ENCOUNTERS - GAME ON!

jpastor

The foe plays:



The community has played one card and the foe has played one card. It's the community's turn.

LvB

Hihi, jpastor, a great idea.

But maybe Wizards of the Coast will see it and then they make Dueldecks again and sell em for 1000 € each as a special limited Edition 00001/10.000 full Foil Dueldeck "Sticks vs Snails" where every card is treated with a special snaily sticky foil and has a serialized number on it.

But anyway i say its time to go rogue!

And i level it up to level 2!

On the foes Turns upkeep the underwater explorer uses its ability and taps one of the 8/8 tokens and explores. It has now two +1/+1 counters on itself.

jpastor

The Vortex Elemental sacrifices itself to shuffle Overtaker into its owner's library.

From the Tidal Wave, the Tidal Wave Kraken is brushed aside by a larger and more forceful wave.

The foe: 
The Submerged Leviathan by jpastor | MTG Cardsmith


The foe untaps the tapped 8/8 Octopus. 

The foe has successfully established its offense:

Foe's Board

Community's Board

Let the final battle commence!

cadstar369

Nigredo is still on the board since the board wipe couldn’t kill him (he regenerated), and we’ve also got some vehicles lying around.

LvB

The underwater explorer is also still there, with two +1/+1 counters on it, but its enchanted by oceans embrace.

jpastor

@cadstar369
@LvB ;

with no combat phases in this game, i've removed those cards from the gamestate, implying they've blocked and died with no regeneration or ability to change their fate.

LvB

I see. Well, i think its time then to hide a bit from those really big seamonsters. For example in a cave with a really small entrance.

And i level up the rogue class to level 3.

cadstar369

It would have been nice to know that beforehand, as my plays were made under the assumption of at least an unspoken combat step (since combat has been present in previous encounters and most creatures are meaningless outside of it), but okay. ? I’ll toss this guy out there:

Jadefire

Let's try this. My vote is for condemnation.

jpastor

@cadstar369
@Jadefire
@LvB
@Robo_Kitty
@KorandAngels
@smax765

You've defeated The Submerged Leviathan. You've each earned 3 favorites of choice.

With a tied vote, condemnation enacted, and the Magister of Worth is victorious. The foe has no plays left. 

Encounter - Below Sea Level: Complete

FireOfGolden

@jpastor
That would be interesting there! I think I can pull some stickmen or make a new one from my set to this special contest and see what happens!

What are some rules?

jpastor

@FireOfGolden
you post cards to defeat the foe. sometimes, you have a role like in a boardgame, where you can only play certain things. 

You can only play one card per turn. No legendary cards unless you have a special role.

jpastor

Encounter - Pagoda Grove

Format: Simulation

• The foe has 20 life. Reduce it to 0 to earn a favorite.
• Defeat the foe by overcoming key plays until the foe is left with nothing to play or is thematically defeated.

smax765

Wohooooo BOMBER

FireOfGolden

Aight, what's my role for this?

Jadefire

Let's just go for the throat right off the bat.

jpastor

@FireOfGolden
You're the ROGUE - so you are neither on the community's team or the foe's team, so you're just posting whatever you want (which causes the foe to become slightly confused with its tactics)

FireOfGolden

Nice! Imma put an inkling on here and it's looking for a host to use.


ExoParasitic [X] (You may pay [X] to activate this ability. If you do, attach this creature to another creature that's blocking this creature, is blocked by, or you control. This ability costs [X] less to activate, if target creature is under your control. Treat attaching creature as if it's an equipment and the attached creature is the host of this creature.)

LvB

In response to Biorhytm i play

Guess i have won then ?

KorandAngels

I'll hang around for a bit and wait for a moment to use this. 

KorandAngels

Also I will not accept the offered favourites since I didn't contribute to the previous encounter at all and I don't deserve them. 

jpastor

@LvB - don't forget, I'm the foe, you're responding to my cards. Jadefire is on your side! As the trickster, you are allowed to play similar cards to what I play. In this case, snails. Which is why I made you the trickster for this special encounter!

@KorandAngels
Those favorites are for your participation in this encounter. You can gift to another cardsmith if you'd like.

(-1-) Biorhythm reduces foe's life total to 4 

(-2-) Slimeball Barrage creates 6 Snails. Foe has infinite mana, but 6 is the highest mana value I've cast so far.

(-3-) Snailbinder's Charm taps Arms Builder, it doesn't untap next turn. 

(-4-) Pagoda Devastation will destroy your second Plains. Until you play a land that generates {w}, you'll be unable to cast spells that cost 2 or more {w}. I get a 1/1 snail. 

(-5-) I attack with 6/6 Trample. Celestial Crusader flashes in to block the 6/6. 4 damage goes through.

(-6-) Eye for an Eye deals 4 damage to foe. Life total = 0. Everyone gets a favorite. 

(-7-) Using Slime Trail, I create a 1/1 Snail.

(-8-) I finish the turn with Slow Slumber, which gives you a 0/1 Snail on your upkeep, triggering me to sacrifice it, and I get a 3/3 Trample Snail.

The Snailemental responds with three cards of its own:


Slimeball Barrage by jpastor | MTG Cardsmith

Snailbinder's Charm by jpastor | MTG Cardsmith



Pagoda Devastation by jpastor | MTG Cardsmith
Slow Slumber by jpastor | MTG Cardsmith


Community Board:
- 0/1 Snail
- Arms Builder (2/2 at upkeep)

Snailemental Board:
- Snailemental (6/6 Trample, Proliferate)
- Pagoda Protector (2/2 Vigilance)
- 3/3 Green Trample Snail
- 1/1 Red Snail
- 1/1 Blue Snail
- - (7) 1/1 Green Snails

The encounter continues with the community and the Snailemental locked in a snail-infested battle for control of Pagoda Grove.

FireOfGolden

I am going to attach Arms Builder to Snailemental. - It makes a perfect host for this inkling.

FireOfGolden

assuming that a turn ended for the community. I get to put a card to here and try to increase inklings' strength.

jpastor

Yes @FireOfGoldenit is the community's turn until I play stuff.

Remind me what reduce does?

cadstar369

Assuming I have no role this time around (I didn’t see my name in the video), I’ll slam this down to stem the tide of snails.

FireOfGolden

@jpastor
ExoParasitic [X] (You may pay [X] to activate this ability. If you do, attach this creature to another creature that's blocking this creature, is blocked by, or you control. This ability costs [X] less to activate, if target creature is under your control. Treat attaching creature as if it's an equipment and the attached creature is the host of this creature.)

ExoParasitic costs more when attracting to target creature that's not under your control. The cost is reduced when attaching creature UNDER your control. In case, Snailemental will be still under your control, but it's infected and will get weaker slowly and I get to make more new inklings.

jpastor

@FireOfGolden so arms dealer is now an equipment ,it doesn't get -1/-1 counters and the host does instead, but it still gets age counters. Got it. Then when it has 4 age transform it and I sac the Snailemental but get this wonder AirForce DownTaker

jpastor

@cadstar369 what a play! And no role yes

LvB

As the trickster i bring in an army of doomed pirates that have been harrassed by snails. Unfortunately, their ship is kinda infested at the moment, so they wont make it in time. Therefore i cast this on the snailemental:

Creating six 0/1 snail tokens.