The mysterious man known online as Greyfox9996 is my next opponent. It seems Cesar Rodil has seen a similar series of successes in his first two games, with only his first round going to game 3, leaving him 2-0. If I've played him before I can't recall. So by default I am expecting a high caliber deck for this meta, and I'm super curious what it is. Curve? Control? Rush? As of the time of this writing we only know 1 thing:
He calls it: Toolkit (MOR + DCL)
Mysterious indeed.
GAME 1
Initiative: I select evens
TURN 1
Cesar recruits Riddler hidden and activates on himself. hitting a 2.
I recruit Hank 1 drop and select the version Ultimates and ping him for 1.
50 to 49
TURN 2
He chains Riddler to draw on himself hitting a 3.
I recruit Clint hidden and pass.
Cesar plays a rowed STTG sending Puppet Master and an Avalon to the KO. then flips and activates Avalon to land recur and play Puppet Master.
I declare Clint into Puppet Master. He activates exhausting my Hank and we pass for a 1 sided stun.
50 to 45
TURN 3
He chains Riddler to the draw on himself hitting a 1.
Cesar then recruits a Poison Ivy protecting Puppet Master and activates Hidden HQ
I play Liberation Day to fetch Nick Fury and recruit him protected by the 1 drop hank, before passing to combat.
He swings Ivy into Hank. I exhaust Hank and Clint for a boosted Death of the Dream played from my row. He chains pupper master to exhaust SHAFT. Hank stuns. we both pass.
46 to 45
TURN 4
He chains Riddler to draw. He hits a 4.
I activate Hank 1 on Nick. then recruit Hank, ultimates, KOing the first to uniqueness.
He recruits Dr Doom flipping Down STTG then Reign of Terrors Nick. He thenflips a teamup crossing over Doom and Secret Society.
At the start of combat Hank actually grows, RFPing an ultimate for a +1/+1 counter.
Ivy fetches Boris. Boris activates and grabs a second reign and he plays it on Clint. He then activates Puppet Master to exhaust Hank. we both pass to recovery. with a big ole, nothing turn.
46 to 45... still
TURN 5
Cesar chains to the draw hitting a 2.
He recruits Robot Destroyer and immediately activates it to stun my Hank and passes his build.
I recruit Iron Man and pass to combat.
Start of combat He sees Iron Man's effect coming and chains, playing Straight to the Grave from his hand, sending Rogue power absorbtion to the KO.
He activates Puppet Master, exhausting Iron man, then we both pass to recovery.
42 to 40
TURN 6
Banking that he has no doom 6 I under-drop Nick Fury (SHAFT!) Wasp and Clint. I only have 2 cards in the warp and my HOPEFULLY surprise kill turn is coming quickly. If I can use both Wasp and Nick I'll be back on track for what I need to do to end, but any 1 rfp ability will do for now.
He activates Boris to fetch a reconstruction Program. As I expected hes either getting Lex or Rogue.
He gets Rogue and underdrops another Boris. He activates riddler and hits a 1. I secretly celebrate, but i still have a power dampners in hand so it might not matter what he opts to do.
Start of combat Hank's effect wiffs and Ironman sees his 1 card. (Black Manta)
Cesar activates Robot Destroyer to stun Hank.
Iron man declares into Puppet Master. Once legal he exhausts both puppet master and Rogue, I exhaust clint and wasp. He activates Boris and fetches Press the attack to untap puppet master and tap Shaft out too. I rfp 5 for Shaft to make Iron Man unstunnable and pass for the one sided stun.
He sends Dr. Doom into Shaft for a 1 sided stun of his own, and passes to recovery.
I KO Nick. He KO's Puppet Master.
32 to 26
TURN 7
He chains Riddler to the draw. I chain a rowed Lib day to fetch Thor.
Riddler hits a 1.
He plays a rowed STTG sending Professor X and a Reign or terror.
He follows up with a Reconstruction Program and recruits Professor X. Then activates a rowed Birthing Chamber discarding Boris before passing build.
I set a resource and activate wasp to burn for 3.
I then recruit power Dampners onto Poison Ivy to prevent the boris he wants to fetch. prob for a gamma bomb? maybe press? I'm still unsure of his win condition but i know he has Doom 8 in the drop. So it's likely any combination of Gamma Bomb and infinite swinging Dr. Doom Press the Attack loop. Not bad either way. probably both.
I then recruit Thor. He responds with a Mystical Paralysis from Dr. Doom to exhaust Thor. I respond with a Lib Day and chain again with a Triskelion sending my hand to the RFP, and chain one last time with thor to burn for 17.
I then declare substitute. He chains robot destroyer to stun Hank then activates Prof to exhaust Iron Man leaving me with no valid target for her. She fails to enter play. I pass to combat.
Not quite being sure of Substitute I look it up quickly and confirm its function.
<<RULES BREAK!>>
"Substitute" is a keyword on character cards that represents a payment power that functions in the hand. The keyword "substitute" means, "Reveal this card >>> You may remove from the game a ready character you control with cost greater than or equal to the cost of this card. If you do, put this card into play. Use only if this card is in your hand and only during your recruit step."
So we managed to play it correctly where he could respond to the declared substitute and remove all my possible targets! I love this game! It's always nice to have a refresher course on this stuff!
Rogue takes Prof X's ability and exhausts Clint. Smart move, I could have activated Trisk for a Trouble with Dinos and traded stuns with Rogue for game. Instead, I chain a Clint in hand, exhausting the Clint in play to rfp the stunned Robot Destroyer.
We both pass to recovery.
15 to 1
TURN 8
Cesare opts to not chain to the draw.
I activate Wasp for 3 and then Thor for 20 more burn
I then Declare Substitute with Lady Deathstrike. He chains Prof X to exhaust my Iron Man. I RFP Hank and put her into play, immediately activating her to return her to my hand and ready my Thor.
Thor activates again and burns for 20.
Then I recruit Ladt deathstrike and do it all again, activating her and activating Thor for 20 more.
since it is turn 8, I recruit the angry wnech of death one final time, returning her to hand and readying Thor for a total burn of 80. he goes into the tank and for a brief moment I wonder if he has Endgame + Latveria and Dark God for the alternate win. My heart jumps into my throat.
He scoops.
WHEW!
6 to -82
GAME 2
Initiative: He elects to take evens
TURN 1
I set a resource and recruit Wasp hidden he wiffs. I swing for 1. no Trisk yet. cant risk it.
50 to 49
TURN 2
I rip the Trisk on the draw. Life is good.
Cesar recruits Puppet Master.
I wiff and activate wasp for 3
50 to 46
TURN 3
I activate Wasp again and recruit Blade hidden. He promptly Puppet Masters it.
He then recruits Ivy
Ivy swings direct.
46 to 42
TURN 4
He sets and flips a Forced Conscription sending 3 and nabbing a 5 drop Black Manta. He then recruits Rogue.
I set and recruit Lady Deathstrike, and we pass to combat.
He sends Rogue into Deathstrike for a mutual then goes direct with Ivy. I breathe a sigh of relief since there's no KO tricks. He activates Puppet Master and I exhaust wasp. He passes combat.
Blade swings into puppet master electing not to move him hidden. He then powers up PUPPET MASTER 3 times THE HELL MAN let me kill you properly! we trade into mutual stuns.
I KO Blade, he KOs Puppet Master.
34 to 37
TURN 5
I draw the rest of my perfect curve. So not feeling rushed to crutch on Trisk at the moment. I am also camping a Power Dampeners. This is saved for Lex, because an online Lex could suck.
He recruits Black Manta. Nice. Always nice to not see Lex. I am also super glad he wiffed doom 4.
Start of combat Iron man hits an Unnatural selection and I fist bump nothing in particular, but I do it hard.Ivy triggers and brings in Riddler, but he cant hurt me now. Riddler hits a 2.
I then follow up with Lady Deathstrike into Black Manta powering up once legal for a mutual. He pays 3 and nabs an Unnatural Selection from his KO. I chain, flipping up Trisk to send all the potential dying stuff to the RFP and keep Deathsrike relevant. (The one I powered up went to the KO not the warp as Trisk wasnt up yet.)
I flip up License to Kill for Wasp and chain its effect to KO stunned defender (Black Manta) and pass He chains Unnatural selection exhausting Ivy to KO my Deathstrike. I am ok with this trade. Both go away.
He activates Avalon to fetch Lex. God damn it I'm good and ready for this. My Power Dampeners are fully erect.
TURN 6
He chains Hidden HQ to the draw sending Dr. Doom 4 to the KO.
I rip a second Trisk and breathe a sigh of relief. It's nice to have options. In case one gets suddenly KO'd.
He activates Riddler hitting a 1, then STTGs sending a Riddler and Hidden HQ to his KO.
He recruits Lex and I pretend I'm offended. But he isn't going to do much today. He just doesnt know that yet. he follows up underdropping a riddler, activating it and hitting 4.
I waste ZERO time. I set a resource and immediately Power Dampener his Lex.
Bad words are said.
I then recruit Captain America forming him to protect Iron Man we then pass to combat.
At the start of combat, Ivy puts a Riddler into play. Rogue copies Riddlers effect. Iron Man triggers but his hand is empty. Cesar realizes he cant stop my swings anymore and with Lex locked down he also can't stop Thors burn next turn unless he takes drastic action.(aka suiciding and not recovering Lex on PURPOSE. The only issue is that turn 7 will be my initiative and i'll go off before he can re-recruit Lex.)
He ponders for a while, likely the same things i did, and offers teh handshake. I flash the Thor in hand and with Lady Deathstrike in the RFP and a face up trisk and wasp, I figure I would have burned for around 60 endurance.
Cesar Scoops
A classy list from a classy player. I really enjoyed that toolbox! but gotta say, where was the equip removal? it wasnt much but his sets had access to a backfire I kept waiting for and never seeing. it's possible he ran it and missing Doom all game just cramped his options.
I manage another 2-0 week!
But holy hell game 1 could have been either way. I had the unknown working for me, otherwise I suspect he'd have ridden Lex on 5 onwards rather than robot. Who knows how that might have gone?
Current record:
W - Hulk variant 2-0
W - Skrulls 2-0
W - Toolbox Stall 2-0
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