Quote Originally Posted by dte View Post
I think this is actually a win for WoP. Suppose dte is OTP and starts with peacekeeper. If it names anything other than trophy, WoP immediately casts trophy and pays the 3. Then WoP can get the trophy back by T4, which is fast enough to stop eater. If it names trophy, WoP goes T1 village, T2 elixir into rot farm, then T3 depends on whether dte casts or sandbags eater. If dte casts eater, WoP waits until T4 to cast trophy (spending 1 starting mana) on the eater. Then WoP easily gets trophy back in time to stop peacekeeper, while leaving up 3 to pay for denial. If dte sandbags eater, WoP casts trophy on T3 (spending 2 starting mana). Then WoP activates elixir on T4 upkeep and has trophy back on T5. (Note that eater never gets to attack in any of these lines due to the drawback).

If dte instead leads on eater, WoP goes T2 elixir (using treetop village mana) into T3 trophy (using rot farm mana). Then, regardless of what peacekeeper names, WoP still has the mana to pay both peacekeeper tax and denial tax. If dte leads with eater + peacekeeper, eater immediately eats a trophy. Then, as dte can't cast denial anymore, WoP gets the trophy back regardless of what peacekeeper names. If dte does nothing, WoP just wins with treetop village.