Sentinels Deckbuilding: Apostate The Kleptomaniac

People may not be interested in this, and it may turn out horribly, (in fact it will probably go terribly wrong, but I'm all for that since it should be a fun sort of wrong) but I thought I'd give it a go, because it could be fun:

Sentinels Deckbuilding

Each hero builds a 40-card deck out of cards from other hero decks. There are three restrictions on this:

1) You may not use more cards than exist in one copy of the game (so no filling a deck with Eyes on the Prizes, for example).

2) You may not use cards from more than four hero decks.

3) Two player decks may not use cards from the same hero.

Themed decks are nice, but not required. And obviously references to a particular hero on hero cards get changed to whichever hero you're using, and the same with the villains.

The first rule should be fairly self-explanatory, the third is so that Impromptu Invention, Eye on the Prize, etc. don't appear in every single deck. The third is mostly to stop one player from hogging most of the heroes. Your character card should belong to one of the heroes your deck is built out of. All heroes and promos up to and including Vengeance are fair game. As for your opposition, I'm going to let the environment be neutral, and I shall be building a deck for Apostate (using no more than four villain decks).

If you're interested, claim whichever heroes you want and start building! You don't have to post a deck list; that's all on the honour system.

We still use 1 character card right?

Young Legacy character card.

Legacy Deck

Mr. Fixer deck.

That is all for now, I'll let others claim decks before I grab any more

Curses! I was going to choose Fixer! I was totally going get Wraith and Fixer, so that way I could get Jack handle, Throwing Knives, and Micro-Targeting Computer, that way I could deal all non-targets 3 damage, 3 times!

Alright, i think i'll go with;

1. Fanatic's Character Card and deck.
2. Expat's deck
3. Wraith's deck.

Angel with a Shotgun...

Or stun bolts and hoist chain for original Wraith style dominance.

It will be sad losing overdrive.

And Grease Monkey Fist/Tire Iron + Micro-Targeting Computer.

At that just use Temest's card, and add in Expat so you can utility belt squall and submachine gun.

Or maybe just Submachine gun jack/handle micro.  That would be insane to figure out.

Yeah, Fixer is the most broken deck rebuilding engine in the game.

My Goal is Lead from the front/mantis/wrench/fortitude/superhuman.  Anything under 8 damage goes right back at you.  (at least once)

Oh dear gods... Well, this is certainly going to be interesting.

Can I swap Character Cards? I have been thinking, I think i'd rather have Expat's instead, DW Expat that is!

Good call.  Tough to choose between utility belt giving an extra card play or +1 damage.

It was! But I realized that a +1 combined with Divine Focus and Hair Trigger Reflexes will be awesome!

Would combining Haka and Bunker get you The Juggernaut?

Hmm.  I think I can come up with something:

    Will start with Ra character card; and Ra and AZ decks initially.  That might be enough since the fire/cold theme is solidly there.

I will be interested in what someone does with Tachyon, and moreso with Nightmist.  Both seem solidly themed , and for the latter you'd need [red] numbers for non-Nightmist cards unless they are default [zero].  Unless you're hitting the Nightmist deck solely for defensive cards or equipment I guess.

I'm currently imagining up something using Tachyon, Scholar, and Eternal Haka. I'm not sure if there'll be a fourth.

Tachyon Haka is a great combo.

I was thinking of a Scholar with big counterpunches. His main problem, for me, is usually not being able to draw and play enough cards. Tachyon and Eternal Haka can give him great card draw and Tachyon can let him play a lot more cards. Now I can get Alchemical Redirection and Expect the Worst out in the same turn! Plus Haka of Restoration with Mortal Form to Energy.

Hmm... Haka and Parse... 3 Critical Multipliers in play, Haka uses Haka of Battle, discards 20 cards, gets plus 80 to his next damage! I like that a lot.

Ok. I have a deck. My character card is The Naturalist. I'm using him, Scholar, Tachyon, Haka. Theoretically, he's got some serious tanking capability. We'll see how it works out.

I have one - but want to test run it a few times.

Ra (character card) - just call me RaaZ!

Ra, AZ, Chrono-Ranger decks.  I dipped into the last mainly for Jim's Hat, Displaced Armory, and Eye on the Prize.  Plus a few bounties - but no good way to fish them out. 

I suspect that the deck might be trying to do too much and thus will not do anything well.  I also want to test to see how well it can cycle one-shots in a turn since I don't think it has a monster one-hit kill capability.  I went more towards the plinking approach than the AZ "kill myself to kill you" style.

Right, so we have:

• phantaskippy - Young Legacy, Mr. Fixer
• Ronway - DW Expatriette, Fanatic, The Wraith
• Oaktree - Ra, Absolute Zero, Chrono-Ranger
• grysqrl - The Naturalist, The Scholar, Tachyon, Haka

grysqgl is finished, Oaktree wants to test his, not sure about the other two. A fifth player is still welcome, though not required.

Any thoughts on environment? I was thinking Silver Gulch, just as a place where nothing hugely swingy happens (save for Lost in the Past, but that's deal-with-able).

Hm.  If nobody else wants in, I'll give it a try, as I had ideas along these lines myself.

Which heroes are left unclaimed?

The post immediately preceding yours lists which heros have been claimed.

So the last deck needs to be made of Argent, Nightmist, O-X, Tempest, Unity, Bunker, Visionary, and the Vengeance heroes (who I don't have access to)?  Well, I'm sure something can be done with those, but I don't have much of an idea offhand.

A  Defensive Blast with Twist the Ether and Elder Ring in Turret Mode would be pretty sweet.

It doesn't look like anybody's done anything with deck control.

Y'know, this is probably the least onerous chance I'll ever have for playing Dark Visionary.  Does someone have an image of the back of her card for me?  Otherwise I'd have to use standard Visi's incap powers, and I've learned that mixing and matching card sides doesn't always work well.

All of the promo cards are on boardgamegeek.com

http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/134391/sentinels-of-the-multiverse-dark-visionary-promo-c

Edit: Though, that one inexplicably doesn't include her incap powers. Here they are:

One hero target regains 1 HP.
One player may draw 1 card now
Move 1 environment card from the environment trash to the top of the environment deck.

Yes, I know that.  But they dont' include the backs.

I'll try not to forget that the text can be found on this thread, but I'm the "good thing it's bolted on" type, so I was really hoping I could get an image file or PDF or something, that I could store someplace I would definitely be able to find it.  (I have just barely figured out how to keep track of files that aren't just walls of text.)

All the promos except for the most recent are in a handy file on BGG:

http://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/85258/sotm-out-of-print-promos-heroes-villains

This doesn't have GI Bunker, Greatest Legacy, or the Dark Watch.

There we go, thank you.  It is indeed due for an update (including Skinweaver and Gloomspite), but since I know where the backs of the WW2 guys were posted on this forum, and own all the RC/IR promos IRL, I now have everything I need, albeit not all in quite the same place.  It'll just be a matter of time before I get it all organized for easy access.

So, shall I get started building a monstrosity?

Welcome aboard Envisioner!

If it looks like no one is going to want to use Unity I will add her to my line-up.  Since I'm going one-off heavy I think a couple of her cards (like BrainStorm) fit the Ranger/Ra "plink you!" style, and I think the deck in hand needs more card drawing capability.  I also am a big fan of "Hasty Augmentation" as a support card.

(Further Comment:)

Tweaked in about 5 Unity cards while stripping out some AZ stuff.  It just seems to flow better and I like using Unity's "Brain Storm" as a card draw mechanic more than AZ's Glacial card.  The deck strikes me as working out as "OK, but not awesome."  It doesn't lock itself into one style of play or particular combo to seek out, but also never quite links together a killer play.  I think the current ratio of cards is 18 Ra, 11 Chrono-Ranger, 7 AZ, and 4 Unity.  So it's "Fire Ranger 01". 

(And I will feeled embarrassed putting this up with some of the other awesome-sauce that will be out there.    )

I have a feeling mine will play terribly, but who knows.

We'll see.  We might also get nerfed for not taking into account that Apostate has become a kleptomaniac.  I suspect that this will involve a lot of equipment or on-going card theft.  And maybe one of Spite's drugs. 

Omnitron-X character card, Bunker Omnitron-X and Tempest.

Take shackles, lightning slash or chain lightning, maybe aquatic correspondence.  Add Omni's components and plating, some of bunker's equips and his modes.

A faster Bunker with a powr that puts cards in play through turret mode, with components and bio engineering beam and either flechettes or ball lightning for destruction

I assume if we take a card that references its character card (like a card saying "Bunker may whatever") we change out Bunker for whatever character card the deck is using?

What happens if cards from The Sentinels are used, but not their character cards? Does it count as all of them being active?

Just my opinion, but I'd appreciate it if people would refrain from using vengeance heroes as I don't like spoilers and don't have it yet.

phantaskippy: Yeah, "Bunker may whatever" can mean "Tempest may whatever", "OX may whatever", "Guise can whatever"...

grysqrl: I suppose it would count as that, yes. And if the Sentinels are using non-Sentinel cards... I suppose change it to one of or all of your hero targets, depending on the card.

XXVZ: I do sympathise if you're avoiding spoilers, but I think the best thing to do is to add this thread to the list of ones to avoid until you get your Vengeance.

Everyone: Let me know when you're all ready, and we can get this show on the road :D

Would it help your speculation if I said that the decks I was using were Apostate, Gloomweaver, Omnitron and The Matriarch? 

If no one wants The Sentinels, I wouldn't mind taking a fourth hero... I'll just swap my Trust Funds with Team Communications...

I'm claiming Parse and either KNYFE, Visionary or Adept to add to my deck.

My deck is ready, have no idea how well it will work though.

I did add Team Communications and Durasteel Chains to my deck. Woo! Go Sentinels.

Question:  How will overdrive work, will it work on Atomic Glare?  What about Motivational Strike as well?

Alright heroes, we need some planning.  What roles are your heroes taking?  what do you specialize in?  How much destruction, team help type stuff do you have?

Is Ra planning on using Imbued fire, will that screw anyone up?  who is tough, anyone with healing or damage prevention?  etc.

Right now I have three very different directions I can go with my deck, depending on where others are going with theirs.

Hmm, Overdrive is a tricky one... I think in this case I'd rule against it, unless people have vociferous objections to that idea.

Right, just to keep track of what's going on, the game is currently:

Apostate, Omnitron, Gloomweaver, The Matriarch [ready]

VS

Greatest Legacy, The Argent Adept, Parse, The Visionary [ready]

DW Expatriette, Fanatic, The Wraith, The Sentinels [ready]

Ra, Absolute Zero, Chrono-Ranger, Unity [ready]

The Naturalist, The Scholar, Tachyon, Haka [ready]

Some combination of Tempest, Bunker, Omnitron-X, Mr. Fixer and Nightmist [not ready]

IN

Silver Gulch, 1883

I am all about the damage. I plan on getting Utility Belt, Micro-Targeting Computer, Durasteel Chains, Tactical Shot Gun, Pride, and Prejudice. Allowing my to do 7 with Tact, along with 5 damage each with Pride and Prejudice. I will probably mostly focus on the highest, dealing 17 damage a round to them. If need be, I can easily target others as well.

Getting Equipment shouldn't be too much of an issue for me, as I have 3 Impromtu Inventions and 2 Arsenal Access. Plus all 3 copies of Quick Draw.

I also have two copies of both RPG Launcher and Grappling Hook, so destruction won't be too much of an issue. I do have a copy End of Days, just in case it gets a little too hairy.

I should be able to get Hair Trigger Reflexes pretty easily as well, which will deal any target played 4 points of damage, if I can get all the cards out.

I also have 2 copies of Throat Jab and a copy of Zealous Offensive, so I will be able to shut down some damage.

I also have 2 copies of Final Dive, which happens to deal Projectile damage, so that is going to be quite fun.

I have a copy of Sub Machine Gun, just incase I have to hit everything for a round.

For near the end game, I have Wrathful Retribution and Divine Focus, which will pile on a ton of damage.

A have a copy of Embolden that I will be able to use to give me a boost in power usages for a short amount of time.

That's mostly it...

I was somewhat surprised you didn't combine Fanatic and Parse for the deck burn and Critical Multiplier+Focus.  I'll have my player finalized soon, I'm going for a brawler.

It was tempting, but to add in Parse instead of The Sentinels would actually cause me to rework my entire deck, infact I may of decided to drop off Expatriette instead. Perhaps another time.

Mine is going to be basically the opposite of Ronway's. Lots of DR, healing, and damage redirection; but very few ways of dealing damage. Getting down to 40 cards was hard.

I'm planning to be in Rhino form the entire game, giving me 1DR plus a power for card draw. I took nine other Naturalist cards that will let me heal, redirect, or add DR. Naturalist's base power will let me go right back into Rhino form, so if we need to destroy a card, it should be a prime candidate without hurting my setup too badly (unless I need it for redirection). Natural-Born Vigor for extra power usage (which turns into extra card draws or extra healing).

I took most of my cards from Scholar. All of the Mortal Form to Energies for counterpunching. Transmutive Recovery and Bring What You Need for card draw. Expect the Worst for DR. And a few others. I didn't take Alchemical Redirection, because I think Naturalist already has enough of that.

Not a lot from Haka. Enduring Intercession for lasting redirection. Ta Moko for DR. Dominion for card draw. Haka of Restoration will pair nicely with Mortal Form to Energy.

Most of the Tachyon cards that I took either boost card draw (Fleet of Foot, Pushing the Limits) or card play (HUD Goggles, Lightning Reflexes). I'll need the card draw to fuel Mortal Form to Energy and Haka of Restoration and the extra plays will help me get set up faster (and re-set up, assuming our villain is going to be taking out our ongoings/equipment pretty regularly). I threw in one Blinding Speed for good measure.

Mine went through a major redesign.

I'm low damage, and focusing on support and messing with villains.  Parse, Argent Adept, Visionary and Legacy.  Now using Greatest Legacy's card.

Yeah, I'm not using fixer now. . .  But I am ready.

Lots of boosting and being mean to the villain deck, but no destruction.  So our 4th might want to have a good bit of destruction.

Not using Fixer... So tempting to edit... I'll resist changing my deck...

Yeah it got to where Knyfe/Legacy/Fixer was going to be incomprehensibly broken.  Like +3 to damage and irreducible incidental contact with jackhandle.

That's what makes Jack Handle so great! I want to have Hair Trigger Reflexes in play, along with Micro Targeting Computer. Every time a non-hero target enters play, I deal all targets 3 damage. Oh the murdering I will be able to do with that… Toss in my previous statement with Tactical Shotgun, Pride, and Prejudice, on my power phase I will hit all targets for 17 damage… Man it sounds like it'll be a blast…

...At which point I break out The Dreamer and stack her deck with Akash'Bhuta's limbs.

Umm, wow. So you couldn't kill the limbs at all.

Yeah. Couple that with Dawn and Friction, and you have what amounts to an unwinnable scenario. I was thinking about putting it together at some point with Dawn's Channel the Eclipses and some of Ambuscade's stuff, and then I thought of Akash and... yeah. That's not happening.

I think I'd better drop out as well; I don't really have the time or energy for this, and would also prefer not to spoil Vengeance too much.  Bits of tantalizing info are okay, but not knowing the cards, I don't know if I could handle other people playing them.  Enjoy, folks; maybe I'll get in on your next round.

And then there were four, and thusly it began:

Round One

Apostate - Infernal Emissary [66]

In Play: Condemnation - 11

Tome of the Unknowable - 3

Trash: 

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Start of Turn:  

Play a Card: Gauntlet of Perdition enters play.

End of Turn: Apostate deals 2 melee and 2 infernal damage to Legacy [26], then the Gauntlet deals that target 1 melee damage [25].

Apostate deals Expatriette 3 melee damage [27], then the Gauntlet deals them 1 melee damage [26].

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Apostate - Infernal Emissary [66]

In Play: Condemnation - 11

Tome of the Unknowable - 3

Gauntlet of Perdition - 5

Trash: 

Effects: ET: Apostate deals the highest-HP hero 2 melee and 2 infernal damage.

ET: Apostate deals the highest-HP hero 3 melee damage.

Reduce damage dealt to Condemnation by 1.

Whenever a player draws a hero card, play the top card of the villain deck.

When Tome is destroyed, move Condemnation from the trash into play.

Whenever Apostate deals melee damage to a target, Gauntlet deals that target 1 melee damage.

Hero HP:  Legacy - 25, Expatriette - 26, Ra - 30, Naturalist - 29

Woo!  Go Ra!  Go!  Yeah!

LEGACY

HP:  25

In Play:

In Hand:  Recompile, Reveal the Flaws, Suggestion, Twist the Ether.

Trash:

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Start of Turn:

Play a Card:  Twist the Ether on Ra

Use a Power:  Gung Ho Ra:  he gains 1hp and may use a power.

Draw a Card:  I assume it is safe, if not cancel this draw:  Inspiring Presence.

End of Turn:  

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HP:  25

In Play:  Twist the Ether (Ra)

In Hand:  Inspiring Presence, Recompile, Reveal the Flaws, Suggestion.

Trash:

Effects:

Ra gains Twist the Ether, 1hp and may use a power.

I'm guessing the Hero HP at the bottom is the order? And that Ra's power use was to destroy the Tome...

DW Expatriette

HP:  26

In Play:

In Hand: Quick Draw, Throat Jab, Impromptu Invention, Zealous Offense

Trash:

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Start of Turn:

Play a Card: Impromptu Invention, draw Durasteel Chains. Find Tactical Shotgun, put it into play. Play Zealous Offense.

Use a Power:  Tactical Shotgun, Apostate [62].

Draw a Card: Pride

End of Turn: 

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HP:  26

In Play:  Tactical Shotgun, Zealous Offense

In Hand:  Quick Draw, Throat Jab, Pride, Durasteel Chain.

Trash: 

Effects:

Will add Ra initial power use shortly - a few questions.

Ra starts with 30 HP, was he hit in the initial round?

Ra will Pyre the Tome and assume that TtE will be used to make that a fatal strike.  (Book burning at its finest!)

Comment:

Ra* deck is an attacker:

Displaced Armory (x4),

Fire Burst (x3); Eye on the Prize (x3)

Drawn To the Flame (x2); Flame Barrier (x2); Imbued Fire (x2); Inferno (x2); Living Conflagation (x2); Staff of Ra (x2)

Cold Snap (x2); Impale (x2); Fueled Freeze (x2); Brainstorm (x2); Hasty Augmentation (x2)

Blazing Tornado; Flame Spike; Solar Flare; Jim's Hat; Sudden Contract; By Any Means; The Ultimate Target; Focused Apertures

Ra*

HP - 30

In Play: None

Hand: Impale, Fire Blast, Blazing Tornado, Hasty Augmentation

Deck:  36x ?

Trash: None
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Start of Turn:

Play a Card: Fire Blast w/TtE - Apostate [56]


Power: Pyre w/TtE - Apostate [53]


Draw: Inferno

End of Turn:
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HP - 30

In Play: None

Hand: Hasty Augmentation, Impale, Blazing Tornado, Inferno

Trash: Fire Blast

Deck:  35x ?

Effects:

Comment: Fire at Will! 

Can I assume we're whittling Apostate himself down a little first before trying to take down Condemnation and other Relics?  And if someone wants the Hasty Augmentation shot let me know. 

The Naturalist

HP: 29

Hand: Ta Moko, Indomitable Force (2), Expect the Worst

Play:

Trash:

Effects:

[hr]

Start:

Play: Ta Moko

Power: Transform - dig out The Formidable Rhinoceros and put it into play

Draw: Threatening Stomp

End:

[hr]

HP: 29

Hand: Indomitable Force (2), Threatening Stomp, Expect the Worst

Play: Ta Moko, The Formidable Rhinoceros

Trash:

Effects: damage dealt to The Naturalist is reduced by 2

Silver Gulch, 1883

In Play: 

Trash: 

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Start of Turn:  

Play a Card: Water Trough enters play.

End of Turn: 

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In Play: Water Trough - 7

Trash: 

Effects: Fire damage to Gunman cards reduced by 2.

Lightning damage increased by 1.

Round Two

Apostate - Infernal Emissary [53]

In Play: Condemnation - 11

Gauntlet of Perdition - 5

Trash: Tome of the Unknowable

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Start of Turn:  

Play a Card: Sedative Flechettes; all hero targets take 5 projectile damage, then all hero ongoings are destroyed.

End of Turn: Apostate deals 2 melee and 2 infernal damage to The Naturalist [22], then the Gauntlet deals him 1 melee damage [21].

Apostate deals Ra 3 melee damage [22], then the Gauntlet deals him 1 melee damage [21].

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Apostate - Infernal Emissary [53]

In Play: Condemnation - 11

Gauntlet of Perdition - 5

Trash: Tome of the Unknowable, Sedative Flechettes

Effects: ET: Apostate deals the highest-HP hero 2 melee and 2 infernal damage.

ET: Apostate deals the highest-HP hero 3 melee damage.

Reduce damage dealt to Condemnation by 1.

When Tome is destroyed, move Condemnation from the trash into play.

Whenever Apostate deals melee damage to a target, Gauntlet deals that target 1 melee damage.

Hero HP:  Legacy - 20, Expatriette - 21, Ra - 21, Naturalist - 21

Wow Apostate, even more of a jerk now?

LEGACY

HP:  20

In Play:  Nada

In Hand:  Inspiring Presence, Recompile, Reveal the Flaws, Suggestion.

Trash:  TtE

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Start of Turn:

Play a Card:  Inspiring Presence +1hp all around

Use a Power:  Gung Ho Expat:  +1hp and a power!

Draw a Card:  Syntactic analysis.

End of Turn:  "Boo Apostate!"

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HP:  21

In Play:  Inspiring Presence

In Hand:  Recompile, Reveal the Flaws, Suggestion, Syntactic analysis

Trash:  TtE (Apostate is a jerk)

Effects:

Everyone regained 1 from Insp. Presence.

+1 to damage dealt for heroes.

+1hp and a power to Expat.

For Legacy's power use, I will Tactical Shotgun Apostate [48]

DW Expatriette

HP:  23

In Play:  Tactical Shotgun

In Hand:  Quick Draw, Throat Jab, Pride, Durasteel Chain.

Trash: Zealous Offense.

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Start of Turn:

Play a Card: Throat Jab Apostate [45]

Use a Power:  Tactical Shotgun, Apostate [40].

Draw a Card: Wrathful Retribution.

End of Turn: 

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HP:  23

In Play:  Tactical Shotgun

In Hand:  Quick Draw, Wrathful Retribution, Pride, Durasteel Chain.

Trash: Zealous Offense, Throat Jab

Effects: Apostate cannot deal damage until the start of Expat's next turn.

Ra*

HP - 22

In Play: None

Hand: Impale, Blazing Tornado, Hasty Augmentation, Inferno

Deck:  36x ?

Trash: Fire Blast
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Start of Turn:

Play a Card: Inferno - Apostate [36], Condemnation [10], Gauntlet of Perdition [3], Water Trough [5]


Power: Pyre - Apostate [33]

Draw: Flame Barrier

End of Turn:
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HP - 22

In Play: None

Hand: Hasty Augmentation, Impale, Blazing Tornado, Flame Barrier

Trash: Fire Blast, Inferno

Deck:  34x ?

Effects:

Comment:

Needs more fire!

The Naturalist

HP: 22

Hand: Indomitable Force (2), Threatening Stomp, Expect the Worst

Play:

Trash: Ta Moko, The Formidable Rhinoceros

Effects:

[hr]

Start:

Play: Indomitable Force

Power: Transform - dig out The Formidable Rhinoceros and put it into play

Draw: Fleet of Foot

End:

[hr]

HP: 22

Hand: Indomitable Force, Threatening Stomp, Expect the Worst, Fleet of Foot

Play: Indomitable Force, The Formidable Rhinoceros

Trash:

Effects: damage dealt to The Naturalist is reduced by 2; whenever damage would be dealt to a hero target, redirect it to the Naturalist

Silver Gulch, 1883

In Play: Water Trough - 5

Trash: 

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Start of Turn:  

Play a Card: Tyler Hayes enters play.

End of Turn: Tyler Hayes deals each non-Gunman target 2 projectile damage.

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In Play: Water Trough - 3

Tyler Hayes - 8

Trash: 

Effects:

ET: Tyler Hayes deals each non-Gunman target 2 projectile damage.

Fire damage to Gunman cards reduced by 2.

Lightning damage increased by 1.

Round Three

Apostate - Infernal Emissary [31]

In Play: Condemnation - 9

Gauntlet of Perdition - 1

Trash: Tome of the Unknowable, Sedative Flechettes

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Start of Turn:  

Play a Card: Vast Following brings Tome of the Unknowable into play, plays Vast Following, which it turn plays PROFANE SUMMONS! Drum of Despair, Runes of Malediction, Gauntlet of Perdition enter play.

End of Turn: Apostate deals 0 melee and 0 infernal damage to The Naturalist.

Apostate deals The Naturalist 0 melee damage.

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Apostate - Infernal Emissary [31]

In Play: Condemnation - 9

Gauntlet of Perdition - 1

Tome of the Unknowable - 3

Drum of Despair - 25

Runes of Malediction - 6

Gauntlet of Perdition - 5

Trash: Sedative Flechettes, Vast Following x2, Profane Summons

Effects: ST: Each player must discard 2 cards, destroy 1 card or Apostate deals them 3 infernal damage.

ET: Apostate deals the highest-HP hero 2 melee and 2 infernal damage.

ET: Apostate deals the highest-HP hero 3 melee damage.

Reduce damage dealt to Condemnation by 1.

When Tome is destroyed, move Condemnation from the trash into play.

Whenever Apostate deals melee damage to a target, Gauntlet deals that target 1 melee damage (x2)

Whenever a hero card is drawn, play the top card of the villain deck. 

Reduce damage dealt to Relics by 2.

When Runes are destroyed move 4 Demon cards from the villain trash into play.

Hero HP:  Legacy - 21, Expatriette - 23, Ra - 22, Naturalist - 22

Apostate couldn't deal any damage that turn.  (throat Jab!)

"Nice little statue Demon, looks kind of old and brittle though. . ."

LEGACY

HP:  21

In Play:  Inspiring Presence

In Hand:  Recompile, Reveal the Flaws, Suggestion, Syntactic Analysis

Trash:  TtE

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Start of Turn:

Play a Card:  Reveal the Flaws, all damage dealt by heroes is irreducible

Use a Power:  Gung Ho Expat:  +1hp and a power!

Draw a Card:  Arcane Cadence

End of Turn:  "Boo Apostate!"

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HP:  21

In Play:  Inspiring Presence

In Hand:  Arcane Cadence, Recompile, Suggestion, Syntactic analysis

Trash:  TtE 

Effects:

+1 to damage dealt for heroes.

All damage dealt by heroes is irreducible.

+1hp and a power to Expat.

For Legacy's extra power use, Shotgun the Tome to death.

DW Expatriette

HP:  24

In Play:  Tactical Shotgun

In Hand:  Quick Draw, Wrathful Retribution, Pride, Durasteel Chain.

Trash: Zealous Offense, Throat Jab

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Start of Turn: Apostate can deal damage again.

Play a Card: Durasteel Chain, Reduce damage dealt to Expat and Increase damage dealt by Expat.

Use a Power:  Tactical Shotgun, Runes [0].

Draw a Card: Micro Targeting Computer

End of Turn: 

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HP:  24

In Play:  Tactical Shotgun, Durasteel Chain

In Hand:  Quick Draw, Wrathful Retribution, Pride, Micro Targeting Computer

Trash: Zealous Offense, Throat Jab

Effects: 

Increase damage dealt by Expatriette by 1.

Reduce damage dealt to Expatriette by 1.

Edit: Also to add in, if the Drum is still in play by Apostate's turn, I will not be discarding or destroying any of my cards.

We should clear Condemnation while we have the irreducible (if we can), and then if drum is all that is out, we might be well off just burning it to flip Apostate.

Ra*

HP - 22

In Play: None

Hand: Impale, Blazing Tornado, Hasty Augmentation, Flame Barrier

Deck:  34x ?

Trash: Fire Burst, Inferno
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Start of Turn:

Play a Card: Hasty Augmentation
    (Expat may use a power now.  If that power deals damage, increase that damage by 2)

Power: Pyre - Condemnation [6]

Draw: Cold Snap

End of Turn:
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HP - 22

In Play: None

Hand: Impale, Blazing Tornado, Flame Barrier, Cold Snap

Trash: Fire Blast, Inferno, Hasty Augmentation

Deck:  33x ?

Effects:

I guess I will Tactical Shotgun the Codemnation to death! Or I guess lower it to the point that Pyre will be doing the killing blow.

Either or.  I don't care who gets the kill as long as it's dead.

Given my current cards I am favoring Cold Snap next turn over Impale since broad damage looks more benefical for the team than an extra point on Apostate (assuming that's who I would put Impale on.)  And assuming we manage to keep on-goings out for an extended time.

The Naturalist

HP: 22

Hand: Indomitable Force, Threatening Stomp, Expect the Worst, Fleet of Foot

Play: Indomitable Force, The Formidable Rhinoceros

Trash: Ta Moko

Effects: damage dealt to The Naturalist is reduced by 2; whenever damage would be dealt to a hero target, redirect it to the Naturalist

[hr]

Start: Indomitable Force destroys itself

Play: Fleet of Foot - everyone can draw a card (Proverbs and Axioms)

Play: Proverbs and Axioms - everyone can draw a card (Fleet of Foot); everyone can either regain 2 HP or deal themself 3 psychic damage and use a power (I'll take the HP)

Power: The Formidable Rhinoceros - draw Transmutive Recovery and Proverbs and Axioms

Draw: Keep Moving

End:

[hr]

HP: 24

Hand: Threatening Stomp, Indomitable Force, Keep Moving, Proverbs and Axioms, Transmutive Recovery, Expect the Worst, Fleet of Foot

Play: The Formidable Rhinoceros

Trash: Indomitable Force, Proverbs and Axioms, Fleet of Foot, Ta Moko

Effects: damage dealt to The Naturalist is reduced by 1; everyone can draw 2 cards and either regain 2 HP or deal themself 3 psychic damage and use a power

Also, I will not discard for the Drum.

Ra* draws Displaced Armory, then draws Fire Blast.  Opts to heal 2 HP (24).  Do not plan to discard for the Drum.

Submachine Gun and Aegis for Expat.

Legs Draws Twist the Ether and Snap decisions.

Legs takes 4 damage and uses Gung Ho on Expat.

I'll discard Recompile and Suggestion for the Drum.

I'd assume Expat is not shooting herself.

On the environment turn (which will come later), a Stout Barrel and a Lost in the Past will appear. I need to know what Legacy's doing about the Drum still (and I'm assuming Expat's taking the heal and shotgunning Expat, unless told otherwise).

Opps! I forgot I could use a power, infact I will take the 4 damage [20] to use a power. I shall Aim. For for the Gung Ho [21], I shall use Tactical Shotgun on Apostate for 7 points [24].

*wipes a tear from his eye* Nothing more beautiful than a lady and her shotgun.

Silver Gulch, 1883

In Play: Water Trough - 3

Tyler Hayes - 8

Trash: 

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Start of Turn:  

Play a Card: Stout Barrel enters play.

End of Turn: Tyler Hayes deals each non-Gunman target 2 projectile damage.

Stout Barrel brings Lost In The Past into play, Matthew Hayes and Temporal Event discarded.

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In Play: Water Trough - 1

Tyler Hayes - 8

Stout Barrel - 3

Lost in the Past

Trash: Matthew Hayes, Temporal Event

Effects: ST: Put the top card of the trash on the bottom of the deck.

ET: Tyler Hayes deals each non-Gunman target 2 projectile damage.

ET: Play the top card of the environment deck.

ET: No cards in the trash? Game over.

Fire damage to Gunman cards reduced by 2.

Damage dealt to Gunmen reduced by 2.

Lightning damage increased by 1

Round Four

Apostate - Infernal Emissary [22]

In Play: Drum of Despair - 23

Gauntlet of Perdition - 3

Trash: Sedative Flechettes, Vast Following x2, Profane Summons, Tome of the Unknowable, Runes of Malediction, Condemnation, Gauntlet of Perdition

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Start of Turn:  Legacy discards 2 cards, the other three take 3 infernal damage.

Play a Card: Technological Singularity; Expat loses her stuff, takes 4 damage [13].

End of Turn: Apostate deals  net 1 melee and 1 infernal damage to The Naturalist [19].

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Apostate - Infernal Emissary [22]

In Play: Drum of Despair - 23

Gauntlet of Perdition - 3

Trash: Sedative Flechettes, Vast Following x2, Profane Summons, Tome of the Unknowable, Runes of Malediction, Condemnation, Gauntlet of Perdition, Technological Singularity

Effects: ST: Each player must discard 2 cards, destroy 1 card or Apostate deals them 3 infernal damage.

ET: Apostate deals the highest-HP hero 2 melee and 2 infernal damage.

Whenever Apostate deals melee damage to a target, Gauntlet deals that target 1 melee damage.

Hero HP:  Legacy - 15, Expatriette - 13, Ra - 19, Naturalist - 19

Looks like I will be switching to Pride and Prejudice over the next few rounds...

LEGACY

HP:  15

In Play:  Inspiring Presence, Reveal the Flaws

In Hand:  Arcane Cadence, Snap Decision, Syntactic Analysis, Twist the Ether.

Trash:  Recompile, Suggestion, Twist the Ether

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Start of Turn:  Destroy Reveal the Flaws

Play a Card:  Snap Decision

Use a Power:  Gung Ho Ra, +1hp and a power.

Draw a Card:  Inspiring Presence.

End of Turn:  

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HP:  15

In Play:  Inspiring Presence, Snap Decision

In Hand:  Arcane Cadence, Inspiring Presence, Syntactic Analysis, Twist the Ether.

Trash:  Recompile, Reveal the Flaws, Suggestion, Twist the Ether

Effects:

+1 to damage dealt for heroes.

+1hp and a power to Ra.

DW Expatriette

HP:  13

In Play:  

In Hand:  Quick Draw, Wrathful Retribution, Pride, Micro Targeting Computer, Submachine Gun, Aegis of Ressurection

Trash: Zealous Offense, Throat Jab, Tactical Shotgun, Durasteel Chain

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Start of Turn:

Play a Card: Pride

Use a Power:  Pride Apostate, [18].

Draw a Card: Quick Draw... Come on, I know I have Team Communications in there somewhere.

End of Turn: Aim goes away.

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HP:  13

In Play:  Pride

In Hand:  Quick Draw (x2), Wrathful Retribution, Micro Targeting Computer, Submachine Gun, Aegis of Ressurection

Trash: Zealous Offense, Throat Jab, Tactical Shotgun, Durasteel Chain

Effects: 

From Gung-ho Ra* Pyres Apostate [15]

(If we're going to flip him to take out the Drum we also have to get the Gauntlet at some point.)

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Ra*

HP - 20

In Play: None

Hand: Impale, Blazing Tornado, Flame Barrier, Cold Snap, Displaced Armory, Fire Blast

Deck:  31x ?

Trash: Fire Burst, Inferno, Hasty Augmentation
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Start of Turn:

Play a Card: Displaced Armory
    Search deck for Jim's Hat and put it into play
    Shoot Apostate [13]

Play a Card #2: Cold Snap

Power: Pyre - Apostate [10]

Draw: Staff of Ra

End of Turn:
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HP - 20

In Play: Jim's Hat, Cold Snap

Hand: Impale, Blazing Tornado, Flame Barrier, Fire Blast, The Staff of Ra

Trash: Fire Blast, Inferno, Hasty Augmentation, Displaced Armory

Deck:  29x ?

Effects:
ST: Deal each non-hero target 1 cold damage
ST: Ra* may destroy a bounty card
    Ra* may play an additional card during your play phase

Odds are, the Gauntlet will be destroyed during the Environment turn. If not, then I will probably take it out on my next turn.

That's right - the Hayes boy is shooting it as well as us.  If my Cold Snap survives it will probably finish it off as well.

The Naturalist

HP: 19

Hand: Threatening Stomp, Indomitable Force, Keep Moving, Proverbs and Axioms, Transmutive Recovery, Expect the Worst, Fleet of Foot

Play: The Formidable Rhinoceros

Trash: Indomitable Force, Proverbs and Axioms, Fleet of Foot, Ta Moko

Effects: damage dealt to The Naturalist is reduced by 1

[hr]

Start:

Play: Fleet of Foot - everyone can draw a card (Natural Form's Power)

Play: Keep Moving - find Mortal Form to Energy from my deck and put it into play

Play: Proverbs and Axioms - everyone can draw a card (Transmutive Recovery); everyone can either regain 2 HP or deal themself 3 psychic damage and use a power; Naturalist heals 2 HP [21] and deals 3 energy damage to Gauntlet of Perdition, destroying it

Power: The Formidable Rhinoceros - draw Haka of Restoration and Transmutive Recovery

Draw: Ta Moko

End:

[hr]

HP: 21

Hand: Haka of Restoration, Ta Moko, Threatening Stomp, Indomitable Force, Natural Form's Power, Transmutive Recovery (3), Expect the Worst

Play: The Formidable Rhinoceros, Mortal Form to Energy

Trash: Ta Moko, Indomitable Force, Keep Moving, Proverbs and Axioms (2), Fleet of Foot (2)

Effects: damage dealt to The Naturalist is reduced by 1; everyone can draw 2 cards and either regain 2 HP or deal themself 3 psychic damage and use a power

Expat draws End of Days and Divine Focus.

Actually, I think i'll take the healing, I thought of plenty of things that could happen that will cause me not to survive until my next turn. So Expat is now at 15 HP.

Ra* draws Brainstorm and Fire Blast.  Opts to heal two points [22].

I draw Take Down and Buffer Overflow and heal.

Silver Gulch, 1883

In Play: Water Trough - 1

Tyler Hayes - 8

Stout Barrel - 3

Lost in the Past

Trash: Matthew Hayes, Temporal Event

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Start of Turn:  Temporal Event is bottomed. 

Play a Card: Sustain the Portal enters play; one player may discard a card to discard the top card of the environment deck.

End of Turn: Tyler Hayes deals each non-Gunman target 2 projectile damage.

Stout Barrel brings Cyrus Hayes into play.

Sustain The Portal deals each target 2 energy damage and destroys itself.

Cyrus Hayes shoots Apostate [3] and Expat [8] for 3 projectile damage each.

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In Play: Tyler Hayes - 8

Lost in the Past

Cyrus Hayes - 4

Trash: Matthew Hayes, Water Trough, Stout Barrel, Sustain The Portal

Effects: ST: Put the top card of the trash on the bottom of the deck.

ET: Tyler Hayes deals each non-Gunman target 2 projectile damage.

ET: Cyrus Hayes deals the 2 non-environment targets with the lowest HP 3 projectile damage.

ET: No cards in the trash? Game over.

Round Five

Apostate - Infernal Emissary [3]

In Play: Drum of Despair - 19

Trash: Sedative Flechettes, Vast Following x2, Profane Summons, Tome of the Unknowable, Runes of Malediction, Condemnation, Gauntlet of Perdition x2, Technological Singularity.

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Start of Turn:  Each hero takes 3 infernal damage (presumably).

Play a Card: Corrupted Effigy enters play.

End of Turn: Apostate deals  net 1 melee and 1 infernal damage to The Naturalist [15].

Runes of Malediction enter play.

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Apostate - Infernal Emissary [3]

In Play: Drum of Despair - 19

Corrupted Effigy - 6

Runes of Malediction - 6

Trash: Sedative Flechettes, Vast Following x2, Profane Summons, Tome of the Unknowable, Condemnation, Gauntlet of Perdition x2, Technological Singularity

Effects: ST: Each player must discard 2 cards, destroy 1 card or Apostate deals them 3 infernal damage.

ET: Apostate deals the highest-HP hero 2 melee and 2 infernal damage.

ET: Put Runes of Malediction into play.

Reduce damage dealt to Relics by 2.

Hero HP:  Legacy - 10, Expatriette - 5, Ra - 14, Naturalist - 15

Naturalist discards Transmutive Recovery to sustain the portal.

Expat will be taking the damage!

So... We can hit Apostate, causing him to flip and destroy the Runes. Then we could easily destroy the Effigy. I'll probably have to play my Aegis this round...

I'm starting by discarding inspiring presence and playing Syntactic

Expat reveal the top 2 cards of your deck then play, discard, put in hand in any order.

MicroTargeting Computer and Impromptu Invention... I put Targetting Computer into play first, then Impromptu.

Drawing RPG Launcher, then search my deck for a Utility Belt and put that into play, then play Quick Draw to find Prejudice and put that into play as well.

Edit: Fun fact! I have 21 cards left in my deck. So if I do draw a Team Communications before the end of the game, and then somehow manage to play it, I may spead through my deck quite quickly, but I don't think the game will be lasting much longer...

LEGACY

HP:  10

In Play:  Inspiring Presence, Snap Decision

In Hand:  Arcane Cadence, Buffer Overflow, Inspiring Presence, Syntactic Analysis, Take Down, Twist the Ether.

Trash:  Recompile, Reveal the Flaws, Suggestion, Twist the Ether

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Start of Turn:  Discard Insp. Presence, play Syntactic Analysis on Expat (see above)

Play a Card:  Take Down.

Use a Power:  Gung Ho Expat, +1hp and a power.

Draw a Card:  Between the Lines

End of Turn:  Apostate deals me 2 energy damage [8]

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HP:  8

In Play:  Inspiring Presence, Snap Decision, Take Down

In Hand:  Arcane Cadence, Between the Lines, Buffer Overload, Twist the Ether.

Trash:  Recompile, Reveal the Flaws, Suggestion, Twist the Ether, Inspiring Presence, Syntactic Analysis.

Effects:

+1 to damage dealt for heroes.

+1hp and a power to Expat

Apostate may not play cards.

That went well.

For Legacy's power use, I will Pride Apostate, flipping him and opting to destroy the Runes for his flip. Then will Prejudice him for another 5 [15].

DW Expatriette

HP:  3

In Play:  Pride, Prejudice, Utility Belt, Micro Targeting Computer

In Hand:  Quick Draw, Wrathful Retribution, Micro Targeting Computer, Submachine Gun, Aegis of Ressurection, End of Days, Divine Focus, RPG Launcher

Trash: Zealous Offense, Throat Jab, Tactical Shotgun, Durasteel Chain, Quick Draw, Impromptu Invention (x2)

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Start of Turn:

Play a Card: Divine Focus

Use a Power:  First using Aim. Then Pride the Corrupted Effigy [0], then Prejudice Apostate [9].

Draw a Card: Quick Draw, woo! now I know I won't be drawing any more of those!

End of Turn:

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HP:  3

In Play:  Pride, Prejudice, Utility Belt, Micro Targeting Computer, Divine Focus

In Hand:  Quick Draw, Wrathful Retribution, Micro Targeting Computer, Submachine Gun, Aegis of Ressurection, End of Days, RPG Launcher

Trash: Zealous Offense, Throat Jab, Tactical Shotgun, Durasteel Chain, Quick Draw, Impromptu Invention (x2)

Effects:

Increase Damage dealt by Expat until the end of Expat's next turn.

At the start of every turn, I may discard a card to deal the villain with the highest HP 4 radiant damage. Which I will go ahead and announce now, I will be doing so on Naturalist's turn and if needed, the Environment turn. If it's needed anymore after that, I will be too dead to care!

I assume that you'll be discarding on Ra's turn as well?

Nah, It'll only hit the Drum, which will be gone after Apostate flips, which if I am calculating right, will be during Ra's turn.

Good point.

aw man, I could have gone TtE on you to set up for divine Focus.

OK.. my understanding is that the following non-hero targets are in play:

Drums [19], Apostate [9], Tyler Hayes [8], Cyrus Hayes [4]

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Ra*

HP - 14

In Play: Jim's Hat, Cold Snap

Hand: Impale, Blazing Tornado, Flame Barrier, Fire Blast (x2), The Staff of Ra, Brainstorm

Deck:  27x ?

Trash: Fire Burst, Inferno, Hasty Augmentation, Displaced Armory
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Start of Turn:
Cold Snap - Drums [17], Apostate [7], Tyler Hayes [6], Cyrus Hayes [2]

Play a Card: Brainstorm
    Draw Impale and Solar Flare
    Lightning Apostate [5], Tyler Hayes [4], Cyrus Hayes [x]

Play a Card #2: Fire Blast - Apostate flips [20] and Drum is destroyed
    
Power: Pyre - Apostate [17]

Draw: Brainstorm

End of Turn:

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HP - 14

In Play: Jim's Hat, Cold Snap

Hand: Impale (x2), Blazing Tornado, Flame Barrier, Fire Blast, The Staff of Ra, Brainstorm, Solar Flare

Trash: Fire Blast (x2), Inferno, Hasty Augmentation, Displaced Armory, Brainstorm

Deck:  24x ?

Effects:
ST: Deal each non-hero target 1 cold damage
ST: Ra* may destroy a bounty card
    Ra* may play an additional card during your play phase
 

If it is necessary for Apostate to be down to 16 HP at this stage I can modify turn.

When he flips back, isn't he just at 5 HP? His HP doesn't get restored when he flips to his front side - the damage that would kill him is just prevented.

If true, then he is at [2] and about to be toasted.

The Naturalist crushes Apostate's face under a Threatening Stomp. Fin!

Not true… My Divine Focus kicks in first, and steals the kill from you! Woo!

I didn't say he was still alive when I was crushing his face. Unless...did you steal his face?

Of course, Expat feels the hatred of Fanatic.

So grysqrl, how did you think your deck performed?  Needs tweaks, serious rework, or more testing to be sure?

I'm not going to rush to judgement. I think it was decent, but didn't really shine. I was hoping for some HUD goggles, but those aren't too easy to get. I want to play it through again a few times before I make any changes. This was pretty cool - if anyone wants to try this again, I'd love to give my deck another go.

I am up for another. I can build a new villain, or if anybody else wants a go at that then building a hero would be cool as well.

I think I could do another, I would even be willing to choose new heroes to mix a deck with if someone wants any of the heroes I used in this game. I do however call Mr. Fixer at the very least. I'll select other heroes after everyone else chooses.

It seems like the heroes have a decided advantage here. I’m surprised no one did a deck of denial.

I'll build a villain deck.

Hero UP!