Ascension Exhibition Match Thread

Dave_Perkins · 2015-01-30T11:31:36.000Z

Dave Perkins:

I’m so jazzed that this is a good game. I was verging recently on giving up on the league because omfg four years of this game, plus not too many seemed interesting to me at all, but this has helped revive me.

I notice that no one dared mention this. “Don’t touch him right now. He’s fragile!” :P

Kl3mnop · 2015-01-30T11:37:11.000Z

Dave Perkins:

I notice that no one dared mention this. “Don’t touch him right now. He’s fragile!” :P

I thought about making a snarky remark about the New Guard coming in and how you should get out while you were still remembered as a Champion and whatever other bullshit, but then I decided not to.

scottagibson · 2015-01-30T11:38:24.000Z

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Everbloom reveals more Scripture.

Kill the Giant?

Dave_Perkins · 2015-01-30T11:41:04.000Z

Kl3mnop:

I thought about making a snarky remark about the New Guard coming in and how you should get out while you were still remembered as a Champion and whatever other bullshit, but then I decided not to.

I don’t believe for one second that you passed up some snark!

Dave_Perkins · 2015-01-30T11:41:42.000Z

Kill the Giant! Even I’m voting for that because it’s clear. Do it and I can get started…

Kl3mnop · 2015-01-30T11:54:00.000Z

scottagibson:

Kill the Giant?

With extreme prejudice. Kill it.

Dave_Perkins · 2015-01-30T12:36:27.000Z

Can I kill it?

scottagibson · 2015-01-30T13:06:48.000Z

Nope, I killed it.

Dave_Perkins · 2015-01-30T13:14:29.000Z

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Dave_Perkins · 2015-01-30T13:15:23.000Z

The APBA wasted no time analyzing this upcoming move.

Dhartha must be rid of, but we also thirst for constructs, and that blue construct needs to stay out of Hive Mind hands.

Dave_Perkins · 2015-01-30T13:22:15.000Z

We also killed a Cultist.

scottagibson · 2015-01-30T13:27:19.000Z

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We drew D of C and one of the Everblooms, so I transformed D to Scion of Cetra and scored our honor points.

Here I would buy Disciple of Euloth to see what is revealed - again looking for either a banish monster or a draw two monster.

*Cool that I caught Dave’s message in my screen shot…

Dave_Perkins · 2015-01-30T13:32:48.000Z

Cool that Tapatalk gives you a preview!

Kl3mnop · 2015-01-30T14:13:03.000Z

Have we got any Mech heroes that the Disciple could unite with? I’ve lost track of our hand already.

I’d lean toward using DofO to kill the Nihilist. But I may be a bigger fan of the draw-power in RU than I should be.

scottagibson · 2015-01-30T14:17:39.000Z

Here’s our hand, in two shots:

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We have the Delver to combine with D of E. But killing Nietzsche was my second choice, as we can use it to help activate both of our constructs. I thought buying D of E was the cheaper way to expose another card. We’re likely to kill Nietzsche regardless.

delirium · 2015-01-30T14:54:40.000Z

I like killing the Nihilist first. Maybe we reveal a nice Lifebound card before we use our runes on something that doesn’t help us much.

Skieblade · 2015-01-30T19:01:53.000Z

I’m good with either! Things are starting to look good for us, so let’s try our best to minimize flips since Dave cycles after his next turn.

Delirium, which Adayu are you talking about? The 8 cost hero? With the unite ability, I really think Dhartha is better, especially in a DU only deck. There aren’t any true useless cards since the weaker ones can generally transform, and unlike Cetra, who is limited to heroes on the board, Dhartha can get you any card, and can keep doing so. I’ve seen so many games where Dhartha gets out of hand and provides an instant victory.

scottagibson · 2015-01-31T07:39:25.000Z

There are 2 votes to kill the Nihilist, 1 to take D of E, and 1 expression of ambivalence. Anyone else want to weigh in?

delirium · 2015-01-31T07:41:55.000Z

Skieblade:

I’m good with either! Things are starting to look good for us, so let’s try our best to minimize flips since Dave cycles after his next turn.

Delirium, which Adayu are you talking about? The 8 cost hero? With the unite ability, I really think Dhartha is better, especially in a DU only deck. There aren’t any true useless cards since the weaker ones can generally transform, and unlike Cetra, who is limited to heroes on the board, Dhartha can get you any card, and can keep doing so. I’ve seen so many games where Dhartha gets out of hand and provides an instant victory.

Adayu, the monster in RU that transforms into Adayu the Serene. Easily the best card in the game. Dhartha is a great card, but it doesn’t really give you much combo potential without pairing up with other enlightened. Adayu and Cetra both can create ridiculous combos almost by themselves.

Lantz · 2015-01-31T09:00:16.000Z

Nihilist