Lightspeed Barrage, draw Fleet of Foot, Supersonic Response, deck Supersonic Response, discard Nimble Strike.

Draw a Card: Draw Accelerated Assault, Fleet of Foot, deck Accelerated Assault

End of Turn:

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HP: 27

In Play: Research Grant

Hand: Lightning Reflexes, Lightspeed Barrage, Pushing The Limits, Supersonic Response, Fleet of Foot x3

Deck:  32x?, Pushing The Limits, Synaptic Interruption, Lightspeed Barrage, Supersonic Response, Accelerated Assault

Trash: Nimble Strike [1]

OK, those are kind of impressive. In the meantime, let's get the heat flow adjusted on this blasted thing. It completely failed to function at all the last time; let's see if Dr. Blackmail Stinson has managed to get it working properly.

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HP: 29

Hand:  Fueled Freeze, Modular Realignment, Frost-Bound Drain, Isothermic Transducer

In Play: Cryo Chamber,

Trash:

Deck: 32x?, Focused Apertures, Sub-Zero Atmosphere, Fueled Freeze

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Start: Nothing

Play: Isothermic Transducer

Power: Nothing

Draw: Frost-Bound Drain & Modular Realignment. Keep Frost-Bound Drain; send Modular Realignment to the bottom of the deck.

End: Nothing

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HP: 29

Hand:  Fueled Freeze, Modular Realignment, Frost-Bound Drain x 2,

In Play: Cryo Chamber, Isothermic Transducer

Trash:

Deck: 30x?, Focused Apertures, Sub-Zero Atmosphere, Fueled Freeze, Modular Realignment

So I'm not going to be able to post a full turun til tonight, but of you want to continue, I'm playing ammo drop and shooting a grenade at the carrion fields for 5 damage. Then I will draw a card.

Will update later

EDIT: I still need to formally edit this but my draws were omni cannon and turret mode, I decked turret mode

Bunker

HP: 28

Hand: Adhesive Foam Grenade, Ammo Drop, Heavy Plating, External Combustion, Turret Mode

In Play: Grenade Launcher

Trash:

Deck: 30x?, Decommissioned Hardware, Maintenance Unit, Recharge Mode, Heavy Plating

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Start: Nothing

Play: Ammo Drop

Power: Grenade Launcher: 5(2+1(IF)+1(IP)+1(G)) projectile damage to Carrion Fields [4], choose not to use other 2

Draw: Omni-Cannon, Turret Mode; deck Turret Mode

End: Nothing

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HP: 28

Hand: Adhesive Foam Grenade, Heavy Plating, External Combustion, Turret Mode, Omni-Cannon

In Play: Grenade Launcher, Ammo Drop

Trash:

Deck: 28x?, Decommissioned Hardware, Maintenance Unit, Recharge Mode, Heavy Plating, Turret Mode

EXT - VOLCANIC CARRION FIELDS

At the sight of the velociraptors, LILIAN stifled an "eep!" and vanished behind Bunker's bulk, but as the big suit began firing "small" explosives to clear away the carrion, she apparently decided this was not the oasis of safety she was looking for, and slipped away into the primeval forest behind the heroes.  The trees are close together, a tight fit even for her slim and ill-endowed teenage form; the huge raptors would not be able to follow her into the woods...and neither would Bunker, AZ, or Legacy.  Tachyon would at least have to slow down in order to traverse the tangle of roots and undergrowth, which was perhaps exactly why her sullen cousin decided to vanish into it.  Behind her, unnoticed by her, the carrion-fowl that have flocked up away from the cacophony of battle have been circling in the skies, cawing raucous protests among themselves...but suddenly, unseen by the heroes, they momentarily assume a complex geometric formation with seven points, the last facing toward the rear of the hero group.  Then, just as abruptly, they collapse into a single teeming mass and fall angrily upon the heroes!

Lilian Corvus - not a target

In Play:  nothing

Trash:  nothing

Deck:  don't even ask

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Start of Turn:  nothing.

Play a Card:  Building of Rooks enters play; Unkindness of Ravens to the bottom.  Building of Rooks enters play; Horrid Cacophony to the bottom.  Unkindness of Ravens enters play; Horrid Cacophony to the bottom.  Two Murders of Crows; one enters play.  Kettle of Vultures enters play; Unkindness of Ravens to the bottom.  Clattering of Jackdaws enters play; Darken the Sky to the bottom.  Clattering of Jackdaws enters play; Muninn to the bottom.  Kettle of Vultures enters play; Clattering of Jackdaws to the bottom.  Murder of Crows enters play; Darken the Sky to the bottom.  Building of Rooks enters play; Huginn to the bottom.  Carrion Fields enters play; Mask of the Matriarch to the bottom.

End of Turn:  Nothing

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In Play:  Carrion Fields x2 [4] and [15], Building of Rooks x2, Unkindness of Ravens, Murder of Crows, Kettle of Vultures, Clattering of Jackdaws x2, Kettle of Vultures, Murder of Crows, Building of Rooks.  That's a total of 10 Fowl in play.  Carrion Fields retaliates if they are killed, but there is still no Matriarch, so she doesn't do so as well.

Trash:  nothing

Deck: Kettle of Vultures, Darken the Skies, Unkindness of Ravens, Horrid Cacophony x2, Murder of Crows, Unkindness of Ravens, Darken the Skies, Muninn, Clattering of Jackdaws, Darken the Skies, Huginn, Mask of the Matriarch.

EXT - VOLCANIC CARRION FIELDS

Attracted by the flurry of avian activity over the charnel plain, a much larger winged form dives down through the flock of scavengers!

Round Two

Insula Primalis

In Play: Obsidian Field

Trash:  Velociraptor Pack

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Start of Turn:

Play a Card: Pterodactyl Thief enters play; Volcanic Eruption is bottomed.

End of Turn:

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In Play: Obsidian Field, Pterodactyl Thief [5].

Trash:  Velociraptor Pack

Deck:  10 x ?, River of Lava, Volcanic Eruption.

Effects: Increase all damage by 1.  One player may discard two cards at the end of their turn to end this effect.

Hero HP: Legacy 32, Wraith 26, Tachyon 27, Absolute Zero 29, Bunker 28.

At the sudden influx of birds, Legacy looks upward sharply and leaps into the sky, returning with a thunderous smash.

America’s Finest Legacy

HP: 32

Hand: “Thokk!”, Motivational Charge, Next Evolution, Flying Smash

In play: Danger Sense, Inspiring Presence

Trash:

[hr]
Start of hero turn: Galvanize expires.

Play a card: Flying Smash. 3+1(Obsidian Fields)+1(Inspiring Presence) Fire damage to Carrion Fields #1 (DEAD), Carrion Fields #2 (10), and Pterodactyl Thief (DEAD). Bunker draws a card.

Use a power: Galvanize.

Draw a card: Take Down to hand, Fortitude to bottom of deck.

End of hero turn:

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HP: 32

Hand: “Thokk!”, Motivational Charge, Next Evolution, Take Down

In play: Danger Sense, Inspiring Presence

Trash: Flying Smash

Deck: ?? x 2, Back-Fist Strike, Superhuman Durability, Lead from the Front, Inspiring Presence, Surge of Strength, Fortitude, Bolster Allies, “Thokk!”, Lead from the Front, Bolster Allies, Next Evolution, Surge of Strength, ?? x 14, Motivational Charge, Back-Fist Strike, Heroic Interception, Danger Sense, Fortitude

Additional effects: Legacy is immune to damage from environment cards.
Increase damage dealt by hero targets by +1.
Bunker draws a card.
Until the start of Legacy’s next turn, increase damage dealt by hero targets by a further +1.

Draw Turret Mode and Upgrade Mode, deck Turret Mode

Editted so I could get set up a turn faster

Wraith

HP - 26

That does not look friendly.

"Capacitor unit charging..." came through her ear piece.  Good, those would be useful for even small targets, though she had brought the stun bolt equipment in case Tachyon wanted to try to bag something large alive.

In Play: Throwing Knives, Micro Targeting Computer, Utility Belt

Hand: Throat Jab, Impromptu Invention (x2), Grappling Hook

Deck:  30x ?, Inventory Barrage, Combat Stance

Trash: Impromptu Invention

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Start of Turn:

Play a Card: Impromptu Invention
             - Draw Mega Computer and Razor Ordnance - Razor Ordnance to bottom of deck
             - Search deck for Stun Bolt and put into play; shuffle unknown part of deck
             - Play Mega Computer

Power:  (A) Stun Bolt
             - 6 projectile damage to Carrion Field #2 [4]
               (Carrion Field #2 damage reduced by 1 until next Wraith turn)
               
        (B) Throwing Knives         
             - 6 projectile damage to Carrion Field #2 [x]
             - 6 projectile damage to Clattering of Jackdaws #1 [x]
             - 6 projectile damage to Clattering of Jackdaws #2 [x]

Draw: Draw Throwing Knives and Mega Computer; Throwing Knives to bottom of deck

End of Turn:

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HP - 26

In Play: Throwing Knives, Micro Targeting Computer, Utility Belt, Stun Bolt, Mega Computer

Hand: Throat Jab, Impromptu Invention, Grappling Hook, Mega Computer

Trash: Impromptu Invention (x2)

Deck:  25x ?, Razor Ordnance, Inventory Barrage, Combat Stance, Throwing Knives

Effects: Reduce next damage suffered by Wraith by 2
         Wraith may use an additional power during her Power Phase
         Reduce damage dealt by environment cards by 1

         Bunker may draw three cards (Ammo Drop)

ST:

ET:

Comment:
 

Draw external combustion x 2, deck external combustion. Draw heavy plating and ammo drop, deck ammo drop. Draw Flak cannon and decommissioned hardware. Deck decommissioned hardware.

So I have all the guns I wanted now so I can discard 2 like I said in the discussion

Tachyon

HP: 27

In Play: Research Grant

Hand: Lightning Reflexes, Lightspeed Barrage, Pushing The Limits, Supersonic Response, Fleet of Foot x3

Deck:  26x?, Pushing The Limits, Synaptic Interruption, Lightspeed Barrage, Supersonic Response, Accelerated Assault

Trash: Nimble Strike [1]

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Start of Turn:

Play a Card: Fleet of Foot; draw HUD Goggles, Synaptic Interruption, deck Synaptic Interruption.

Fleet of Foot; draw Sonic Vortex, Sucker Punch, deck Sonic Vortex.

Fleet of Foot; draw Sucker Punch, Hypersonic Assault, deck Sucker Punch.

All players may draw three cards.

HUD Goggles enter play.

Use a Power: Research Grant; draw Lightspeed Barrage, HUD Goggles, deck HUD Goggles, draw Fleet of Foot, Accelerated Assault, Blinding Speed, deck Blinding Speed, discard Sucker Punch.

Draw a Card: Draw Hypersonic Assault, Synaptic Interruption, deck Synaptic Interruption.

End of Turn:

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HP: 27

In Play: Research Grant, HUD Goggles

Hand: Lightning Reflexes, Lightspeed Barrage x2, Pushing The Limits, Supersonic Response, Hypersonic Assault x2, Accelerated Assault

Deck:  14x?, Pushing The Limits, Synaptic Interruption, Lightspeed Barrage, Supersonic Response, Accelerated Assault, Synaptic Interruption, Sonic Vortex, Sucker Punch, HUD Goggles, Blinding Speed, Synaptic Interruption

Trash: Nimble Strike, Fleet of Foot x3, Sucker Punch [5]

(You didn't want to play another card after HUD Goggles?  Actually no, with that hand you probably don't.)

Wraith draws:

Stun Bolt and Trust Fund; Trust Fund to bottom of deck (Rats)

Utility Belt and Trust Fund; Utility Belt to bottom of deck

Mega Computer and Infrared Eyepiece; Infrared Eyepiece to bottom of deck

(Thank you Tachyon.  That was a nice haul.)

Bunker draws adhesive foam grenade, omni-cannon, deck omnicannon.

Maintenance unit, Gatling gun; deck maintenance unit

Ammo drop, decommissioned hardware, deck ammo drop

Absolute Zero draws Modular Realignment and Glacial Structure; keep Glacial Structure & deck Modular Realignment

Draw Glacial Structure and Coolant Blast; keep Coolant Blast & deck Glacial Structure

Draw Focused Apertures and Onboard Module Installation. This one's a tough call, but I think I'm going to keep the Apertures since I'm planning to use Glacial Structure to draw a bunch of cards anyway. Onboard Module Installation to the bottom of the deck. On that note.....

Well, damn, whoda thunk it? There's a decent size wall o' ice over here, clear of the carcasses. Wonder if it's hiding anything?

HP: 29

Hand:  Fueled Freeze, Modular Realignment, Frost-Bound Drain x 2, Glacial Structure, Coolant Blast, Focused Apertures

In Play: Cryo Chamber, Isothermic Transducer

Trash:

Deck: 24x?, Focused Apertures, Sub-Zero Atmosphere, Fueled Freeze, Modular Realignment, Modular Realignment, Glacial Structure, Onboard Module Installation

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Start: Nothing

Play: Glacial Structure

Power: Destroy Glacial Structure to draw 3 cards. Get (NPCU and Cold Snap), (Isothermic Transducer and Sub-Zero Atmosphere), (thermal Shockwave and Impale). Keep NPCU, Isothermic Transducer, and Thermal Shockwave; send the others to the bottom of the deck.

Draw: Frost-Bound Drain and NPCU. Keep Frost-Bound Drain; NPCU to the bottom of the deck

End: Nothing

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HP: 29

Hand:  Fueled Freeze, Modular Realignment, Frost-Bound Drain x 2, Coolant Blast, Focused Apertures, Null-Point Calibration Unit, Isothermic Transducer, Thermal Shockwave, Frost-Bound Drain

In Play: Cryo Chamber, Isothermic Transducer

Trash: Glacial Structure

Deck: 16x?, Focused Apertures, Sub-Zero Atmosphere, Fueled Freeze, Modular Realignment, Modular Realignment, Glacial Structure, Onboard Module Installation, Cold Snap, sub-Zero Atmosphere, Impale, Null-Point Calibration Unit

 Bunker

HP: 28

Hand: Adhesive Foam Grenade, Heavy Plating, External Combustion, Turret Mode, Omni-Cannon, Upgrade Mode, External Combustion, Heavy Plating, Flak Cannon, Adhesive Foam Grenade, Gatling Gun, Decommissioned Hardware 

 In Play: Grenade Launcher, Ammo Drop 

Trash:

Deck: 14x?, Decommissioned Hardware, Maintenance Unit, Recharge Mode, Heavy Plating, Turret Mode, Turret Mode, External Combustion, Ammo Drop, Decommissioned Hardware, Omni-Cannon, Maintenance Unit, Ammo Drop 

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Start: Nothing 

Play: Heavy Plating 

Power: Grenade Launcher: Shoot and kill Raven and both Crows. I draw Adhesive Foam Grenade and Gatling Gun; deck Gatling gun. Draw Auxiliary Power Source and Grenade launcher, deck grenade launcher. Draw Grenade Launcher and Recharge Mode, deck Recharge Mode 

Draw: Recharge Mode and Upgrade Mode, deck Recharge Mode 

End: Discard Upgrade Mode and Grenade launcher to destroy obsidian fields 

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HP: 28

Hand: Adhesive Foam Grenade, External Combustion, Turret Mode, Omni-Cannon, Upgrade Mode, External Combustion, Heavy Plating, Flak Cannon, Adhesive Foam Grenade, Gatling gun, Decommissioned hardware, Adhesive Foam Grenade, Auxiliary Power Source

In Play: Grenade Launcher, Ammo Drop, Heavy Plating 

Trash: Upgrade Mode, Grenade launcher

Deck: 6x?, Decommissioned Hardware, Maintenance Unit, Recharge Mode, Heavy Plating, Turret Mode, Turret Mode, External Combustion, Ammo Drop, Decommissioned hardware, Omni-Cannon, Maintenance Unit, Ammo Drop, Gatling gun, Grenade launcher, Recharge Mode, Recharge Mode

Effects: 

Anytime a villain card is destroyed, draw a card.

Bunker has 1 damage reduction

Remind me to never post a turn from my tablet again, it takes forever. And can someone check my deck count cuz I could have easily made a mistake.

Legacy’s draws from Fleet of Foot:

Draw Danger Sense and The Legacy Ring, deck Danger Sense.
Draw Back-Fist Strike and Superhuman Durability, deck Back-Fist Strike.
Draw Lead from the Front and Inspiring Presence, deck Inspiring Presence.

So if I read you guys's turns correctly, nobody killed the Rooks or Vultures, so I'm assuming they do damage.  And that's far from all that happens on this villain turn.

EXT - FOREST CLEARING

In a dark and shadowy spot among the trees, LILIAN has paused in her flight from the scene of battle, sitting with her back against a massive cycad and listening to the distant sounds of combat.  She does not see as a seven-pointed shape, identical to the one that appeared in the sky, draws itself in midair off to one side of her and a black-robed figure steps forth, tall but slightly hunched, as if his shoulders were too big for his neck.  The STRANGER abruptly speaks.

STRANGER:  "Pathetic fools, aren't they?"

LILIAN whirls about in shock, stumbling to her feet and backing away.  As when she was scared before, however, she doesn't utter a sound, not wanting her solicitous cousin to come running.

STRANGER:  "Be at ease, child.  I mean you no harm...quite the opposite, indeed."

LILIAN:  "How did you get here?  Who are you?"

STRANGER:  "Do these things matter?  It's not important.  What you need to know is that I sensed your power as soon as you came to this primeval place.  You have a very old soul, and this is a refuge for things from an earlier, more glorious age.  A time before self-righteous meddlers and meaningless laws; a time when you could look up at the stars and feel truly alive.  A part of you remembers such times, doesn't it?  Longs for them?  But more, longs to be powerful, meaningful, not just one face lost in a crowd of teeming imbeciles, but a being of majesty and grace, ruling over the wild things of the world.  Do you not feel so?"

LILIAN (breathless):  "Wow...I didn't think anyone else 'got it'...."

STRANGER:  "Here.  Take this."  He hands LILIAN a smooth, black crystal, which she takes hesitantly.  "It is a relic of that older, purer time; it will reshape itself to suit your dreams, and grant you the ability to fulfill them.  Just gaze into the blackness within, and it will gaze into your own dark soul, see the beauty and glory within you, and bring them to life.  I must go, now, but I will find you again, after you have claimed your place as this world's ruling Matriarch."

LILIAN pays no attention to the STRANGER as he withdraws and fades into the darkness, her gaze fixed on the black crystal.  Camera zoom tightens on the crystal and her eyes in an overlapping effect, one image growing as the other shrinks; at the halfway point, they switch places, and as her eyes zoom back into view, a feathered mask adorns them, identical to a doodle she was sketching in her notebook back on the plane.

MATRIARCH:  "Yes...I see now.  The creatures of the air, the agents of Death...I envied them.  And now, my will can rule them all...."

The Matriarch - 70 HP

In Play:  Mask of the Matriarch [9], Building of Rooks x3, Kettle of Vultures x2,

Trash:  Carrion Fields x2, Clattering of Jackdaws x2, Unkindness of Ravens, Murder of Crows x2

Deck:  Kettle of Vultures, Darken the Skies, Unkindness of Ravens, Horrid Cacophony x2, Murder of Crows, Unkindness of Ravens, Darken the Skies, Muninn, Clattering of Jackdaws, Darken the Skies, Huginn.

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Start of Turn:  Two Buildings of Rooks peck Legacy for 2x2.  The third Building of Rooks pecks Absolute Zero for 2.  Two Kettles of Vultures peck Wraith for 2x2.

Play a Card:  Darken the Skies is played; Kettle of Vultures to the bottom.  All birds from trash enter play.  Mask of the Matriarch plays Horrid Cacophony; Unkindness of Ravens to the bottom.  Cacophony destroys 5 hero Ongoings (of my choice?) and Matty deals 3 sonic damage to all heroes (2 to Bunker).

End of Turn:  Nothing

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In Play:  Mask of the Matriarch [9], Building of Rooks x3, Kettle of Vultures x2, Clattering of Jackdaws x2, Unkindness of Ravens, Murder of Crows x2.

Trash:  Carrion Fields x2, Darken the Skies, Horrid Cacophony

Deck: Horrid Cacophony, Murder of Crows, Unkindness of Ravens, Darken the Skies, Muninn, Clattering of Jackdaws, Darken the Skies, Huginn, Kettle of Vultures, Unkindness of Ravens.

Hero HP: Legacy 25, Wraith 21, Tachyon 24, Absolute Zero 24, Bunker 26.

EXT - VOLCANIC FIELDS COMPLETELY CLEARED OF BOTH CARRION AND OBSIDIAN BUT SOMEHOW THERE'S ICE

As the birds renew their attack against the heroes with even greater ferocity, their scaled ancestors rejoin the fray as well, attracted to the multitude of free snacks.  As several avian voices squawk in terror and agony, a preternatural scream of anger, in a feminine octave and echoing with stentorian reverb, tears through the sky, making Legacy reel at the epicenter of the fray.

Round Two

Insula Primalis

In Play:  Nothing

Trash:  Obsidian Field, Velociraptor Pack, Pterodactyl Thief

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Start of Turn:

Play a Card:  Velociraptor Pack enters play; Pterodactyl Thief is bottomed.

End of Turn:  Velociraptor Pack deals 1 net damage to Unkindness of Ravens [x].  Matriarch deals 3 (-1 for Heavy Plating) retaliation damage to Bunker unless he destroys a card in play.

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In Play: Velociraptor Pack [5].

Trash:  Velociraptor Pack, Obsidian Field, Pterodactyl Thief

Deck:  8 x ?, River of Lava, Volcanic Eruption, Pterodactyl Thief.

Effects:

Hero HP: Legacy 25, Wraith 21, Tachyon 24, Absolute Zero 24, Bunker 26/24.

Wraith should have 21 HP.  I had an outstanding Stealth effect in play that should negate the first Vulture attack.

I'll take the damage.

America’s Finest Legacy

HP: 25

Hand: “Thokk!”, Motivational Charge, Next Evolution, Take Down, The Legacy Ring, Superhuman Durability, Lead from the Front

In play:

Trash: Flying Smash, Danger Sense, Inspiring Presence

[hr]
Start of hero turn: Galvanize expires.

Play a card: Next Evolution

Use a power: Galvanize

Draw a card: Fortitude to hand, Surge of Strength to bottom of deck.

End of hero turn:

[hr]

HP: 25

Hand: “Thokk!”, Motivational Charge, Take Down, The Legacy Ring, Superhuman Durability, Lead from the Front, Fortitude

In play: Next Evolution

Trash: Flying Smash, Danger Sense, Inspiring Presence

Deck: Bolster Allies, “Thokk!”, Lead from the Front, Bolster Allies, Next Evolution, Surge of Strength, ?? x 14, Motivational Charge, Back-Fist Strike, Heroic Interception, Danger Sense, Fortitude, Danger Sense, Back-Fist Strike, Inspiring Presence, Surge of Strength

Additional effects: Until the start of Legacy’s next turn, increase damage dealt by hero targets by +1.

Wraith

HP - 21

These birds are everywhere! And this assault is not natural.

"Computer - continue broader scan of area and inform immediately of any non-random ground or air diszzzzzt (crackle)

OW!

I repeat - report non-random ground or air disturbances headed this way."

What the hell is that thing that is grabbing Lillian's face!

ZAP! ZIP! ZIP! "Oops!"

"Look out! More Raptors!" ZIP!

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In Play: Throwing Knives, Micro Targeting Computer, Utility Belt, Stun Bolt, Mega Computer

Hand: Throat Jab, Impromptu Invention, Grappling Hook, Mega Computer (x2), Stun Bolt, Trust Fund

Deck:  19x ?, Inventory Barrage, Combat Stance, Razor Ordnance, Throwing Knives, Trust Fund, Utility Belt, Infrared Eyepiece

Trash: Impromptu Invention (x2)

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Start of Turn:

Play a Card: Mega Computer

Power:  (A) Stun Bolt
             - 4 projectile damage to Mask of the Matriarch [5]
               
        (B) Throwing Knives         
             - 4 projectile damage to The Matriarch [66]
             - 4 projectile damage to Mask of the Matriarch [1]
             - 4 projectile damage to Velociraptor Pack [1]

Draw: Draw Grappling Hook and Trust Fund; Trust Fund to bottom of deck

End of Turn:

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HP - 21

In Play: Throwing Knives, Micro Targeting Computer, Utility Belt, Stun Bolt, Mega Computer (x2)

Hand: Throat Jab, Impromptu Invention, Grappling Hook (x2), Mega Computer, Stun Bolt, Trust Fund

Trash: Impromptu Invention (x2)

Deck:  17x ?, Inventory Barrage, Combat Stance, Razor Ordnance, Throwing Knives, Trust Fund, Utility Belt, Infrared Eyepiece

Effects: Wraith may use an additional power during her Power Phase
         Reduce damage dealt by environment cards by 2

ST:

ET:

Comment:

"Lilian! What... what'sbeendonetoyou? IamgoingtoKILLyou, Frost!"

Tachyon

HP: 24

In Play: HUD Goggles

Hand: Lightning Reflexes, Lightspeed Barrage x2, Pushing The Limits, Supersonic Response, Hypersonic Assault x2, Accelerated Assault

Deck:  14x?, Pushing The Limits, Synaptic Interruption, Lightspeed Barrage, Supersonic Response, Accelerated Assault, Synaptic Interruption, Sonic Vortex, Sucker Punch, HUD Goggles, Blinding Speed, Synaptic Interruption

Trash: Nimble Strike, Fleet of Foot x3, Research Grant, Sucker Punch [5]

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Start of Turn:

Play a Card: Pushing The Limits enters play.

Hypersonic Assault; 2 sonic damage to The Matriarch [64], she can't deal damage, and the Mask, Raptors and Fowl die.

Supersonic Response; deal 3 melee and 3 sonic damage to The Matriarch [58].

Use a Power: Rapid Recon; reveal and replace Research Grant.

Draw a Card: Draw Research Grant, Pushing The Limits, deck Pushing The Limits, draw Lightning Reflexes, Quick Insight, deck Lightning Reflexes.

End of Turn:

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HP: 24

In Play: Pushing The Limits, HUD Goggles

Hand: Lightning Reflexes, Lightspeed Barrage x2, Hypersonic Assault, Accelerated Assault

Deck:  10x?, Pushing The Limits, Synaptic Interruption, Lightspeed Barrage, Supersonic Response, Accelerated Assault, Synaptic Interruption, Sonic Vortex, Sucker Punch, HUD Goggles, Blinding Speed, Synaptic Interruption, Pushing The Limits, Lightning Reflexes

Trash: Nimble Strike, Fleet of Foot x3, Supersonic Response, Sucker Punch, Research Grant, Hypersonic Assault [6]

It wasn't me, Stinson. I cannot keep an eye on the kid every minute, especially when I'm still trying to get this fracking suit working properly. Doesn't that assistant of yours ever think about the practical side of things? How am I supposed to adjust this thing when the calibration dial's in the freaking middle of my bloody back?

HP: 24

Hand:  Fueled Freeze, Modular Realignment, Frost-Bound Drain x 2, Coolant Blast, Focused Apertures, Null-Point Calibration Unit, Isothermic Transducer, Thermal Shockwave, Frost-Bound Drain

In Play: Cryo Chamber, Isothermic Transducer

Trash: Glacial Structure

Deck: 16x?, Focused Apertures, Sub-Zero Atmosphere, Fueled Freeze, Modular Realignment, Modular Realignment, Glacial Structure, Onboard Module Installation, Cold Snap, sub-Zero Atmosphere, Impale, Null-Point Calibration Unit

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Start: Nothing

Play: Null-Point Calibration Unit

Power: Thermodynamics. Deal 3 cold damage to myself to heal (27)

Draw: (to be filled in later after I get the physical deck set back up)

End: Nothing

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HP: 29

Hand:  Fueled Freeze, Modular Realignment, Frost-Bound Drain x 2, Coolant Blast, Focused Apertures, Isothermic Transducer, Thermal Shockwave, Frost-Bound Drain, ?

In Play: Cryo Chamber, Isothermic Transducer, Null-Point Calibration Unit

Trash: Glacial Structure

Deck: 14x?, Focused Apertures, Sub-Zero Atmosphere, Fueled Freeze, Modular Realignment, Modular Realignment, Glacial Structure, Onboard Module Installation, Cold Snap, sub-Zero Atmosphere, Impale, Null-Point Calibration Unit; ?

I haven't had the chance to get my AZ deck set up to reflect its current state, so I'm working from my hand and will edit in the draw later.

A note I posted on the other thread: The Matriarch seems to not be in play yet.

Like wraith, I will fill in my full turn later.

Play upgrade mode play omni cannon

No power

Draw to be determined Edit Draw 2x Auxiliary Power Source. One hand one bottom of deck

She has to be in play she did retaliation damage

No, she is; I apologize if that was unclear.

EXT - FORMER VOLCANIC CARRION FIELDS

As if by some dark magic, the brambles part before THE MATRIARCH and she strides out of the forest into view, laughing triumphantly and moving with regal grace, surveying the FREEDOM FIVE like so many insects.

MATRIARCH:  "HAHAHAHAH!  You naive, idealistic fools!  You thought you came here to discover the secret of this place, but it is I who have found the heart of its power!  Now, the dinosaurs and their descendants alike are mine to command!  Tremble before my glory!  Suffer as I have suffered, listening to your patronizing prattle!  My children will blot out the sun and plunge you into the night of eternal despair!"

Lilian has just reached the peak of her ranting when Tachyon, finished smacking all of the birds out of the sky, runs up and slaps the Mask off her cousin's face.  No sooner does the teenager bark a retort than the ring of feathers sprout back into place from between her eyelashes and the Mask reappears around them.

MATRIARCH:  "OW!  You absolute BITCH!  For that, you will be my first victim!"

The Matriarch - 58 HP

In Play:  Nothing, apparently.

Trash:  Carrion Fields x2, Darken the Skies, Horrid Cacophony, Mask of the Matriarch, Building of Rooks x3, Kettle of Vultures x2, Clattering of Jackdaws x2, Unkindness of Ravens, Murder of Crows x2.

Deck:  Kettle of Vultures, Darken the Skies, Unkindness of Ravens, Horrid Cacophony x2, Murder of Crows, Unkindness of Ravens, Darken the Skies, Muninn, Clattering of Jackdaws, Darken the Skies, Huginn.

Start of Turn:  Depressingly uneventful

Play a Card:  Murder of Crows enters play; Horrid Cacophony to the bottom.  Unkindness of Ravens enters play; Darken the Skies to the bottom.  Clattering of Jackdaws enters play; Muninn to the bottom.  Darken the Sky enters play; Huginn to the bottom.  All Fowl return from the trash again along with the Mask.

End of Turn:  Nothing

In Play:  Mask of the Matriarch, Building of Rooks x3, Kettle of Vultures x2, Clattering of Jackdaws x2, Unkindness of Ravens, Murder of Crows x3, Unkindness of Ravens, Clattering of Jackdaws.

Trash:  Carrion Fields x2, Darken the Skies, Horrid Cacophony, Darken the Skies

Deck: Kettle of Vultures, Unkindness of Ravens, Horrid Cacophony, Darken the Skies, Muninn, Huginn

Hero HP: Legacy 25, Wraith 21, Tachyon 24, Absolute Zero 24, Bunker 26.

Seemingly oblivious to the human drama, Velociraptors continue snacking on corvids in the background.

Round Three

Insula Primalis

In Play:  Nothing

Trash:  Obsidian Field, Velociraptor Pack, Pterodactyl Thief

Start of Turn:

Play a Card:  Velociraptor Pack enters play; Obsidian Field is bottomed.

End of Turn:  Velociraptor Pack deals 2 net damage to Unkindness of Ravens .  Lilian is still too busy frothing in rage at her cuz to notice.

In Play: Velociraptor Pack [5].

Trash:  Velociraptor Pack, Obsidian Field, Pterodactyl Thief

Deck:  6 x ?, River of Lava, Volcanic Eruption, Pterodactyl Thief, Obsidian Field.

Effects:

Hero HP: Legacy 25, Wraith 21, Tachyon 24, Absolute Zero 24, Bunker 24.

Wraith, are you planning to Throat Jab this turn? Just trying to sort out if I want to use Next Evolution this round, and if so, what to choose. Fowls deal projectile damage, the Matriarch deals psychic retaliation damage, and Carrion Fields deals projectile damage. So I could choose psychic damage and then Tachyon could do an accelerated assault in peace, for instance.

Raptor pack missed - Mega Computer (x2) in play has essentially nerfed them.  They can go eat carrion.

dpt - AZ healed to 27 hp in his turn and is high HP.  So he would take a few retaliations before he dropped far enough for Next Evolution to block the rest.  I'll Throat Jab this turn and then pound the Mask, Matriarch, etc. like I did last turn.  So you can go with something else if you want this turn.

America’s Finest Legacy

HP: 25

Hand: “Thokk!”, Motivational Charge, Take Down, The Legacy Ring, Superhuman Durability, Lead from the Front, Fortitude

In play: Next Evolution

Trash: Flying Smash, Danger Sense, Inspiring Presence

[hr]
Start of hero turn: Galvanize expires.

Play a card: Take Down. Villain cards cannot be played.

Use a power: Galvanize. Until the start of Legacy’s next turn, increase damage dealt by hero targets by +1.

Draw a card: Bolster Allies to hand, “Thokk!” to bottom of deck.

End of hero turn: Matriarch feebly attempts to retaliate, but is still stunned.

[hr]

HP: 25

Hand: “Thokk!”, Motivational Charge, The Legacy Ring, Superhuman Durability, Fortitude, Lead from the Front, Bolster Allies

In play: Next Evolution, Take Down

Trash: Flying Smash, Danger Sense, Inspiring Presence

Deck: Lead from the Front, Bolster Allies, Next Evolution, Surge of Strength, ?? x 14, Motivational Charge, Back-Fist Strike, Heroic Interception, Danger Sense, Fortitude, Danger Sense, Back-Fist Strike, Inspiring Presence, Surge of Strength, “Thokk!”

Additional effects: Villain cards cannot be played.
Until the start of Legacy’s next turn, increase damage dealt by hero targets by +1.

Wraith

HP - 21

Ah, I've heard this music before.  Why do all these meglomaniac villains sound the same?  I don't need to listen to it though.

(Wraith does a artistic vault and roll up to Lillian and ends it with a clean chop to the throat. Argle Gargle)

"I am curious whether this feathery leech is causing this, or just letting the inner you out.  Let's see if we can keep it pried off your face for a few minutes and possibly find out."

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In Play: Throwing Knives, Micro Targeting Computer, Utility Belt, Stun Bolt, Mega Computer (x2)

Hand: Throat Jab, Impromptu Invention, Grappling Hook (x2), Mega Computer, Stun Bolt, Trust Fund

Deck:  17x ?, Inventory Barrage, Combat Stance, Razor Ordnance, Throwing Knives, Trust Fund, Utility Belt, Infrared Eyepiece, Trust Fund

Trash: Impromptu Invention (x2)
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Start of Turn:

Play a Card: Throat Jab the Matriarch for 3 melee damage [55]
        (Matriarch cannot inflict damage until start of next Wraith turn)


Power:  (A) Stun Bolt
             - 4 projectile damage to Mask of the Matriarch [5]
               
        (B) Throwing Knives         
             - 4 projectile damage to The Matriarch [51]
             - 4 projectile damage to Mask of the Matriarch [1]
             - 4 projectile damage to Velociraptor Pack [1]

Draw: Draw Grappling Hook, Combat Stance; Combat Stance to bottom of deck

End of Turn:
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HP - 21

In Play: Throwing Knives, Micro Targeting Computer, Utility Belt, Stun Bolt, Mega Computer (x2)

Hand: Impromptu Invention, Grappling Hook (x3), Mega Computer, Stun Bolt, Trust Fund

Trash: Impromptu Invention (x2), Throat Jab

Deck:  15x ?, Inventory Barrage, Combat Stance, Razor Ordnance, Throwing Knives, Trust Fund, Utility

Belt, Infrared Eyepiece, Trust Fund, Combat Stance

Effects: Wraith may use an additional power during her Power Phase
             Reduce damage dealt by environment cards by 2
             Matriarch cannot inflict damage until start of next Wraith turn

ST:

ET:

Comment:

For once, Tachyon is silent, her mouth drawn into a thin, determined line.

Tachyon

HP: 24

In Play: Pushing The Limits, HUD Goggles

Hand: Lightning Reflexes, Lightspeed Barrage x2, Hypersonic Assault, Accelerated Assault, Research Grant, Quick Insight

Deck:  10x?, Pushing The Limits, Synaptic Interruption, Lightspeed Barrage, Supersonic Response, Accelerated Assault, Synaptic Interruption, Sonic Vortex, Sucker Punch, HUD Goggles, Blinding Speed, Synaptic Interruption, Pushing The Limits, Lightning Reflexes

Trash: Nimble Strike, Fleet of Foot x3, Supersonic Response, Sucker Punch, Research Grant, Hypersonic Assault [6]

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Start of Turn: Tachyon sonics herself for 3 [21].

Play a Card: Accelerated Assault; Tachyon deals 2 damage to the Matriarch [49], and everything else dies.

Quick Insight; draw Blinding Speed, Hypersonic Assault, deck Blinding Speed, draw Sucker Punch, Nimble Strike, deck Nimble Strike, draw Accelerated Assault, Quick Insight, deck Accelerated Assault, discard Sucker Punch, Quick Insight.

Research Grant enters play.

Use a Power: Research Grant; draw Nimble Strike, Sonic Vortex, deck Sonic Vortex, draw HUD Goggles, Blinding Speed, deck HUD Goggles, discard Blinding Speed.

Draw a Card: Draw Pushing The Limits, Synaptic Interruption, deck Pushing the Limits, draw Lightspeed Barrage, Supersonic Response, deck Supersonic Response.

End of Turn:

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HP: 21

In Play: Pushing The Limits, HUD Goggles, Research Grant

Hand: Lightning Reflexes, Lightspeed Barrage x3, Hypersonic Assault x2, Nimble Strike, Synaptic Interruption

Deck:  Accelerated Assault, Synaptic Interruption, Sonic Vortex, Sucker Punch, HUD Goggles, Blinding Speed, Synaptic Interruption, Pushing The Limits, Lightning Reflexes, Blinding Speed, Nimble Strike, Accelerated Assault, Sonic Vortex, HUD Goggles, Pushing The Limits, Supersonic Response

Trash: Nimble Strike, Fleet of Foot x3, Supersonic Response, Sucker Punch x2, Research Grant, Hypersonic Assault, Accelerated Assault, Quick Insight x2, Blinding Speed [11]

OK, kid.... let's see what we can do about getting you out of here before somebody gets hurt. Dinosaurs can wait.

HP: 27

Hand:  Fueled Freeze, Modular Realignment, Frost-Bound Drain x 2, Coolant Blast, Focused Apertures, Isothermic Transducer, Thermal Shockwave, Frost-Bound Drain, Focused Apertures

In Play: Cryo Chamber, Isothermic Transducer, Null-Point Calibration Unit

Trash: Glacial Structure

Deck: 14x?, Focused Apertures, Sub-Zero Atmosphere, Fueled Freeze, Modular Realignment, Modular Realignment, Glacial Structure, Onboard Module Installation, Cold Snap, sub-Zero Atmosphere, Impale, Null-Point Calibration Unit; Isothermic Transducer

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Start: Nothing

Play: Frost-Bound Drain. Deal 4 cold damage to the Matriarch [45]. I take 3 fire damage [24] and do 5 cold damage to the Matriarch [40]

Power: Thermodynamics. I deal 3 cold damage to myself to heal [27]

Draw: Hoarfire and Onboard Module Installation. Keep Hoarfire; send Onboard Module Installation to the bottom of the deck.

End: Nothing

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HP: 27

Hand:  Fueled Freeze, Modular Realignment, Frost-Bound Drain, Coolant Blast, Focused Apertures, Isothermic Transducer, Thermal Shockwave, Frost-Bound Drain, Focused Apertures, Hoarfire

In Play: Cryo Chamber, Isothermic Transducer, Null-Point Calibration Unit

Trash: Glacial Structure

Deck: 12x?, Focused Apertures, Sub-Zero Atmosphere, Fueled Freeze, Modular Realignment, Modular Realignment, Glacial Structure, Onboard Module Installation, Cold Snap, sub-Zero Atmosphere, Impale, Null-Point Calibration Unit; Isothermic Transducer, Onboard Module Installation

Start of turn: Put External Combustion x 2 and Decommissioned hardware under omni cannon
Play Flak Cannon
Play Turret Mode
Power Flak Cannon Matriarch for 5 [35]
Power Grenade Launcher Matriarch for 4 [31], no second or third shot.
No draw

Let’s finish her off

At least there's one good thing about this match - I don't actually need the Matriarch's physical deck at all anymore, it was stacked two rounds ago and now I can just keep working through what's left of it until it shuffles (not that it will).  Still, this post had to wait until I had Insula Primalis handy.

EXT - FORMER VOLCANIC CARRION FIELDS

Only one person is smiling as the Freedom Five quickly and efficiently takes down the misbehaving Lilian.  That person is the STRANGER, who lurks in darkness far away from the site of battle, unobserved by all as he smirks in satisfaction.

The Matriarch - 40 HP

In Play: 

Trash:  Carrion Fields x2, Darken the Skies, Horrid Cacophony, Darken the Skies, Mask of the Matriarch, Building of Rooks x3, Kettle of Vultures x2, Clattering of Jackdaws x2, Unkindness of Ravens, Murder of Crows x3, Unkindness of Ravens, Clattering of Jackdaws

Deck:  Kettle of Vultures, Darken the Skies, Unkindness of Ravens, Horrid Cacophony x2, Murder of Crows, Unkindness of Ravens, Darken the Skies, Muninn, Clattering of Jackdaws, Darken the Skies, Huginn.

Start of Turn: 

Play a Card:  Kettle of Vultures enters play; Unkindness of Ravens to the bottom.  Darken the Skies; Horrid Cacophony to the bottom.  All the birds come back one more time.  Oh right, Take Down.  All this can happen next turn, if there is a next turn.

End of Turn: 

In Play:  Kettle of Vultures, Mask of the Matriarch [9], Building of Rooks x3, Kettle of Vultures x2, Clattering of Jackdaws x2, Unkindness of Ravens, Murder of Crows x3, Unkindness of Ravens, Clattering of Jackdaws Nothing

Trash:  Carrion Fields x2, Darken the Skies, Horrid Cacophony, Darken the Skies x2 plus all the in-play stuff except the first Vulture.

Deck: [s]Muninn, Huginn, Unkindness of Ravens, Horrid Cacophony[s]

Hero HP: Legacy 25, Wraith 21, Tachyon 24, Absolute Zero 24, Bunker 26.

A slight complication occurs.

Round Four

Insula Primalis

In Play:  Nothing

Trash:  Velociraptor Pack, Obsidian Field, Pterodactyl Thief, Velociraptor Pack (x2?  I can't tell what happened with the third.)

Start of Turn:

Play a Card:  I am confronted with a choice between Enraged T-Rexes.  I'll take the one on the left.

End of Turn:  Rex bites Legacy for 5 [20].

In Play:  Enraged T-Rex [15]

Trash:  Velociraptor Pack, Obsidian Field, Pterodactyl Thief, Velociraptor Pack (x2?)

Deck:  4 x ?, River of Lava, Volcanic Eruption, Pterodactyl Thief, Obsidian Field, Enraged T-Rex.

Effects:

Hero HP: Legacy 20, Wraith 21, Tachyon 24, Absolute Zero 24, Bunker 24.

Raptor Pack #1 - Appeared and died in Round 2. (Wraith thrown knife)

Raptor Pack #2 - Appeared in Round 4 to eat a fowl.  Killed in Round 4 by Tachyon's Hypersonic Assault.

Raptor Pack #3 - Appeared in Round 5 - damage blocked by Mega Computers in play.  Killed in Round 5 by Tachyon's Accelerated Assault as part of "and everything else dies".
 

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And I think Bunker Flak Cannoned and Grenaded The Matriarch after AZ took her down to 40 HP - His turn indicates her down to [31].

America’s Finest Legacy

HP: 20

Hand: “Thokk!”, Motivational Charge, The Legacy Ring, Superhuman Durability, Fortitude, Lead from the Front, Bolster Allies

In play: Next Evolution, Take Down

Trash: Flying Smash, Danger Sense, Inspiring Presence

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Start of hero turn: Galvanize expires. Take Down is destroyed.

Play a card: Bolster Allies. Everyone draws a card. I deck Lead from the Front and draw Bolster Allies.

Use a power: Galvanize. Until the start of Legacy’s next turn, increase damage dealt by hero targets by +1.

Draw a card: Deck Next Evolution, draw Surge of Strength.

End of hero turn:

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HP: 20

Hand: “Thokk!”, Motivational Charge, The Legacy Ring, Superhuman Durability, Fortitude, Lead from the Front, Bolster Allies, Surge of Strength

In play: Next Evolution

Trash: Flying Smash, Danger Sense, Inspiring Presence, Take Down, Bolster Allies

Deck: ?? x 14, Motivational Charge, Back-Fist Strike, Heroic Interception, Danger Sense, Fortitude, Danger Sense, Back-Fist Strike, Inspiring Presence, Surge of Strength, “Thokk!”, Lead from the Front, Next Evolution

Additional effects: All heroes draw a card.
Until the start of Legacy’s next turn, increase damage dealt by hero targets by +1.

Absolute Zero draws Thermal Shockwave and NPCU. Keep Thermal Shockwave; deck NPCU.

Bunker tries to draw, realizes that shooting his enormous guns uses up all of his suit’s power, then shrugs

I think you guys might not get this finished. 

Draw Utility Belt and Razor Ordnance - deck Razor Ordnance

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Wraith

HP - 21

In Play: Throwing Knives, Micro Targeting Computer, Utility Belt, Stun Bolt, Mega Computer (x2)

Hand: Impromptu Invention, Grappling Hook (x3), Mega Computer, Stun Bolt, Trust Fund, Utility Belt

Deck:  15x ?, Inventory Barrage, Combat Stance, Razor Ordnance, Throwing Knives, Trust Fund, Utility Belt, Infrared Eyepiece, Trust Fund, Combat Stance, Razor Ordnance

Trash: Impromptu Invention (x2), Throat Jab
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Start of Turn:

Play a Card: Impromptu Invention
             Draw Micro Targeting Computer (x2) - Deck one of them
             Pull Razor Ordnance off near-bottom of deck and put into play
             Play Grappling Hook
                Destroy/disable Enraged T-Rex in a theatric manner
                Draw Razor Ordnance and Stun Bolt - deck Razor Ordnance


Power:  (A) Stun Bolt
             - 4 projectile damage to The Matriarch [27]
               
        (B) Razor Ordnance         
             - 6 projectile damage to The Matriarch [21]

Draw: Draw Throat Jab, Inventory Barrage; Inventory Barrage to bottom of deck

End of Turn:

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HP - 21

In Play: Throwing Knives, Micro Targeting Computer, Utility Belt, Stun Bolt, Mega Computer (x2), Razor Ordnance

Hand: Grappling Hook (x2), Mega Computer, Stun Bolt (x2), Trust Fund, Utility Belt, Micro Targeting Computer, Throat Jab

Trash: Impromptu Invention (x3), Throat Jab, Grappling Hook

Deck:  7x ?, Inventory Barrage, Combat Stance, Razor Ordnance, Throwing Knives, Trust Fund, Utility Belt, Infrared Eyepiece, Trust Fund, Combat Stance, Micro Targeting Computer, Razor Ordnance, Inventory Barrage

Effects: Wraith may use an additional power during her Power Phase
         Reduce damage dealt by environment cards by 2
     Matriarch damage dealt reduced by 1 until start of next Wraith turn
 

Comment: Going from Villain turn listing Matriarch HP as 40.  If it is actually lower I will edit - and did so with Matriarch starting Wraith turn at 31.

We may not know what happens after it ends, but we can finish it easily. It’s basically over now

Wraith, unless you don’t think tach ended her turn at 49 or there’s some reason AZ and I couldn’t do 9 damage a piece she should have started your turn at 31

Sure, I meant the series as a whole. 

Even at 40 we are going to burn her.  Tachyon alone is going to be good for at least 20 points of damage with Lightspeed Barrage plays before you and AZ go.

Game 3 on the other hand…

Triple Lightspeed Barrage FTW.

I know it doesn’t matter but if you ignore it, my only contribution was discarding for obsidian fields and saving us 3 or 4 damage

Part of the game.  And you also nailed 3 fowl the round we opted not to make a flock sweep of any kind. 

I know it’s part of the game, just changed my mind on bunker a bit. And I was counting killing the birds in saving us damage

Oaktree, can you go ahead and count that 9 damage in your totals?

Have edited turn accordingly.  Please proceed.