u/sick_rock

Image 1 — Which power card to take in this situation? Lighning solo vs BP lvl 2
Image 2 — Which power card to take in this situation? Lighning solo vs BP lvl 2

Which power card to take in this situation? Lighning solo vs BP lvl 2

I am relatively new and started to play vs the adversaries. Playing this solo game with Lightning vs Brandenburg-Prussia lvl 2, I think I am more or less in control so far (used to reclaim loop strategy from Kalen Noreth yt). Which card should I choose for this turn?

The reason I ask is that I am a bit more defensive minded - in this case, I am drawn towards Nature's Resilience to defend the coastal Jungle, destroy a town with Dahan counter and avoid a blight (+Shattered Homesteads & Entrancing Apparitions to solve the middle mountain) & Harbingers for a fear. Nature's Resilience will also be handy when Wetlands come up in the Invader's deck. But Nature's Resilience is off element, I won't threshold the innate.

The other option is Rouse the Trees and Stones to destroy a town and push the explorer off the jungle, but the city stands and I'll take a blight (the Dahan can be saved with Harbingers of LIghtning). It has a fire element which would be helpful (and trigger innate in this turn) and it is offensive which goes with Lightning's strat (and can be paired with Raging Storm to take out a city when opportunity comes).

Elemental Boon might be helpful later, but I let the jungle be and take the blight. I am not too interested in Devouring Ants which seems situational and is off element.

Many say taking blights isn't an issue, but I tend to try and avoid reaching the blighted island phase. What should be the thinking process here? Is taking the blight for Rouse the better long term strategy?

TIA

u/sick_rock — 7 days ago