22nd - Yan Lo vs Mei Feng

My Saturday game this week was against Mark. He is a very nice player and plays Malifaux for quite a while and he always gets better and better and this time he gave me some real struggle to deal with his Ten Thunders Mei Feng crew which he played for his second time and it was an interesting and exciting game. It wasn’t clear until the very end how this game would end, so it's definitely worth reading 😊

Deployment:     Corners

Strategy:            Extraction

Schemes:          Claim Jump

                             Accusation!

                             Frame for Murder

                             Inspection

                             Search the Ruins

Crews:

Ten Thunders (Frame for Murder (Goryo), Search the Ruins):

1. Yan Lo (Fortify the Spirit, Misdirection, Reliquiary) 4 SS
2. Soul Porter
3. Izamu the Armor (Equality)
4. Yin the Penangalan (Smoke Grenades)
5. Shadow Emissary (Ancestral Conflux)
6. Monk of High River
7. Goryo (Proxy: Onryo on green 50 mm Base)

Ten Thunders (Frame for Murder (Mechanized Porkchop), Accusation!):

1. Mei Feng (Seismic Claws, Vapormancy, Servant of 5 Dragons) 4 SS
2. Kamaitachi
3. Toshiro the Daimyo (Command the Graves)
4. Shadow Emissary (Conflux of Combat)
5. Mechanized Porkchop
6. Obsidian Oni
7. Terracotta Warrior
8. Shadow Effigy

Deployment:

I won again the deployment flip and decided to deploy second. (like the last three times 😝) 

Turn 1:

Mark won the Initiative and let me go first. 

• 1^st Activation (Ben): I started with my Soul Porter and pushed Yin and the Emissary.
• 1^st Activation (Mark): Mark activated the Emissary and pushed the Emissary with his (0)-Action and placed a Scrap Marker, after that he pushed Toshiro and get him Fast and walked once.
• 2^nd Activation (B): The Goryo summoned a Seishin and walked once.
• 2^nd Activation (M): The Terracotta Warrior changed Servant of the 5 Dragons on Mei Feng to Recalled Training. Mei Feng pushed due to the Kamaitachi. He walked a bit and gave his Ancient Protection to the Emissary.
• 3^rd Activation (B): The Seishin took a Walk-Action.
• 3^rd Activation (M): The Effigy gave his condition to Mei Feng and double walked.
• 4^th Activation (B): The Monk of High River walked two times.
• 4^th Activation (M): Obsidian Oni walked twice.
• 5^th Activation (B): Yan Lo discarded a card for Chi, killed the Seishin for another Chi and walked twice and ascended the Spirit Ascendant Upgrade. Emissary got Fast through the aBachment of the Upgrade.
• 5^th Activation (M): Kamaitachi pushed Mei Feng and walked a bit.
• 6^th Activation (B): Yin walked two times and used her (0) against Mei Feng successfully.
• 6^th Activation (M): Mechanized Porkchop walked two times and dropped a Scrap Marker.
• 7^th Activation (B):  Shadow Emissary pushed Izamu including getting him fast, walked once and got the Defensive Stance and activates his (0) Defensive buff.
• 7^th Activation (M): Toshiro summoned two Komainu and walked one time and used his (0) to give a Komainu Fast.
• 8^th Activation (B): Izamu walked once and charged the Komainu, killing it.
• 8^th Activation (M): The Slow Komainu walked once.
• 9^th Activation (M): Mei Feng discarded Recalled Training charged Yin dealing 3 damage and uses her last AP to use the Vent Steam Action.

Turn 2:

I got the Initiative and decided to activate first. 

• 1^st Activation (B): Izamu activated and attacked Mei Feng hitting her and flipping the Red Joker for damage for 6 damage after Soulstoning. His second attack missed her by cheating the Red Joker and leaping aside prevented a third attack, so Izamu walked a bit on the Scrap of the killed Komainu.
• 1^st Activation (M): The Emissary discarded a card for Focus +2, pushed himself and attacked Yin and killed her and used his (1) push on Toshiro.
• 2^nd Activation (B): Yan Lo activated, resummoned Yin, healed her to full life, took a Walk-Action and failed to hit the Terracotta Warrior.
• 2^nd Activation (M): Mechanized Porkchop hit Izamu for 2 damage.
• 3^rd Activation (B): My Monk walked once, placed a Scheme Marker and pushed himself.
• 3^rd Activation (M): The Shadow Effigy charged my Monk for 2 damage.
• 4^th Activation (B): My Emissary activated discarded a card for Focus +2 and attacked Mei Feng dealing 3 damage after Mark used a Soulstone to prevent damage and used his push on Izamu to block LoS of Emissary and Mei Feng.
• 4^th Activation (M): The Obsidian Oni charged Izamu and dealt 3 damage and Burning +1
• 5^th Activation (B): Yin used her (0) against Toshiro and used her Ml-Attack against Mei Feng, dealing no damage due to the Black Joker but Poison +1.
• 5^th Activation (M): The Kamaitachi walked once, pushed Mei Feng and walked a second time.
• 6^th Activation (B): My Goryo walked, used his (0) against Mei Feng and hit her despite the – Flip of Vent Steam (Mark had no cards left to cheat) for 1 damage and the Adversary-Condition (how lucky, the correct trigger). He charged her for 1 AP and killed her dealing 4 damage.
• 6^th Activation (M): The Terracotta changed Toshiro’s Upgrade to Recalled Training and walked.
• 7^th Activation (B): Soul Porter walked and pushed the Emissary.
• 7^th Activation (M): Toshiro dropped Recalled Training and charged Izamu. Izamu survived with one life left.
• 8^th Activation (M): Komainu walked, placed himself and attacked the Goryo for 1 damage.

 We both scored from Extraction. Score after this turn 1-1. Izamu died to Burning.

 Turn 3:

I got the Initiative again. 

• 1^st Activation (B): Yan Lo killed the Komainu next to him, resummoned Izamu and healed him for 4.
• 1^st Activation (M): Toshiro activated, accused my Emissary and tried to hit the Goryo but missed due to a flipped Red Joker.
• 2^nd Activation (B): The Monk of High River pushed himself out of engagement and charged the Effigy with three attacks, but missed two of them.
• 2^nd Activation (M): The Emissary discarded a card, used his (0) for blasts and attacked my Goryo and killed it for 2 VPs for me and blasted my Emissary and Yan Lo. His second attack hit my Emissary for 2 damage.
• 3^rd Activation (B): Soul Porter walked and pushed my Emissary.
• 3^rd Activation (M): The Obsidian Oni walked and accused Yin.
• 4^th Activation (B): Yin used her (0) against the Emissary and tried to attack Toshiro but missed him.
• 4^th Activation (M): The Porkchop accused Izamu and attacked him once for 2 damage.
• 5^th Activation (B): Izamu hit Toshiro for 4 damage, but missed the other attacks.
• 5^th Activation (M): Shadow Effigy hit my Monk for 1 damage.
• 6^th Activation (B): My Emissary tried to attack Toshiro, but also failed twice.
• 6^th Activation (M): Terracotta Warrior walked a bit.
• 7^th Activation (M): Kamaitachi walked, pushed Toshiro and walked again.

We both scored from Extraction, Mark scored for Accusation from my Emissary. Score after Turn 3 was 4-3.

Sorry forgot the picture :(

 Turn 4:

I got the Initiative and started this turn. 

• 1^st Activation (B): The Shadow Emissary discarded a card and killed Toshiro and attacked the other Emissary which removed the Ancient Protection and prevented the damage on the Terracotta Warrior.
• 1^st Activation (M): Mark’s Emissary discarded a card, killed the Soul Porter and attacked my Emissary for 3 damage.
• 2^nd Activation (B): Yan Lo ascended the Ash Ascendant Upgrade and my Emissary got Fast. Yan Lo used his Lightning Dance against the Emissary and placed him next to Yin, he used Lightning Dance again against the Porkchop and placed it next to Izamu and his last AP was also a Lightning Dance against the Kamaitachi and placed it also next to Izamu.
• 2^nd Activation (M): Terracotta Warrior walked and gave his condition to the Emissary again.
• 3^rd Activation (B): Monk of High River pushed and charged with 3 attacks again the Effigy, dealt 2 damage and Burning +2.
• 3^rd Activation (M): Porkchop walked once and attacked my Monk and killed it and discarded the Scheme Marker next to him.
• 4^th Activation (B): Yin walked away, Mark didn’t want to risk getting paralyzed and let me walk out. She killed the Effigy and used the (0) against the Emissary.
• 4^th Activation (M): Obsidian Oni hit Izamu for 1 damage.
• 5^th Activation (B): Izamu killed the Kamaitachi.

We both scored again from Extraction and he scored again from Accusation. The Score after this turn was 5-5

 Turn 5:

I got again the Initiative after using a Soulstone. 

• 1^st Activation (B): Yan Lo Lightning danced with the Porkchop and placed it next to Izamu. He dropped a Scheme Marker and healed Izamu 4 damage.
• 1^st Activation (M): Emissary attacked my Emissary with Focus +2 but missed him, removed his Destined-Condition and his second attack dealt 2 damage.
• 2^nd Activation (B): My Emissary attacked the Porkchop and killed it for 1 VP for Mark and dropped a Scheme Marker.

Mark had to kill Yin to prevent me from Scoring, so he tried to kill her but could not deal enough damage. The Final Score was 9-7 in my favour, because I scored for Search the Ruins and Extraction. Mark got his last point from Accusation.

Was a very good game of Mark, I had a lot of problems and got very lucky with my flips. We both learned a lot and I am looking forward to face him again.