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Post by Tuism on Jun 23, 2012 8:09:54 GMT -5
This deck is Prett strong, I think, but not as good as the same concept in other colours. And it's based on my favorite card of all time, pending pandemic. It works really well, it's just a shame it doesn't synergise as well with the new concepts  but it's still quite strong. Income etc 1 teddy v (grab him if you ned more income) 5 Sofia's office (insanely good income) 5 ancient map (45 card deck, 40 with Sofia's office. Hells yeah) 5 by order of the king (income, Suleiman and a bit of toolbox) 4 forced inheritance counters 2 scientific espionage (just in case) 5 preemptive strike (now we kinda have a 35 card deck) Come into play dudes 5 Oreos, i mean Suleiman 5 ottoman janissary (this deck has slight site weakness, this covers it somewhat) 4 topkapi palace Contingency 4 mentor's return 3 pending pandemic Win/defence toolbox 1 Manuel palaiologos 1 Cesare Borgia build income, counter and kill, win with the stuff left over on the board cos you have lots of those. If things get out of hand, bounce everything, and do it again. There's lots you can do with pandemic that can be super surprising, too Inputs? It's a very raw deck cos its kinda tossed together from a previous concept |
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Post by Brontobeuf on Jun 23, 2012 8:23:41 GMT -5
Just remove the By Order Of The King and the "toolbox". It's useless with a good draw power in a 40 cards deck.
It will give you 8 cards to add something else for your income and for your win.
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Post by Tuism on Jun 23, 2012 8:49:09 GMT -5
Good point, let me see what I can pull to go anti holy day. That card defines this new meta, I don't think many people see that yet.
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Post by Brontobeuf on Jun 23, 2012 9:29:10 GMT -5
If you play 11-cost-cards I don't see how you can counter it... Faux pas maybe.
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Post by Joek on Jun 23, 2012 9:40:12 GMT -5
The site that raises cost by one?
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Post by Tuism on Jun 23, 2012 9:43:19 GMT -5
Actually that's not such a big problem, holy day, that is. This deck only has mentor to chuck, it's not as big a problem as the incite revolt decks |
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Post by The Rancord on Jun 23, 2012 13:24:48 GMT -5
ive seen a cool combo deck, that used all the cheap 1for1 cantrips, and then made spells surprises, and played san gimnano the +2 influence card and giving him deceptiv in one blow to leave my eyeys wide open.
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Post by weltista on Jun 27, 2012 3:24:23 GMT -5
Maybe I missing something there but isn't In-depth Analysis a way better than Mentor's return unless you have discard mechanics to feed it to?
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Post by The Rancord on Jun 27, 2012 11:17:44 GMT -5
With sofia field studies is an even cheaper option |
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Post by Tuism on Jun 27, 2012 12:24:29 GMT -5
I feel that mentor is better cos by the time I have spare gold to be needing hand-filling, I probably have 10+ income and gold. This deck doesn't really "sneak" or "rush" its card draw past the opponent's defense, so I prefer it like that. Plus having 11cost cards and not relying on them to me is a good anti to classic discard |
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Post by Ringel on Jun 27, 2012 13:30:38 GMT -5
Go go Topkapi Palace! One of my favorite cards, as you saw.
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Post by weltista on Jun 28, 2012 3:24:41 GMT -5
I feel that mentor is better cos by the time I have spare gold to be needing hand-filling, I probably have 10+ income and gold. This deck doesn't really "sneak" or "rush" its card draw past the opponent's defense, so I prefer it like that. Plus having 11cost cards and not relying on them to me is a good anti to classic discard I see your point. Still I would prefer 3 cards for 6g than 4 for 11g in most situations. And if you have very good income base, why not go for at least 1 daring experiment. As for 'discard protection', well, holy days are played quite often these days . And income wise I'd also trade 2 janissays for Venezias. They go with pandemic just as good. + You have Suleiman under the 'Counters' and preemptive strike under 'Come into play dudes' in your list. Perhaps they should be switched =). |
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Post by Tuism on Jun 28, 2012 5:46:11 GMT -5
I feel that mentor is better cos by the time I have spare gold to be needing hand-filling, I probably have 10+ income and gold. This deck doesn't really "sneak" or "rush" its card draw past the opponent's defense, so I prefer it like that. Plus having 11cost cards and not relying on them to me is a good anti to classic discard I see your point. Still I would prefer 3 cards for 6g than 4 for 11g in most situations. And if you have very good income base, why not go for at least 1 daring experiment. As for 'discard protection', well, holy days are played quite often these days . And income wise I'd also trade 2 janissays for Venezias. They go with pandemic just as good. + You have Suleiman under the 'Counters' and preemptive strike under 'Come into play dudes' in your list. Perhaps they should be switched =). Oops. Yeah I'll swap them Venezia gives no income even if it's cheaper. I'd prefer the agent rather than the site. Holy day is a minor concern. I'd rather have the gambit of 4 cards than losing out against the likes of mysterious strangers. It's personal I guess |
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Post by weltista on Jun 28, 2012 8:08:47 GMT -5
Right. And I'm gonna try this deck of yours soon. So far it was theoretical speculation =).
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but it's still quite strong.
