Challenge Accepted 1: Sanity in Peril

Sky-Scraper reveals Undetectable Relinking. It's useless at the moment - you should play the Horn.

Haka will put Haka of Shielding on top of his deck.

If you can’t beat them, jump a shark!

Guise

HP: 23

Hand: Gimmicky Character, Lemme See That…, Look What I Found! x2, Blatant Reference


Start

Play: Gimmicky Character. Discard the top card of each deck.
Guise discards Say Cheese!
Haka discards Haka of Shielding
Scholar discards Axioms and Proverbs.
Sky-Scraper discards Cortex Hypersimulator
Argent Adept discards Cedistic Dissonance
Environment discards Ghostly Images
Infinitor discards Ocular Swarm

Guise regains 1 HP [24]
I will not play an additional card

Power: Tough Choices - I will draw Where Did I Leave That… and deal Infinitor a net of 0 melee damage.
Draw: Total Beefcake

End

HP: 24
Hand: Lemme See That…, Look What I Found! x2, Blatant Reference, Where Did I Leave That…, Total Beefcake

In Play: nothing

Trash: Say Cheese!, Gimmicky Character

Top of Deck: ?
Bottom of Deck: ?

Additional Effects: none

Well, Haka will go ahead and discard that Haka of Shielding he just put on top of his deck. 

Sorry about that......but Sharks!

Same with my Axioms and Proverbs.

Sky-Scraper loses Cortex Hyperstimulator.

Also, you're doing it wrong. Guise is never sorry.

Need discards from top of deck for Argent Adept, Infintor, and the environment.  Then it's on to the environment turn.  

Discard Cedistic Dissonance

Double post will put environment here.

I apologize for the delay I was feeling quite ill the last few days, environment discards Ghostly Images and Infinitor discards Ocular Swarm. Environment post and villain post to come out soon.

Sorry to hear, Medic-Tank. Hope you're feeling better.

Get better!

Environment - The Realm of Discord

Loud pops everywhere as the heroes are threathened by the bubbles around them

In Play: None

Start: None

Play: Explosive Bubbles [5]

End: Explosive Bubbles deals 2 energy damage to 5 (x=5) non-environment targets with the highest HP: Infinitor [64](-1), Scholar [24], Haka [24], Sky-Scraper [21] and Guise [22]

Trash: Ghostly Images

Effects:

- At the end of turn, Explosive Bubbles deals 2 energy damage to x (x=HP) non-environment targets with the highest HP

Guise is at 22 since I gained one health from Gimmicky Character and had been at 24 going into the environment turn. 

Sanity in Peril - ROUND 2 - And the music stopped

Villain Turn (Infinitor - Tormented Malefactor)
 

Start -
  More than 5 manifestations (10) in play flips to Unstable Despoiler

 - Damage Taken -1 Villains is replaced by Damage Dealt +1 Villains

-There are Manifestations in play Infinitor does not flip back

Play - Ocular Swarm (B) [4] (-2)

End - (see comment section for the damage decision tree)
 - Infinitor destroys the manifestation with the lowest HP Ocular Swarm (A) (Suggested by grysqrl)

 -Ocular Swarm (A) reveals Machinations of a Madman it gets discarded and Ocular Swarm (A) Deals each Hero Targets 2 (1+1) energy damage: Sky-Scraper [19], Scholar [22], Haka [23] (-1), Kvothe [11] and Guise [20]

 -Ocular Swarm (B) reveals Whispers of Oblivion it gets discarded and Ocular Swarm (B) Deals each Hero Targets 2 (1+1) energy damage: Sky-Scraper [17], Scholar [20], Haka [22] (-1), Kvothe [9] and Guise [18]

-Ocular Swarm (A) hits the trash

-Infinitor deals 6 (5+1) projectile damage to the 2 Hero Targets with the Highest HP: Haka [17] (-1) and Scholar [14]

 

- Twisted Miscreation(A)[4] deals Guise [12] 6 (5+1) Energy damage

-  Recalescent Hellion(A)[4] deals Sky-Scraper [13] 4 (3+1) Fire damage and Haka [14] 3 (3+1-1) Fire Damage

-  Lambent Reaper(A)[4] deals Kvothe [3] 3 (2+1) Energy damage and 3 (2+1) Psychic damage

- Twisted Miscreation(B)[4] deals Haka [9] 5 (5+1-1) Energy damage

-  Lambent Reaper(B)[4] deals Kvothe [-3 Incapped] 3 (2+1) Energy damage and 3 (2+1) Psychic damage

-  Lambent Reaper(C)[4] deals Haka [5] 2 (2+1-1) Energy damage and 2 (2+1-1) Psychic damage

-  Recalescent Hellion(B)[4] deals Scholar [10] 4 (3+1) Fire Damage and Sky-Scraper [9] 4 (3+1) Fire damage

-  Recalescent Hellion(C)[4] deals Guise [8] 4 (3+1) Fire Damage and Scholar [6] 4 (3+1) Fire damage

=======
Effects:

- Reduce damage dealt to Manifestation cards by 2 (Challenge Mode)

- At the start of the Villain turn if there are no Manifestations Cards in play Flip Infinitors Villain Character Cards (Infinitor)

- At the end of the villain turn , destroy the manifestation card with the lowest HP, then Infinitor deals 5 projectile damage to the 2 Hero Targets with the Highest HP (Infinitor)

- Increase damage dealt by villain targets by 1 (Infinitor Advanced)

- Whenever Twisted Miscreation would be dealt damage reduce that damage to 1 (Twisted Miscreation A,B)

- At the End of the Villain Turn, Twisted Miscreation deals the Hero Target with the Highest HP 5 Energy damage (Twisted Miscreation A,B)

- At the End of the Villain Turn, Recalescent Hellion deals the two Hero Targets with the Highest HP 3 Fire damage each (Recalescent Hellion A,B and C)

- At the End of the Villain Turn, Lambent Reaper deals the Hero Target with the Lowest HP 2 Energy damage and 2 Psychic damage (Lambent Reaper A,B and C)

- Sky-Scraper (volunteered) may not play cards. At the start of that heros turn, this card deals that hero then itself 1Psychic and 1 Energy damage (Crushing Cage)

- Whenever this card or any other manifestation card is destroyed reveal the top card of the villain deck. If the revealed card is a Manifestation put it in play. If not, discard it and this card deals each hero target 1 energy damage (Ocular Swarm B)

 

Status
======
Infinitor  [64] (Unstable Despoiler)

Twisted Miscreation(A)[4] (-2)

Recalescent Hellion(A)[4] (-2)

Lambent Reaper(A)[4] (-2)

Twisted Miscreation(B)[4] (-2)

Lambent Reaper(B)[4] (-2)

Crushing Cage [4] (-2)

Lambent Reaper(C)[4] (-2)

Recalescent Hellion(B)[4] (-2)

Recalescent Hellion(C)[4] (-2)

Ocular Swarm (B) [4] (-2)

 

Villain Trash: Whispers of Oblivion x2, Crazed Artifice, Insanity, Ocular Swarm x2, Machinations of a Madman

------- 
Sky-Scraper            [9] (high HP)
Scholar                   [6] 
Eternal Haka           [5] (-1)(low HP)
Kvothe Six-Strings  Incapped
Guise                      [8]

------- Environment --------
Exploding Bubbles [5]

Comments:

I prioritized Haka to take damage when I could to take advantage of Ta Moko. There were a few choices on where to Put the damage but I doubt it would change much if you guys insist I ll take out the full flow chart. I followed grysqrl advice on what manifestation to destroy but if you all feel different we can change that.

Edit: adjusted to take into account Guise's missing HP

Edit 2: I had forgotten to put the bubbles damage and the right side on Infinitor

Edit 3: Readjusted final HPs for heroes I believe it<s now ok

All I have to say is ouchies.   I don't know how we survive this as Sky-Scraper can't play cards and at best I can take out one manifestation

I tried not to backseat coach but I have a few ideas on stuff I might have done differently on the first turn.

Seriously, Advanced Infinitor (regardless of challenge mode) might be one of the biggest steps up in difficult from regular to advanced.  Like Ennead level step up

I'm sure some thigns could have been reworked but there was no way to deal with all of the manifestations having DR3