Tactician

A commander: stockpile Tactical Advantage and buy exactly the answer you need.

• Tactical Advantage is universal currency: CP, rerolls, cards, targeted, protect
• Profiteer grants an ENTIRE second attack phase
• Higher Ground!: 12 damage + targeted + constrict + a full TA stock

• Saber Strike is the weakest core attack of the season (4–6)
• Needs 2–3 turns of economy before the toolbox carries

• Saber Strike

  Standard route

  Reliable damage route for turns without special setup.

  Take it as soon as 3× ⚔ Saber is mostly on the table after roll 1 (98% across all three rolls): safe damage beats rerolling working dice for a harder route.

  3× ⚔ Saber · 4 damage

• Carpet Bomb

  Control

  Control route: damage plus an effect against the opponent's next turn.

  Worth it when the opponent is hunting their strong route next turn (49% across all three rolls): the effect beats a few extra damage points there.

  2× ⚔ Saber + 2× ★ Medal · 2 damage · All opponents

• Profiteer

  Standard route

  Reliable damage route for turns without special setup.

  Take it as soon as 1× ⚔ Saber + 3× 🚩 Flag is mostly on the table after roll 1 (72% across all three rolls): safe damage beats rerolling working dice for a harder route.

  1× ⚔ Saber + 3× 🚩 Flag · about 5 damage

• Strategic Approach

  Control

  Control route: damage plus an effect against the opponent's next turn.

  Worth it when the opponent is hunting their strong route next turn (32% across all three rolls): the effect beats a few extra damage points there.

  3× ⚔ Saber + 2× ★ Medal · 7 damage · constrict

• Flank

  Burst

  High single-turn damage that locks several dice.

  Only go for it when at most one symbol of Small straight (4 in a row) is missing after roll 1 (59% across all three rolls); otherwise you give up an already safe route.

  Small straight (4 in a row) · 6 damage

• Maneuver

  Burst

  High single-turn damage that locks several dice.

  Only go for it when at most one symbol of 4× ★ Medal is missing after roll 1 (10% across all three rolls); otherwise you give up an already safe route.

  4× ★ Medal · 5 damage

• Exploit

  Control

  Control route: damage plus an effect against the opponent's next turn.

  Worth it when the opponent is hunting their strong route next turn (25% across all three rolls): the effect beats a few extra damage points there.

  Large straight (5 in a row) · 9 damage · constrict

• Higher Ground!

  Finisher

  Ultimate: the board's highest damage value with the hardest requirement.

  Do not force 5× ★ Medal (1% across all three rolls): only when the requirement is reachable after roll 1 is giving up the safe route worth it.

  5× ★ Medal · 12 damage · targeted, constrict

• Tactical Advantage: Start 2, max 5 (ultimate: 6). Exchange rate: 1 = 1 CP or 1 reroll, 3 = 1 card or targeted on a foe, 4 = protect or a status transfer. Maneuver +5, the Profiteer flag +4, Flank +1, Exploit +2, Countermeasures per medal. Rerolls towards straights/4× targets first; targeted (3 TA) once the focus target is set; protect (4 TA) before enemy burst turns.
• Tactical Advantage: positive; start 2, cap 5 (6 right after the ultimate); tokens do not expire and are only consumed when redeeming the thresholds 1, 3 or 4.
• Constrict: negative, single stack, triggered by Strategic Approach, Exploit and Higher Ground!; it applies in the next enemy roll phase (every roll beyond the first costs 1 CP) and is discarded afterwards.
• Tactical Advantage starts at 2 and stocks up to 5 (6 right after Higher Ground!). Thresholds: 1 = 1 CP or 1 reroll, 3 = 1 card or Targeted, 4 = protect or a status transfer. From 4 tokens it pays to keep the reserve for protect; exploit Targeted immediately after the ultimate for the +2 bonus.
• Tactical Advantage: Maneuver +5, the Profiteer flag +4, Flank +1, Exploit +2, Countermeasures per medal.
• Tactical Advantage: Rerolls towards straights/4× targets first; targeted (3 TA) once the focus target is set; protect (4 TA) before enemy burst turns.

• Barbarian

  Barbarian adds the healing that Tactician lacks.

• Cursed Pirate

  Cursed Pirate adds the attack denial that Tactician lacks.

• Monk

  Monk takes over damage and fills the open team role.

• Headless Horseman

  Headless Horseman lands spikes up to 14 damage off Dreadful without a long ramp – and Tactician has little to absorb it.

• Black Panther

  Tactician keeps Black Panther tied up with Constrict and Targeted, and Black Panther already needs tight rolls.

• Captain Marvel

  Captain Marvel lands ~6 damage per turn off Cosmic Ray without a long ramp – and Tactician has little to absorb it.

• Wolverine

  Wolverine keeps Tactician tied up with Alpha, many of Tactician's effects get cancelled that way.

• Barbarian

  Barbarian keeps Tactician tied up with Concussion and Stun, many of Tactician's effects get cancelled that way.

• Necromancer

  Necromancer keeps Tactician tied up with Decrep Ify, many of Tactician's effects get cancelled that way.