Master of Trading Star Card Game

In the second air battle, the ruling changed from a quick battle at the beginning to a siege tactic from the outside to the inside in the later stage, and won by flexible animal card consumption. This is also one of the most classic air battles this season.Of course, Nirvana's performance in the second round was also remarkable. The final card difference was only three cards, and the outcome was only a matter of one thought.

In the case of a tie in the first two rounds, the third round will be particularly important. Whoever wins first will get the match point.

The third game was Nirvana's home court, and the audience were guessing which map they might choose. Would they choose another club's map to surprise the ruling?

But it turns out that Nirvana will not play the same routine a second time.

The home map for the third round was the one that was rarely used this season—the Battle of Chibi!

Su Yang joked: "The first round was ice and snow, and the whole map was covered with goose feathers and heavy snow; the third round was burning Chibi, and there were raging fires everywhere. Nirvana's selection of the two rounds today is simply a world of ice and fire!"

One game of ice, one game of fire, obviously, Nirvana has sufficient tactical preparations before the game, and its tactical thinking when it comes to refereeing is varied.This map of Ice and Snow is the whole map slowing down, slow-paced consumption flow.In the map of Battle of Chibi, because of the burning fire, all cards will continue to lose blood, and the rhythm will naturally be accelerated.

In addition, all the ships in the Battle of Chibi are chained, and the fire will start from the first ship and spread backwards, and the position of the cards will become extremely frequent. It is almost impossible to avoid the fire. In the end, the whole scene will be ignited by fire, like purgatory on earth.

In the viewing area in the background, Pei Jingshan stroked his chin and said, "Using the fire element map to play the fire element card of the judgment, is this the idea of ​​fighting poison with fire?"

Tang Muzhou nodded and said, "This round of Nirvana should be very violent."

Judgment is the most violent team in the league. At the critical match point, Nirvana decided to use violence to control violence and make a quick decision.

It can be seen from the announced deck that Nirvana brought a lot of long-range output cards and multi-displacement output cards in this round. The ghost cards such as Gongsun Jiuniang and Nie Xiaoqian appeared again-Nirvana sent a violent lineup with three output and one support.

Qin Xuan brought healing cards to ensure the viability of the team.

And Xie Mingzhe brought Zhou Yu and Lu Xun in this game, just to maximize the fire.

The fire of the Battle of Chibi, coupled with the chain fires of Zhou Yu and Lu Xun, can definitely turn the ruling animal cards into barbecues.

Seeing this set of decks, the audience in the live broadcast room started joking one after another: "Fire map plus fire cards, I feel very hot before the game starts." "Roast rabbit meat, roast tiger meat, roast lion meat , Delicious Judgment Barbecue, ten crystal coins for sale!" "What should I do if Nirvana's character card is ignited? After the human meat buns, is there another round of roasting human flesh?" "It's so abnormal!"

No matter how much you complain, it will be summed up in the end: so perverted.

It is estimated that Xie Mingzhe's image of the big devil in the hearts of netizens cannot be washed away.

In fact, Nirvana’s choice of this map also has certain risks. The judgment of the fire battle map is equivalent to being tough, but Xie Mingzhe feels that this approach is not without chance of success. The key lies in the terrain of the Battle of Chibi.

When designing the map, he almost restored the scene of the Battle of Chibi.

Countless ships on the river are connected by iron cables. The distance between ships is extremely short, and cards can be moved between ships through iron cables.Once the fire is ignited during the game, the fire will spread extremely fast with the help of Dongfeng, and the cards will be inevitable.

The layout of all the ships looks like a "diamond" when viewed from a high altitude. The front ship is the vanguard, the middle is the army led by Cao Cao, and the rear is the supply ship.

Except for Shan Lan's birds that move extremely fast and can dive to fight at high altitudes, 80% of the other land animals are melee cards.

Melee cards, which means that they want to attack Nirvana cards, must rush to the middle ship in the diamond-shaped area as soon as possible.

There is a big ship here, which is enough to hold nearly 40 cards at the same time. Xie Mingzhe designed it as a decisive battle location. When most of the animal cards for the judgment come to the ship, Nirvana can launch a wave of group attacks and set the opponents on fire. burn.

There is nothing wrong with this strategy, but Nie Yuandao is not stupid, it is impossible for all the animals to gather on a boat and be burned alive by you.

As soon as the game started, Judgment launched a large-scale guerrilla tactics!

On the big ship in the middle of the diamond-shaped area, the number of cards left by the ruling does not exceed 10, and other cards are waiting around for opportunities, especially Li Jiu’s small animals, which are very flexible when jumping, and the rabbit even made it for himself. Three nests, can teleport back and forth between the three ships.

But since Nirvana dared to use this map, it meant that they were fully prepared.Your rabbit can teleport, and Xiao Ke's Nie Xiaoqian, Liancheng and other ghost cards are not attractive, and their multi-stage displacement ability is also very strong.

Since the second round was finally lost to the newcomer Li Jiu's little animal, in the third round, Xie Mingzhe asked Xiao Ke to pay special attention to this Li Jiu, and Nie Xiaoqian stared at the little white rabbit to fight. Wherever the rabbit ran, she ran!Gongsun Jiuniang kept an eye on the little Teddy, and set off the will-o'-the-wisp when the little Teddy rushed to bite!

Chen Xiao’s long-range plant card is specially used to deal with Shanlan’s bird card, pulling all the birds in the air to the boat to fight, so that they can’t escape the fate of being burned; Xie Mingzhe fights against Nie Yuandao’s beast card, and Qin Xuan is in charge of team healing and release .

The four of them work together to keep an eye on the key cards on the opposite side. Even if the ruling wants to play guerrilla, Nirvana can also play guerrilla.

Xiao Ke's ghost card is very strong in guerrilla warfare, Chen Xiao's plant card has a long attack range, and Xie Mingzhe's fire card is not only Zhou Yu and Lu Xun's large-scale group attack, but also a very flexible harvesting card - Miss Sun Shangxiang!

Sun Shangxiang must be released after the endgame, so his teammates must play the groundwork in the early stage.

Soon, the whole scene was ignited by raging fire, and the cards in the whole scene were losing a lot of blood every second, and the pressure of treatment was increasing!The healing cards of both sides had to quickly hand over the group healing big move to replenish blood for teammates.However, the cooling time of group healing ults usually takes a long time. After a few ults are used up, the cards will continue to lose blood due to the burning scene.

At 7 minutes into the game, the blood volume of the cards in the whole scene was below 50%.

Ruling didn't want to procrastinate, and started to attack violently, quickly killing Nirvana's long-range output cards.

At this time, Zhou Yu, Huang Gai, and Lu Xun appeared on the stage at the same time——Huang Gai blew himself up to fully attack Zhou Yu, and Zhou Yu chained all the melee beast cards of Nie God with a chain of iron chains, followed closely——burning Chibi, burning the company !

The Beast Card, which had already been burned to half blood, was almost instantly crippled.

Shan Lan knew that Sun Shangxiang must be released on the opposite side of the endgame, so he quickly summoned the white peacock, and the whole group was invincible to defend!

But Xie Mingzhe was not in a hurry. He guessed that the opponent would be on guard against Sun Shangxiang, so he deliberately waited for a few seconds until the white peacock's buff to avoid damage to the whole regiment ended before summoning Sun Shangxiang. At the same time, Qin Xuan summoned Big Joe and Little Joe sisters——

Long river chant!Xiao Qiao played the music, and the targets within the range were silent!

Healing was not allowed in the silent state. Sun Shangxiang decisively drew the longbow within 3 seconds when the opponent was unable to heal, and the sharp rocket accurately shot at the remaining blood cards on the big ship.

Immediately afterwards, Qin Xuan released Da Qiao——

As soon as Sun Shangxiang appeared on the stage, she was really taken care of by the ruling. Countless cards quickly surrounded her. Da Qiao immediately used her skills to hide and forcibly took back Sun Shangxiang. The crippled Sun Shangxiang disappeared from the field and returned to Xie Mingzhe's hands.

Su Yang praised: "Beautiful! Qin Xuan and Ah Zhe's cooperation is very coherent. Qin Xuan let Xiao Qiao silence the opponent, Sun Shangxiang came out to harvest a wave of firepower to attract the opponent, and then Da Qiao took her back directly to prevent her from being raped by the opponent. Kill—this series of operations, in just 3 seconds, the sequence of skills is perfect!"

If Qin Xuan's Da Qiao skill was a few tenths of a second earlier, it would cause Sun Shangxiang to be retracted halfway through his archery. If it was a few tenths of a second later, the crispy Sun Shangxiang might be instantly killed when his protection skills were heavily cooled.

In 3 seconds, Sun Shangxiang came out, took 4 cards from the opponent in a row, and then left the field to save his life-the speed of this skill connection, the tacit understanding between the two is simply amazing!

The audience didn't see what they did at all. They saw that the eldest lady came out, and the eldest lady disappeared again. The four beast cards awarded by the ruling fell under her rocket.

Wu Yue said with emotion: "This should be an intermittent harvesting game? Protect Sun Shangxiang for a wave, let Sun Shangxiang leave the field, and then play another wave after the skill cools down, and the card gap will continue to widen."

Liu Chen said: "Sun Shangxiang's card is actually not meant to be cleared in one wave. She can play poorly. She can make money by collecting more than 3 cards at once! If she is allowed to come out twice, the ruling will collapse! "

Xie Mingzhe designed Sun Shangxiang at the beginning to let her endgame trigger continuous shooting.

In the 1v1 heads-up, Sun Shangxiang can harvest and clear the field.However, in a large-scale team match with a large number of cards, it is impossible for the opponent to stand with a dozen cards in a row and let you shoot to death. The position of the residual blood cards is relatively scattered, and Sun Shangxiang's continuous shooting skill may not be triggered.

As long as her arrows can't kill the target, the burst mechanism will be interrupted.

That's why Xie Mingzhe chose the "Battle of the Red Cliff" map.

First, the raging fire of the Battle of Chibi will exhaust the healing cards of both sides in the later stage, and it will be difficult to recover the blood volume, and the remaining blood cards will become more and more. It is impossible to disperse completely like the "grand prairie" terrain. As long as the cards are on the ship, Sun Shangxiang's attack distance is guaranteed. If you master the direction of the arrow, shoot the ship with the most cards to harvest.

As long as Sun Shangxiang collects more than 3 cards at a time after he enters the field, he will be able to establish an advantage.

After all, the team competition is not Sun Shangxiang's single core. Besides her, Xiao Ke's Nie Xiaoqian, Gongsun Jiuniang, Chen Ge's blood-sucking attack cards Canna and Mei Gongzi, and the single-player-to-group attack card Black Mage, also have explosive output!

After Sun Shangxiang left the field, Nirvana still has a strong output ability.

It can be said that Sun Shangxiang played this game as a "tactical maneuver card", which was used to instantly widen the gap between cards, and when he came out to close a wave at a critical moment, he could expand his own advantage.

After Sun Shangxiang exited the court, the ruling launched a wave of counterattacks to recover the card difference.

But as the fire burned more and more, Sun Shangxiang appeared again in the end game, announcing the victory of Nirvana in this game!

Shan Lan was very helpless, and Nirvana adopted the "intermittent harvest" tactic in this round.

In fact, it is more difficult to fight than a wave of bursts, and it is also more clever.

A wave of flow is like throwing out all the guessing coins. If you guess right, you win, but there is also a risk of guessing wrong.

And the method of "intermittent harvesting" is like dividing the guessing coins into several batches and casting them out separately. Even if the first batch is wrong and loses, there will always be a second batch and a third batch. , the tactics will be more stable.

Sun Shangxiang's card is the most correct way to use it in the team competition.

Xie Mingzhe is able to develop multiple uses of a card. Obviously, he has studied his own cards thoroughly. Sun Shangxiang has more than three cards in seconds every time she plays. Qin Xuan and Xie Mingzhe should have practiced many times in private , perfect skill connection, orderly intermittent harvesting, and Nirvana's fast-paced play of "controlling violence with violence" in the fire map made the audience excited to see it!

Although Nirvana's style of painting has always been cheap and his tactics are rather annoying, but this round can be summed up in one word - handsome!

Fighting head-on, shooting rockets in succession, simply and neatly!

Xie Mingzhe grasped the timing of Sun Shangxiang's appearance extremely delicately.

Moreover, after Da Qiao reclaimed Sun Shangxiang, Sun Shangxiang would not be targeted by the opponent at all. How terrible is the harvest card of Guiyin?It has been thoroughly verified in this round.

——Sun Shangxiang played for the first time and widened the gap.

——When she reappears, it will be the end of the opponent.

In the third game, Nirvana wins!

The perfect cooperation between Xie Mingzhe and Qin Xuan made the fans extremely excited, and Nirvana took the lead to grab the match point!

【Chapter 383, The stalemate score】

In the fourth game, the home court was decided.

Since Nirvana took the lead to grab the match point, if Nirvana wins this game, today's game will be ended 3:1. If the score is recovered by the ruling, the two sides will enter the deciding game.

Su Yang said with a smile: "Although the fans of Nirvana may be angry when they say this, I still hope that Lao Nie can win this round. I want to see the endless mode of the final round."

Nirvana fans: "..."

Actually, we also want to see endless mode.

If Nirvana ends the game 3:1, everyone will naturally be very happy.In the case of ending the game, no one wants to procrastinate. If you procrastinate to the endless mode, you may be overturned by the ruling, and the loss outweighs the gain.The fans are very conflicted. They want to watch the endless mode, but they are afraid that Nirvana will lose in the endless mode. Everyone still hopes to win the fourth game directly, so as to avoid long nights and dreams.

Xie Mingzhe thought the same way, it would be best if he could win the fourth game.

But the fourth round was the home court for the decision. He didn't know if Lao Nie would have another air battle lore map.

It turns out that the same routine ruling will not be used twice.

In the fourth round, the map submitted by the ruling was called "Grand Prairie", and the designer Nie Yuandao, the name of the map fits the man's crisp and neat style of painting very much. Nie Yuandao doesn't like fancy names like "Dream Bubble".

This map is the map with the widest field of vision in the entire league. There is a vast prairie without any obstacles, and the background of snow mountains in the distance. The blue sky, white clouds, grasslands, and snow mountains make people feel relaxed and happy.

The scene effect of the prairie is very simple - the movement speed of cards in the whole scene is increased by 500%, and the attack speed is increased by 100%.

The attack speed increase of most buff cards is 50%, and a direct increase of 100% is equivalent to instantly filling up the attack speed; and the five-fold movement speed is also the highest movement speed stipulated by the alliance, which is the movement speed of the Shanlan bird card, 500 % movement speed bonus, which means that all cards will experience the feeling of "flying".

Five times the speed, it is like opening the highway in the whole scene, regardless of beasts, plants, ghost cards, human beings, on this scene map, you can speed up at full speed!

Pei Jingshan, who was watching the game in the background, couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Is this the oldest map in the league? I remember it appeared in the first season, and it still won't be outdated until now—it's a very simple map, and it's also very classic."

Tang Muzhou said: "The movement speed bonus is useless for Shan Lan's bird card. His bird itself has a 500% movement speed. In order to take care of Xiao Lan, Lao Nie doesn't usually use this map. I didn't expect to choose it today."

The sum of the scene gain effect and the card gain effect cannot exceed the specified value.For example, your card's movement speed itself is 500%, and the scene bonus is 500%. It is impossible to stack it to become 1000%. The value is 100% double bonus, if it exceeds it, it will be out of balance.

This map has no obvious effect on the addition of Shanlan's bird card, but Nie Yuandao's beast card loves the grassland the most - lions, tigers, wolves, galloping on the grassland without hindrance, and the speed and power of attacking Will make the opponent fearful!

With the emergence of all kinds of new maps, in the league gallery, the ancient maps of the prairie are almost frozen. Unexpectedly, in today's game, Nie Yuandao would actually show the map of the first season. This is obviously a retro style of play .

After Xie Mingzhe saw the map, he guessed the strategy of the ruling.

At this time, he has two choices. The first one is to continue to use violence to control violence, fight for speed and output with Judgment, and make a quick victory; Chance.

Xie Mingzhe thought for a moment and decided to choose the second strategy.

——Who can fight against Lao Nie's beasts on the map of the prairie?It's like hitting a stone with an egg!

Nirvana can only be kept.

Therefore, in the fourth round, Nirvana brought out more than twelve auxiliary cards in the deck. Not only did Qin Xuan bring four healing cards and one resurrection card, but Xiao Ke also brought Wei Zheng and Du Liniang's healing system. King Guang counterattacked, and King Chujiang attacked coldly.Chen Xiao and Xie Mingzhe each brought a taunt card, and the remaining output cards were 8 cards, all of which were explosive single attack cards.

Xie Mingzhe's thinking is very clear, use a lot of healing cards to save his life, output cards to kill solo, and slowly build up the card difference.

Lao Nie's beast cards are all basic attack cards, with strong continuous output ability, but some of Shanlan's birds, Shao Dongyang's herd of beasts, and Li Jiu's small animals also rely on skills for food. Skills always cool down. The output ability cannot be so violent all the time.

After resisting two waves of attacks, try to counterattack while holding their skill CDs, and use 8 explosive single-attack cards to forcefully kill Lao Nie's beasts.

The strategy of "defend first and then attack" is also a common way of thinking in ruling.

But in actual operation, Xie Mingzhe discovered that the verdict on the prairie map is really terrible——

Lions and cheetahs with a five-fold increase in movement speed are as fast as lightning, and they rush to the Nirvana card in an instant!

The ferocious claw attack of the lion will cause additional damage when the number of consecutive strikes reaches a multiple of five; the bite attack of the cheetah will cause a tearing effect after stacking five layers to make the target continue to bleed; the white wolf has the highest critical strike, and the attack speed will be increased The damage done afterward was simply astounding.

Shao Dongyang's herd of antelopes, deer, and wild horses caused large-scale group attack damage.Li Jiu's small animals jumped around after gaining a bonus in movement speed, extremely flexible.Shanlan's Birds assisted in the air, specially picked Nirvana's remaining blood cards, and swooped down to hit critical strikes——

On the grassland, a large number of animals are running.

In the sky, birds of prey such as falcons and golden eagles hovered intently.

And Nirvana's cards are the most delicious prey in the eyes of animals.

Xie Mingzhe wanted to defend, but the attack power of the beasts that could gain attack speed bonuses was too strong. Qin Xuan's healing gradually became difficult, and the defense line was also torn open by the beasts. With the death of the first healing card, it was like a "domino" The "domino effect" was triggered, and one auxiliary card after another fell down.

Although Nirvana recovered some gaps with a wave of counterattacks with single attack cards, there was still a gap of 4 cards in the end.

The decision was made quickly and the game ended in 8 minutes.

Su Yang sighed, "I thought I was watching the animal world."

Wu Yue couldn't laugh or cry and said: "Old Nie's fierce beast, the power on the prairie map is really the same as before!"

Ten years ago, Nie Yuandao's battle of fame in the first season was to use ferocious beasts to kill wood, water, gold and earth decks in a row on the prairie map, and won the individual championship. His style of play has attracted countless fans, and his fire-type deck has since gained a stable position in the league.

After many years, the old player's demeanor is still the same as before.

Xie Mingzhe also admired it very much in his heart. It was really difficult for God Nie to fight a fierce attack on a map without obstacles.

Grabbing the match point, but not ending the game, will affect the morale of the team.But it doesn't matter, Nirvana is also very strong in the endless mode, Xie Mingzhe is full of confidence in the next decisive game.

The beast's attack just now was too terrifying, Xiao Ke was a little dazed, the effect of the holographic world was too realistic, he was chased all the way by the accelerated lion, and if he was replaced by someone who was not strong enough psychologically, he probably peed his pants.

Xie Mingzhe was also frightened. He took a deep breath to adjust his emotions, and said with a smile: "Everyone, don't panic. It's not like we haven't played endless mode before. Pay attention to the instructions later, and just don't make mistakes in the deck."

In the commentary room, Su Yang said with a smile: "Playing five rounds seems to be Nirvana's routine operation. Endless mode, rich animal decks and fierce battles between Nirvana people, ghosts, plants, and immortals, let us wait and see!"

Although the animal card group is only a major category in the star card world, the richness of the card pool ranks first in the entire league.Beasts, birds, small animals... A large number of animals in the natural world have been endowed with special skills by Judgment. The card pool of Judgment is deeper than Nirvana. After ten years of accumulation, the number of cards in Judgment has already exceeded 200 cards. close.

Before the decisive game, both sides called a timeout at the same time, and the rest time was extended to 10 minutes. Chen Qianlin also stepped onto the big stage to encourage the four players.He said calmly: "The attack cards in the judgment card pool account for more than three-quarters. Their style of playing endless mode will still be based on fast attack. Everyone follows the previous tactical arrangement, defending against two waves and fighting one wave. Minimize the number of card deaths. As long as we defend a few waves and fight back, we can build an advantage in the number of cards."

In the endless mode, it is not who fights harder, but who dies less.

It's scary to attack ferociously, but if you can't defend well and the number of cards killed by your side exceeds that of the opponent, you will lose.

Nie Yuandao has always adhered to the "offense is the best defense", and the style of the ruling is also the same. They rarely use taunting cards and healing cards to delay time in a war of attrition. Violent fast breaks are the characteristics of this team.

The defense is tight, and the number of cards you may die in battle will be very small, but the number of opponent cards you can kill is also very limited.

The attack is fierce, and the number of cards killed may be many, but the number of cards you can kill will also be many.

How to find a balance between these is the most difficult thing.

This is like the relationship between "spear" and "shield". Whether the sharp spear pierces the shield or the tough shield blocks the spear's attack depends on the player's on-the-spot response.This is the most stressful thing about endless mode. You can't predict which deck your opponent will summon in the next round. Maybe there was a gap of 4-5 cards before, and as a result, you lost a wave of team battles and were overtaken in an instant.

Until the end, no one can determine the outcome of the game.

After a 10-minute break, the game officially begins.

The three maps randomly selected by the deciding game system are the "Undead Town" from the ghost prison, the "Spider Cave" from the Dark Night Capital, and the "Ocean Pavilion" from the Frost City.

Nie Yuandao gave priority to disabling the "Ocean Pavilion". What annoyed him most was the slowdown of the whole map.

The next choice naturally fell into Xie Mingzhe's hands.

The Spider Cave is a map made by Pei Jingshan. The scene effect is very complicated. As the game progresses, different types of spiders will continue to appear from the depths of the cave. Different spiders will carry different negative effects. Fear of the scene, the poisonous spider is the poisoning of the whole scene, and the flower spider is the illusion of the whole scene...

Pei Jingshan loves this map for 10 minutes, but Xie Mingzhe doesn't like it at all.

In the endless mode, there are a lot of cards, and you have to pay attention to the opponent's cards and the number of deaths. The commander is already too busy, and coupled with the constant interference of spiders, it will definitely mess up later.

Therefore, Xie Mingzhe banned the spider cave without hesitation, leaving behind the final decisive map - the town of the undead.

The effect of the undead town is relatively simple. The setting background is that due to an accident in the originally lively and peaceful town, all the residents in the town died and became undead.The undead float around the town, and will apply the "curse of the undead" buff to the cards that enter the town.Curse effect: Cards in the whole scene reduce their defense power by 1% and attack power by 1% every second—that is to say, after the card is summoned for 100 seconds, it is a waste card with no attack or defense.

The scene effect cannot be removed. No matter how strong the card is, if it is affected by the scene curse, the attack and defense will inevitably drop to 100 after 0 seconds.

Since a batch of cards will be discarded every 100 seconds, this map will consume more cards than ordinary maps, and it is also very suitable for playing endless mode. Obviously, Ghost Prison made this map this season, it is It is considered for the endless mode of the playoffs.

It's a pity that Ghost Prison lost to Fenghua yesterday and couldn't use this map. It's also a coincidence that the map they designed appeared in the decisive game of Judgment vs. Nirvana.

Old Zheng smiled and said: "This is a map purely for card pooling and reaction speed. A batch of cards will be discarded in 100 seconds. How to arrange troops is very particular. The rhythm of the game must be grasped. If you use too many powerful cards at the beginning Cards may be overturned by the opponent in the later stage."

No matter how powerful the cards are, they can't avoid the curse of the scene. Therefore, when arranging the deck, the commander needs to comprehensively consider the output and defense rhythm within 10 minutes. It is not possible to put all the main cards in the early stage.

Looking at the map he designed, Gui Sirui felt very cordial, touched his chin and said, "Who is Master more optimistic about?"

Zheng Feng said: "I am optimistic about the ruling. Nie Lan has rich experience in the master-apprentice competition, and his ability to adapt to changes should be stronger than Xie Mingzhe."

In fact, when this map came out, most pro players were more optimistic about the verdict.

After all, the setting of discarding a batch of cards in 100 seconds requires players to replenish/replace the lineup frequently. Although the map effect is simple, there are too many things to consider. Counterattacked by the opponent.

Adapt to circumstances—this is the real theme of Undead Town.