Having said that, there are plenty of tricks in vanilla monster train that can win you the game consistently. One of my favorites is Reformdium (Exiled Umbra/Exiled Melting Remnant): Throw Primordium to the bottom floor on turn 1 and have him die. Should be easy with his low health. Now reform him. He comes back with +5/+5. Have your main unit ... More @Wikipedia
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