Do I get what's in Lou's satchel from the Extirpate?
Cyouni shakes his head and gestures to an obelisk. "Lou's not what's holding the portal open - these obelisks are. Even if the obelisks are destroyed, though, I think the zombies will stick around."
"However, Lou won't just let us take out the obelisks."
The purple light flares. "So here's the plan. We take out Lou as quickly as possible, and then worry about the obelisks. I can get rid of the zombies after that."
A bat appears in front of Cyouni, ready to defend its master.
Anyways, the highlights of "we may just be screwed":
Ton of zombie pumps. I am suddenly glad we have so many Fogs. Oh, and that was his only Extirpate, fortunately. Infest and Damnation for board wipes. Terminate, Incinerate, and both the black and red Beacons. Two of each.
Oh, and 6 unknown scheme cards.
In other words, we need to kill him fast. With flying. While he has no mana or an Extirpated Terminate.
<Running in....fear?> Aggron's eyes widen, and then he seems to convulse as something on his chest suddenly glows bright red. Then Gully and Cyouni realize...
<Ha. Hahaha. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! You actually think you can....hurt us with those? HAHAHAHAHAHA! Looks like you need to go back to that barbarian's body, old fiend! He had more brains than you!> Almost negligently, Aggron swirls some of his mana into a pair of elves, the same ones beside Gully. Then he turns to the zombie and spreads his 'arms' wide.
<Come on, little undead nestling! Someone wants a hug, doesn't he? Yes he does!>
In stark contrast to his blatant taunting, he 'whispers' quickly and privately to Cyouni and Gully, <Don't you two dare draw attention to yourselves. I'm the most defensive one of us, and he can't hurt me. You two work on killing him while I keep him distracted.>
Cyouni shakes his head in negation as he steps up beside Aggron. Out of the side of his mouth, he murmurs, "You know how I fight. I need more time to kill him, and we don't have that time."
Cyouni glances back at Gully. "Your friend there had better be able to take Lou out quickly, as I can't."
<She told me she specializes in attacking and dealing damage. I think as long as we keep ourselves from getting killed and try to clear her a path, we should be able to take him out. I mean, even once he starts using that....looping burn spell he almost killed me with last time, what was it called? Beacon something....it'll take all his energy to do it. Unless it actively kills one of us, it'll slow him down so much to keep looping it that he won't be able to fend off our attacks. And Gully might even be able to kill him before that.>
Aggron's gaze stays fixed on Lou and his pet zombies, even as he mentally plans strategies with his partners.
<Gully, how can we help you kill him? You said you can do creature-offense, do we need to kill you a path?>
Just keep me and mine alive and the skies clear...and I'll need one of you to kill the creature that I hit him with, but only once I tell you to do so. Right now I need to get up there.
Gully says to her allies. While the stones in Gully's gloves and the Ranger's skin light up with Mana they quietly slink up to the center. Once there she brings two Humans and a Elf through the Æther.
Two zombies came through the portal, each holding axes. Above them, a skeletal bird emerges from the portal, somehow staying in the air despite its lack of feathers.
Snarling at Aggron, Lou channels all his mana into a monstrous, patchwork zombie that even further strengthens the creatures around him. He points at Aggron, and shouts "DEVOUR HIM!" The grunt-like zombies and the lizard beast at the top of the ziggurat charge at Aggron.
The other lizard beast, meanwhile, chooses not to chase the two as they run past him, and instead leaps towards Cyouni, drooling.
<You'll need to do much, MUCH better than that! Try harder!> Mana bursts from Aggron's signet, flowing into green bursts that hurl all the charging zombies to the ground. 's not a thing you can do to stop me! Gully, get him!!!> Aggron gesture to his rangers even as he 'speaks', preparing for the counterattack.
Cast 1x Moment's Peace, then (assuming it passes to our turn) make two Swamps and a Forest, then wait for Gully to go before I continue.
I'm also assuming it'll shield Cyouni, based on the rules at the start of the thread.
Gully nodded to Aggron and then turns her attention to Lou.
If anyone is going to get devoured its you Lou!
Gully says with full confidence as the stones in her glove and the Ranger's skin glow with Mana once again. Using a small portion of it she punches through the Æther and pulls out a small Drake. It goes and starts to hover just over Gully's head, as it does the Forcemage sends a beam of energy into it causing it to grow. Gully lets the Forcemage's power completely envelope the Drake and then she touches the Shamans on their shoulders. The Shamans' eyes close and they slowly turn into little spores. The spore float up and become apart of the Drake causing it grow even bigger.
..Almost..
She thinks to herself as she has her stones light up again. She focuses the Mana into two balls over energy and sends then into the Drake causing it to grow to almost the size of a Dragon.
..Gaea please aide me. This Demon must be put to rest and the powers that you have granted me are just what is needed to do so.
She thinks to herself as she closes her eyes and the Drakes closes his with her. A second later they open and a green energy pours out from them. The Drake begins to snap its jaws, its claws start to twitch and its wings beat harder. Gully looks up at the Drake and smiles.
Thank you Mother Gaea.
DEVOUR HIM!
She says mockingly as she points at Lou. The Drake lets loose with a primal roar in response and then rushes towards him.
OOC: Response?
Life: 30
Weapon: 1/0, Not Ready
Playing:Forest, Forest, Uktabi Drake
Target Drake with Forcemage's Trigger (+3/+3)
Sac Martyr for ability, revealing 4 Overrun and 1 Giant Growth targeting Drake(+5/+5).
Sac Martyr for ability, revealing 4 Overrun and 1 Giant Growth targeting Drake(+5/+5).
Play Might of Old Krosa targeting Drake (+4/+4).
Play Might of Old Krosa targeting Drake(+4/+4).
Activate Gully's Ability (Berserk) targeting Drake (+23/+0)
Attack with Drake(46/22, Trample, Haste, Flying)
As the Drake returns to her side Gully starts to feel the after effects of using her ability. She focuses through the pain from it and watches the Zombies and the Portals for a moment.
The Portals aren't closing and the Zombies aren't going back into the Æther..? Then we'll have to kill them and destroy the Portals too.
Looks like what Lou brought with isn't leaving with him. We need to clear them away and down my Drake. Can either of you do that with one spell? Once they are gone we need to crush these Portals so more can't come through.
I'm guessing Lou's dived through the portal and is out of the area. And since I can Damnation the area from 2...
Cyouni shrugs. "Guess I could do that." He raises his right hand, mana already swirling around it. After a pause, a wave of mana pulses from his hand, slaying each creature it passes through.
<Thanks, Cyouni. Now let's make sure no more come through. Here, this should help us.> Aggron weaves his hands in odd gestures, and strange symbols warp into being around him...but the others can sense their meaning, and the effect is immediately obvious. With another gesture, Aggron weaves a second savage dog, and as he crafts it, the first rises from the floor, the glow returned to its eyes. Then he does the same thing to one of the elves, and all of them--his own summons, and the ones made by Gully--breathe again, looking a little the worse for wear.
The blast from Cyouni wiped out all the zombies remaining in the area, including the ones Lou had left behind, sending shards of zombies cascading down the far side of the ziggurat.
The portal flares again, and this time more zombies than before lurch out, including another wizardly zombie.
Gully cringes as she realizes what she asked for was actually being cast. An image of Commander R using his version of the spell runs through her mind, but she shakes it off.
It's what needs to be done.
She says to herself through gritted teeth as the wave of Mana takes out her own. As the Drake falls she feels the pain go away. She watches Aggron weave his enchantment and bring forth a Hound and an Elf similar to her's. As the Elf makes her way through the Æther, Gully's stands, its skin paled and eyes turned black. Gully stands slack-jawed at this sight.
How...
She mouths. She looks at where Aggron placed his enchant.
That's it! That is the Spell that Grandpa told me about...
As the new zombies take the field she snaps out of he daze.
Once this Mission is complete, and these Dregs are dead, I must talk with Aggron.
She has her Gloves and the Elf's skin light up with Mana. She takes the Mana and forms it into a ball of energy. She then forces it to bust into nine beetles which causes a flash of light. The beetles gather around her, their mandibles twitching. She then repeats the process, bring forth another nine.
Can we attack the individual creatures with our creatures now?
Also, Bloodbond March shouldn't have brought back any zombies--it triggers on cast, not on enters-the-battlefield (otherwise it + sac outlet = GG). Was this just a very large 'portal' use?
The purple light flares from the symbol on Cyouni's hand again.
Cyouni takes a gem from his satchel, which morphs into a hilt bearing the image of a dragon's snarling head. After a beat, flame surges from the dragon's mouth into the shape of a sword. Clutching the sword's hilt in his right hand, Cyouni traces slow, graceful lines in the air with its tip as the energy of the slain zombies swirl around the blade. Eventually, he raises the blade over his head, its tip pointing at the ceiling.
"Time to end this."
The blade's flame turns black as it draws energy from the dead to power Cyouni's spell. In one smooth motion, Cyouni brings the blade down as if to cut an enemy from head to foot. At the blade comes down, it leaves a trail of black that forms into a spirit of death.
For now I will rule that the portal is performing summons from Grixis thus triggering the enchantment. I believe we are awaiting Aggron's turn before the portal has a chance to summon forth more creatures.
Cyouni shakes his head and gestures to an obelisk. "Lou's not what's holding the portal open - these obelisks are. Even if the obelisks are destroyed, though, I think the zombies will stick around."
"However, Lou won't just let us take out the obelisks."
The purple light flares. "So here's the plan. We take out Lou as quickly as possible, and then worry about the obelisks. I can get rid of the zombies after that."
A bat appears in front of Cyouni, ready to defend its master.
Casting:
1x Vampire Bats
Battlefield:
3x Swamp (1 :symtap:)
1x Vampire Bats
Graveyard:
Move to C? Yes/No?
Oh well, I'm sure you'd have shared it with him anyway. The more fun bits. Sending now.
Ton of zombie pumps. I am suddenly glad we have so many Fogs. Oh, and that was his only Extirpate, fortunately.
Infest and Damnation for board wipes.
Terminate, Incinerate, and both the black and red Beacons. Two of each.
Oh, and 6 unknown scheme cards.
In other words, we need to kill him fast. With flying. While he has no mana or an Extirpated Terminate.
<Ha. Hahaha. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! You actually think you can....hurt us with those? HAHAHAHAHAHA! Looks like you need to go back to that barbarian's body, old fiend! He had more brains than you!> Almost negligently, Aggron swirls some of his mana into a pair of elves, the same ones beside Gully. Then he turns to the zombie and spreads his 'arms' wide.
<Come on, little undead nestling! Someone wants a hug, doesn't he? Yes he does!>
Summon 2x Skyshroud Ranger
Life: 18
Field: 1x Wild Mongrel, Q
2x Skyshroud Ranger, Q and SS
1x Golgari Signet, Q
2x Forest, T
1x Swamp, Q
Yard:
Nada
Exile:
3x Echoing Decay
2x Elvish Spirit Guide
Cyouni glances back at Gully. "Your friend there had better be able to take Lou out quickly, as I can't."
Gully says to her allies. While the stones in Gully's gloves and the Ranger's skin light up with Mana they quietly slink up to the center. Once there she brings two Humans and a Elf through the Æther.
Weapon: 1/0, Not Ready
Playing: Forest, Forest, move to the Center, Martyr of Spores, Martyr of Spores, Primal Forcemage
IP:
5 Forest [5 :symtap:]
1 Skyshroud Ranger [1:symtap: for ability]
1 Primal Forcemage [1 and SS]
2 Martyr of Spores [2 and SS]
1 Lifegift
GY:
~
Two zombies came through the portal, each holding axes. Above them, a skeletal bird emerges from the portal, somehow staying in the air despite its lack of feathers.
Snarling at Aggron, Lou channels all his mana into a monstrous, patchwork zombie that even further strengthens the creatures around him. He points at Aggron, and shouts "DEVOUR HIM!" The grunt-like zombies and the lizard beast at the top of the ziggurat charge at Aggron.
The other lizard beast, meanwhile, chooses not to chase the two as they run past him, and instead leaps towards Cyouni, drooling.
2x Dregscape Zombie (6/4, Deathtouch, :symq:)
2:
Cyouni
1x Dreg Reaver (8/6, Deathtouch, @ Cyouni)
3:
3x Dregscape Zombie (6/4, Deathtouch, :symq:)
C:
Lou
Gully
Aggron
2x Zombie Outlander (6/5, Deathtouch, SS)
1x Skeletal Kathari (4/3, Deathtouch, SS)
1x Death Baron (5/4, :symq:)
3x Dregscape Zombie (6/4, Deathtouch, @ Aggron)
1x Dreg Reaver (8/6, Deathtouch, @ Aggron)
Life: -0
Actions:
Play Swamp
Cast Undead Warchief
Field
2x Swamp (:symtap:)
1x Blood Crypt (:symtap:)
1x Mountain (:symtap:)
1x Cemetery Reaper (5/4, Deathtouch)
1x Undead Warchief (5/4, Deathtouch, SS)
Yard
1x Extirpate
Exile
4x Lightning Bolt
I'm also assuming it'll shield Cyouni, based on the rules at the start of the thread.
Play 1x Forest
Use 2x Skyshroud Ranger to make 2x Swamp
Life: 18
Field: 1x Wild Mongrel, Q
2x Skyshroud Ranger, T
1x Golgari Signet, Q
3x Forest, Q
3x Swamp, Q
Yard:
1x Moment's Peace
Exile:
3x Echoing Decay
2x Elvish Spirit Guide
The symbol flashes the deep purple again.
Life: 10
Casting:
Play Swamp
Pause and wait for Gully
Battlefield:
4x Swamp (0 :symtap:)
1x Vampire Bats
Graveyard:
If anyone is going to get devoured its you Lou!
Gully says with full confidence as the stones in her glove and the Ranger's skin glow with Mana once again. Using a small portion of it she punches through the Æther and pulls out a small Drake. It goes and starts to hover just over Gully's head, as it does the Forcemage sends a beam of energy into it causing it to grow. Gully lets the Forcemage's power completely envelope the Drake and then she touches the Shamans on their shoulders. The Shamans' eyes close and they slowly turn into little spores. The spore float up and become apart of the Drake causing it grow even bigger.
..Almost..
She thinks to herself as she has her stones light up again. She focuses the Mana into two balls over energy and sends then into the Drake causing it to grow to almost the size of a Dragon.
..Gaea please aide me. This Demon must be put to rest and the powers that you have granted me are just what is needed to do so.
She thinks to herself as she closes her eyes and the Drakes closes his with her. A second later they open and a green energy pours out from them. The Drake begins to snap its jaws, its claws start to twitch and its wings beat harder. Gully looks up at the Drake and smiles.
Thank you Mother Gaea.
DEVOUR HIM!
She says mockingly as she points at Lou. The Drake lets loose with a primal roar in response and then rushes towards him.
OOC: Response?
Weapon: 1/0, Not Ready
Playing:Forest, Forest, Uktabi Drake
Target Drake with Forcemage's Trigger (+3/+3)
Sac Martyr for ability, revealing 4 Overrun and 1 Giant Growth targeting Drake(+5/+5).
Sac Martyr for ability, revealing 4 Overrun and 1 Giant Growth targeting Drake(+5/+5).
Play Might of Old Krosa targeting Drake (+4/+4).
Play Might of Old Krosa targeting Drake(+4/+4).
Activate Gully's Ability (Berserk) targeting Drake (+23/+0)
Attack with Drake(46/22, Trample, Haste, Flying)
IP:
7 Forest [6 :symtap:, 1]
1 Skyshroud Ranger [1:symtap: for ability]
1 Uktabi Drake [1 and attacking]
1 Primal Forcemage [1]
1 Lifegift
GY:
2 Martyr of Spores
2 Might of Old Krosa
Lou's eyes widen, and he makes a beeline towards the portal while the drake tears through the air towards him.
The Portals aren't closing and the Zombies aren't going back into the Æther..? Then we'll have to kill them and destroy the Portals too.
Looks like what Lou brought with isn't leaving with him. We need to clear them away and down my Drake. Can either of you do that with one spell? Once they are gone we need to crush these Portals so more can't come through.
Cyouni shrugs. "Guess I could do that." He raises his right hand, mana already swirling around it. After a pause, a wave of mana pulses from his hand, slaying each creature it passes through.
Casting:
Damnation x1
Battlefield:
4x Swamp (4 :symtap:)
Graveyard:
The blast from Cyouni wiped out all the zombies remaining in the area, including the ones Lou had left behind, sending shards of zombies cascading down the far side of the ziggurat.
The portal flares again, and this time more zombies than before lurch out, including another wizardly zombie.
2x Dregscape Zombie (:symb:)
2:
Cyouni
1x Dreg Reaver (:symb:)
3:
3x Dregscape Zombie (:symb:)
C:
Gully
Aggron
2x Zombie Outlander (3/3, Deathtouch, SS)
1x Skeletal Kathari (4/3, Deathtouch, SS)
2x Dregscape Zombie (3/2, Deathtouch, SS)
1x Death Baron (SS)
2x Zombie Outlander (:symb:)
1x Skeletal Kathari (:symb:)
1x Death Baron (:symb:)
3x Dregscape Zombie (:symb:)
1x Dreg Reaver (:symb:)
It's what needs to be done.
She says to herself through gritted teeth as the wave of Mana takes out her own. As the Drake falls she feels the pain go away. She watches Aggron weave his enchantment and bring forth a Hound and an Elf similar to her's. As the Elf makes her way through the Æther, Gully's stands, its skin paled and eyes turned black. Gully stands slack-jawed at this sight.
How...
She mouths. She looks at where Aggron placed his enchant.
That's it! That is the Spell that Grandpa told me about...
As the new zombies take the field she snaps out of he daze.
Once this Mission is complete, and these Dregs are dead, I must talk with Aggron.
She has her Gloves and the Elf's skin light up with Mana. She takes the Mana and forms it into a ball of energy. She then forces it to bust into nine beetles which causes a flash of light. The beetles gather around her, their mandibles twitching. She then repeats the process, bring forth another nine.
Ready to finish this.
Weapon: 1/0, Ready
Playing:Forest, Forest, Beacon of Creation, Beacon of Creation
IP:
9 Forest [8 :symtap:, 1 ]
1 Skyshroud Ranger [1 for ability]
1 Lifegift
18 Insect Tokens Green 1/1 [18 and SS]
GY:
1 Uktabi Drake
1 Primal Forcemage
2 Martyr of Spores
2 Might of Old Krosa
Also, Bloodbond March shouldn't have brought back any zombies--it triggers on cast, not on enters-the-battlefield (otherwise it + sac outlet = GG). Was this just a very large 'portal' use?
Cyouni takes a gem from his satchel, which morphs into a hilt bearing the image of a dragon's snarling head. After a beat, flame surges from the dragon's mouth into the shape of a sword. Clutching the sword's hilt in his right hand, Cyouni traces slow, graceful lines in the air with its tip as the energy of the slain zombies swirl around the blade. Eventually, he raises the blade over his head, its tip pointing at the ceiling.
"Time to end this."
The blade's flame turns black as it draws energy from the dead to power Cyouni's spell. In one smooth motion, Cyouni brings the blade down as if to cut an enemy from head to foot. At the blade comes down, it leaves a trail of black that forms into a spirit of death.
Casting:
Battlefield:
5x Swamp (5 :symtap:)
Graveyard: