Minor(s): Babe the Blue Ox

Included are 5 tree/wood tokens.

Paul Bunyan
16 HP
Melee

Babe the Blue Ox
8 HP
Melee

Movement: 3

Special Ability:  Paul starts the game with 5 tree tokens. At the start of his turn, Paul may plant a tree on his space, as long as there is no tree on it or any space adjacent to it. A tree may be felled by using cards, and Paul collects the wood token (reverse side). Trees otherwise have no effect.

Paul – 12 cards

4x DOUBLE BITTED AXE
A2.
IMMEDIATELY: Add 1 to the attack value for each wood collected.
BOOST: 3

3x INTO THE WILDERNESS
A4. After attacking, move Paul up to 1 space for each tree planted.
BOOST: 2

3x TIMBER!
A3D3.
IMMEDIATELY: If Paul or the opposing fighter is on a space with a tree, add 2 to the attack value.
AFTER COMBAT: Paul fells a tree on his or the other fighter’s space.
BOOST: 1

2x REPLENISH FOREST
Scheme
Paul fells a tree on his space and collects the wood.  Then, Paul may plant a tree on this space.
Draw 2 cards.
BOOST: 1

1x LEGENDARY WOODSMAN
Scheme
Paul may fell a tree on his space and collect wood. Then Paul may move up to 3 spaces, fell a tree on that space, and collect wood.
BOOST: 3

Babe – 4 cards

2x MIGHTY SWING
A4.
IMMEDIATELY: If Babe did not move on this turn, the attack value is 6.
BOOST: 2

2x BULL HEADED
D4.
Babe may not be moved by any player until the start of Paul’s next turn.
BOOST: 1

Any – 1 card

1x FLAPJACKS
Scheme
Paul or Babe recovers 1 damage for each tree planted and wood collected. If Paul and Babe are adjacent to each other, then they may recover that much combined damage between them.
BOOST: 2

Any – 12 cards

3x A TREE FALLS IN THE FOREST
A/A 3.
AFTER COMBAT: Your fighter fells a tree in his or his opponent’s space and Paul collects the wood, this effect may not be canceled.
BOOST: 2

3x FEARSOME
A/A 4.
AFTER COMBAT: If you won the combat, choose one of the fighters in the combat and move them up to 3 spaces.
BOOST: 1

3x REGROUP
A/A 1.
AFTER COMBAT: Draw a card. If you won the combat draw 2 cards instead.
BOOST: 1

3x FEINT
A/A 2.
IMMEDIATELY: Cancel all effects on your opponent’s card.
BOOST: 2

Comments:

• The idea is that Paul spends the early part of the game planting trees and avoiding combat while Babe bothers their enemies.
• Babe is supposed to be able to “seal off” an entrance so Paul can plant trees down that trail.
• Paul’s game really revolves around getting some A TREE FALLS IN THE FOREST, LEGENDARY WOODSMAN and REPLENISH FOREST cards early so he can fell 2-3 trees before he has to engage his enemies.
• Hopefully, the 4th and especially 5th trees will be hard to plant and fell but once that 5th one falls, watch out for Paul!
• FEARSOME is a really good card.
• I’ve tested this out and refined it over time.  It’s a deck with a learning curve.  Paul has to get into enemy territory and plant trees, then he has to hang around there to chop them.  In the meantime, he can take a lot of damage and he might really struggle in 2v2.  But, I’ve seen him get to A7s fairly early in the game, and with tree-chopping cards to spare.  He won that game against Medusa, and he also went first or he probably would have lost.  It came down to the wire and that’s a good sign.