Hermitcraft TCG: Cub vs. Evil X

Today we are playing TCG but not against a person! Today we face Evil Xisuma, designed and created by @xisumavoid as a boss battle to test the toughest amongst the TCG faithful. Can we prevail against Evil X and his sinsister ways?
Main channel: @cubfan

[@miguelangelsb_]

This map is gonna be crazy for download at the end of the season, so many things to see and do.

[@ernestkhalimov748]

I play on mobile, I can never seem to get the world on PE

[@Harry-cr2dg]

So true man

[@Julian21008]

​​@@ernestkhalimov748 I once managed to download it on mobile, but it took some time to be able to get it. It will show up in the servers tab so you will have to share the world with other players

[@TheMayhemerGiant]

​@@ernestkhalimov748you can join their online servers which they make available when the world download is available

[@grondhero]

*X:* Would you like to know the story of how I it[Evil X boss fight] came to me? *Cub:* Yeah. *X:* __ *Me:* 🤔Seems legit.

[@CRBenham20]

evil x should get an armor attachment after each death. take him out once, he gets an iron armor for life 2, take him out a second time, he gets a diamond armor for the final life. it would really help the difficulty scale up the deeper into the match you get.

[@Scorpionczech69]

Thats a good idea! 😊❤

[@Vynjira-chan]

I was thinking just giving him another life, but that's good. Since he does not get to equip things, I think giving him equips.. Armor/Thorns etc.. would be really good.

[@orionlaos]

That would be perfect 20 armor at 2 life, 30 or 40 armor at 1 life It would even be attached at the slot right side of the evil x card

[@Aeclever]

We need a Pharoh vs Evil X match, that would look quite intresting

[@orzelgryf]

I think the good adjustment for Evil X would be disabling blaze for one turn after he rolled it. Because this string of blazes was very fortunate for Cub

[@miguelangelsb_]

Maybe X could consider, instead of a button, to use a lever to change from one player to the opponent, like in chess, so the player always changes in the same place, easier to remember.

[@eclogues_]

Not sure if this complexity needs to be introduced when the current system works just like a regular game.

[@decomposedcorpse5186]

@@eclogues_ The problem is that normally it's two people playing, so they just have to click their own button. There's only a single player here, so you could forget to change your opponents turns. If you watched Beef's match then you'd see he constantly forgot to switch from Evil X's turn. (also, it's really not complex, in fact, it'd be less complex)

[@summonlessermaker]

You're automatically taking double damage instead of rolling for it. Hope that helps This boss battle is freaking cool ...oh you figured it out 👍

[@sordidknifeparty]

Tell X that he can make evil X automatically switch the turn light over to the players side without clearing the current move from the board and the players button pass the light back to evil X and simultaneously clear X's previous move- that way the player doesn't have to remember to switch the turn back and still has all the time to view X's move and update the board

[@kirby3219]

I'm surprised that both Cub and Xisuma didn't realize that, when Iskall was in play on cub's side, both attacks from Evil X were FLIP A COIN, IF TAILS, DOUBLE THE DAMAGE. Cub just took the double damage twice for no reason, and X didn't catch that.

[@timperman9883]

Evil X really needs armor. Maybe every 3 turns he equip an Iron Armor

[@mozartdminor]

Well, the most common roll on line two should be healing 100HP which should be helping to prop him up. It just didn't roll into it very often this game :/

[@grondhero]

Or just starts out with armor.

[@WilliamComartin]

oh man, I was hoping to see The Pharaoh vs Evil X

[@nasiskahn]

That would be a match!!! Just for fun!

[@JamesOfEarth]

As of my current view, you forgot to roll for evilx double dmg and took full dmg you might have avoided. And…X just caught it. 🤣

[@ZiggyQ-mp4ju]

setting hermits ablaze is good, but the fact that it does nothing sometimes makes the fight easier than it should be too.

[@HenkTheUnicorn]

Yeah, it would probably be better if the fire ignored all effects, would also make the water bucket or the Beef card a bit more valid for this fight.

[@cofimaker_3874]

Great game but you forgot the flip the coin whenever he hit the double damage attack.

[@fizzle7421]

You're a smart dude, cub. I really enjoyed the conversation you two had at the end of the match.

[@Beep_Bop_Boop]

I’d suggest two things plus a bonus 1. Is update the attack AFK voice over to say “attack your last active hermit” this way they can’t choose any with full health 2. Place another set of health cards near the player’s board. There’s a lot of moving around the room that’s required. Kind of similar to why beef set it up side by side to minimize that Bonus suggestions - potentially can have evil X add armor as a move - maybe have 3 evil Xs up at all times so AFK attacks are possible for 2 lives. Use the light indicator to show which is active

[@JustJum]

I think the AFK hermit attack just means attack ALL AFK hermits, doesnt it?

[@rodykakarli1527]

YOU ARE NOT FLIPPING A COINT FOR THE DOPPEL DAMAGE

[@alexbennie]

Those trophies need to have a 'beta tester' tag for now. With some more balancing Evil X Boss will be very tough to beat!

[@supernova6742]

An idea for X, which might take a bit of work, but would be cool, is to have Evil X scale in difficulty depending on what the win rate is, e.g. High win rate => Evil X gets harder to fight, Lower win rate => Evil X gets easier.

[@terranmerritt]

U should build a TCG rpg-style dungeon ! (Maybe 2 or 3 minion fights, a puzzle or two, then a big final boss, all themed)

[@eclogues_]

Big relief to hear that X isn't considering changing the redstone to 1 button or whatever. It's a well-meaning suggestion that I've seen a lot of people make, but it opens up a lot of problems and complexities that would then need to be solved. It has so many implications that just kind of spiral out. Yeah, they're all solvable problems, but... this already works fine?

[@sanautin]

As soon as I saw Beef's match against Evil X I knew Cub would be all over this!! I'm soooo glad he is!!

[@jonathanchow3401]

Using stress's card for this is definitely the meta I think. you want to skip the 3rd life

[@diggoran]

Yeah it should definitely be banned. Though a clever way to win, it’s too strong and goes against the spirit of the boss fight that ramps up at the end. Maybe Evil X needs a focus sash type item that prevents a one hit ko.

[@235eimaselha]

X could make an AOE attack to counter the number of hermits in case of AFK cards with low health

[@MuljoStpho]

not sure how this could be made concise in any way in the voiceover directions, but I was thinking that maybe that move's behavior could change so that it: 1) tries to set the player's active hermit ablaze 2) if active hermit is already burning, try to set an afk hermit ablaze instead (further specification within this step could be using a coin flip to randomize which one (of the two afk hermits, since the board is going to be changed to three lines instead of five) gets targeted, and when there's only one valid target left it skips the coin flip and just burns that last one) 3) if the blaze move is called and all of the player's hermits are already burning, count this as a special attack that deals bonus damage to them all on top of the fire damage they're already taking (or maybe instead of that special attack idea the rule could be that it makes the burn damage stack (how will they display that to keep track of it though?), so for example maybe the standard burn is just 10 damage per turn, and then after the first time it stacks it's hitting them all for 20 damage each turn, and then after it stacks again it's hitting them all for 30 damage each turn, and so on and so on) Oh, actually, for the stacking burn damage idea just find a place (somewhere between Evil X and the player?) to put one block with an item frame and put a sign labeling it as burn damage and use the health cards on it. Start at 10. Increment it when it needs to be stacked.

[@zachariasdebeer1512]

Cub is gem of hermit craft. Will build or participate in anything adding everything he can and go above and beyond. Great game I think the lack of coin flips double damage made it so much closer.

[@miniciominiciominicio]

Now that's a shower thought. Such a cool game mode!! I think the Vex might need to be a new boss battle...

[@ZalrokChaos1]

Cub, you forgot to roll for the double damage.

[@aaasports9898]

Love the music and the way the two challengers come onto the screen at the start

[@TheColorCraftMC]

I was hoping for this exact video! Thank you Cub.

[@Xehxna]

Evil X scared my puppy for the record her own shadow scares her, and her own bark

[@nasiskahn]

This was pretty cool Cub! I hope other Hermits try it out too! Congrats on the win!

[@j2kGorillazFan]

Thanks for sharing these matches with us! This is sooooo cool. Can't wait to see it again after more troubleshooting 😎

[@sordidknifeparty]

X should have an AFK bench of minions who each have some small amount of Health, say 150, and who do a basic attack for low damage, say 40. One minion would be active at a time, and automatically executes an attack after X does on the players active hermit all damage that would be dealt to X would instead be dealt to the active minion-so long as one remains- with an AFK minion becoming active each time and active minion dies. Player cards which Target AFK Hermits can Target the AFK minions. The minions would have the same card type as X. This will make the game harder while simultaneously making AFK targeting cards useful again.

[@TypicallyThomas]

Looking forward to the next test match

[@epicsoupgamer3989]

We need to see the Pharaoh vs Evil X

[@allenbuddy3101]

Having watched the full match, I agree with X that the turn shouldn’t pass over automatically. There were a few occasions they had to check back on the board to make sure they’d done everything for the turn. Some of the more forgetful hermits will def need the lights to stay on until they’re ready to switch

[@Julian21008]

Suggest to X that he should add to the 'sets the active hermit ablaze' that if the hermit already is ablaze, Evil X will actually heal 50 hp

[@marshmallowpeepking4284]

Evil X should get a permanant status effect such as armor.

[@strabotld]

Instead of boosting the heal, maybe X could add a heal or player debuff when Evil X takes out a hermit.

[@eclogues_]

Heck yeah I'm pumped to see this!

[@thomasfplm]

Evil X should get some armour after taking out an opposing hermit. Or defeated hermits stay on the board taking that spot, unless the player uses something like a Fire charge, a Bucket of lava or a Flint and Steel to cremate the corpse.

[@RayquestTv]

have evil x Heal for 20 if the active hermit is already ablaze + on the 2x damage add heal 10

[@davidj2490]

Create your own Boss EvilX card with 500 health or so. create difficulty levels. Cheaty (5 Hermit places), middle (4 Hermit places) and hard (3 Hermit Places, Hermit stays on the board if knocked out with 0 Health) and other restrictions. 3 Evil X boss Cards on the board for 3 lives. or just 3 times health indicator with map 0 health point, maybe differnt outfit with the speacial text that you can use your card in normal TCG game. you can only play phase 2 if you have a phase one on board or so.

[@Outer7Elements]

The idea of limiting the number of afk hermits is interesting, but what if, instead of a hard limit, EvilX damages additional hermits as they're played? Essentially, this would lower their maximum HP, increasing with each hermit played. Maybe first is full HP, second loses 10, third loses 20, fourth loses 40, fifth 80, etc. Make players really think about who they want to play, and whether overwhelming EvilX with numbers suits their situation.

[@-_-TJde]

What if at the beginning of Evil X's last life he sets every hermit on the board ablaze. Then you could replace Evil X's ablaze move with something else. Ex: You skip your next attack (you can still place items, hermits and single use cards). This could also limit switching out their attacking hermits in the early rounds

[@Dalenthas]

I almost feel like Set Ablaze should just have a hard lock against going twice in a row. That would make the other two come up more often and feel more impactful.

[@lomiification]

Evil X's power should be to pick on of the lights, and ignore it for one turn

[@SnyperMK2000JclL]

Cub!!! Pass this on to Xisuma... I think the ONLY thing that can be done to make the Boss Battle actually challenging and requiring tailored decks to beat.... Custom Evil X Boss Card.. much like Cubs Pharoah except maybe with double the normal Evil X cards health so, 540hp... I think the BOSS should be far more powerful (especially hp wise) than a standard max stat card (300hp,60akt,100atk).

[@somejerkbag]

Yessss! Been waiting for this one

[@candycanenomad5642]

I think the potion of slowness is the weakness that's not allowed, not sure...

[@ris_kis]

Thanks for your video, cub!

[@shaneturner1809]

Yes more TCG please!!

[@yibinzhao6237]

If potion of weakness is used on an opposing hermit of the same type, does that mean the opposing hermit also has an advantage over your current active? By the wording on the card, I believe this should be the case given that it is allowed to have a type being weak to itself.

[@michaelwarner5656]

I would suggest a EPIC move on its own randomiser give it a 1 in 256 chance to just knock out a hermit

[@Charle596]

So what I’m hearing is that the Evil X Boss Battle was a shower thought of X’s

[@gustavowol1686]

it will be cool to put the 3 evil x cards together and add an option switch between afk and active cards

[@lordelliott42]

If a hermit is already on fire, the Evil X's fire roll should just do 20 additional damage or something. Maybe be on fire how ever many times it hits, so stacking fire damage. If you've bet set ablaze 3 times, you're taking 60 damage per turn, lol! That's probably too much, but it needs to do something rather than nothing.

[@atoz1to9ization]

This is such a clever contraption. X made a working TCG AI for fun

[@shawnheidingsfelder8179]

What if instead of playing against just one card three times, you played against three Evil X's, but two are AFK, and he could switch between them in some way. More effect cards and special moves would be useful. You'd still have to kill all three to win, but it would be more like a real game.

[@MJDENTON]

I knew AI was going to be evil when it took over, I just didn't expect it to happen so soon.

[@Scorpionczech69]

28:29 did you just attack without any item card attached? 😮 And little suggestion I will probably get rid of 5 Hermits slots and give it only 3 slots so That Challanger cant go 4 AFK Hermits

[@BrittBerg]

The 'Evil Inside' attack doesn't need an item card to be played

[@natanislikens]

37:16 Wait hang on... I only see one commet mentioning the fact that the double damage was applied twice without rolling the dice. Also before that Cub's Evil X should have been taking fire tic damage and that wasn't being applied either. 39:05 Not as many comments, that I saw, as you'd think X.

[@ericbell7]

35:58 missed the flip a coin for double damage!

[@ericbell7]

37:09 missed again. Or am I understanding something wrong?

[@garrettwill1220]

i hope cub posts a second one of these or some other hermit plays it.

[@poin24]

Forgot to flip coin for the double damage nevermind

[@Cosmodjinn]

Change the set target ablaze to set target ablaze AND do 50 additional damage.

[@Andreeee75]

I think the double damage doesn't need to flip a coin. It's already somewhat flipped when he can choose another thing... so...

[@lomiification]

The biggest problem is that boss evil x starts quite weak with no effects The chances for heals and double damage are super low, because theres only 2 or 3 rounds with the full set of powers

[@JuuB406]

We need a grumboss battle

[@AkiSan0]

switch blase and healing, as you can only set ablaze a hermit so often, it doesnt need to proc that often.

[@boroxify]

It would be cool if the heal turned into life steal on the attack, so it heals EvilX for as much damage as he dose. The setting on fire is pretty weak compared to the rest.

[@scytlla]

Another move for Evil X for difficulty is the player will skip a turn. That's gotta be interesting ain't it. 😁

[@2horse167]

Evil X sounds like a Vogon

[@zak13...]

When are you going to speed run armor trims?

[@verdant1029]

As a number frantic, the damage should be: 60, 80, 100

[@Charle596]

7:16 the start of the match

[@HerculePyro]

With the wording on potion of weakness wouldn't it mean Evil X is also effective against cubs balanced hermits. Because the wording specifies the type is what becomes weak so cub basically made balanced weak to balanced and they're all balanced.

[@beachybird1251]

Will we see the 2nd test game with the 3 Hermit card slots?

[@HerculePyro]

Some battle music woul be nice, felt rather quiet at some points.

[@smeechee5246]

He could have gotten the second life down by just attacking and losing llamadad... Would have stopped the 100hp heal

[@equestrianrosie]

restricting the board to 3 hermit, or 5 total possible, should be a good way to limit tanking

[@DarkRaikon]

i think after he lost one life he gain 20hp each turn this way it can slowly heal

[@dansteiner75]

I think swapping the top row yellow and orange cards could address your balance concerns... Chip away at those weakened AFK hermits during the endgame, for drama!

[@Jerayjay]

should've sacrificed your hermit and killed him that 2nd time

[@franksunderland7039]

Yeah, evil X don't use a coin. He just doubles damage, maybe?

[@somejerkbag]

37:00 i dont understand. He says flip a coin to db the damage but Cub didn't flip

[@somejerkbag]

Ah nvm. I kept watching

[@joyphillips4425]

If the active hermit is already on fire evil x heals instead

[@somejerkbag]

Your ummm..going to play again and post it right!?

[@rodykakarli1527]

oh nevermind you noteced XD gg

[@rickodonnell2243]

EASY FIX Change set hermit ablaze to 30 aoe damage to ALL hermits

[@gonfreacs1218]

What if evil X get 25% hp after his death, just add another hp card on the right side of evil X. In the last battle you have to defeat him at 150% HP...

[@ytdojo483]

i dont see a reason to have a button to end evil x's turn, you could just have the button activate the redstone lamps and play the audio files for the appropriate ones and have it auto switch back to the players turn. then its just 1 button press without having to run to evil x's side to press the button.

[@ytdojo483]

another note, i noticed you didnt update the burn on llamadad, was that on purpose or did you forget cuz i feel as tho burn should function even on afk hermits.

[@px5383]

@@ytdojo483 I'm kinda late but iirc the burn effect is negated by the iron armour bc it's 20hp

[@devilcoolmonph1290]

You didnt do flip a coin gor double damge

[@Mkharis257]

Should only 3 or 4 hermits on the board.

[@pekatzmeow8727]

Single player tcg 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️

[@Fyreflier]

Hey Cub could you suggest to X that Evil X's "afk hermits take 20 dmg" should heal Evil X for the damage dealt too? Evil X needs to heal more often and his "heal for 100" ability doesn't roll the way you would expect a TCG player to play it. You wouldn't eat a gapple after losing 20hp but you would if you were _on_ 20; Evil X, on the other hand, _would_ because of rng

[@deathdouspart0x]

whoa im 1st!