I have a pretty weak set of cards, mainly the starter deck you can use when you buy the Spellbook. I feel like I am still a noob and am constantly hovering over my opponent's deck in the pre-battle talking to myself, mumbling, "I have no idea what that is" or "What the heck does that thing do" or "I have never heard of that one before." You get the picture.
With not so many cards and not so much skill, battles tend to either be over quickly or settled based on who gets to go first (almost always my opponent, right?) or who misses their attack (always me! especially my blind Sand Worm that couldn't hit its own face!!). There is a sense of Fate about most battles. Some prismatic efreet prince elder grog shows up and kills me dead and I rally the troops. What made this battle stand out was the fact that I am sure my opponent was doing spit takes and staring open-mouthed at the screen when it became apparent that I would win. This was pretty much an impossibility and yet it happened. I think you'll laugh right away when you see why.
Bow in Fear!
Here are the details of the battle:
MANA - 18
LEAGUE - Bronze III (hey I already told you I am a wimp!)
To milk the suspense a bit, let me first tell you what the attacking cards were for my team:
Elvin Mystic
Ice Pixie
Medusa
Yes, I was playing Water with the +1 Magic attack bonus. You see, the cards that my opponent had played in previous matches looked scary, at least the ones I had heard of before. I felt like I could not match their firepower, but that I might get lucky and they'd play a non-healing tank and that I might just get in enough attacks before I got obliterated. I really hoped they would not choose Water and play their Prismatic Bully Ball thing that reflects magic damage, does a million points and also has a million health (in my nightmares at least).
I was bummed when I saw they also were playing Water with +1 Magic attack. For a second I was excited because NO PRISMATIC BULLY! Then I realized that they had played a Kraken. There was no chance for me. Dead on arrival. To add insult to injury, the had a Furious Chicken in their first spot and a Crustacean King to heal the Kraken in the unlikely event that I came anywhere near bruising it.
Then it dawned on me that I was going to win!
You see, I had decided to take a chance and play a Peaceful Giant in my first spot - initially thinking it would be able to absorb a round or two of damage and that whatever magic card survived the Sneaks and Opportunists would maybe get enough shots off. Turns out it was the perfect choice for a totally different reason!
You probably already see why this battle was both ridiculous and glorious for my little team of Magic Wimps. But in case you do not, just think about the fact that if the Peaceful Giant could do even 1 point of damage, it would have killed the chicken and been quickly destroyed by the Kraken.
Yes, I won because I could not do any damage with my Tank!
But there is more! One of the key features of the terrifying Kraken is its Taunt ability, which means that all possible attacks, aka everything but the Tank, goes after it. If even one of my Magic Wimps could have attacked the Chicken I would have lost. This battle felt like a million-to-one, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did (and I think my opponent must have enjoyed it too as one of those impossible things that actually happened!).
Here is a link to the battle replay and an image of the setup. The gameplay itself is a triumph for the little guy but kind of boring. I just attack the Kraken over and over again and it just sits there getting zapped until it is dead.
https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=55bb36e792b7283efe48a358792dc24e5079c9c5&ref=pregosauce
If you would like to support wimps like me in our endless battles against overpowering forces, feel free to send me a Kraken card - and if you wish to punish me for upending the natural order of things in this battle, feel free to send me a Kraken card, so that I might taste bitter defeat like my opponent hahaha! :)