AdamH 3, Max7272sp 0
Entire stream video on TwitchVideo Playlist on YouTubeGame 1: Max7272sp 48,
AdamH 76Game log Twitch highlight YouTube videoKingdom Cards: Hamlet, Sage (bane), Cutpurse, Gardens, Navigator, Young Witch, Counterfeit, Cultist, Embassy, Venture, Fairgrounds
Well there's Cultist and Young Witch with no way to trash Ruins or Curses. My opponent opens 5/2 and I'm way behind, but Young Witch is OK to open with. I get two Cultists and still lose the Ruins split 9/1, but fear not! With five more unique cards in my deck that I didn't have to go out of my way for, Fairgrounds and Gardens are my salvation! His deck doesn't show much focus after the Cultist debacle where I focus more on money and I'm able to end the game with six 6-point Fairgrouns and six 6-point Gardens for an essentially unbeatable score.
I thought I'd catch some complaints from the chat about getting Golds over Counterfeits, but they were relatively happy with the way I played this one (which is saying something, usually most of the chat is high-level people pointing out everything I did wrong
). Apparently there is now a drinking game where you drink every time I consider buying a Silver, and another one where you drink every time I sigh. You guys are hilarious
Game 2: AdamH 10, Max7272sp -7
Game log Twitch highlight YouTube videoKingdom Cards: Ambassador, Navigator, Sea Hag, Smithy, Walled Village, Embassy, Library, Saboteur, Forge, King's Court, with Colony/Platinum
King's Court, Ambassador, and Saboteur -- the price of losing the Ambassador war is huge, so that's the objective. My opponent opens with a Sea Hag which has to be a mistake, and I get really thin and start King's Courting Ambassadors and then Saboteurs. The game goes awkwardly long because even after he has a 50+ card deck which includes 10 Curses and not really any good cards, I don't have any +Buy to end the game with, so the best move is to keep attacking. Eventually I'm able to put together a turn where I Ambassador a bunch of cards to him to empty piles and buy a Colony to win.
According to WW, the guy who wrote the article on Ambassador, I could have played tighter with my Ambs in the beginning of the game, which I believe, but I'm not quite sure how to line up my chat messages with certain turns in the game so I don't quite know what I did wrong...
Game 3: AdamH 34, Max7272sp 21
Game log Twitch highlight YouTube videoKingdom Cards: Vineyard, Crossroads, Squire, Forager, Bureaucrat, Cutpurse, Contraband, Hunting Party, Library, Market
Vineyards board for sure, I prioritize draw with Hunting Party and he goes straight for a million cheap actions. I get a lucky first shuffle with Cutpurse hits, so I hit $5 and he doesn't. He doesn't go for Potions until too late so I win the Vineyards split 5/3 and his aren't worth enough to make up the difference. With more draw I'm able to end the game on piles and pick up a little extra green to be comfortable.
The main takeaway from the chat is that we both should have trashed heavily with Forager. I thought more Hunting Parties would be just as good but trashing would be nice to supplement the draw.
Thanks for the match, Max!