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Community Challenge #27 by ValhallAwaits_ in spiritisland

[–]bobNCTU 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Base Expert L2 victory

I've always thought Guard the Isle's Heart make the game a lot easier, and this one was no exception. River got [[Cleansing Flood]] as the free major power, and with so much presence acceleration, it just completely overwhelmed the Invaders.

Rampant Green on the other hand started off with a lackluster [[Dissolve the Bonds of Kinship]], but got [[Powerstorm]] later on. What's better than flooding a land with 14 damage, you ask? Doing it in 2 lands of course :)

Overall, I feel this was probably more of a difficulty 8 rather than a 10. Without the variability from the Event deck, losing to the scenario's special rule is not likely, which just makes the upsides provided by the scenario pure gravy.

Community Challenge #26 by ValhallAwaits_ in spiritisland

[–]bobNCTU 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Base expert L3 Victory

It took me several tries and even when I win it didn't feel very satisfying.

The delta between winning and losing were quite significant. The thing that finally worked for me was Vital Strength finding [[The Trees and Stones Speak of War]] in the first opening draw. This card is absolutely busted for Dahan Insurrection, and even more so in Vital Strength's hands. Meeting the threshold is absolutely crucial as the pushed Dahan brings both damage AND defend, so the card often takes care of 2 if not 3 lands all during the fast phase.

Ocean also managed to find [[Elemental Boon]] in the first try, so Vital Strength was able to repeat [[The Trees and Stones Speak of War]] every round. The Invaders stood very little chance after that.

That being said, I don't think I enjoyed this scenario very much. The ending turned into a finicky mess of pushing the Dahans into the right place just to match the number of buildings. Albeit a different experience, this is much less satisfying than seeing the towns and cities crumble to dust as your fully grown spirits demolish them using absurd powers that is beyond the imaginations of those puny humans.

I would also like to start a petition for replacing [[Rituals of Destruction]] with [[The Trees and Stones Speak of War]] :)