Sentinels Deckbuilding: V is for Vengeance.

Heroes, you have defeated all those who threaten our planet, from Massive Mechanical Monstrosities to Peerlessly Powerful Pirate Platoons, and even a Sadistic Sleeping Summoner.

But rumors of your success have spread, and now challengers come to test your strength, and now you must rise up again, to Fight for Freedom, to Vindicate Victims of Vengeful Villains, and to prove once again that no matter how convoluted convicts card-combining capabilities carry them, they will never have the Dynamic Deck Designing Dexterity that Defenders of Decency Do.

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All players will need access to the vengeance Expansion, and will be expected to run a villain deck as well as a hero deck.

You may choose to design your villains deck or use one I design.

Villain Rules:

1.  V5 villain + one other villain deck.  

2.  No (H) icons may be on cards used.

3.  Any Mini-Nemesis in your villains deck whose Nemesis Icon is in the game must be in your deck.

Villains:

Blade Squared:  Oaktree

Friction of the Flock:  BlueHairedMeerkat

Ermine, the Silent Hunter:  grysqrl

Plague Train:  Kharnel

Proletariat, Luck of the People:  Phantaskippy

HEROES:

Oaktree:  Expat/Visionary/KNYFE/Unity

BHMK:  RA/AZ/Fixer/Wraith

grysqrl:  Naturalist/Fanatic/Setback/Nightmist

Kharnel:  Greatest Legacy/Chrono Ranger/Tempest/Sentinels

Phantaskippy:  Omni-X/Tachyon/Haka/Parse

Environment:  MDP

(Incidentally: I'm using pre-errata Matriarch. She is gonna be fuuun...)

you realize there won't be any on destruction text, since we are using the V5 character cards.

I claimed my heroes.

I'll wait for 24 hours until I finalize rosters, or until a fifth signs on.

I do. You underestimate me, sir.

Okay, so I read through the first four of these and it seems like a crazy fun time. If the spot is still available, I'd like to give it a whirl:

Grandpa Legacy (main)
The Argent Adept
Tempest
The Sentinels

As for the villain, I was thinking Spite Train, but I need to work on that one a bit.

Ok, from what's left, I have randomized Setback, Fanatic, Nightmist, and Naturalist. I'll come up with something using those four. Not sure who the character card will be yet.

Naturalist is the character card (again...I know).

Nightmist and setback. . . if you don't worry about the spell numbers Mistbound, Mistform, Heedless Lash and Elder Ring have value, Setback though. . . that could be rough.

Mistbound would normally be nice, but I think it's going to be less effective against V5, since I can only pick one deck. I thought about Mistform and Elder Ring and opted against because there were other things that I wanted more. Astral Premonition is in, though.

Actually, I think I'm going to swap in Chrono instead of Argent. And I've got a pretty mean Plague Train deck going (I wanted to do Spite Train but the meanest drug cards all have H) 

plague train is insane, I prefer Iron Legacy/Train myself.

Well, I'll defer to you since you've built these before and I'm good either way. I imagine Iron Legacy cards make everything more terrifying, lol

Actually disregard that, I was thinking wrong.  IL is chock full of (H) cards, Plague rat is a far better option.

I would request that you leave out the infections, as there will be no built in way to get rid of them.

Yeah, I didn't include Infections. There are a couple cards that reference searching for infections and playing them, but I figured that part can either be disregarded or effectively just be shuffling the villain deck.

List updated, we will be playing on the MDP.

Please construct your decks, I will send a PM to the two of you that I am building decks for with the cards to remove and replace shortly.

I look forward to seeing Proliterate mixed with all the additional citizens… I mean comrades! 

No Citizens, going a very different direction with that, you'll see.

Hey! Why is Baron Blade wearing one of those silly Guy Fawkes masks?!?

Since I saw how hard a V-5 game was to follow on the BGG forum I put together a "status block" to show HP for targets and also a list of effects to be taken account for. I will update it and paste it in again after Baron Blade and Expat act.  (And this might be the best way to keep track of the game state.)

ROUND 1 - V is for "Vast Onslaught!"

================= Status Block =====================
Villains (advanced)
Baron Blade        32
  Impulsion Beam     8 (Device)
Friction        26
  Shock Dampeners     9 (Device)
  Stolen Gear         7 (Device)
Ermine            25
Fright Train        35
Proletariat        20
  P Clone         6
  P Clone         6
----------------------------------------------------
Heroes
Expatriette        29
Ra            30
Naturalist        29
Greatest Legacy        30
Omnitron-X        25
----------------------------------------------------
Environment
(none)    
====================================================
Effects:
--[Baron Blade]
At the end of Baron Blade's turn Baron Blade deals the hero target with the lowest HP and himself 2 Melee (Baron Blade)
Reduce damage dealt to DEVICE cards by 2 (Adv Baron Blade)
Reduce damage dealt to Baron Blade by 1  (Genetically Fused Physique)(on-going)
At the end of Baron Blade's turn Baron Blade regains 2 HP (Genetically Fused Physique)(on-going)
Each player cannot play more than 1 hero card per turn (Impulsion Beam)(device)
Each hero cannot use more than 1 power per turn (Impulsion Beam)(device)

--[Friction]
At the end of Friction's turn Friction deals the hero target with the highest HP 1 Melee (Friction)
Reduce damage dealt to Friction by 1 (adv Friction)
Friction is immune to lightning damage (Shock Dampeners)(device)
At the end of Friction's turn play the top card of Friction's deck (Stolen Gear)(device)

--[Ermine]
At the end of Ermine's turn reveal the top card of Ermine's villain deck.  If it is a one-shot, put it in play.  If not, discard it and Ermine deals the hero target with the 2nd lowest HP 2 Melee. (Ermine)
At the start of Ermine's turn, destroy 1 hero on-going card and 1 equipment card (adv Ermine)
At the end of Ermine's turn, discard the top card of each deck (Constant Prattle)

--[Fright Train]
At the end of Fright Train's turn Fright Train deals the hero target with the highest HP 3 Melee (Fright Train)
Increase damage dealt by Fright Train by 1 (adv Fright Train)
Increase damage dealt by Fright Train by 1 (Engine of Destruction)(on-going)
Increase the first damage dealt to Fright Train each turn by 1 (Engine of Destruction)(on-going)

--[Proletariat]
Whenever Proletariat would be dealt non-psychic damage, redirect that damage to the clone card with the lowest HP. (Proletariat)
At the end of Proletariat's turn Proletariat deals the hero target with the highest HP 2 Melee (Proletariat)
At the end of Proletariat's turn move a clone card from Proletariat's trash into play. (adv Proletariat)
At the end of Proletariat's turn, the Proletariat character card deals itself 1 psychic damage. (P Clone)
At the end of Proletariat's turn, the clone card deals the hero target with the highest HP 2 Melee (P Clone)

I figure we might want to delay the pounding momentarily in order to allow for some strategy discussion.  The Impulsion Beam obviously has to go, and then setting priority on other targets and what we have available resource-wise to do so.

Expat's initial hand is: Raptor Bot, Twist the Ether, Assault Rifle, and "For the Greater Good".

(And since this would be known information by Expat's turn Baron Blade's initial card play is "Mobile Defense Platform".)

Oof, that Impulsion Beam is definitely priority number one.

Legacy's Opening hand: Team Communication, Displaced Armory, Durasteel Chains, Reclaim from the Deep

We're missing some starting Ongoing cards. Constant Prattle, Genetically Fused Physique, and Engine of Destruction should be on the list.

Naturalist's starting hand: Brutal Censure, Final Dive, Primal Charge, Cause and Effect

If someone can get one of the devices down to 4 (might be tough with BB's advanced text), I can Final Dive it. Otherwise, I can kill one of the Ongoings. Who do you guys want to focus first?

He's got the ongoing cards listed under effects, looks like the status block is just for targets. I've got potential for a very productive turn if we can get the Impulsion Beam down, but I'd forgotten about the Advanced bit. We're going to need Ra to lay down some serious hurt for that to be feasible.

I see it now. If no one minds, I think it'll be easier to list all of the cards together, regardless of whether they are targets or not. It's a little difficult to tell what's on the board right now.

Agreed.

Ra's starting hand: Throat Jab, Grease Monkey Fist, Summon Staff, Cold Snap

BARON BLADE

Baron Blade - 32
Start: Nothing
Play: Mobile Defense Platform
End: Deal 2 melee to Omnitron-X

===================================================

Expatriette - 29

In Hand: Raptor Bot, Twist the Ether, For the Greater Good, Assault Rifle

In Play: (none)
 
Trash:  (none)

-------------------------
Start of Turn:  

Play a Card: Assault Rifle

Power: Assault Rifle - 3 projectile to Fright Train [32]
                       2 projectile to P-Clone A [4]
                       2 projectile to P-Clone B [4]

Draw a Card: Hasty Augmentation

End of Turn:  
   
-------------------------
HP:  29

In Hand: Raptor Bot, Twist the Ether, For the Greater Good, Hasty Augmentation

In Play: Assault Rifle

Trash:


================= Status Block =====================
Villains (advanced)
Baron Blade        32
  Impulsion Beam     8 (Device)
  Mobile Defense Plat    10 (Device)
  Genetically Fused Physique (on-going)
Friction        26
  Shock Dampeners     9 (Device)
  Stolen Gear         7 (Device)
Ermine            25
  Constant Prattle (on-going)
Fright Train        32
  Engine of Destruction (on-going)
Proletariat        20
  P Clone A         4
  P Clone B         4
----------------------------------------------------
Heroes
Expatriette        29
Ra            30
Naturalist        29
Greatest Legacy        30
Omnitron-X        23
----------------------------------------------------
Environment
(none)    
====================================================
Effects:
--[Baron Blade]
At the end of Baron Blade's turn Baron Blade deals the hero target with the lowest HP and himself 2 Melee (Baron Blade)
Reduce damage dealt to DEVICE cards by 2 (Adv Baron Blade)
Reduce damage dealt to Baron Blade by 1  (Genetically Fused Physique)(on-going)
At the end of Baron Blade's turn Baron Blade regains 2 HP (Genetically Fused Physique)(on-going)
Each player cannot play more than 1 hero card per turn (Impulsion Beam)(device)
Each hero cannot use more than 1 power per turn (Impulsion Beam)(device)
Baron Blade is immune to damage (Mobile Defense Platform)(device)

--[Friction]
At the end of Friction's turn Friction deals the hero target with the highest HP 1 Melee (Friction)
Reduce damage dealt to Friction by 1 (adv Friction)
Friction is immune to lightning damage (Shock Dampeners)(device)
At the end of Friction's turn play the top card of Friction's deck (Stolen Gear)(device)

--[Ermine]
At the end of Ermine's turn reveal the top card of Ermine's villain deck.  If it is a one-shot, put it in play.  If not, discard it and Ermine deals the hero target with the 2nd lowest HP 2 Melee. (Ermine)
At the start of Ermine's turn, destroy 1 hero on-going card and 1 equipment card (adv Ermine)
At the end of Ermine's turn, discard the top card of each deck (Constant Prattle)

--[Fright Train]
At the end of Fright Train's turn Fright Train deals the hero target with the highest HP 3 Melee (Fright

Train)
Increase damage dealt by Fright Train by 1 (adv Fright Train)
Increase damage dealt by Fright Train by 1 (Engine of Destruction)(on-going)
Increase the first damage dealt to Fright Train each turn by 1 (Engine of Destruction)(on-going)

--[Proletariat]
Whenever Proletariat would be dealt non-psychic damage, redirect that damage to the clone card with the lowest HP. (Proletariat)
At the end of Proletariat's turn Proletariat deals the hero target with the highest HP 2 Melee (Proletariat)
At the end of Proletariat's turn move a clone card from Proletariat's trash into play. (adv Proletariat)
At the end of Proletariat's turn, the Proletariat character card deals itself 1 psychic damage. (P Clone)
At the end of Proletariat's turn, the clone card deals the hero target with the highest HP 2 Melee (P Clone)

Comment:

Couldn't get damage past the Device DR, so the options were TtE on a player, or get Assault Rifle into play and start hitting other targets.  I opted for the latter.

OOH! SORRY! Should have mentioned this earlier, but Friction doesn't start with Shock Dampeners, because they're not in her deck. So, you know, one less target to worry about (for now :P)

FRICTION

Start - nothing

Play - Jackdaws, Vultures, Rooks, Jackdaws, Unhealthy Speed - Friction deals each hero target 1 melee damage, none to herself thanks to her DR - Vultures, Vultures, Crows, Unhealthy Speed - Friction deals each hero target 1 melee damage - Rooks, Ravens, Rooks, Crows, Crows, Unhealthy Speed - Friction deals each hero target 1 melee damage - Ravens, Jackdaws, Synergy Surge - Friction deals each villain target 2 lightning damage [net 1 to her, none to BB or his devices, Prot's will redirect to a Clone, 3 to Fright Train], then plays the top card of each villain deck, in turn order. [When it gets to Friction, she will play the Ravens, which is the one card left in her deck, then all the birds she just killed will roll right out again.]

...

So, Friction needs to die.

Also, since I get another end-of-turn play from Stolen Gear, post the second card of your villain deck after playing the first so that it can be handled quicker.

Seriously Meerkat.  Way to build the deck that makes a convoluted mess even worse.

Top card:  Share in the Struggle 2 Clones enter play.

Second card:  Inconceivable Obstruction.

*Note:  Inconceivable Obstruction is reworded from Kismet to Proletariat, which means Inconceivable will trigger whenver any Proletariat would be dealt damage.  Including Clone cards start of turn damage.

I just wish I'd put a Carrion Fields in. Putting out 15 birds and then killing them all with a Synergy Surge would be so much better with revenge damage...

We need BB's card plays (the first one, at least) from Oaktree. I have Ermine's ready to go.

Plague Train's two cards are Major Flay and Bestial Vitality.

(Sorry for the delay)

Baron Blade's are Powered Remote Turret and Hasten Doom.

(Hasten Doom will cause the play of a MDP.)

So for Friction's first Synergy Surge we have:

• BB: Powered Remote Turret (nothing immediate; deals damage later)
• Friction: A bunch of birds
• Ermine: Calypso (nothing immediate; steals cards later)
• Fright Train: Major Flay (nothing immediate; deals damage later)
• Proletariat: Share in the Struggle --> 2 more Proletariats

For her second Synergy Surge:

• BB: Hasten Doom deals hero targets 2 damage each and plays Mobile Defense Platform
• Friction: Kills all of the birds and plays them all again
• Ermine: Run and Gun (hits Ra for 2) --> Run and Gun (hits Legacy for 2) --> Long Con (everyone discards a card and Ermine heals 3)
• Fright Train: Bestial Vitality (nothing immediate; DR and healing to Fright Train)
• Proletariat: Inconceivable Obstruction (nothing immediate; annoying damage redirection later)

Naturalist discards Primal Charge for Long Con

Expat will discard Raptor Bot for Long Con.

Legacy discards Durasteel Chains

I'm assuming we're activating the nemesis text? If Visionary counts, Major Flay makes Villain Ongoing cards indestructible 

I assume we're just counting the heroes whose cards we're using.

FRICTION

Start - nothing

Play - Jackdaws, Vultures, Rooks, Jackdaws, Unhealthy Speed - Friction deals each hero target 1 melee damage, none to herself thanks to her DR - Vultures, Vultures, Crows, Unhealthy Speed - Friction deals each hero target 1 melee damage - Rooks, Ravens, Rooks, Crows, Crows, Unhealthy Speed - Friction deals each hero target 1 melee damage - Ravens, Jackdaws, Synergy Surge - Friction deals each villain target 2 lightning damage [net 1 to her, none to BB or his devices, Prot's will redirect to a Clone, 3 to Fright Train], then plays the top card of each villain deck, in turn order:

• Baron Blade plays Powered Remote Turret
• Friction plays a whole crapton of birds.
• Ermine plays Calypso.
• Fright Train plays Major Flay.
• Proletariat plays Share In The Struggle, bringing out two more Proletariats.

End - A whole crapton of birds, three melee damage to each hero, two lightning damage to each villain, and another Synergy Surge:

• Baron Blade plays Hasten Doom for two damage to each hero, then plays Mobile Defense Platform.
• Friction plays BIIIRDS.
• Ermine runs, guns, hits Ra for 2, runs, guns, hits Legacy for 2, pulls a Long Con; Expat discards Raptor Bot, Ra discards Throat Jab, Legacy discards Durasteel Chains, Naturalist discards Primal Charge, Omnitron-X discards ???.
• Fright Train plays Bestial Vitality.
• Protelariat plays Inconceivable Obstruction.

===================================================

Ra - 20

In Hand: Grease Monkey Fist, Summon Staff, Cold Snap

In Play: 

Trash:  Throat Jab

-------------------------
Start of Turn:  

Play a Card: Nope

Power: Nah

Draw a Card: Impale, Dual Crowbars

End of Turn:  
   
-------------------------
HP:  20

In Hand: Grease Monkey Fist, Summon Staff, Impale

In Play: Cold Snap

Trash: Throat Jab

================= Status Block =====================
Villains (advanced)
Baron Blade        32
  Impulsion Beam     8 (Device)

  Mobile Defense Plat    10 (Device)

  Genetically Fused Physique (on-going)

  Powered Remote Turret    7 (Device)

  Mobile Defense Plat    10 (Device)

Friction        24
  Stolen Gear         3 (Device)

Ermine            25
  Constant Prattle (on-going)

  Calypso     9 (Nemesis)

Fright Train        27
  Engine of Destruction (on-going)

  Major Flay     5 (Nemesis)

Proletariat        18
  P Clone C         6
  P Clone D         6

  Inconceivable Obstruction (ongoing)
----------------------------------------------------
Heroes
Expatriette        21
Ra            20
Naturalist        21
Greatest Legacy        20
Omnitron-X        15
----------------------------------------------------
Environment
(none)    
====================================================
Effects:
--[Baron Blade]
At the end of Baron Blade's turn Baron Blade deals the hero target with the lowest HP and himself 2 Melee (Baron Blade)
Reduce damage dealt to DEVICE cards by 2 (Adv Baron Blade)
Reduce damage dealt to Baron Blade by 1  (Genetically Fused Physique)(on-going)
At the end of Baron Blade's turn, Baron Blade regains 2 HP (Genetically Fused Physique)(on-going)

At the end of Baron Blade's turn, Powered Remote Turret deals each hero target 2+(# of MDPs) projectile damage (Powered Remote Turret)(device)
Each player cannot play more than 1 hero card per turn (Impulsion Beam)(device)
Each hero cannot use more than 1 power per turn (Impulsion Beam)(device)
Baron Blade is immune to damage (Mobile Defense Platform)(device)

--[Friction]
At the end of Friction's turn Friction deals the hero target with the highest HP 1 Melee (Friction)
Reduce damage dealt to Friction by 1 (adv Friction)
At the end of Friction's turn play the top card of Friction's deck (Stolen Gear)(device)

--[Ermine]
At the end of Ermine's turn reveal the top card of Ermine's villain deck.  If it is a one-shot, put it in play.  If not, discard it and Ermine deals the hero target with the 2nd lowest HP 2 Melee. (Ermine)
At the start of Ermine's turn, destroy 1 hero on-going card and 1 equipment card (adv Ermine)
At the end of Ermine's turn, discard the top card of each deck (Constant Prattle)

At the end of Ermine's turn, move one hero ongoing card in play to the top of its owner's deck. (Calypso)(nemesis)

Reduce all fire damage by 1. (Calypso)(nemesis)

--[Fright Train]
At the end of Fright Train's turn Fright Train deals the hero target with the highest HP 3 Melee (Fright Train)

Increase damage dealt by Fright Train by 1 (adv Fright Train)
Increase damage dealt by Fright Train by 1 (Engine of Destruction)(on-going)
Increase the first damage dealt to Fright Train each turn by 1 (Engine of Destruction)(on-going)

Reduce damage dealt to Fright Train by 1 (Bestial Vitality)(ongoing)

At the end of Fright Train's turn, Major Flay deas the hero target with the highest HP 2 lightning damage. (Major Flay) (nemesis)

At the end of Fright Train's turn, Fright Train regains 3HP. (Bestial Vitality)(ongoing)

--[Proletariat]
Whenever Proletariat would be dealt non-psychic damage, redirect that damage to the clone card with the lowest HP. (Proletariat)
At the end of Proletariat's turn Proletariat deals the hero target with the highest HP 2 Melee (Proletariat)
At the end of Proletariat's turn move a clone card from Proletariat's trash into play. (adv Proletariat)
At the start of Proletariat's turn, the Proletariat character card deals itself 1 psychic damage. (P Clone)
At the end of Proletariat's turn, the clone card deals the hero target with the highest HP 2 Melee (P Clone)

The first time each turn Proletariat would be dealt damage, reveal the top card of the environment deck. If it is a target, put it into play and redirect the damage to it. Else, discard it.

ERMINE

Start: Destroy Assault Rifle
Play: Sleight of Hand - Omnitron-X puts Ta Moko back on top of his deck; Ermine deals each hero target 1 projectile damage
End:

• Ermine reveals Sonic Mine, discards it, and punches Legacy for 2
• Ermine discards the top card of each deck (hers is Armed and Dangerous; Naturalist's is Crafty Assault)
• Calypso does nothing

===================================================

Naturalist

HP: 20
In Hand: Brutal Censure, Final Dive, Cause and Effect
In Play:
Trash:  Primal Charge, Crafty Assault
-------------------------
Start: 
Play: Cause and Effect - destroy Inconceivable Obstruction; deal no damage
Power: Transform - put the Formidable Rhinoceros into play
Draw: End of Days!
End: 
-------------------------
HP:  20
In Hand: Brutal Censure, Final Dive, End of Days
In Play: The Formidable Rhinoceros
Trash:  Primal Charge, Crafty Assault, Cause and Effect
Effects: Reduce damage dealt to the Naturalist by 1

I'm going to try to clean this up a bit to make it easier to read. Global effects are bolded. If you guys don't like it, I can put it back the other way.

Summary after Ermine and Naturalist

[quote="Baron Blade"]Baron Blade - 32
–Genetically Fused Physique (Ongoing)
–Impulsion Beam (Device) - 8
–Mobile Defense Platform (Device) - 10
–Remote Powered Turret (Device) - 7
–Mobile Defense Platform (Device) - 10

Effects:
–At the end of Baron Blade's turn, Baron Blade deals the hero target with the lowest HP and himself 2 melee damage (Baron Blade)
–Reduce damage dealt to Device cards by 2 (Adv. Baron Blade)
–Reduce damage dealt to Baron Blade by 1 (Genetically Fused Physique)
–At the end of Baron Blade's turn, Baron Blade regains 2 HP (Genetically Fused Physique)
–Each player cannot play more than 1 hero card per turn (Impulsion Beam)
–Each hero cannot use more than 1 power per turn (Impulsion Beam)
–Baron Blade is immune to damage (Mobile Defense Platform)
–At the end of Baron Blade's turn, Powered Remote Turret deals each hero target X projectile damage (X = 2 + #MDPs) (Remote Powered Turret)

[/quote]

[quote="Friction"]Friction - 24
–Stolen Gear (Device) - 7
–Birds. Lots of birds.

Effects:
–At the end of Friction's turn, Friction deals the hero target with the highest HP 1 melee damage (Friction)
–Reduce damage dealt to Friction by 1 (Adv. Friction)
–At the end of Friction's turn, play the top card of Friction's deck (Stolen Gear)
–At the beginning of Frictions turn, birds are really annoying (Birds. Lots of birds.)

[/quote]

[quote="Ermine"]Ermine - 24
–Constant Prattle (Ongoing)
–Calypso (Nemesis) - 9

Effects:
–At the End of Ermine's turn, reveal the top card of Ermine's villain deck. If it is a one-show, put it into play. If not, discard it and Ermine deals the hero target with the second lowest HP 2 melee damage. (Ermine)
–At the start of Ermine's turn, destroy 1 hero ongoing and 1 equipment card. (Adv. Ermine)
–At the end of Ermine's turn, discard the top card of each deck (Constant Prattle)
–At the end of Ermine's turn, move one hero ongoing card in play to the top of its owner's deck. (Calypso)
–Reduce all fire damage by 1. (Calypso)

[/quote]

[quote="Fright Train"]Fright Train - 27
–Engine of Destruction (Ongoing)
–Major Flay (Nemesis) - 5
–Bestial Vitality (Ongoing)

Effects:
–At the end of Fright Train's turn, Fright Train deals the hero target with the highest HP 3 melee damage (Fright Train)
–Increase damage dealt by Fright Train by 1 (Adv. Fright Train)
–Increase damage dealt by Fright Train by 1 (Engine of Destruction)
–Increase the first damage dealt to Fright Train each turn by 1 (Engine of Destruction)
–At the end of Fright Train's turn, Major Flay deals the hero target with the highest HP 2 lightning damage (Major Flay)
–Reduce damage dealt to Fright Train by 1 (Bestial Vitality)
–At the end of Fright Train's turn, Fright Train regains 3 HP (Bestial Vitality)

[/quote]

[quote="Proletariat"]Proletariat - 20
–Clone C - 4
–Clone D - 4

Effects:
–Whenever Proletariat would be dealt non-psychic damage, redirect that damage to the clone card witht he lowest HP (Proletariat)
–At the end of Proletariat's turn, Proletariat deals the hero target with the highest HP 2 melee damage (Proletariat)
–At the end of Proletariat's turn, move a clone card from Proletariat's trash into play (Adv. Proletariat)
–At the start of Proletariat's turn, the Proletariat character card deals itself 1 psychic damage (Clones)
–At the end of Proletariat's turn, the clone card deals the hero target with the highest HP 2 melee damage (Clones)

[/quote]

It is Fright Train / Greatest Legacy's turn.

Legacy will take the two damage from Ermine. Discards Team Communication from the top of his deck. Fright Train discards Rebuilt to Survive.

PLAGUE TRAIN

Start: Nothing
Play:  Last Stop - Thankfully, he is unable to throw a turbolift at us.
End:

• Fright Train hits the Naturalist for 4 damage (17)
• Major Flay hits Expatriette for 2 damage. (19)
• Fright Train heals 3 HP (30)

===================================================

Legacy

HP: 18
In Hand: Team Communication, Displaced Armory, Reclaim from the Deep
In Play:
Trash:  Durasteel Chains, Team Communication
-------------------------
Start: 
Play: Reclaim from the Deep - everyone can put a card from the trash on top of their deck. Legacy puts Team Communication and draws it.
Power: Gung-Ho - Omnitron-X regains 1 hp and uses Timeshift on Ra.
Draw: Unique Capabilities
End: 
-------------------------
HP:  18
In Hand:  Team Communication x 2, Displaced Armory, Unique Capabilities
In Play:
Trash:  Durasteel Chains, Reclaim from the Deep
Effects:

Gonna pause before the status block, we need to see if something gets lobbed at us or not.

Also, who can do the most with Gung Ho?

Also don't forget that someone needs to put a card from hand on top of their deck before tops of decks get discarded.

Also, also, if there are any ties in damage taking, send it to Naturalist since I have DR.

Top card is MDP Turbolift.

Omnitron-X discards Targetting Arrow, Then puts Ta Moko on top, it is discarded.

Proletariat discards Overwhelm the Mighty

Omnitron-X puts Targetting Arrow on top of the deck.

Proletariat got hit for 2 to all targets, then put out 2 clones, then hit for 2 again, then gains and loses obstruction before it can be used.

So it should look like

P - 20

p-4

p-4

after all that, right?

Okay, updated mine to include the Last Stop missing (thankfully) and the damage. For the Gung Ho I'm inclined to either give Expat another shot with the Assault Rifle, or gamble with Omnitronks. Thoughts?

What cards went back on top that are worth playing now?  I don't want targetting arrow until my power phase so I won't hypersonic Friction, since she's helping us more than her with her damage, and Hypersonic won't stop the card playing anyway.

We need to find out what others are reclaiming.

I'll put Cause and Effect on top of my deck. Ermine will discard it unless I have some way to grab it before my turn.

Assault Rifle was destroyed by Ermine. Ra's power won't do much damage due to Calypso. I can use Rhino power to draw 2 cards or Omni-X can Timeshift someone.

Friction is definitely not helping us. She's giving every villain 2 card plays on each of her turns. I really think we need to kill her as fast as possible.

Good point with Ermine, I could arrow Friction now if people want, but then she'll be Hypersonic'd, but then I'd be able to fleet of foot before I Hypersonic.

So I guess Timeshifting Myself could be a good strategy here.

Okay, I’ll use Gung Ho on Omnitronks then. I’ll have to update the post later, currently on my phone

Oh no, I just started typing this out and realized we don't want targetting arrow before my turn, since the +1 damage will end.

There's another problem. Ermine should have discarded the Turbolift from the environment before Fright Train's play (unless phantaskippy took this into account and just didn't announce the discard). So, someone might actually be getting hit.

Expat discard from deck is RPG Launcher

Baron Blade discard from deck is Old Tricks - New Allies

Expat will put RPG Launcher back on top of deck.

(Note: With Assault Rifle gone I don't have a weapon in play.  Gung-ho on Expat would probably then be "For the Greater Good" via Load power; which would get RPG Launcher in hand and a one-shot play of either it or Hasty Augmentation for someone else to use a power.  No additional power due to BB device and I end up -2 net HP.)

I opted for the RPG over the Assault Rifle since the former can remove an on-going.

You are right about the second card thing, Bridge is the Fright Train Card, so lucky again.

Ra discards Impromptu Invention from deck (aww...), Friction discards Jackdaws.

Can you put it back on top for reclaim, if so I can timeshift it for you.

WONDERFUL :D I can, indeed, do that.

Okay for Gung HO I regain 1hp and timeshift Ra!

Timeshift reveals Impromptu Invention! (What are the chances!?) Draw Flame Barrier, search my deck for Dual Crowbars and put them into play, play Cold Snap.

Oh man, just thinking about my deck that I built to hit everything 18 times for infinite damage for our last game, then it was the Dreamer, and my deck wasn't so awesome.

Jackhandle and Tempest's one shots, Micro, Crowbars, and Squall, it would have been glorious.

So, we need an updated status from Kharnel and then it's Proletariat / Omnitron-X.

My bad, guys. I didn't realize we were waiting on me.

Summary after Fright Train and Legacy

It is now Proletariat / Omnitron-X's turn.

PROLETARIAT:

HP:  20

In Play:  Proletariat [4], Proletariat [4]

Trash:  Share in the Struggle, Proletariat (2), Overwhelm the Mighty, Inconcievable Obstruction.

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Start:  Proletariat Prime deals himself 2 psychic damage. [18]

Play a Card:  Hapless Strike, Ra Deals 3 energy damage to Omnitron-X [13] and Friction [22] (Ra's a jerk)

End of Turn:  Proclone comes from trash into play, Proletariat Prime deals Ra 2 melee damage [18], Proclone deals Expat 2 melee [17], Proclone deals 2 melee to Ra [16], Proclone deals 2 melee to Gramps [16]

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HP:  18

In Play:  Proletariat [4], Proletariat [4], Proletariat [4]

Trash:  Share in the Struggle, Proletariat (2), Overwhelm the Mighty, Inconcievable Obstruction, Hapless Strike.

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Omnitron-X

HP:  13

In Play:

Hand:  Fleet of Foot, Hypersonic Assault

Trash:  Ta Moko

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Start of Turn:

Play a Card:  Hypersonic Assault deals Ermine [23], Fright Train [26] two Proclone [3], Calypso [8], Major Flay [4] and all the birds [X] for 1 sonic damage, hits the other Proclone for 2 [2].  all targets damaged this way cannot deal damage until the start of my next turn.

Use a Power:  Timeshift Omnitron-X, puts Targetting arrow into play, deals Frction 1 irreducible projectile damage [21]  Damage dealt to Friction is +1 until the start of my next turn.

Draw a Card:  Reveal the Flaws!!

End of Turn:

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HP:  13

In Play:

Hand:  Fleet of Foot, Reveal the Flaws

Trash:  Hypersonic Assault, Targeting Arrow, Ta Moko

MOBILE DEFENSE PLATFORM

In Play:

Trash:  Bridge, MDP Turbolift

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Start of Turn:

Play a Card:  Berth

End of Turn:

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In Play:  Berth

Trash:  Bridge, MDP Turbolift

Summary for Start of Round 2!

Baron Blade wrote:

Baron Blade - 32
--Genetically Fused Physique (Ongoing)
--Impulsion Beam (Device) - 8
--Mobile Defense Platform (Device) - 10
--Remote Powered Turret (Device) - 7
--Mobile Defense Platform (Device) - 10

Effects:
--At the end of Baron Blade's turn, Baron Blade deals the hero target with the lowest HP and himself 2 melee damage (Baron Blade)
--Reduce damage dealt to Device cards by 2 (Adv. Baron Blade)
--Reduce damage dealt to Baron Blade by 1 (Genetically Fused Physique)
--At the end of Baron Blade's turn, Baron Blade regains 2 HP (Genetically Fused Physique)
--Each player cannot play more than 1 hero card per turn (Impulsion Beam)
--Each hero cannot use more than 1 power per turn (Impulsion Beam)
--Baron Blade is immune to damage (Mobile Defense Platform)
--At the end of Baron Blade's turn, Powered Remote Turret deals each hero target X projectile damage (X = 2 + #MDPs) (Remote Powered Turret)

Friction wrote:

Friction - 23
--Stolen Gear (Device) - 7

Effects:
--At the end of Friction's turn, Friction deals the hero target with the highest HP 1 melee damage (Friction)
--Reduce damage dealt to Friction by 1 (Adv. Friction)
--At the end of Friction's turn, play the top card of Friction's deck (Stolen Gear)
--Friction takes +1 damage until the Start of Omnitron-X's turn (targetting arrow)

Ermine wrote:

Ermine - 21
--Constant Prattle (Ongoing)
--Calypso (Nemesis) - 8

Effects:
--At the End of Ermine's turn, reveal the top card of Ermine's villain deck. If it is a one-show, put it into play. If not, discard it and Ermine deals the hero target with the second lowest HP 2 melee damage. (Ermine)
--At the start of Ermine's turn, destroy 1 hero ongoing and 1 equipment card. (Adv. Ermine)
--At the end of Ermine's turn, discard the top card of each deck (Constant Prattle)
--At the end of Ermine's turn, move one hero ongoing card in play to the top of its owner's deck. (Calypso)
--Reduce all fire damage by 1. (Calypso)

--Ermine and Calypso cannot deal damage until the start of Omnitron-X's turn (Hypersonic Assault)

Fright Train wrote:

Fright Train - 29
--Engine of Destruction (Ongoing)
--Major Flay (Nemesis) - 4
--Bestial Vitality (Ongoing)

Effects:
--At the end of Fright Train's turn, Fright Train deals the hero target with the highest HP 3 melee damage (Fright Train)
--Increase damage dealt by Fright Train by 1 (Adv. Fright Train)
--Increase damage dealt by Fright Train by 1 (Engine of Destruction)
--Increase the first damage dealt to Fright Train each turn by 1 (Engine of Destruction)
--At the end of Fright Train's turn, Major Flay deals the hero target with the highest HP 2 lightning damage (Major Flay)
--Reduce damage dealt to Fright Train by 1 (Bestial Vitality)
--At the end of Fright Train's turn, Fright Train regains 3 HP (Bestial Vitality)

--Fright Train and Major Flay cannot deal damage until the start of Omnitron-X's turn (Hypersonic Assault)

 

Proletariat wrote:

Proletariat - 18
--Clone C - 2

--Clone D - 3

Clone E - 3

Effects:
--Whenever Proletariat would be dealt non-psychic damage, redirect that damage to the clone card witht he lowest HP (Proletariat)
--At the end of Proletariat's turn, Proletariat deals the hero target with the highest HP 2 melee damage (Proletariat)
--At the end of Proletariat's turn, move a clone card from Proletariat's trash into play (Adv. Proletariat)
--At the start of Proletariat's turn, the Proletariat character card deals itself 1 psychic damage (Clones)
--At the end of Proletariat's turn, the clone card deals the hero target with the highest HP 2 melee damage (Clones)

--Clone C, D, and E cannot deal damage until the start of Omnitron-X's turn (Hypersonic Assault)

 

Heroes wrote:

Expatriette - 17
Ra - 18

--Flame Barrier

--Dual Crowbars
Naturalist - 17
--The Formidable Rhinoceros (Ongoing)
Greatest Legacy - 18
Omnitron-X - 13

Effects:
--Reduce damage dealt to the Naturalist by 1 (Rhino)

--When Ra deals a target damage he deals that same damage to another target as well.

--Ra's damage is +1

--When Ra is dealt damage he deals the target that dealt him damage 2 fire damage.

Mobile Defense Platform wrote:

Berth

--The first time a target enters play each turn play the top card of the Environment deck.

 

It is now Baron Blade/Expatriette's Turn.

Didn't advanced Prole bring a clone out from his trash at the end of his turn?

So we'll get several environment cards, but none of them are a real threat if we are going to End of Days this round.  Sky deck could be interesting too.

We might need some fodder to keep it alive though, Ra has two cards in play (rocking some serious damage already) but if anyone else has some to spare would be good.

Friction is at +1 taken, and after End of Days I can throw Reveal the Flaws when we need it.

If we can get Friction down this round and End of days, then we'll be in pretty good shape.  Blade's Turret is going to hit for 4 damage to each of us, and Friction will hit us all for 1, and Proletariat can still deal damage.  but other than that we're pretty set up to get through End of days.

You should be able to hit 2 things, since it's crowbars.

Ra Crowbars Friction up [17].

He is, but Ra forgot she is still reducing damage so she would be at 19.

20, actually, since Calypso is reducing Fire damage. Grrr...

EDIT: 21, and Prol Clone C is still alive with 3HP; I never actually played Flame Barrier...

Someone post when things are straightened out for the next round.  It looks like there are issues still with HP and number of Prol-clones that are currently out there, and presumably HP of the heroes as well.

Oh man, you are right, I thought youplayed barrier but it was cold snap.

I'll go back and sort out HP here in a bit.

Cold Snap goes off, freezing the thread.

Cold snap is going to be crazy, especially because of all the birds and dual crowbars

OK, I updated HP and fixed Prole's turn.  Sorry about the delay.  Forgot I had stuff to do.

Will start Round 2 right after dinner.

Sounds like End of Days will be played to remove devices and sundry addtional villain cards (plus the hero cards).

Cold Snap/Dual Crowbars is, however, going to work over some villains first.  That sounds like a very good opportunity location for Twist the Ether to go into play even though we'll lose it at the end of the round.

Yeah. We need to put the hurt on Friction. Is there any way for us to take her out this round? Otherwise, she's just going to let the rest of the villains play a ton of cards again.

As a dedicated observer, using the additional hits from dual crowbars and cold snap should do the trick considering how many birds there are

Yeah, I should be able to take her, but only after she plays a bunch more cards.

After seeing the monstrosity that is the Friction / Matriarch combination, I feel like mine is turning out to be severely lacking. Kind of boils down to "hurrr lots of damage, guys"

Nuts.  Isn't Constant Prattle going to take out Dual Crowbars first though?

(Edit: Sorry - her advanced ability is going to destroy an on-going and an equipment, not Constant Prattle.  We have "extra" ongoings to potentially sacrifice, but I don't think we can get a spare piece of equipment out in time.)

Ermine's (not Friction's) advanced text destroys equipment and ongoing, which happens after Ra's turn. However, keep in mind that between the two card plays granted by Friction, Ermine is likely to destroy some more stuff. Maybe Expat can dig something up?

ROUND 2 - V5 vs Improbable Heroes

Baron Blade - 32
Start: Nothing
Play: Citizen Slash (Berth causes Shield Generator [6] to enter play for the Environment)
End:
  -- Baron Blade deals Omnitron-X 2 melee damage [11]
  -- Powered Remote Turret deals each hero target 4 projectile damage (Naturalist only 3)
      Expatriette [13], Ra [14], Naturalist [14], Greatest Legacy [14], Omnitron-X [7]
  -- Citizen Slash deals 2 irreducible psychic damage to Ra/Naturalist/Greatest Legacy [12]
 

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Expatriette - 13

In Hand: Twist the Ether, For the Greater Good, Hasty Augmentation
In Play: (none)
Trash:  Raptor Bot, Assault Rifle, RPG Launcher
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Start of Turn:  

Play a Card: Twist the Ether on Ra

Power: NONE (My understanding is that Impulsion Beam would negate use of Load power to allow another card play)

Draw a Card: RPG Launcher

End of Turn: 
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HP:  13

In Hand: For the Greater Good, Hasty Augmentation, RPG Launcher

In Play: Twist the Ether (RA)

Trash: Raptor Bot, Assault Rifle

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Turn Status

    Baron Blade - 32
    --Genetically Fused Physique (Ongoing)
    --Impulsion Beam (Device) - 8
    --Mobile Defense Platform (Device) - 10
    --Remote Powered Turret (Device) - 7
    --Mobile Defense Platform (Device) - 10
    --Citizen Slash (nemesis) - 6

    Effects:
    --At the end of Baron Blade's turn, Baron Blade deals the hero target with the lowest HP and himself 2 melee damage (Baron Blade)
    --Reduce damage dealt to Device cards by 2 (Adv. Baron Blade)
    --Reduce damage dealt to Baron Blade by 1 (Genetically Fused Physique)
    --At the end of Baron Blade's turn, Baron Blade regains 2 HP (Genetically Fused Physique)
    --Each player cannot play more than 1 hero card per turn (Impulsion Beam)
    --Each hero cannot use more than 1 power per turn (Impulsion Beam)
    --Baron Blade is immune to damage (Mobile Defense Platform)
    --At the end of Baron Blade's turn, Powered Remote Turret deals each hero target X projectile damage (X = 2 + #MDPs) (Remote Powered Turret)
    --At the End of Baron Blade's turn, Citizen Slash deals the hero target with the 2nd highest HP 2 irreducible psychic damage

    Friction - 23
    --Stolen Gear (Device) - 7

    Effects:
    --At the end of Friction's turn, Friction deals the hero target with the highest HP 1 melee damage (Friction)
    --Reduce damage dealt to Friction by 1 (Adv. Friction)
    --At the end of Friction's turn, play the top card of Friction's deck (Stolen Gear)
    --Friction takes +1 damage until the Start of Omnitron-X's turn (targetting arrow)

    Ermine - 21
    --Constant Prattle (Ongoing)
    --Calypso (Nemesis) - 8

    Effects:
    --At the End of Ermine's turn, reveal the top card of Ermine's villain deck. If it is a one-shot, put it into play. If not, discard it and Ermine deals the hero target with the second lowest HP 2 melee damage. (Ermine)
    --At the start of Ermine's turn, destroy 1 hero ongoing and 1 equipment card. (Adv. Ermine)
    --At the end of Ermine's turn, discard the top card of each deck (Constant Prattle)
    --At the end of Ermine's turn, move one hero ongoing card in play to the top of its owner's deck. (Calypso)
    --Reduce all fire damage by 1. (Calypso)

    --Ermine and Calypso cannot deal damage until the start of Omnitron-X's turn (Hypersonic Assault)

    Fright Train - 29
    --Engine of Destruction (Ongoing)
    --Major Flay (Nemesis) - 4
    --Bestial Vitality (Ongoing)

    Effects:
    --At the end of Fright Train's turn, Fright Train deals the hero target with the highest HP 3 melee damage (Fright Train)
    --Increase damage dealt by Fright Train by 1 (Adv. Fright Train)
    --Increase damage dealt by Fright Train by 1 (Engine of Destruction)
    --Increase the first damage dealt to Fright Train each turn by 1 (Engine of Destruction)
    --At the end of Fright Train's turn, Major Flay deals the hero target with the highest HP 2 lightning damage (Major Flay)
    --Reduce damage dealt to Fright Train by 1 (Bestial Vitality)
    --At the end of Fright Train's turn, Fright Train regains 3 HP (Bestial Vitality)

    --Fright Train and Major Flay cannot deal damage until the start of Omnitron-X's turn (Hypersonic Assault)

       Proletariat - 18
    --Clone C - 2
    --Clone D - 3
    Clone E - 3

    Effects:
    --Whenever Proletariat would be dealt non-psychic damage, redirect that damage to the clone card witht he lowest HP (Proletariat)
    --At the end of Proletariat's turn, Proletariat deals the hero target with the highest HP 2 melee damage (Proletariat)
    --At the end of Proletariat's turn, move a clone card from Proletariat's trash into play (Adv. Proletariat)
    --At the start of Proletariat's turn, the Proletariat character card deals itself 1 psychic damage (Clones)
    --At the end of Proletariat's turn, the clone card deals the hero target with the highest HP 2 melee damage (Clones)

    --Clone C, D, and E cannot deal damage until the start of Omnitron-X's turn (Hypersonic Assault)

    Expatriette - 13
    -- Twist the Ether (Ongoing)
    Ra - 14/12
    --Cold Snap (Ongoing)
    --Dual Crowbars (Equipment)
    Naturalist - 14/12
    --The Formidable Rhinoceros (Ongoing)
    Greatest Legacy - 14/12
    Omnitron-X - 7

    Effects:
    --Whenever Ra would deal damage the damage type changes to a type of Expatriette's choice and is either reduced or increased by 1. (Twist the Ether)

    --Reduce damage dealt to the Naturalist by 1 (Rhino)

    --When Ra deals a target damage he deals that same damage to another target as well.
    --Ra's damage is +1
    --Ra deals each non-hero target 1 cold damage at the start of his turn

Mobile Defense Platform

    Berth
    --The first time a target enters play each turn play the top card of the Environment deck

    Shield Generator [6]

   -- Reduce damage to environment targets by 1

I had TtE and a few one-shots and just went with the former since at a minimum it increase the Cold Snap damage and also allow damage type to be varied if that is required.  And I'm pretty sure that will help more than a Hasty Augmentation would have. 

Need two things done to complete turn:

1. Citizen Slash triggered Berth - so an environment card comes out. (DONE - it was a Shield Generator)

2. One of the three heroes with 14 HP volunteers for the 2 damage from Citizen Slash.

Shield Generator [6] enters play, and as long as Friction doesn't cause the destruction of Crowbars snap will go off with them in play.

Outside of Friction's deck we have 13 targets to hit (with Twist he'll be able to damage devices) at 3 damage a pop that's 39, + the 2 non-birds from Friction's deck, then all the birds, which should be over 10.

So we are looking at maybe 75 damage dealt with the second shot of crowbars, which, given the initial 3 to all non-device targets should be able to KO 2-3 of the villains.

Start with the clones, using their damage on whoever, then work through the friction targets, drop Friction low enough for her hit to finish her, then move on to target #2, and so on, just making sure you finish any characters after their targets have been hit and finish them with their own shot.

Basically if we can survive friction I think we have it won.

My suggestions for targetting character cards:

Friction

Ermine

Prole

Fright Train can't deal damage this round, and Blade can't be hurt until we clear his devices.  I've got reveal the flaws to help get rid of the stragglers, and if Ermine is dead she can't destroy Crowbars.

Pity I don't have a BeeBot drawn to potentially roll out so that we can keep Crowbars/Cold Snap/TtE around past End of Days.  Turning Birdfest into a detriment for the villains greatly appeals to me. 

Agreed. Depending on how this goes down, we might be better off skipping End of Days. Guess we'll see.

(I'd Ra-ther not take the 2 damage, because I'd like to not die before my turn so Crowbars can happen.)

Right, so Friction's turn goes as follows: Her first play is Synergy Surge, dealing 2 lightning damage to all villain targets and playing the top card of each villain deck in order. Her contribution is ALL OF THE BIRDS, and 3x1 lightning damage to each hero. Then, for her end-of-turn play, she plays Unhealthy Speed, then Synergy Surge, deals 2 lightning damage to all villain targets (killing all the birds and...

Oh.

Oh dear.

And breaking Stolen Gear. We've had its health listed at 7 all this time, but it was at 3 at the end of Friction's last turn, and nothing healed it, so it breaks. So Friction's plays off Synergy Surge consist of two Unhealthy Speeds, some birds, and the Gear, which then triggers and plays the rest of the birds, Unhealthy Speed and SYNERGY SURGE #3. Dead birds, new birds, more villain plays, two more Unhealthy Speeds.

Balls.

EDIT: Assuming nothing else occurs, that's seventy villain cards played in one turn. That is fairly impressive.

EDIT #2: Wait, never mind, Stolen Gear is a device. So two card plays for everyone, not three.

Stolen Gear takes -2 damage.  I think it is OK.

...Baron Blade, I could kiss you. (Although that may mean I lost the solo game I just played...)

So all heroes take 3 damage, and all villains play the top 2 cards, right?

Naturalist shrugs the damage off.

Ermine's cards are:

1. Reactive Plating - device; Ermine gets DR1 and RP deals 2 revenge damage the first time each turn that someone hits her.
2. Slight of Hand - One player must put a card from their hand on top of their deck and she deals every hero target 1 projectile.

Proletariat's first card is:

Lady Luck.  "buh buh BUHHH!"

So. . .

we need to go from the first round of cards through Frictions plays to do Lady Luck's effect.  Should be fun.

Fright Train two cards are Man-Grove and Shadowy Ambush (neither does anything just now)

Question: Do we reveal the top card of Proletariat's deck, or the top card of the deck to which the potentially-destroyed card belongs?

I assume Proletariat's, otherwise we won't be able to destroy anything.

(outside of end of days and HP=0)

Don't forget that Berth will spit out another Environment card since a target entered play during Friction's turn.

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Baron Blade plays:

1)  Mobile Defense Platform (#3)

2)  Vengeful Assault

   -- Deals hero with the most cards in play 3 melee (I think that's Ra)

   -- Increase damage dealt by villain targets by 1 until the start of Baron Blade's turn.

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I think this seals that we play End of Days if possible.  Just too much villain stuff out there, and the Remote Turret is going to do 5 to all heroes at this point.  Not to mention getting rid of Lady Luck.

Also, while TtE and Dual Crowbars are still active, and assuming that Legacy doing "Gung-Ho" as his power is it better for him to Gung-Ho Ra for the healing and a Dual Crowbar Pyre attack, or potentially doing Gung-ho on Expat so that she can play Hasty Augmentation to allow Ra to due the Pyre attack with an additional +2 damage bonus on both the Pyre and Dual Crowbars? 

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Also still need someone to have taken the 2 irreducible damage from Citizen Slash between Ra, Legacy, and Naturalist.

For Sleight of Hand I am willing to put RPG Launcher back on top of my deck.

Naturalist can take the damage.

So from Prol, we need seventeen Lucky cards played from his deck, and then the second Synergy Surge card. If you don't have any Lucky one-shots, then we have an infinite loop on our hands...

This is going to be long:

the first cards go into play fine.  Then the second round of plays:

1 melee to all hero targets

2 to all villains (destroys all birds, Major Flay and a Proletariat Clone

SO:

reveal and discard for Bird #1:  Regroup and recover, Everyman's Strength

Play:  Violent Trickster, each player discards 1, Proletariat deals Omnitron-X 2 melee [1].

Reveal and discard for Bird #2:  Defensive Formation

Play:  Violent Trickster, each player discards 1, Proletariat deals Omnitron-X 2 melee, Incapping Omnitron-X

Reveal and discard for bird #3:  Proletariat, Regroup and recover

Play:  Hapless Strike, Ra deals 2+1-2 Fire damage [8], and one other target up to 4 damage of a type of his choice (not fire I assume)

Reveal and discard for bird #4:  Proletariat, Share in the struggle, Overwhelm the Mighty.

Deck Empty.

Then back to card play:

Baron Blade Vengeful Assault deals Ra 3 melee [7], +1 to all future villain damage

Friction plays 2 unhealthy Speed for 2x2 to all heroes and a ton of birds

Ermine Plays, everyone card to top of deck and 2 damage to all heroes

Fright Train plays Shadowy Ambush

Proletariat shuffles deck and plays Defensive Formation.

I believe this is ending Health (aside from birds and devices)

Baron Blade  32

 Slash  2

Friction  17

Ermine  18

 Calypso  4

Fright Train  26

 Mangrove  7

 Major Flay  X

Prole  16

 

Expat  2

Ra  1

Naturalist  9

Glegs  4

Omni-X  X

Start of Ra's Turn he can deal all the damage he can:

The order of Lucky Cards entering play for slain enemies is:

1st destroyed villain:  Inconcievable obstruction

2nd destroyed villain:  Hapless Strike (in which Ra is incapped and the damage stops)

Everyone needs to discard 2 cards and 1 hero puts one on top of their deck.  (except for Omni, because he's toast)

A couple of issues with Ermine:

-Ermine's second play: only one person puts a card from hand on top of their deck (Expat volunteered)

-When Friction hits Ermine, damage is reduced and Ermine will hit her back

Thanks, I think I fixed it right.

Naturalist discards Final Dive and Brutal Censure, leaving me with only 1 card. I hope Ermine doesn't make me discard it.

Expat discards Hasty Augmentation and For the Greater Good.  Assuming I put RPG Launcher back on my deck earlier that runs me out of cards in hand.

If Ra kills Proleteriat first, will that avoid Hapless Strike coming up, and allow him to continue with the attacks onto other villains?

Yes

Discard Impale and Grease Monkey Fist. Hapless Strike hits Prol for 4 toxic damage [12].

Ra - 1 (uh-oh)

In Hand: Summon Staff, Flame Barrier, Dual Crowbars
In Play: Cold Snap, Dual Crowbars
Trash:  Throat Jab, Impromptu Invention, Impale, Grease Monkey Fist
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Start of Turn:  IT BEGINS:

• Left Crowbar beats out a rhythm against Baron Blade's MDPs [9] while Righy hammers Proletariat for 9 radiant damage [3].
• Lefty downs Proletariat [X], who vainly tries to obstruct the shot, while Righty hits Friction for 3 infernal damage [14].
• Three Crows and a Raven fall to Lefty, while Righty deals Friction 12 lightning damage [2].
• Lefty eviscerates one Raven and three Jackdaws, while Righty deals 8 psychic damage to Reactive Plating [2].
• Lefty breaks the Plating while Righty hits Fright Train [23].
• Two Rooks and three Vultures are shot out of the sky while Ermine is blasted for 15 projectile damage [3].
• Lefty whacks the last Rook [X], the last Raven [X], the Stolen Gear [6], Friction [X], Calypso [X], Ermine [X], Man-Grove [4], Baron Blade [immune], Slash [X], Impulsion Beam [7] and Remote Defense Turret [6] while Righty deals 22 melee damage to Fright Train [1].
• Lefty deals a single fire damage to Fright Train [X], while Righty deals a single cold damage to the Impulsion Beam [6].

Play a Card: Summon Staff; search for a Staff, draw Grease Monkey Fist.

Power: Pyre: deal net 2 sonic damage to the Impulsion Beam [4] and the RDT [4].

Draw a Card: Isothermic Transducer

End of Turn: 
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HP:  1

In Hand: Staff of Ra, Flame Barrier, Dual Crowbars, Grease Monkey Fist, Isothermic Transducer
In Play: Cold Snap, Dual Crowbars
Trash:  Throat Jab, Impromptu Invention, Impale, Grease Monkey Fist, Summon Staff

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Turn Status

    Baron Blade - 32
    --Genetically Fused Physique (Ongoing)
    --Impulsion Beam (Device) - 4
    --Mobile Defense Platform (Device) - 9
    --Remote Powered Turret (Device) - 4
    --Mobile Defense Platform (Device) - 9
    --Mobile Defense Platform (Device) - 9

    Effects:
    --At the end of Baron Blade's turn, Baron Blade deals the hero target with the lowest HP and himself 2 melee damage (Baron Blade)
    --Reduce damage dealt to Device cards by 2 (Adv. Baron Blade)
    --Reduce damage dealt to Baron Blade by 1 (Genetically Fused Physique)
    --At the end of Baron Blade's turn, Baron Blade regains 2 HP (Genetically Fused Physique)
    --Each player cannot play more than 1 hero card per turn (Impulsion Beam)
    --Each hero cannot use more than 1 power per turn (Impulsion Beam)
    --Baron Blade is immune to damage (Mobile Defense Platform)
    --At the end of Baron Blade's turn, Powered Remote Turret deals each hero target X projectile damage (X = 2 + #MDPs) (Remote Powered Turret)

    Friction - X

    Effects:
    --At the start of Friction's turn, destroy one hero ongoing or equipment card.

    Ermine - X

    Effects:
    --At the start of Ermine's turn, discard the top two cards of each hero deck.

    Fright Train - X

    Effects:
    --At the start of Fright Train's turn, the hero target with the highest HP deals themselves 2 toxic damage.

       Proletariat - X

    Effects:
    --At the start of Proletariat's turn, shuffle the hero trash with the most cards into its associated deck.

    Expatriette - 2
    -- Twist the Ether (Ongoing)
    Ra - 11
    --Cold Snap (Ongoing)
    --Dual Crowbars (Equipment)
    Naturalist - 19
    --The Formidable Rhinoceros (Ongoing)
    Greatest Legacy - 4
    Omnitron-X - X

    Effects:
    --Whenever Ra would deal damage the damage type changes to a type of Expatriette's choice and is either reduced or increased by 1. (Twist the Ether)

    --Reduce damage dealt to the Naturalist by 1 (Rhino)

    --When Ra deals a target damage he deals that same damage to another target as well.
    --Ra's damage is +1
    --Ra deals each non-hero target 1 cold damage at the start of his turn

CROWBAR RA! CROWBAR RA! CROWBAR RA!

Summary

Baron Blade - 32
    --Genetically Fused Physique (Ongoing)
    --Impulsion Beam (Device) - 3
    --Mobile Defense Platform (Device) - 9
    --Remote Powered Turret (Device) - 4
    --Mobile Defense Platform (Device) - 9
    --Mobile Defense Platform (Device) - 9

Effects:
    --At the end of Baron Blade's turn, Baron Blade deals the hero target with the lowest HP and himself 2 melee damage (Baron Blade)
    --Reduce damage dealt to Device cards by 2 (Adv. Baron Blade)
    --Reduce damage dealt to Baron Blade by 1 (Genetically Fused Physique)
    --At the end of Baron Blade's turn, Baron Blade regains 2 HP (Genetically Fused Physique)
    --Each player cannot play more than 1 hero card per turn (Impulsion Beam)
    --Each hero cannot use more than 1 power per turn (Impulsion Beam)
    --Baron Blade is immune to damage (Mobile Defense Platform)
    --At the end of Baron Blade's turn, Powered Remote Turret deals each hero target X projectile damage (X = 2 + #MDPs) (Remote Powered Turret)

Friction - X

    Effects:
    --At the start of Friction's turn, destroy one hero ongoing or equipment card.

Ermine - X

    Effects:
    --At the start of Ermine's turn, discard the top two cards of each hero deck.

Fright Train - X

    Effects:
    --At the start of Fright Train's turn, the hero target with the highest HP deals themselves 2 toxic damage.

Proletariat - X

    Effects:
    --At the start of Proletariat's turn, shuffle the hero trash with the most cards into its associated deck.

Heroes:

Expatriette - 2
-- Twist the Ether (Ongoing)
Ra - 1
--Cold Snap (Ongoing)
--Dual Crowbars (Equipment)
Naturalist - 9
--The Formidable Rhinoceros (Ongoing)
--End of Days (Ongoing)
Greatest Legacy - 4
Omnitron-X - X

Effects:
--Whenever Ra would deal damage the damage type changes to a type of Expatriette's choice and is either reduced or increased by 1. (Twist the Ether)

--Reduce damage dealt to the Naturalist by 1 (Rhino)
--At the start of the environment turn, all non-relics go away (End of Days)

--When Ra deals a target damage he deals that same damage to another target as well.
--Ra's damage is +1
--Ra deals each non-hero target 1 cold damage at the start of his turn

Mobile Defense Platform (I'm sure I'm missing some environment cards)
Berth --The first time a target enters play each turn play the top card of the Environment deck
Shield Generator [4] -- Reduce damage to environment targets by 1

That was fantastic!

Don't forget the Environment. You get to hit the Shield Generator, too (not that the extra 1 damage to Impulsion Beam will matter a lot at this point). Also, your hero HPs seem to be a bit off. I'll try to fix them in my summary, but let me know if I missed anything.

Ermine - X

Lose the top two cards of all hero decks.

Naturalist discards Cause and Effect and The Nimble Gazelle

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Naturalist

HP: 9

Hand: End of Days

Play: Rhinoceros

Trash: Brutal Censure, Final Dive, Crafty Assault, Primal Charge, Nimble Gazelle, Cause and Effect

Effects: DR1

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Start: Climb out from under the bodies and marshmallow covering the battlefield

Play: End of Days

Power: Rhino - draw Final Dive and Cornered Beast

Draw: Sanctifying Strike

End:

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HP: 9

Hand: Final Dive, Cornered Beast, Sanctifying Strike

Play: Rhinoceros, End of Days

Trash: Brutal Censure, Final Dive, Crafty Assault, Primal Charge, Nimble Gazelle, Cause and Effect

Effects: DR1

Huh, I wonder where those extra 1s came from... Ra loses The Staff of Ra and Impale.

Expat discards RPG Launcher and Psychic Maelstrom from her deck.

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Nicely done!  I presume the various hits on Prole were actually psychic damage since otherwise doesn't he just redirect them onto the clones?

At this point I think that Ra and Expat are pretty much doomed once Baron Blade comes around, assuming the minions don't get us first after End of Days clears the battlefield.  We should concentrate on getting Legs and Naturalist cards (options) and extra HP since they have to take Blade down from full HP by themselves.

All his clones were dead.

Paging Kharnel to the MDP...

PLAGUE TRAIN

Naturalist deals himself 2 damage, reduced to 1 (8)

Legacy

Legacy discards Team Communication, Displaced Armory

Discards two from top of deck: Heroic Interception, Aura of Vision

HP:  4
In Hand:  Team Communication, Unique Capabilities
In Play: 
Trash:  Durasteel Chains, Reclaim from the Deep, Team Communication, Displaced Armory, Heroic Interception, Aura of Vision
Effects:
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Start: 
Play:  Unique Capabilities - Retrieve Caliginous Form and put it into play. Draw Take Down. Can't play a second card.
Power: Gung-Ho - Ra regains 1 hp and may use a power.
Draw: Lead from the Front
End:  
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HP:  4
In Hand:  Team Communication, Take Down, Lead from the Front
In Play: Caliginous Form
Trash:  Durasteel Chains, Reclaim from the Deep, Team Communication, Displaced Armory, Heroic Interception, Aura of Vision, Unique Capabilities
Effects:

Proletariat:

hero trash with the most cards gets shuffled into their deck, I'd say just count your trash, and post it.

then we'll go from there.

Expat has six (6) cards in her trash.

Naturalist has 6 cards. We'll need Legacy's turn to finish resolving and a summary from Kharnel before Proletariat is up.

Just need Ra to do his power for my turn to resolve, and I'll post the status.

Ra uses Pyre to thwack Impulsion Beam [1] and PDT [2] 2 energy damage each. He also has 7 cards in his trash.

Summary

Baron Blade - 32
    --Genetically Fused Physique (Ongoing)
    --Impulsion Beam (Device) - 1
    --Mobile Defense Platform (Device) - 9
    --Remote Powered Turret (Device) - 2
    --Mobile Defense Platform (Device) - 9
    --Mobile Defense Platform (Device) - 9

Effects:
    --At the end of Baron Blade's turn, Baron Blade deals the hero target with the lowest HP and himself 2 melee damage (Baron Blade)
    --Reduce damage dealt to Device cards by 2 (Adv. Baron Blade)
    --Reduce damage dealt to Baron Blade by 1 (Genetically Fused Physique)
    --At the end of Baron Blade's turn, Baron Blade regains 2 HP (Genetically Fused Physique)
    --Each player cannot play more than 1 hero card per turn (Impulsion Beam)
    --Each hero cannot use more than 1 power per turn (Impulsion Beam)
    --Baron Blade is immune to damage (Mobile Defense Platform)
    --At the end of Baron Blade's turn, Powered Remote Turret deals each hero target X projectile damage (X = 2 + #MDPs) (Remote Powered Turret)

Friction - X

    Effects:
    --At the start of Friction's turn, destroy one hero ongoing or equipment card.

Ermine - X

    Effects:
    --At the start of Ermine's turn, discard the top two cards of each hero deck.

Fright Train - X

    Effects:
    --At the start of Fright Train's turn, the hero target with the highest HP deals themselves 2 toxic damage.

Proletariat - X

    Effects:
    --At the start of Proletariat's turn, shuffle the hero trash with the most cards into its associated deck.

Heroes:

Expatriette - 2
-- Twist the Ether (Ongoing)
Ra - 2
--Cold Snap (Ongoing)
--Dual Crowbars (Equipment)
Naturalist - 8
--The Formidable Rhinoceros (Ongoing)
--End of Days (Ongoing)
Greatest Legacy - 4
Omnitron-X - X

Effects:
--Whenever Ra would deal damage the damage type changes to a type of Expatriette's choice and is either reduced or increased by 1. (Twist the Ether)

--Reduce damage dealt to the Naturalist by 1 (Rhino)
--At the start of the environment turn, all non-relics go away (End of Days)

--When Ra deals a target damage he deals that same damage to another target as well.
--Ra's damage is +1
--Ra deals each non-hero target 1 cold damage at the start of his turn

--The first time Legacy is dealt damage each turn, reduce that damage by 2 and redirect it to the villain target wtih the highest HP (Caliginous Form)

Mobile Defense Platform (I'm sure I'm missing some environment cards)
Berth --The first time a target enters play each turn play the top card of the Environment deck
Shield Generator [4] -- Reduce damage to environment targets by 1

Legacy also has 7 cards in his trash.

So one of the highest trash counts needs to shuffle their trash into their deck.

Then someone can draw a card, since everybody is rather low on cards.

Naturalist doesn't really need the card draw right now, if someone else wants it.

Ra's basically going to die, so he's not all that bothered.

OK, so what about the damage reduction, you want that Ra?

Or a card play?

I don't think either will hep, but thanks!

I'd see what Legacy can best use.  BB is going to hit low for 2 HP at a minimum; so Expat or Ra will go down to that, assuming that his card play(s) don't do more.  Additional DR for Legacy might be useful as a counter for Nemesis Bonus damage, unless another card draw appears more useful to him.

If we do get the option for Expat or Ra to survive it should be Ra since Expat is pretty much tapped out and her incap side is probably more useful to the group.

Hmm, the impending End of Days complicates things. If not for that, I would take the card play to Lead from the Front... 

Baron is unlikely to deal enough to kill Ra with -1 taken, since his devices will all be destroyed.  He'll get his end of turn damage and if you would rather sacrifice Expat than Ra

I'll throw -1 taken on Ra, so that unless hasten doom comes out he will survive.

Ok, I'll take the trash shuffle then, so we're on to environment right?

Yes?

So, what's going on aboard the MDP, phantaskippy?

Sorry for the delay, Pax attacked.

Environment plays Battalion Gunner [3], Berth plays MDP Turbolift, which reveals and puts into play Propulsion Systems [10].

End:  Gunner deals all hero targets 1 energy.

In play:  Berth, Shield Generator [4], Battalion Gunner [3], Propulsion Systems [10]

Trash:  Bridge, MDP Turbolift(2)

(Note: Multiple corrections due to End of Days clearing things out.  I think Ra's +1 DR effect carries since it was granted by Legacy, but Naturalist's DR went away.)

I think current hero HP are:

Expat: 2; Ra 2; Naturalist 8; Greatest Legacy 3 (?)

Given that:

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ROUND 3 - V5(now 1) vs Fading Heroes

Baron Blade - 32
Start: Nothing
Play: Hasten Doom; 2 Toxic damage to each hero; Expat [X]; Naturalist [5]
                   2+1 Toxic to Greatest Legacy [X]
           2-1 Toxic to Ra [1]
      Play Old Tricks - New Allies (no effect since there are no other villain decks)
End:
  -- Baron Blade deals Ra 2-1 melee damage [X]
     Baron Blade deals Baron Blade 2 melee damage [30]

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Expat (incap) - Naturalist can inflict one projectile damage the next time they do damage

Legacy will let Naturalist regain an HP and use a power 

So, don't forget that End of Days goes off at the beginning of the Environment turn. So Berth and Shield Generator are gone; Propulsion Systems never gets played.

Also, those of us with things in play no longer have those things. Naturalist, for instance, no longer has DR. So, I think I should be at 5 and everyone else is incapped.

If this is correct, the 1 damage will be more useful for me since any form I put into play (the only power I have right now) will just get destroyed by Friction anyway.

On Ra's turn, I can get rid of the Battalion Gunner (to the bottom of the environment deck) or give you a power use.

Whoops, guess I jumped the gun. Does anyone have Grandpa's incap powers? Don't have my cards in front of me.

On Friction's turn, I have nothing to destroy.

On Ra's turn, I'd like a power use to switch to Crocodile form.

On Ermine's turn, I discard Consecrated Ground and Hyperactive Senses from my deck.

On my turn:

HP: 5

Hand: Final Dive, Sanctifying Strike, Cornered Beast

Play: Crocodile

Trash: Brutal Censure, Consecrated Ground, Final Dive, End of Days, Crafty Assault, Hyperactive Senses, Primal Charge, Rhino, Gazelle, Cause and Effect

Effects: Damage +1

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Start:

Play: Sanctifying Strike - deal 2 melee and 2 projectile damage to Baron Blade [26]; draw Consecrated Ground; heal 1 [6]

Power: Transform to Rhino form

Draw: Brutal Censure

End:

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HP: 6

Hand: Brutal Censure, Consecrated Ground, Final Dive, Cornered Beast

Play: Rhino

Trash: Brutal Censure, Consecrated Ground, Sanctifying Strike, Final Dive, End of Days, Crafty Assault, Hyperactive Senses, Primal Charge, Crocodile, Gazelle, Cause and Effect

Effects: DR1

Greatest Legacy's incap abilities:

-draw 1 card

-use a power (which would be draw 2 cards or transform in this case)

-discard the top card of 1 deck

Ok, safe to say you can use a power then

Fright Train makes me punch myself for 1 [5].

I draw Final Dive and Sanctifying Strike.

Proletariat shuffles my trash into my deck.

If Greatest Legacy started the Round at 3 HP he was incapped.  If he had 4+ he is hanging around at whatever it was, minus three.

I corrected the start of round;

Expat (still incapped)

Ra (still incapped by End of Turn attack)

Greatest Legacy (incapped unless he started round with 4+ HP)

Naturalist (at 5 HP; granted additional 1 projectile attack by Expat incap effect)

I think Baron Blade is at 24;  32 (start) -2 (hit himself) - 2 -2 (Sanctifying Strike) - 2 (bonus attack from Expat incap)

I think the MDP is up.

I went back and checked. I was at 4 HP but got shot by the gunner, so I'm dead.

MDP isn't up. It's Omni's turn. DR would be excellent, but a card play wouldn't be terrible either.

For Omni's you can choose what you want.

Environment will play Propulsion system since it didn't get played before.

OK. I'll take the DR Propulsion Systems gets played, and the gunner's shots tickle a little bit.

Baron Blade is up.

ROUND 4 - Blade vs Naturalist Show-down Hoe-down

Baron Blade - 24
Start: Nothing
Play: Powered Remote Turret [7]

End:
  -- Baron Blade deals Naturalist 2-2 melee damage [5]
     Baron Blade deals Baron Blade 2 melee damage [22]
     Powered Remote Turret deals Naturalist 2-2 projectile damage [5]

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Baron Blade - 22

Powered Remote Turret - 7

Naturalist - 5

Battalion Gunner - 3

Propulsion Systems - 10

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Expatriette - X (INCAP)

Naturalist may choose one of these three options:
-o- One hero may use a power now
-o- Destroy a target with 1 HP
-o- Select a hero.  The next time that hero uses a power that hero also deals 1 target 1 projectile damage

Edit: I think Naturalist current DR is 2; Rhino form and OX incap effect.  Adjusted damages accordingly.

So with the powers letting naturalist change forms and deal damage, then her own power switch to rhino and Omni giving DR, looks like this could be won still, although the likelihood of it being resolved in any timely fashion is almost 0.

Once Baron's devices start messing things up it will get really dragged out.

I'm cool for going as long as people want, but this could take 20 rounds or more to resolve, if ever.

I'm going to try to speed this along and just state which incap powers I'd like to use. If anyone objects to this, please let me know. I think we might be able to put Blade down fast.

Naturalist's DR is currently 2.

Expatriette: I'll take the 1 projectile damage.

Friction: destroys Rhino form.

Ra: Power to play Rhino form; deal 1 projectile damage to Baron Blade [21]

Ermine: Discard top two cards of my deck (Gazelle and Natural-Born Vigor)

Naturalist: (HP 5, Rhino in play)

Play: Cornered Beast

Power: Rhino to draw 2 cards (End of Days, Hyperactive Senses)

Draw: Crafty Assault

Effects: DR2

Fright Train: Naturalist deals himself 0 damage

Legacy: Use Rhino to draw 2 cards (Primal Charge, Bestial Shift)

Proletariat: Shuffle my trash into deck

Omni-X: Renew the 1 DR

It's the environment's turn.

grysqrl, Expatriette's incap lets you deal damage next time you use a power, not next time you attack. So your power use on Ra's turn gives you the 1 projectile damage. I think maybe you were planning to save them up until you were in Crocodile form, but it doesn't work, I don't think.

Environment turn:

Brute enters play.

So 

Gunner [3]

Propulsion System [10]

Brute [4]

I don't think any of them have taken damage, and they can't get through your DR.

Yeah. I caught that and corrected it. You must have viewed between edits. I'm just not speedy enough.

ROUND 5 - V5, the beat goes on.

Baron Blade - 21
Start: Nothing
Play: Hasten Doom 2-2 toxic to Naturalist [5]
      play Vengeful Assault 3-2 melee to Naturalist [4]
      Increase damage done by villain targets by 1 until the start of BB's turn

End:
  -- Baron Blade deals Naturalist 3-2 melee damage [3]
     Baron Blade deals Baron Blade 2+1 melee damage [18]
     Powered Remote Turret deals Naturalist 3-2 projectile damage [2]

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Expat (incap)

-o- One hero may use a power now
-o- Destroy a target with 1 HP
-o- Select a hero.  The next time that hero uses a power that hero also deals 1 target 1 projectile damage

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Baron Blade - 18

Powered Remote Turret - 7

Naturalist - 2 (DR2)

Battalion Gunner - 3

Propulsion System - 10

Battalion Brute - 4
 

Ok. We're making some progress.

Expatriette: I'll take the 1 projectile damage on next power usage

Friction: destroys Rhino form

Ra: Power to play Crocodile form; deal 3 projectile damage to Baron Blade [15]

Ermine: Discard top two cards of my deck (Holy Nova, Primal Charge)

Naturalist: (HP 2, Crodile and Cornered Beast in play = Damage+2)

Play: Bestial Shift - deal 5 toxic damage to Baron Blade [10]; use Transform to shift to Gazelle; heal 3 HP [5]; use Gazelle power to heal 3 more [8]

Power: Cornered Beast - destroy Battalion Gunner

Draw: Natural-Born Vigor

Fright Train: Naturalist deals himself 2 damage [6]

Legacy: Use a power to transform to Rhino

Proletariat: Shuffle my trash into deck

Omni-X: Renew the DR2

The environment is up. Naturalist has DR2

Naturalist is almost the ideal hero for this sort of situation - can use the multiple power uses for form shifts to alternately attack, heal, defend.

Yeah, I was going to say, I don't know who else could pull this off. Go Naturalist! Kill that jerk!

Another Gunner for MDP,

still no damage dealt.

The next four cards won't make a difference as long as no one attacks the environment or drops their DR to 0, so feel free to go through if I don't post timely.

Kids got sick here, so everything is a bit crazy.

the rest of the deck is 2 mechanics, a brute, 2 generators and a skydeck, none will impact the fight too much, and the Skydeck is the only one that will affect anything.

I'm just glad that I decided to include all of his forms this time around. I almost didn't.

ROUND 6 - Every round and in every way, I am getting better, and better.

Baron Blade - 10
Start: Nothing
Play: Hasten Doom 2-2 toxic to Naturalist [6]
      play Displacing Teleporter [6]  (device)
      (Whenever BB deals damage to a hero character card, that hero's player must discard 1 card)

End:
  -- Baron Blade deals Naturalist 2-2 melee damage [6]
     Baron Blade deals Baron Blade 2 melee damage [8]
     Powered Remote Turret deals Naturalist 2-2 projectile damage [6]

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Note: 3 cards left in Baron Blade's deck.

Expatriette: I'll take the 1 projectile damage on next power usage

Friction: destroys Rhino form

Ra: Power to play Crocodile form; deal 3 projectile damage to Baron Blade [5]

Ermine: Discard top two cards of my deck (Holy Nova, Natural Form's Power)

Naturalist: (HP 6, Crodile and Cornered Beast in play = Damage+2)

Play: Final Dive - throw the Battalion Brute into Baron Blade, destroying them both in a massive explosion

Power: Transform into a platypus, because those things are crazy

Another eked out win.  Getting an End of Days early to clean out villain cards seems to have been pretty key the last two games.  And then having some luck at the end when things got really tight.

Yeah. This was a fun one, though Friction was pretty demoralizing. I'm glad we could wrap it up pretty quickly - with the wrong card plays, it could have been dragged out. Thanks to everyone involved. I'm totally looking forward to the next deckbuilder.

That was a fun one. Also: rather insane. Friction was a hoot...

Does anyone else want to run the next game? I have a hero and villain deck prepped, so I'm good with either.