[00:00:36] "]Welcome to Rollin’ Thunder S1E3!
[00:00:52] Lucan talks about his Justice Review artice… Justice Tier List
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[00:02:26] ONE BIG WEEKEND ANNOUNCEMENT
[00:02:29] Talkin’ “ONE BIG WEEKEND!” World Wide Dice Masters Event!
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[00:03:48] Our Special Guest Intro…
[00:04:16] "]Intro Alex Rodriguez
[00:05:04] How’d you get into Dice Masters?
[00:05:12] Alex – I started with D&D and got drawn in by the BFF set…
[00:05:46] Lucan: Why so many teachers in Dice Masters?
[00:06:17] Arge: Does being a math teacher give you a leg up?
[00:06:59] The 2017 World’s team with “Long Live the Resistance!” https://rollinthunder.xyz/AlexR_2017_Worlds
[00:07:27] Team started with the idea of swarming with sidekicks… SR Darkside
[00:07:55] How can I maximize swarm and keep myself alive…
[00:08:04] Alex: Little bit of Ultraman… but my primary concern was Lantern Ring
[00:08:18] That’s where “Long Live the Resistance” came in
[00:08:29] Maybe Michael Le or Michaela
[00:08:44] SR Multiple Man
[00:08:58] Electra from Deadpool
[00:09:05] "]Mera to help with huge attacks
[00:09:11] SR Ronin
[00:09:18] Arge “Team was so incredibly defensive…”
[00:09:43] When the team fired off as intended I was doing 8 swarm damage
[00:09:56] Lucan asks why Alex brought the Bane taunt global
[00:10:32] Didn’t run into Medussa… worried about DWiz and control cards
[00:11:01] What was your buy order?
[00:11:06] Multiple Man first… played around with how many…
[00:11:32] Arge: was Ronin helpful with protecting Paradaemon?
[00:11:44] Biggest use I got out of Ronin was playing JT with Gorilla & Guy
[00:11:56] Arge: Take us over the flow of the game as you remember it
[00:12:14] JT’s 2017 World’s team
[00:12:21] "]Ultimate Agro vs. Defensive battle
[00:12:28] He had the ring also
[00:12:38] Sitting down and thinking “uhh ohhh”
[00:13:02] Alex’s thought process against JT
[00:13:27] First game he got me…
[00:13:36] The second game…
[00:13:42] Long Live the Resistance purchases
[00:13:48] Going down and then right back up with LLTR
[00:14:04] 30 – 40 damage… thank you life gain
[00:14:12] You were soaking up damage like Wolverine
[00:14:24] Long Live the Resistance
[00:14:55] "]Ring Teams must have groaned when they saw that card…
[00:15:04] KT Data – Kevin
[00:15:34] "]2 different approaches to anti mask ring teams
[00:16:03] Setback was only 1 wincon
[00:16:27] Puncher / counter puncher battle
[00:17:08] you had a crowd around you…
[00:17:35] Next team – San Diego WKO Beholder team https://rollinthunder.xyz/AlexR_SDWKO_Beholder
[00:17:59] Beholder from BFF
[00:18:09] SR Constantine
[00:18:16] BACs = Imprisoned and Front Line
[00:18]:3"]6 Most agro team I ever played
[00:18:40] What turn were you landing the killer blow?
[00:18:47] USU turn 3 or 4
[00:19:33] Look at the globals on this team…
[00:20:00] Beholder team buy order…
[00:20:06] Constantine was first… needed to live a turn… Half-Elf Bard was around
[00:20:54] My hope was Beholder, Constantine and 1 other thing
[00:21:18] talkin’ Front Line / Imprisoned
[00:21:32] Alex “when I look at BACs first question is “how much does it cost?””
[00:21:57] Front Line – Casey Jones ouch
[00:21:59] Casey Jones: Mutant Hunter
[00:22:08] "]We’d use two cost common Justice with Front Line
[00:22:32] Talkin’ Common Justice with Front Line
[00:22:53] 3rd Team – 2018 Worlds team = Villain Control https://rollinthunder.xyz/AlexR_2018_WorldsTeam
[00:23:01] I’d never played a super control team until this one
[00:23:10] "]Fits my play style best
[00:23:35] How’d you get speed and consistancy on that villain team?
[00:23:46] Cards on the team… 2 cost Kree Captain… etc
[00:24:20] Taneleer Tivan
[00:24:35] Any other cards fighting to be on the team?
[00:24:45] Most of the cards were dif versions of the cards I already had e.g. Rare Blob
[00:24:53] "]Also thought about UC Thanos from GotG
[00:24:57] "]UC Thanos from Guardians discussion
[00:25:35] discussion of UC Thanos and Guardian’s drafts
[00:27:13] Lucan asks about why the 2 cost Kree Captain over the 3 cost
[00:27:44] Alex’s reasons for the 2 cost…
[00:28:48] How often did you use Kree Captain Global?
[00:28:57] "]KC Global – allowed me to even buy Collector turn 1 going 2nd
[00:30:21] Was there an organized buy order based on what you saw across the table?
[00:30:45] Alex “My first thought is always – is this something I’ve seen before…”
[00:30:52] Next thought… “what do I have to shut down…”
[00:30:59] 3rd Thought – how important are actions for them – do I buy Scarlet Witch?
[00:31:37] Jr. gaining small tempos as he went
[00:32:10] I’d get Shriek to shut down YT first
[00:32:33] Talkin’ Shriek… Shriek Shriek, or Shriek wincon?
[00:32:42] Lucan “Shriek their Shriek or their expensive win con…?”
[00:32:47] Alex “think I’d Shriek their Shriek, because Win Con is probably expensive and I’ve got UC Blob for that”
[00:33:14] What would be your buy order against a Team Up team?
[00:33:27] Scarlet Witch discussion
[00:33:49] Alex “Alfonso brought Acererak… vg for action die team”
[00:34:01] Acererak discussion
[00:34:40] Acererak and Parallax …1 more shot is better than 0
[00:35:31] Madame Masque for the mirror match
[00:35:46] Times I was able to use it to stop Shriek which fed my wincon
[00:36:35] What would you do differently against Ben’s dragon team if you had another crack at it… Scarlet Witch to stop ROW or Shriek his Mimic? https://rollinthunder.xyz/2018-WorldsTeam-Pix
[00:37:08] UC Blob could be nasty against Gold Dragon – only 2 of ’em
[00:37:21] He also had Ven Dread harrassing me
[00:37:26] UC Blob
[00:37:42] Discussing using his globals
[00:38:22] At end of Turn 2 use Villainous or Heimdall?
[00:38:26] "]Typically Villainous… regret Heimdall
[00:38:48] Regrets bringing Heimdall – Kree Capt. global was enough
[00:39:04] maybe a way to reset your bag…
[00:39:24] other people got more use out of it…
[00:39:35] when do you start hammering the wincon?
[00:40:08] how often were you using Cake Global?
[00:40:32] Can Cake on your opponent’s turn!
[00:41:01] every find yourself buying Nobby first before Collector?
[00:41:40] Arge asks about Alex’s other World matches
[00:41:49] talks about the mirror match
[00:41:53] UC vs. Rare Blob
[00:42:07] UC Blob gives me utility… don’t have to rush him so much
[00:42:56] Brought Bat Girl with intimidate as a Mirror match counter to Nats
[00:43:41] Craig Huebner’s Tabaxi Rogue team https://rollinthunder.xyz/2018-WorldsTeam-Pix
[00:44:34] Lucan “Scarlet Witch/Rare Blob = Green Devil Mask hate”
[00:44:54] first foray into playing a all out control team
[00:45:12] Collector/Norman = Peanut Butter & Jelly
[00:45:24] Alex took well to control because he plays methodically
[00:46:10] How do you practice?
[00:46:40] 2 fold practice against myself… then against locals
[00:47:27] My thought with Collector…
[00:47:59] My team falls apart without Shriek
[00:48:04] "]how many Shrieks do you bring… 3
[00:48:07] Buy 2 Shrieks… Collector the 3rd
[00:49:52] Things like Collectoring in a Shriek of your own to switch targets is great
[00:50:59] Chess moves in game Arge vs. Alex – not field Madame Masque
[00:52:04] Justice Spoiler Picks
[00:52:40] #1 Poison Ivy: A New Leaf
[00:53:38] Use it with UC Blob against high cost characters
[00:54:03] Lucan’s Poison Ivy pick
[00:55:22] 2nd Card Parasite: Human Atomic Furnace
[00:56:37] Alex’s thoughts on STRIKE keyword
[00:59:28] Best Advice = play lots of different styles
[01:01:23] BREAKING IT DOWN – UC BLOB
[01:01:54] What’s your timing with him… when do you buy him?
[01:02:08] I will usually buy it sooner
[01:02:40] If he doesn’t line up right, what do you do?
[01:03:08] What cards wreck UC Blob
[01:03:12] Shriek
[01:03:39] Parasite would wreck him
[01:03:51] Doop
[01:04:02] "]Mike Plumb Doop discussion
[01:05:31] Hall of Fame!
[01:07:11] Knowhere R
[01:08:10] Ben’s awesome Stompa puzzle reenactment
[01:08:10] Guest Puzzle Master Ben Said Scott
[01:09:28] Solution to S1E2’s puzzle
[01:09:34] winner was Craig Huebner
[01:11:50] And Michael Werner
[01:13:29] Outro