tisonpomrt's 2nd Contest! (Winners Announced)

[tisonpomrt]

As per TUISM's suggestion, I've decided to make a new thread for the 2nd Riddle Prize Competition. (Yes, there were quite a few things going on in my last thread. lol)


<2nd Prize Competition>

- Prize: 1x[Political Patronage] for 1 Animus Credit

- Riddle: Win this match? (Pls detail ur steps)

- Winner Selection: The person with the best solution, wins!

- Closing Time: About 10 hrs. from now (have to see the prof. today )

P.S. - Pls take note of the time slider (time counter?) for the day and for each card as well.
- So far got sum very good strategies.
- Be as "CREATIVE" as you like! Hehehe (still, within the rules of coz)


<Winner Announcement>

It was a tough decision to call between 2 outstanding solutions to this riddle. So, I've decided to give the Runner-up 1x[The Mentor's Return] for such a brilliant tactic.

So, the winner goes to... "kackman73". Congrats! Here is his super creative solution. I admire it bcoz of the outside of the box thinking (going back in time, wow!) and being able to deal with the opponent's last card, which could have been a major threat.

- If yes (declare a previous card played), then I must've played an "Into the Light" earlier whose effect is still active, which means that I can:

1) Play Political Patronage;
2) Play Underground Refuge, erasing my opponent's last card and buffing Cyril to 2/2;
3) Wait for Militia Intimidation to resolve;
4) Play Incognito on Cyril just before he scores, giving me;
5) 10 in the left and center regions and the win.

*** "kackman73" pls provide me with ur ACR name and a 1 credit offer for [Political Patronage] at AH. Thanks.

And the Runner-up prize goes to... "felixschroeter". Yeah! This was my original best solution to this riddle.

1) Play PP before Militia Intimidation Resolves
2) Militia Intimidation resolves: you draw your last memory… it’s Advanced Training! 
3) Now you need quick reflexes: AFTER Militia Intimidation Resolves but BEFORE Cyril’s Attack resolves you play Incognito (as a surprise, thx to MI) AND (as you now have the gold thx to PP and having waited about 1/7 day!) Advanced Training on your Cyril. He gets +2/+0 and Deceptive.
4) Shortly after this Cyril will attack, giving you 10 influence the two other regions. Win!

*** "felixschroeter" pls provide me with ur ACR name and a 1 credit offer for [The Mentor's Return]. Thanks.


Thank u everyone for participating!

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[lurifaxb]

Well. If incognito was a surprise it would be pretty straight forward. Launch it on cyril (PP first for income). Wait just until military intimidation is finished. Launch site to make Cyril 2/2 and you would win.

Unfortunately incognito is not a surprise

Your only hope would be to draw and agent killer or neutralizer/pacifier to kill / pacify one of them. Then you launch cyril where opponent has 10 influence. Now he has to block you.

Next turn hope you get something to kill or totally buff cyril fast.

[Tuism]

WHat he said without knowing what next card is there's no definite solution. I could draw an advanced training

[felixschroeter]

Hmm, lurifax, that wouldn't work, I think, cause you only have 1 memory left in your sequence. There will be no waiting for other cards. ;-)

Here is my answer (ignoring the last card in the opponent's hand that could possibly mess up the strategy):

- Play PP before Militia Intimidation Resolves
- Militia Intimidation resolves: you draw your last memory… it’s Advanced Training!
- Now you need quick reflexes: AFTER Militia Intimidation Resolves but BEFORE Cyril’s Attack resolves you play Incognito (as a surprise, thx to MI) AND (as you now have the gold thx to PP and having waited about 1/7 day!) Advanced Training on your Cyril. He gets +2/+0 and Deceptive.
- Shortly after this Cyril will attack, giving you 10 influence the two other regions. Win!

[felixschroeter]

Ooops, Tuism, I should have refreshed the page before posting. Yep, my guess would also be Advanced Training.

[kackman73]

I sent my guess via PM, but I went a different direction. Rather than note it here, though, I'll wait until the contest is over so that other people can guess.

[lurifaxb]

Didn't see the one card left.

Then I would hope for a boosting card with my above steps.

It can only be advanced training - gives you +2/0. The only boosting media with surprise.

Since it is a faith media deck. It cannot be military training as it is order

[felixschroeter]

And here is a second guess that eliminates a potential threat: the last card in the opponent’s hand:
- Play PP before Militia Intimidation resolves
- Militia Intimidation resolves: you draw your last memory… it’s Harbor of Julian!
- Play the Harbor in the center region (you now have the gold thx to PP!) as a surprise after Militia Intimidation resolves.
- Shortly after this Cyril will attack, giving you 9 influence in the right region.
- The Carnifices will now score no more than 2 influence per day (thx to Harbor of Julian). So you’ve got plenty of time to launch Underground Refuge (thus eliminating the opponent’s last memory in his hand) and wait until your sites score the last points in their regions. Win!

[demkon]

Your second guess won't work felix. This game has to be won within this day, because otherwise it will automatically become a stalemate (both players have 0 memories left in their sequence after the MI draw). Unfortunately this fact denies any creative strategy beside Tuism's and Felix's first suggestion.

Advanced training or maybe MP (not sure if the gold regeneration is fast enough) are the only ways to win this game.

Just an addition:

If I had two memories left in sequence, I would play PP before MI resolves, then draw Novella catacombs -> Play immediately thanks to MI and win the game.

[Tuism]

Seriously, you can only win if the last card is an advanced training You need incognito AND the Underground Refuge to be surprise to win, and there's pretty much no way to do that.

So there Unless the opponent feels like playing a Gardener at surprise speed

[felixschroeter]

Yep, you're right! And it's really a brilliant riddle, if there is only a single card that can make a win possible. Well done, tisonpomrt!

[Joek]

You need a surprise agent booster (Like Advanced Training, Magnetic, Milita Training)

If booster, MI surprise incognito Cyril. Then play the booster on him right before he scores.

If your draw is useless, MI surprise Underground Refuge in the middle or left region. (this boosts Cyril to 2/2). Underground Refuge is Dominant, so... Wait but you can't win this way. You have to score 2 influence in 2 regions. 2 from Cyril, 1 (and - one opponent) from Refuge doesn't cut it

[felixschroeter]

... yep, Joek, and you also can't play Militia Traning cause it's a Order memory and you are playing a Media/Faith deck. (At least, if you didn't play a Media/Order deck, your opponent played a Order/Faith deck and you got the red cards by shuffling the archive into your sequence using Incite Revolt. ;-) ). Magnetic should indeed be possibly, too, as you gain gold very fast with 20+ income and you will possibly have 3 spare gold at that time.

[Joek]

*Facepalm*

Thanks, felixschroeter.

[kackman73]

There is still another way to win, but it requires thinking backward instead of forward.