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En Garde wants a lone body they attack, the Hammer a pair they leave alone, and both end where a plain two-drop does

Issue #429 (a slice of #200), 2026-10-23. Constructed, Duel (485). Rules version 2026-07-16. Card text verbatim from data/corpus_flat.txt; rules pasted from data/Riftbound-Core-Rules-2026-07-16.txt and data/Riftbound-Tournament-Rules-2026-07-16.txt. Read the unopposed clock for the baseline this is measured against.

Subject: en-garde-hand-hammer-alone-versus-pair, the Calm ENGINE that puts OGN-046 En Garde (Calm spell, E1, [Reaction]) beside VEN-027 Hand Hammer (Calm Equipment, E2, M+1, [Equip] one Calm Power) and calls them a deckbuilding fork: En Garde pays its second point to a unit that is the only one you control where it stands, and the Hammer pays +2 to a carrier with exactly one other unit of yours at its battlefield. The entry is right that the two never pay together, and right about the sizes, one and two. Walked as a game, going first, under OGN-261 Radiant Dawn against the Fury/Chaos Draven deck of the Guard's pair play, the three lists were dealt the same hand with one card changed. The En Garde list keeps its Poro alone at A on T2 with two runes up. Their Saboteur attacks it, but they play OGN-016 Dangerous Duo first, and its [Legion] +2 makes the Saboteur a 5, which En Garde's 4 cannot beat. The Poro dies unanswered. On T3 En Garde wins A back with a lone Ramhound: 2 to 2 after their T3, 3 to 3 after their T4. The Hand Hammer list puts a pair at A on T2, and the Hammer makes it 8, so the Saboteur takes the empty battlefield instead: 2 to 2, one rune recycled for good. [2026-10-24, #452: not for good. A recycled rune goes to the bottom of the Rune Deck (416.1, 416.1.b) and is channelled again when the deck reaches it (430.1). Going first, with only the Channel Phase's two a turn (315.3.b), each rune recycled is a rune short on every turn through T6, until the Rune Deck runs dry (161.2.a); a card that channels more (430.2) brings it back sooner. The walk ends after their T4, so the count stands for every turn it covers. The wording above is kept as history.] The control, OGN-044 Clockwork Keeper in the slot, puts the same pair at A without the Hammer, 5. The Saboteur takes the empty battlefield there too: 2 to 2. Only an opponent who attacks before playing the Duo lets En Garde move a point, 3 to 1 after their T3. The cheapest answer to En Garde is that Duo, played before the attack, at no cost beyond the turn they had planned. One rune buys three more: OGN-004 Cleave, SFD-003 Blood Rush or OGN-169 Gust. Nobody needs to answer the Hammer: they go where it is not.

Why this line. scripts/sequence-pick.mjs --unplayed, re-run on 2026-10-23 at bdfc1f2, reads 773 entries, 262 with forced-ordering language, 97 in the queue and 9 of them with no play. The issue measured 99 in the queue at 0526f2c, with 9 unplayed. The queue lost two entries since then. The two picks are unchanged, and each is two ranks higher: rank 92 then, 90 now. The pick is by global rank, skipping entries that already have a play: this entry is rank 90, the second in the list. The other entry of this slice is rank 89, punching-poro-morbid-return-free-empower.

1. Needs

LegendOGN-261 Radiant Dawn (Calm/Order, tag Leona)
Chosen ChampionOGN-238 Leona, Determined (Order, E4 + 1 Order Power, M4), never played in the walk
The forkOGN-046 En Garde (Calm spell, E1) in one list, VEN-027 Hand Hammer (Calm gear, E2, M+1) in the other, OGN-044 Clockwork Keeper (Calm, E2, M2) in the control
The bodiesOGN-210 Daring Poro (Order, E2, M2), SFD-159 Trusty Ramhound (Order, E2, M2), OGN-054 Sunlit Guardian (Calm, E3, M3), OGN-216 Soaring Scout (Order, E2, M1), SFD-157 Royal Guard (Order, E4, M2), OGN-218 Vanguard Captain (Order, E3 + 1 Order Power, M3)

The entry admits any legend with Calm in its pair. Radiant Dawn is the one for this walk because its text plays no part in it ("When you stun one or more enemy units, buff a friendly unit. (If it doesn't have a buff, it gets a +1 :rb_might: buff.)"), and nothing here stuns. Its tag is Leona, so Leona, Determined can be the Chosen Champion, 103.2.a.2: "Must be a champion unit with a champion tag that matches the tag on your Champion Legend."

Both fork cards are mono-Calm, so a Calm/Order deck admits them, 103.1.b.3: "If a card has a single Domain, then that card is permitted in the Domain Identity that corresponds to the same Domain." Three copies of each is the cap, 103.2.b: "Your Main Deck can include up to 3 copies of the same named card." Each list runs three of its card and none of the other's. None of the cards in this play is a Signature card (signature in data/cards.json), and none is in data/legality.src.json or marked [BANNED] in data/corpus_flat.txt.

The card text the play turns on:

2. One, two, and when each is read

En Garde counts your side only. Its clause is "the only unit you control there", which is the rules' word alone, 740.2.a: "A unit is alone when there are no other friendly units at the same location." The enemy units at that battlefield do not count. A unit alone at a battlefield gets +2; one with any other unit of yours beside it gets +1.

The Hammer counts your side too, and needs exactly one more. Its [Effect] is inactive until it is attached, 136.2.b: "Effect Text is inactive unless the card with the Effect Text is Attached to another card." Attached, it becomes the carrier's text, 136.2.c: "The abilities in the Effect Text section of a card are appended to the Rules Text of the card to which the card with the Effect Text is Attached." So its "I" is the carrier, 053.1: "Units and legends say "I," "me," etc." Its Might Bonus applies whatever the count, 434.1.d: "The Top-Most Card has its Might modulated by the Might Bonus of all cards Attached to it." A carrier at a battlefield with exactly one other unit of yours is +3; alone, or with two others, or in base, it is +1.

Both cards have been read this way in earlier plays. En Garde was the one-rune answer that gave +2 to a Poro left alone in the Mother's plus two kept the attacker alive, and only +1 to a Sea Monkey with company in the garrison goes home on turn six. The Hammer's clause was one of three switched off by any third body in the board that cannot be improved.

En Garde is bought after they commit; the Hammer before. En Garde has [Reaction], 813.1.c.1: "This can be played during Closed States on any player's turn." So you cast it in the showdown of their attack, after they have moved. The Hammer's [Equip] has no [Reaction], and a gear's activated ability waits for your own turn, 151.2: "The Activated Ability of Gear may be executed at any time during the controlling player's Main Phase during an Open State, and not during a Showdown." It is on the board, attached, before they decide where to attack, and they can see it.

The opponent is not done when you cast it. In a combat the attacker acts first, 464.2.d: "3. The Attacker gains Focus." And an [Action] card plays in that showdown, 806.1.b: "Action grants the corresponding card or effect permission to be played or activated during Showdowns, even when it is not the Controlling player's turn." So En Garde can be answered after it resolves, and it can be pre-empted before the attack is declared, by anything that makes the attacker bigger than 4.

Combat is a sum. 465.2.c: "Starting with the Attacker, each player assigns an amount of damage equal to their summed Might among the other's Units." And 465.2.c.3: "Units must have lethal damage assigned to them in full before damage is assigned to a different Unit."

What the Hammer costs. Two Energy to play, and one Calm Power to attach. Power is paid by recycling a rune, 164.2.b: "Recycle this: [Reaction] — Add [C].", and 164.2.b.1: "The Power added this way corresponds to the Domain of the Rune that is being Recycled." A rune already exhausted for Energy can be recycled, so the Hammer is two runes on the turn and one of them leaves the board for good. [2026-10-24, #452: not for good. A recycled rune goes to the bottom of the Rune Deck (416.1, 416.1.b) and is channelled again when the deck reaches it (430.1). Going first, with only the Channel Phase's two a turn (315.3.b), each rune recycled is a rune short on every turn through T6, until the Rune Deck runs dry (161.2.a); a card that channels more (430.2) brings it back sooner. The walk ends after their T4, so the count stands for every turn it covers. The wording above is kept as history.] If its carrier leaves the board, the Hammer stays, 719.5: "When a Top-Most Card changes zones from a board zone to a non-board zone, all Attached cards Detach from it, remaining in their current zones." At a battlefield it goes home, 435.4.a: "If the Detached card was a Gear and this causes it to become present at a Battlefield, it will be Recalled during the next Cleanup." Attaching it again costs another Calm Power.

Where a unit can be played. 355.2.a: "By default, Valid locations include the controller’s Base or a Battlefield the controller controls." A unit played to a battlefield you already control opens no showdown, 190.3.a.1: "Units moving to or being played to a battlefield apply Contested status if that battlefield is not already Contested and that Unit’s controller does not already control that battlefield." That is how the Hammer list and the control get two units to A on T2, going first. A unit played there enters exhausted, 143.4: "Units enter the Board exhausted." It still defends.

The runes, going first. You have 2, 4, 6 and 8 runes on T1 to T4. Units move from base to a battlefield and back, never between battlefields, 144.4.a: "Units may move from their Base to a Battlefield." 144.4.b: "Units may move from a Battlefield to their Base." 144.4.c.1 is the one exception: "Units with Ganking may use their Standard Move to Move from Battlefield to Battlefield.", and no unit in this walk has [Ganking].

3. Their deck: Fury/Chaos Draven

The deck of the Guard play linked above, in the same seat. SFD-185 Glorious Executioner (Fury/Chaos): "When you win a combat, draw 1. (You win if only your units remain after combat.)" It fires once in the main line. Its Chosen Champion is OGN-028 Draven, Showboat, never played. Their bodies are OGN-018 Noxus Saboteur (Fury, E3, M3), OGN-010 Legion Rearguard (Fury, E2, M2), Dangerous Duo (Fury, E3, M3), OGN-013 Pouty Poro (Fury, E2, M2), OGN-171 Mystic Poro (Chaos, E2, M2), OGN-165 Cemetery Attendant (Chaos, E3 + 1 Chaos Power, M3; "When you play me, return a unit from your trash to your hand."), OGN-006 Flame Chompers (Fury, E3, M3) and OGN-012 Noxus Hopeful (Fury, E4, M4; "[Legion] — I cost :rb_energy_2: less. (Get the effect if you've played another card this turn.)"). Going second, they channel an extra rune on T1, 485.7: "First Turn Process: The player going second channels an extra Rune from their Rune Deck during their first Channel Phase of the game."

4. The turns, going first

Calm/Order against Fury/Chaos. Your battlefield is A, OGN-282 Monastery of Hirana ("When you conquer here, you may spend a buff to draw 1.", and nobody has a buff); theirs is B, SFD-210 Hall of Legends ("When you conquer here, you may pay :rb_energy_1: to ready your legend.", and neither legend has an exhaust ability). Your opening four are Daring Poro, Trusty Ramhound, Sunlit Guardian and the fork card: En Garde, Hand Hammer or Clockwork Keeper. Your draws are Soaring Scout (T1), Royal Guard (T2), Vanguard Captain (T3) and a second Daring Poro (T4). Their opening four are Noxus Saboteur, Legion Rearguard, Dangerous Duo and Pouty Poro. Their draws are Mystic Poro (T1), Cemetery Attendant (T2), Flame Chompers (the legend's draw on T2), Noxus Hopeful (T3) and a second Legion Rearguard (T4).

The main line is the En Garde list.

turn      runes   your turn                                                 points
T1        2       Daring Poro (E2) to base. None left.                      0
their T1  3       Noxus Saboteur (E3) to base. None left.
T2        4       The Poro walks to A, Conquer: +1. Trusty Ramhound (E2)    1
                  to base. Two left, En Garde in hand.
their T2  5       Legion Rearguard (E2), then Dangerous Duo (E3): its
                  +2 on the Saboteur, a 5. The Saboteur attacks A: 5
                  against the Poro's 2. The Poro dies, Conquer; the
                  legend draws 1. None left.
T3        6       The Ramhound, alone, attacks A. En Garde (E1): it is a    2
                  4 against the Saboteur's 3. The Saboteur dies,
                  Conquer: +1. Sunlit Guardian (E3) to A, Soaring
                  Scout (E2) to base. None left.
their T3  7       The Rearguard and the Duo walk to B, empty, Conquer.
                  Cemetery Attendant (E3 + 1 Chaos Power) to base: the
                  Saboteur comes back to their hand. Noxus Hopeful (E2
                  with Legion) and Pouty Poro (E2) to base. Seven
                  runes, one recycled; none left.
T4        8       Hold A: +1. Royal Guard (E4) to A, its Sand Soldier      3
                  with it. Vanguard Captain (E3 + 1 Order Power, with
                  Legion) to A, two Recruits with him. Eight runes, one
                  recycled; one left.
their T4  8       Hold B. Noxus Saboteur (E3), Flame Chompers (E3) and
                  Mystic Poro (E2) to B. None left.

Their points: 0 after their T1, 1 after their T2, 2 after their T3, 3 after their T4. After your T3 it is 2 to 1; after their T3, 2 to 2; after your T4, 3 to 2; after their T4, 3 to 3.

Your hand, card by card: 5 after the T1 draw, 4 after the Poro; 5, then 4 after the Ramhound; 5 after the T3 draw, 2 after En Garde, the Guardian and the Scout (Royal Guard, Vanguard Captain); 3 after the T4 draw, 1 after the Guard and the Captain (Daring Poro). Theirs: 5 after the T1 draw, 4 after the Saboteur; 5 after the T2 draw, 3 after the Rearguard and the Duo, 4 after the legend's draw; 5 after the T3 draw, 4 after the Attendant, 5 with the Saboteur back, 3 after the Hopeful and the Pouty Poro; 4 after the T4 draw, 1 after the three bodies (Legion Rearguard).

Your T2: the Poro is left alone on purpose. The Poro takes A, which is empty: a non-combat showdown, 316.8.b.1: "Showdowns that occur as a result of a player moving to an empty Battlefield are a stand-alone Phase and do not create a Combat." They have no rune ready, so it is a Conquer, 348.2.a.1: "This results in a Conquer if that player has not yet scored that Battlefield this turn." The Ramhound goes to base, not to A, because A with two of yours is the board En Garde cannot pay twice on. Two runes stay up and En Garde needs one, so one rune does nothing this turn. With the Scout played as well, no rune would be left for En Garde.

Their T2: the Duo goes first. A is one 2-Might Poro, and you have two runes up. Playing the Rearguard first turns on the Duo's [Legion], and its +2 makes the Saboteur a 5 before it moves. Those are the bodies they meant to play this turn anyway; only the order is new, and it costs them nothing. En Garde would make the Poro a 4 against a 5: their 5 kill it, and its 4 do not kill the Saboteur. So you do not cast it. Only their unit remains, 466.5.d: "Establishing Control results in a Conquer if that player has not yet scored this Battlefield this turn."

Your T3: En Garde on the attack. The Ramhound, ready in base (315.1.b: "1. The Turn Player readies all Game Objects they control that are able to be readied."), attacks A alone. The Duo's +2 lasted only their turn, so the Saboteur is a 3 again. The Ramhound's own clause needs company and has none. En Garde makes it 2 + 1 + 1 = 4, alone at A, and their five runes were all spent on their T2, so nothing answers it. Its 4 kill the Saboteur; the Saboteur's 3 do not kill it. A is yours again. The Guardian then goes to A, which you control (355.2.a), with no showdown (190.3.a.1): A is the Ramhound's 3, now with company, and the Guardian's 4 while defending ("[Shield] (+1 :rb_might: while I'm a defender.) [Tank] (I must be assigned combat damage first.)"), 7.

Their T3: the empty battlefield. Their ready bodies are the Rearguard and the Duo, 5 against A's 7, so they take B, empty, through a non-combat showdown in which you have no rune up. The Attendant brings back the Saboteur that En Garde killed. The Hopeful costs two with [Legion], since the Attendant was played first.

Your T4 and theirs. You Hold A, 469.2: "Hold: A player maintains Control of a Battlefield they did not yet Score this turn during their Beginning Phase." The Guard and the Captain go to A, and A is 3 + 4 + 2 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 1 = 16 while defending. Their base holds the Attendant, the Hopeful and the Pouty Poro, 3 + 4 + 2 = 9, so they do not attack. They Hold B: 3 to 3.

If they attack before playing the Duo. Then the Saboteur is a 3 when it reaches A, and En Garde in the showdown makes the Poro a 4: its 4 kill the Saboteur and the Saboteur's 3 do not kill it. They score nothing and the legend does not draw; the Rearguard and the Duo go to base after: 1 to 0. On your T3 you Hold A, and the Ramhound takes B, empty: 3 to 0. The six runes put the Royal Guard and its Soldier at A (6) and the Scout at B beside the Ramhound, 3 + 1 = 4. Their 5 take B on their T3: they kill both of yours and you kill the Duo, so the Rearguard is left. The legend draws, and the Scout's [Deathknell] channels you a rune. 3 to 1 after their T3. This is the only line in the walk where the fork card moves a point.

The Hand Hammer list, same deal. On T2 the Poro takes A and the Ramhound is played to A beside it. The Hammer (E2) goes to base and is attached to the Ramhound for a recycled Calm rune; it moves to A with its carrier, 719.3: "A Top-Most Card and all cards Attached to it are at the same location." The Ramhound is 2 + 1 (the Hammer's bonus) + 1 (its own clause) + 2 (the Hammer's clause) = 6, and A is 8. Their Saboteur, even at 5 with the Duo, does not attack 8. It walks into B instead, empty, a Conquer: 1 to 1. On T3 you Hold A, and your five runes (six channelled, one recycled) put the Royal Guard and its Soldier in base, not at A, because a third body at A switches the Hammer off. That leaves one rune. On their T3 they Hold B; their Rearguard and Duo, 5, do not attack 8. 2 to 2, with one rune fewer than the control and no unit lost on either side. Equipped to the Poro alone instead, the Hammer makes it a 3, and the Saboteur with the Duo's +2 kills it and survives; the Hammer is recalled to your base (435.4.a), and the recycled rune is gone.

The control: Clockwork Keeper in the slot, same deal. On T2 the Ramhound is played to A beside the Poro, and the Clockwork Keeper (E2, its Calm Power not paid, so no draw) goes to base. A is 2 + 3 = 5. Their Saboteur at 5 against it would kill both and die, and A would be left with nobody, 466.5.b: "If there are no Units remaining here controlled by any player, the Battlefield becomes Uncontrolled." That scores nothing for them; the empty B scores one. They take B: 1 to 1. On T3 you Hold A and the Guardian goes to A, 9; the Clockwork Keeper alone could not take B from the Saboteur, 2 against 3. On their T3 they Hold B, and their 5 do not attack 9. 2 to 2.

The En Garde list that does not keep the Poro alone plays the control's T2: the Ramhound at A, 5, and En Garde in hand is +1 there, not +2. It is the control's game, with En Garde in hand instead of the Clockwork Keeper in base.

How often this happens. The draw pile is 39 cards, the 40 of Tournament Rules 402.1 less the Chosen Champion. Tournament Rules 402.1: "In a constructed event, players must register a Main Deck of exactly 40 cards (including a chosen champion), 1 Legend, 12 runes, and exactly 3 battlefields each with a unique name." Going first, you have seen 6 cards by T2 (four opening, one draw a turn from T1). With three copies, En Garde among the first 6 is 40.30%, and so is the Hand Hammer. Their Dangerous Duo among their own first 6 is 40.30%. The Duo, Cleave, Blood Rush and Gust together, twelve cards with three of each, are among their first 6 in 90.93%.

5. Breaks to

What the engine did, and the predicate. In the main line En Garde won A back on your T3 with a lone Ramhound. In the line where they attack first, it killed the Saboteur on their T2 and kept A. The Hammer made A 8 on T2, and nobody attacked it. The predicate is: played by them on their T2, before or during the attack on A, does it leave the Poro dead and a unit of theirs at A?

The scope. A Fury/Chaos deck plays only Fury, Chaos and Fury/Chaos cards (103.1.b), and its Signature cards must carry its legend's tag, 103.2.d.2: "All of the Signature cards must have the Champion tag that corresponds to the Champion Legend of the deck." As in the Guard play, that is 252 cards folded by name (not a legend, battlefield, rune or token, and not a Signature card with another champion's tag), less the five banned in constructed: 247.

The free answer: the Duo, played first. The main line. Dangerous Duo is a card they hold and a body they were going to play this turn; played after a card that turns on its [Legion], its +2 goes on the attacker before it moves. En Garde's 4 do not beat 5. No rune beyond the turn they had planned. The Poro dies, and En Garde stays in hand for your T3. The Duo is the only card in their walk hand that does it, but any pump played before the attack works the same way. A visible pair, like the Hammer's, is never answered at all: the Saboteur goes to the empty battlefield.

The one-rune answers in the showdown. If they attack first and keep their five runes up, the showdown is open to them (806.1.b). 52 of the 247 have [Action] or [Reaction] in their text (the regex \[(Action|Reaction)\], case-insensitive, on the text with reminder text left in, which also catches [Ambush] and [Quick-Draw]). Of those, thirteen cost one rune or less: one Energy, or one Power paid by recycling the same rune. Three break the line for one rune and no Power:

UNL-010 Vault Breaker (Fury, E1 + 1 Fury Power) is Blood Rush with [Ganking] and needs the Power. OGN-009 Hextech Ray (deal 3) and UNL-014 Monster Harpoon (deal 2), each E1 + 1 Fury Power, kill the Poro only if cast before En Garde, when it is a 2. After it, their damage plus the Saboteur's 3 kill the Poro, but the Poro's 4 still kill the Saboteur, and A is left with nobody (466.5.b). The other one-rune cards do not touch the line. UNL-134 Existential Dread stuns an attacking unit, and the Poro defends. VEN-015 Decree of Rage deals 4 to a Calm unit, and the Poro is Order. OGN-179 Acceptable Losses and SFD-135 Factory Recall act on gear, OGN-183 Stacked Deck draws, and the two Seals are gear they do not have on the board. SFD-136 Hard Bargain (E2) counters En Garde unless you pay two, and your T2 leaves you one; UNL-131 Abandon (E2) counters it outright. Both cost two runes.

The Hammer's own answers, which the walk never needed. OGN-179 Acceptable Losses (Chaos, E1): "Each player kills one of their gear." The Hammer is your only gear, so it dies, and its recycled rune with it. SFD-135 Factory Recall (Chaos, E1) returns it to your hand, so playing and attaching it again costs another three runes, one of them recycled. Any one-body answer to the carrier's companion switches the clause off: with the Poro dead, the Ramhound is alone at A, and the Hammer gives +1.

6. Verdict

Right about the sizes and the fork; neither card moved the score against a decent order of play. En Garde pays +2 to a unit alone (740.2.a) and the Hammer +2 to a carrier with exactly one other unit of yours at its battlefield, so no board pays both, as the entry says. Walked going first against the Draven deck, the three lists finished level. The En Garde list left its Poro alone at A on T2 to be attacked. Their Dangerous Duo, played before the attack, made the Saboteur a 5 for no rune beyond the turn they had planned, and En Garde could not beat it. En Garde then won A back on T3 with a lone Ramhound: 2 to 2 after their T3, 3 to 3 after their T4. The Hand Hammer list made A 8 on T2, and the Saboteur took the empty battlefield instead: 2 to 2, one rune recycled for good. [2026-10-24, #452: not for good. A recycled rune goes to the bottom of the Rune Deck (416.1, 416.1.b) and is channelled again when the deck reaches it (430.1). Going first, with only the Channel Phase's two a turn (315.3.b), each rune recycled is a rune short on every turn through T6, until the Rune Deck runs dry (161.2.a); a card that channels more (430.2) brings it back sooner. The walk ends after their T4, so the count stands for every turn it covers. The wording above is kept as history.] A plain two-drop in the same slot made A 5 and got the same 2 to 2. En Garde moves a point only when they attack before pumping: 3 to 1 after their T3. Its cheapest answers are that Duo, played first, for nothing; then Cleave, Blood Rush or Gust for one rune. The Hammer's is to go where it is not.

7. Not verified

I did not deal the channel order. The walk assumes six Calm and six Order runes for you, Radiant Dawn's two domains, in the twelve of Tournament Rules 402.1. En Garde, the Clockwork Keeper with its cost unpaid, and every body before T4 need no Power. The Vanguard Captain on T4 needs an Order among the eight channelled: with six Calm it cannot fail, 0 of 495. The Hand Hammer list attaches the Hammer on T2 for a Calm Power, which needs a Calm among your first four runes: it fails in 15 of 495, 3.03%, the deals with four Order first. Its Captain on T4 then needs an Order among the seven left of eight, since the recycled Calm goes to the bottom of the rune deck: 0 of 495.

Their walk assumes six Fury and six Chaos. The Cemetery Attendant on their T3 needs a Chaos among their first seven: with six Fury it cannot fail, 0 of 792. Cleave, Blood Rush, Gust and the Duo take any rune. Vault Breaker, Hextech Ray and Monster Harpoon on their T2 need a Fury among five: each fails in 6 of 792, 0.76%, the deals with five Chaos first.

How likely an answer is. The free answer needs the Duo among their first 6 cards and a card to play before it, which this deck always has on T2: 40.30% with three Duos. Any of the Duo, Cleave, Blood Rush and Gust, three copies each: 90.93%. These count only the cards named, not how many of them a deck runs; any pump played before the attack does the Duo's job.

Their hand holding no showdown card is the walk's assumption; §5 prices it. Not walked: going second, the mulligan, 2v2, Leona, the Hammer list and the control past their T3, their T2 taking B against the lone Poro (A stays yours, 1 to 1, and En Garde is still in hand for your T3), the Hammer killed by Acceptable Losses, and the turns after their T4.

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