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Re: A Humongous Season, UL, And Grave Buster

I used to get owned by HC to the point where I feared seeing it in Ranked. That changed when I started playing Rose + Rose. The nerf hurt but is still my best bet.

Now I dislike Gravebuster. A lot. A saviour when dancing with the stars is behind that grave but a card killer when no graves hit the board. For this reason I much prefer blockbuster. Twice the cost but 5 times better.

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puntwothree
6 years ago
Blockbuster seems pretty solid. I’m always a bit surprised I don’t see it more.
Unfortunately, it + Grave Buster being in the same class doesn’t solve the “Do I need to play Guardian?” dilemma.
Since the advent of Shrinking Violet, Rose does have options v. Small and Wide and Big Dumb Zombies... but lately my Imps seem to be running her over. (They probably have the most trouble with Wall-Knight. Idk. I just never seem to anticipate the Walnut Bowling.) Do you have to play a Violet or two to stay in the game w/Huge? Do you run a whole set?
I’m always curious what’s happening on both sides of the curtain.
npgibbs
6 years ago
Here is my experience:

HG decks were either imp/shift or science/conjure. On rare occasions I had to battle pirate/strikethrough.

Imp decks were very easy to deal with before solar winds and rose got nerfed. Barrel rolling would come out on turn 2, solar winds, rose on turn 3 with 4 sun and poppin poppies infront to defeat against deadly/shift and you took command of the board. Water Balloon/Whack-A-Zombie for cc. Now post nerf the key card is twin sunflower. Honestly if you play a gravestone at turn 2 against a solar plant it better be able to take out a twin sunflower on reveal else you are now behind the curve. But even with a sun to brain lead science cards can create so many issues so I carry 3 shrinking violets.

In my experience turn 2 and 3 set up the rest of the game. If I see I am going up against HG I try hard for one card to be shrinking violet at the start.