Ben has returned!!! To celebrate Silver Age and the release of Compendium I sent him out in search of the finest commons and rares Flesh and Blood has to offer. Is that… Ornate Tessen Rhinar? Well, at least it's creative. Can you solve this Monstrosity? or will Riptide win another round at the bottom tables? Watch out, there are many ways to die hiding in plain sight!
Cards in the Puzzle: Concealed Pathogen, Concealed Sedative, Concealed Nerve Gas, Infecting Shot, Frailty Trap, Lace with Bloodrot, Evasive Leap, Riptide, Monstrous Veil, Deep Blue, Beaten Trackers, Ornate Tessen, Ball Breaker, Rhinar, Aggressive Pounce, Lead with Speed, Rip Off the Top, Barraging Beatdown, Wrecker Romp, Inertia, Frailty, Bloodrot, Agility.
Solution & Hints, Below:
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To guarantee the win, you can not assume that a specific card will get intimidated in your solution, or a specific chest piece is equipped.
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Intimidate is not a may, if you discard a 6 you must activate Rhinar's hero power.
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Don't forget Riptide has a hero power.
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The correct solution ends with you at 2 life.
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Are you sure you played around every trap? If your solution involves any attacks with Go Again, you have not solved the puzzle yet.
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Solution:
- Defend with Monstrous Veil, Beaten Trackers, Barraging Beatdown and Lead with Speed. Take 1 drop to 2.
- Pitch Rip Off the Top to Ornate Tessen, put Wrecker Romp on the bottom of your deck, draw Wrecker Romp. You have 1 resource floating, Wrecker Romp in hand.
- Activate Deep Blue, putting Wrecker Romp on the bottom of your deck, go to 4 resources floating.
- Activate Monstrous Veil, draw and discard Wrecker Romp. Rhinar triggers, target yourself. Beaten Trackers triggers. Beaten Trackers resolves, gain an action point. Intimidate resolves, banishing no cards from your empty hand.
- Attack with Ball Breaker and Aggressive Pounce in any order using your 4 resources and 2 action points. The only trap Riptide could potentially trigger is Concealed Sedative (although you can play around this by swinging Aggressive Pounce first) they can defend for a maximum of 8 points into your 10 damage.
- You deal 2 damage winning the game and solving this months Puzzle!
Congratulations and thank you for playing!
Much love.
-Ben
Ben Dodd
The puzzle guy! I also play the game sometimes. Have fun solving and good luck at your next tournament!