Step right up, ladies and germs, to the place where the fun never stops.
Madamme Mittermeir's Fabulous Festival of Conundrums and Curiosities hosts the rockingest hepcat and his band: Greazer, Plague Rat, La Capitain, Hammer and Anvil, and Bugbear vs those squares who just want to stop the rock: the Wraith, Redeemer Fanatic, Haka, Ra Horus of Two Horizons and the Visionary.
Good luck, heroes.
G+ games: I am part of the 100%
Shockingly, I Minted this and I'm not sure how. It was a brutal fight, and I lost at least Wraith, but everything seemed to line up well with constantly having AoE damage available. It's just a matter of weathering it and directing it where you need it to go. Also, make good use of Freak Show, it interferes with a lot of negative effects.
Mint at 0/2/0/2/2. It should not have gotten that close, but this is the sort of setup where one moment of inattention can spell unmitigated disaster. Not to mention several. The heroes survived by the grace of Freak Show and finished the job.
I made the decision to let the Festival run wild and live under Maze of Mirrors, and it made the game a headache, but a fun one. That card almost entirely blunts damage from Greazer, La Capitan, and Anvil. With Flesh of the Sun God and Telekinetic Cocoon, about the only thing dealing damage was Plague Rat. I tried hard to find Twist the Ether to neuter Plague Rat and Imbued Fire to cancel all the self-damage, but they were not forthcoming.
I always forget about the Villain to Hero clause of Maze of Mirrors. This game it changed Infrared Eyepiece and Smoke Bombs. They were notably not useless in their altered states. Meanwhile, Drawn to the Flame became amazing. Ra eventually erupted with two rounds of massive Scorched Earth and hero-powered Drawn to the Flame, taking out Greazer, Anvil, Anvil again, Hammer, and Bugbear. Then I entered a bit of environment hell, but managed to get Plague Rat then La Capitan the next round.
This was also a game that cares a lot about card order, with lots of tricky ways to alter it. I stared a long time at End of Days in Fanatic's hand t1, knowing that it probably would not survive La Capitan's turn. Ultimately, though, if Fanatic isn't all-in, you're probably not playing her right. Accordingly, I didn't have any regrets... But if you're asking, Brutal Censure is probably the correct play.
Minted at 0/0/0/0/4
Got everyone except Hammer/Anvil and LC down, then put Visonary in a Cocoon when she was at 2 hp. THe fortune teller helped a lot, letting Visionary soften up everyone with free card plays, and the environment killed Anvil, Anvil (stupid Bastion), Hammer, La Capitan, in that order over 2-3 turns.
"I'm Setback and I'm helping!"
Heartbreaker & Equity Kill the Sentinels Universe
I found that getting the Cocoon out super early worked wonders. It neuters the terror of Bugbear and the chippy shots from Capitan. But it was still a brutal fight, lost everyone but Visionary and she won by the skin of her teeth
You know, upon seeing "Telekinetic Cocoon" in Visionary's initial hand, I was sure my strategy was going to be:
- Visionary plays "Telekinetic Cocoon";
- Leave game run with a book holding down the "enter" key;
- Come back some time later and see if the environment has killed the villains yet.
But every turn, there was just something a bit better for Visionary to do.
Mint at 10/12/10/11/8.
I think the MVP for most damage done to the villains was... Plague Rat! Right off the bat I was able to do my patented "have Plague Rat hit all the heroes first for minimal damage, then destroy his handlers and then hit the villains for big attacks" (tm) move. Oh, and then Greaser and Hammer kept hitting Plague Rat back. I think the heroes just stood back and watched the villains fight among themselves.
Early on, the heroes were discarding too many cards (3 of the heroes innate powers involve discarding), and I wasn't paying attention to La Capitan's monkey, who kept stealing them. Once I remembered that, I stopped doing that until the monkey (and later La Capitan) was gone.the environment played all its favorite hits: "Maze of Mirrors", "Freak Show", "Carousel of Horror" (first time out it did 4 points of damage to most of the heroes). Actually left "Maze of Mirrors" out an extra round since I thought the heroes could call their shots better and let the villains hit themselves some more. Then Wraith got rid of it on her penultimate turn and the heroes just went to town on the villains left standing.
Villain takedown order was (I believe):
- Citizen Anvil
- Greaser (Plague Rat mussed up Greaser's hair, Greaser when to counter-punch and missed and hit himself in the face for a KO!)
- Plague Rat and La Capitan (both by Fanatic in the same turn)
- Citizen Hammer (his -1 damage reduction was ANNOYING!) and finally
- Bugbear
Near the end, Haka played "Ground Pound" to protect the heroes from villain and env damage, but also to stop Bugbear's healing. The next turn due to a lucky turn of events Haka was able to play a second "Ground Pound" (on Fanatic's turn "All-Seeing Alzrabar" let Haka play "Haka of Battle" that let him draw the second "Ground Pound" when he had exactly 2 other cards in his hand... Sad to discard "Taiaha", but was well worth it). This streak of two rounds of no damage was the break the heroes needed. The last round Wraith played "Throat Jab" on Bugbear, canceling his damage for a third round, but it didn't matter because the heroes put Bugbear down before he had a chance to attack.