More Dreamblade

My Dreamblade collection currently stands at 90 118 figures:

• Two Starter Sets (16 figs each)
• Eight Twelve Booster Packs (7 figs each)
• One promo figure (FLGS Tournament participation)
• One other figure given to me by a friend...

Do the math. At MSRP, that's about a $180 $210 investment in the game already. And I'm planning on buying a booster pack or three (four actually) later on today... This is what I dislike most about collectible games. $200 could buy a lot of "regular" boardgames. Still, I've no one to blame but myself for jumping down this rabbit hole...

My figure collection breaks down like this:

Valor
• Runetagged Brawler (x2)
• Ardent Zungar (x2)
• Pearlthorn Castle (x2)
• Inspired Samurai
• Steelborn Lion
• Twilight Scout
• Falcon Soldier
• Knight of Tomorrow (x2)
• Knight of Strife and Joy (x2)
• Mirrorman (x3)
• Eagle-Feather Warrior (x3) (x4)
• Brighthammer Avenger
• Saint of Roses (x3)
• Whirlwind Dervish
• Inscribed Axebeast (x2)
• Savannah Dreamhunter
• Loyal Scragglemaw

Madness
• Spellbound Scissors
• Gateway to Psychosis
• Pick-Pick (x2)
• Asylum Escapee (x3) (x5)
• Jack-in-the-Box
• Book of Nothing (x2)
• Relentless Eviserator (x2)
• Dreamstuff Entity (x2)
• Gun Possessed Killer (x2)
• Nevrft Screamtrooper (x2)
• All Seeing Mage
• Faceless Stalker (x3)
• Iron Thug (x2)
• Doomsinger (x2)
• Malborn Croc
• Windborne Blademaster

Fear
• Barbstrider
• Cannibal Pariah (x3) (x4)
• Hive Pincer (x2) (x3)
• Hellshrieker
• Soul Grub (x2) (x3)
• Knight of Pain and Sorrow (x2)
• Jack of Blades (x2)
• Genteel Husk
• Doomball (x2)
• Knight of Autumn Gate (x2) (x3)
• Night Queen (x2)
• Carrion Spiker
• Eater of Hope
• Acolyte of Loss
• Blight Rat
• Fleshless Reaper
• Skull Hill

Passion
• Boneclan Hunter
• Bloodthirsty Redcap
• Blind Spike Mauler (x2)
• Rainforest Shaman (x2)
• Boneblade Serpent (x4)
• Alluring Succubus (x2)
• Skeever Hatchling (x2) (x3)
• Prowling Leopardman
• Flame Harrower (x2)
• Heart Render
• Forgeblind Punisher
• Savage Ogre
• Dreamreef Marauder
• Greenleaf Dryad
• Hearstblood Temple

I currently have two Warbands I am playing with. Both need further tweaking.

Valor Warband
• Runetagged Brawler (3V)
• Ardent Zungar (3V)
• Pearlthorn Castle (3VV)
• Inspired Samurai (4V)
• Twilight Scout (5V)
• Falcon Soldier (5V)
• Knight of Tomorrow (5V)
• Knight of Strife and Joy (5V)
• Mirrorman x2 (6V)
• Eagle-Feather Warrior x2 (6VV)
• Brighthammer Avenger (8V)
• Whirlwind Dervish (8VV)
• Inscribed Axebeast x2 (10V)

My Valor Warband depends on the greater than average defense/life of the creatures to withstand enemy attacks while I whittle my opponent down. It does not have any "fancy" combos and may be too "generic" to do well in competitive play.

"Eater of Hope" Warband
• Zombie Enforcer x2 (3F)
• Hive Pincer x2 (3F)
• Blind Spikemauler x2 (4P)
• Asylum Escapee x2 (4M)
• Relentless Eviscerator x2 (5M)
• Prowling Leopardman (8P)
• Flame Harrower x2 (8PP)
• Savage Ogre (9P)
• Forgeblind Punisher (9P)
• Eater of Hope (10FF)

This Warband has undergone a lot of tweaking lately and has not faced battle in its current configuration. I am concerned that the average spawn cost is too high and that it will take me too long to deploy most of the Warband onto the Dreamscape. It may be powerful, but the battle may be over before I can bring that power to bear.

Dreamblade is turning out to be a good game so far. It may be nothing more than a passing fancy, but I'm enjoying the play while it lasts.