Taunt is definitely a great ability. It saves all your low HP high attack monsters from the snipers, sneakers and the opportunists. A tank healer is super obvious with the taunt.
Some times looking at the players earlier deck you need to decide if you want all your monsters to attack the front row or sneak or snipe or opportunity. Playing with the same lineup may not win battles that consistently. I do mix and match.
One thing was good that life doesn't have much monsters with stun ability. Else the knockout would have taken down your tank pretty fast. Happened to my kraken couple of times.
Love to read battles described in words.
Ya we both didn’t go with a stun. It was risky but worked out for me this time.