Episode 17: Akash'Bhuta

General GTG Events
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America's Finest Legacy

HP:  30

In Play:  Take Down

Hand:  Superhuman Durability, Back-Fist Strike, Inspiring Presence, Bolster Allies

Trash:

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Start of Turn: Take Down is destroyed

Play a Card:  Bolster Allies - everyone draw a card.  Legacy draws Back Fist Strike

Use a Power:  Galvanize - All hero targets gain +1 damage

Draw a Card:  Flying Smash

End of Turn: 

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HP:  30

In Play:  

Hand:  Superhuman Durability, Back-Fist Strikex2, Inspiring Presence, Flying Smash

Trash: Take Down, Bolster Allies

Additional Effects:  all Hero targets gain +1 damage

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Bunker draws Gatling Gun.

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Dark Visionary draws Suggestion.

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(I am in the middle of a very short and brutal solo game as we speak - I hit a rules question about how Diplomatic Envoy interacts with Stealth Bot, which I know has already been answered and I was looking for the answer when I saw it was my turn; such a distraction was naturally exactly what I need in the midst of all this combat math.  But at least I have my deck handy to find out what I drew.  Turns out to be a second NPCU.)

"Hey Legs, anybody ever tell you that the Boo-Rah Go America routine can get a little old?  I mean, I get that you're trying to help, but I've heard it all before and it's really starting to get painful."

Absolute Zero

HP:  29

Hand:  Focused Apertures (2), Cold Snap, Hoarfire, Frost-Bound Drain, Null-Point Calibration Unit (2), Onboard Module Installation

In Play:

Trash:  Glacial Structure

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Start of Turn:

Play a Card:  Onboard Module Installation.  Draw Isothermic Transducer (oh joy).  Search Isothermic Transducer out of deck and play it.

Use a Power:  Thermodynamics.  AZ deals 2 fire damage to himself ("Gee, thanks Legs.") and 2 net cold damage to Akash'bhuta ("No, really, I mean it.  At this rate she'll be dead in a mere six years or so, and I'll actually live to see about the first month.")

Draw a Card:  Thermal Shockwave ("Well, that should definitely improve my mood.  Twelve thousand kelvins of hot scalding death, all thanks to my good old buddy Legs not knowing how to keep his motivational speeches to himself.  I'm sure my painful and ignominious demise will totally make all the difference against that mountain we're trying to kill.")

End of Turn:

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HP:  27

Hand:  Focused Apertures (2), Cold Snap, Hoarfire, Frost-Bound Drain, Null-Point Calibration Unit, Isothermic Transducer, Thermal Shockwave

In Play:  Isothermic Transducer

Trash:  Glacial Structure, Onboard Module Installation

Effects:  Whenever AZ is dealt fire damage, he deals that much cold damage to any target.  Akash'Bhuta at 198.  (To be clear, I'm not actually complaining about Legacy's bonus, I'm just figuring I should roleplay the interactions between AZ and him appropriately.)

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Turmoil reveals Disrupt the Field and Primeval Eruption.

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"Soldier, you are way over the line. Have you noticed that mountain there is about to blow its top?" [hr]

On the other hand, ouch! Disrupt the Field is very likely to give us two other villain cards, while Primeval Eruption only gives us one, but along with a whole lot of hurt.

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G-Unity drew a Platform Bot, thanks to Bolster Allies. 

Finally, I can get set up next round!

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Disrupt the Field on top.

Primeval Eruption on bottom.

 

Neither is a great option, but both would be worse.

Envisioner:  I love the cranky Ryan Frost internal dialogue, brilliant.

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The Final Wasteland

In Play: 

Trash: New Jersey Devil

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Start:

Play: Rat Beast enters play, triggers a card play for Akash:

Disrupt The Field; Rat Beast is destroyed, play the top card of the villain deck:

> Arboreal Phalanges enters play, Horrid Skunk Ape is discarded.

Play the top card of the environment deck: Amphibious Chupacabra enters play, triggers a card play for Akash:

> Mountainous Carapace enters play, New Jersey Devil is discarded.

End: Amphibious Chupacabra deals the Mountainous Carapace 4 melee, 0 toxic damage [7].

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In Play: Amphibious Chupacabra - 6

Trash: New Jersey Devil x2, Rat Beast, Horrid Skunk Ape

Effects:

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Round Three

Akash'Bhuta - Chaos-Bound Creator

Akash'Bhuta - 198

In Play: Arboreal Phalanges - 12

Mountainous Carapace - 7

Trash: Allies of the Earth, Disrupt The Field

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Start of Turn: 

Play a Card: Entomb

End of Turn: Arboreal Phalanges deal Legacy 4 melee damage [26].

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Akash'Bhuta - 198

In Play: Arboreal Phalanges - 12

Mountainous Carapace - 7

Trash: Allies of the Earth, Disrupt The Field

Effects: ST: Akash'Bhuta deals all non-villain targets 5 psychic damage. If all active heroes take damage this way, destroy Entomb.

ET: Arboreal Phalanges deal the non-villain target with the highest HP 4 melee damage.

Whenever an environment target enters play, play the top card of the villain deck.

Whenever a villain target enters play, discard the top card of the environment deck.

When the environment trash is shuffled into the environment deck, flip Akash'Bhuta.

Reduce damage dealt to villain targets by 1.

Reduce damage dealt to Akash'Bhuta by 1.

Hero HP: Unity - 21, Bunker - 28, Visionary - 21, Legacy - 26, AZ - 27

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Carapace should be at 7, right?

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(As mentioned earlier, I drew Platform Bot for my Bolster Allies draw.  It'd be great if we we could leave the Mountainous Carapace at 1, so the Chupacabra hits that, rather than my bots.  Alternatively, we could just kill the Chupacabra, which solves the situation entirely.  Someone please get the Entomb, as that will kill all my bots and make for a very sad Unity.)

"Initiate phase I prototyping.  Assault configuration 9-7-Gamma-4.  Initialize."

Golem Unity

HP: 21

Hand:  Construction Pylon (x2), Raptor Bot, Scrap Metal, Powered Shock Wave; Supply Crate; Platform Bot

In Play: 

Trash:  

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Start of Turn:  Supply Crate is destroyed--I draw 2 cards: Hasty Augmentation and Brainstorm 

Play a Card: Construction Pylon

Use a Power:  Construction Pylon:  I destroy the Pylon to bring out Platform Bot [3] and Raptor Bot [2]

Draw a Card:  Platform Bot

End of Turn:  Platform Bot deals 3 energy damage to Mountainous Carapace [4]; Raptor Bot deals 3 melee damage to Mountainous Carapace [1]

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HP: 21

Hand:  Construction Pylon (x2); Scrap Metal, Powered Shock Wave; Supply Crate; Hasty Augmentation; Brainstorm; Platform Bot

In Play:  Platform Bot [3]; Raptor Bot [2]

Trash: Supply Crate, Construction Pylon

Effects:   Platform Bot takes -1 damage from all sources.

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Sweet, that worked out well.

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Unless folks have an issue, I'll probably drop Inspiring Presence this turn before palying my multitude of damaging one-shots.  That way everyone except Lagacy will be +1 even with the DR.

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Can we get the Phalanges down to 1 or 2 instead? That way we can kill the Carapace and not have the damage reduction. Edit: OK, maybe not this round.

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The Indestructible Bunker

Whirr. Whirr. Whirr. Chk-chk. Chk-chk. Thunk.

HP: 28

Hand: Recharge Mode, Maintenance Unit (x2), Decommissioned Hardware (x2), Upgrade Mode, Flak Cannon, Gatling Gun

In play: Ammo Drop, Heavy Plating

Trash:

Additional effects: Damage to Bunker is reduced by 1.

[hr]
Start of hero turn:

Play a card: Gatling Gun

Use a power: Initialize. Draw Turret Mode.

Draw a card: Adhesive Foam Grenade

End of hero turn: Discard Maintenance Unit for Gatling Gun.

[hr]

HP: 28

Hand: Recharge Mode, Maintenance Unit, Decommissioned Hardware (x2), Upgrade Mode, Flak Cannon, Turret Mode, Adhesive Foam Grenade

In play: Ammo Drop, Heavy Plating, Gatling Gun

Trash: Maintenance Unit

Additional effects: Damage to Bunker is reduced by 1. ST: Deal 2 projectile damage. ET: Discard a card or destroy Gatling Gun.

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Dark Visionary

HP:  21

In Play:  Mental Divergence

Hand:  Precognition, Prophetic Vision, Psychic Maelstrom, Suggestion(2)

Trash:  Mind Spike

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Start of Turn:

Play a Card:  Precognition:  reveal top three of Villain deck, one on top, two on bottom

Use a Power:  Mental Divergence Entomb

Draw a Card:  Wrest the Mind

End of Turn:

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HP:  21

In Play:  Mental Divergence

Hand:  Prophetic Vision, Psychic Maelstrom, Suggestion(2), Wrest the Mind

Trash:  Mind Spike

 

Summary:

Precognition on Akash, Destroy Entomb, Bunker may draw a card.

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America's Finest Legacy

HP:  26

In Play:  

Hand:  Superhuman Durability, Back-Fist Strikex2, Inspiring Presence, Flying Smash

Trash: Take Down, Bolster Allies

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Start of Turn: 

Play a Card:  Inspiring Presence - all heroes gain 1 HP and gain +1 damage

Use a Power:  Galvanize - All hero targets gain +1 damage

Draw a Card:  Thokk!

End of Turn: 

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HP:  26

In Play:  Inspiring Presence

Hand:  Superhuman Durability, Back-Fist Strikex2, Thokk, Flying Smash

Trash: Take Down, Bolster Allies

Additional Effects:  all Hero targets gain +2 damage 

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Akash has Arboreal Phalanges, Living Rockslide, Rejuvenating Entropy.

Final Wasteland has Rat Beast and Abominable Snowman.

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I'm assuming Snowman on top (can kill it)?