Ashes Reborn: Rise of the Phoenixborn: Red Rains – The Frostwild Scourge
+ Ashes Reborn: The King of Titans
I’ve been wanting to get Ashes back on my table for a while. I have a ton of new content for the solo/co-op PvE mode, Red Rains, and also a ton of the untouched original content.
So I randomly chose a Phoenixborn to play, selecting Xander Heartsblood (Nature/Divine) – who summons dinosaurs?
I also wanted to try out the most recent (to me, second released) chimera opponent, the Frostwild Scourge, along with the new Storm aspect deck.
That was a mistake! Man, this game is deep and I probably needed to custom build a deck to have a chance. In actuality, I gave up after 3 rounds because I was continually falling further behind and I couldn’t keep up with the tricks that the Frostwild Scourge uses – not to mention how nasty the Storm aspect deck is.
As I was setting up, I remembered that I hadn’t actually ever tried the other aspect that came with The Corpse of Viros (the first Chimera released). I think I’ve only played against Fury, leaving Shadow untouched.
I’m unsure where to go from here. Part of me thinks I should go back and focus on Spirit Island a bit. Another part of me thinks I should try another random pairing. And yet another part of me thinks I should try to research and deckbuild my way through the Xander Heartsblood vs Frostwild Scourge/Storm.
I think that last option may require just too much study and devotion; more than I have the energy for at the moment.
Ashes is easier to get on the table, setup, play, and teardown that Spirit Island is… Maybe I’ll just try a new randomly-selected Phoenixborn and go back and play Viros/Shadow.
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