Match 2Q - Hodge Podge VS Admiral Wolverine Lightning-bolt

  Hodge Podge
- Aaron
    VS
  Admiral Wolverine Lightning bolt
- Josh



Aaron wins the flip and opts to take odd initiatives

Aaron Keeps, Josh mulligans

        TURN 1 (Aaron Initiative)

    DRAW PHASE
(Both Players draw 2 cards)

    BUILD PHASE

Aaron sets a resource and recruits Galan.

Josh sets a resource and recruits Chomin

    COMBAT PHASE

Galan activates to gain 2

Josh sends chomin into Galan for a mutual stun.

    RECOVERY PHASE

Both players recover

    Admiral Wolverine Lightning bolt -> 49   Hodge Podge -> 51



        TURN 2 (Josh Initiative)

    DRAW PHASE
(Both Players draw 2 cards)

    BUILD PHASE

Josh sets a resource and recruits Skreet.

Aaron sets a resource and recruits Barracuda in the hidden area.

    COMBAT PHASE

Josh declares Skreet into Galan. Galan activates to gain 2 endurance before stunning from combat. Aaron activates Barracuda to burn Josh for 3.
Josh then sends chomin in for 2 direct before using his effect on Skreet for 2 shared endurance loss. Skreet then triggers burning Aaron for 4 and moving to the hidden area.

    RECOVERY PHASE

Josh recovers Skreet.
Aaron recovers Galan.

    Admiral Wolverine Lightning bolt -> 44   Hodge Podge -> 44



        TURN 3 (Aaron Initiative)

    DRAW PHASE
(Both Players draw 2 cards)

    BUILD PHASE

Aaron sets a resource and recruits Black Manta, deepwater denizen in the hidden area behind Barracuda.

Josh sets a resource and recrutis Slipstream in the hidden area before flipping up Negative Zone, seat of annihilation (Discarding Skreet)

    COMBAT PHASE

Aaron sends barracuda and Black Manta direct for 11 before deciting to activate Galan to gain 2 endurance.

Josh attacks Skreet into Galan for an easy stun, and then swings direct with Slipstream. Once legal, playing Cosmic conflict on it to move it into the visible area with +4 ATK. once visible Josh pays 3 endurance to ready slipstream (Now a readied attacker) before playing Matter Convergence to grans +3ATK for the turn and moving Slipstream hidden again (now enjoying his passive +1 ATK) for 12 direct. he then attacks again for an additional 8 direct before finishing his combat phase with Chomin swinging for 2.

    RECOVERY PHASE

Negative Zone triggers, drawing Josh a card.

Aaron recovers Galan.

    Admiral Wolverine Lightning bolt -> 33   Hodge Podge -> 23



        TURN 4 (Josh Initiative)

    DRAW PHASE
(Both Players draw 2 cards)

    BUILD PHASE

Josh sets a resource and recruits an AGL behind slipstream in the hidden area before recruiting Skreet, KOing the hidden one for uniqueness.

Aaron sets a resource and flips Gang-up, teaming Heralds and Injustice Gang.
Both players draw a card.
Aaron then recruits Dr. Light, blinding light protecting Galan, activating it to allow both players play a character from their hands with a cost of 2 or less. Aaron puts a Morg into play, while Josh puts an AGL into his hidden area protecting Chomin.

    COMBAT PHASE

Josh declares skreet into Morg. Aaron responds, with Morg`s effect,(Discarding Galactus 9) returning an AGL to Josh`s hand. Aaron plays a cover fire on Morg, for +4 DEF halting the attack.
Josh then sends his remaining AGL into Galan powering it up, Galan activates and Morg reinforces. Galan stuns.
Following up he continues, sending slipstream into Dr. Light. Once legal, playing Thunderous Onslaught from his hand, to move Slipstream into the visible support row. Once visible, paying 3 endurance to ready him, making him an unstunnable, readied attacker before playing a rowed megablast on him and following up with a flying kick from his hand.
Slipstream`s 13 attack is more than enough to stun Dr. Light. he then follows up with 11 attack into Morg for a mutual stun.
Finally, Josh attacks directly with Chomin for 2.

Aaron is at 2 endurance. and has to attack through a visible Skreet. if he doesn`t he reasons Chomin will stun it anyways for the win. With that in mind, he declares Barracuda into Skreet. Once legal, playing Crime Syndicate of Amerika on it for +3/+3. Skreet stuns, moves hidden and burns Aaron for 4. Before Aaron folows up with a megablast on Black Manta and a swing direct. Once legal he plays Enemy of my Enemy, (Discarding silver Surfer) to search for a black Manta, using it to power-up the direct attack for 13.

    RECOVERY PHASE

    Admiral Wolverine Lightning bolt -> 9   Hodge Podge -> -2


        Admiral Wolverine Lightning-bolt advances to the top 8!

        POSTGAME THOUGHTS:

Aaron Thoughts:
"I knew it would be an uphill battle and was happy to see Galen on 1, but in retrospect i should have mulliganed for Morg to try to get Chomin out of the way early. Even so, I am not convinced that it would have made much of a difference."

Josh Thoughts:
"It's always nice to beat Aaron. I really like Skreet and Chomin here. Skreet single-handedly turned an underdropped initiative into a win."