Damat Ali Pasha

[Diomedia]

Thief, 3 cost, when a thief scores, he gets +1/1 , his effect stacks, having 3 in play at the same time is crazy

[The Rancord]

The card is strong, but I dont think thieves are competitive.

[Tuism]

Strangely, I feel compelled to say the same thing. All the thieves look really crazy on paper - I mean Altair is mad. So is damat and all the other dudes. Not to mention Lanz the old favorite. But I really don't feel that they're as competitive as the other strategies. Or as fun as

[Diomedia]

Sadly I agree too,

I'm still going to try to make it work for a bit, I'd hate to see a meta with just a few competitive options.

[The Rancord]

There are quit a few decks that work (I have 5 that win me alot now *I had 3 more that lost alot *

I met quit alot of thieves, even one rush to ezio *and he pulled that one out*

The Problem is, that u need quit some income fast enough to get the 3 cost important agents running. And while you can, enemy can pick out the key thieves and then just mass destruct or whatever.

[lurifaxb]

I would say they are strong. Use the site that makes them unblockable (underground maze) and boost them with lanz and the other guy. Even if you kill all of them, they can still come back with Military brutality. Together with Altair it is really good.

[Brontobeuf]

I'm not sure you correctly apprehend the current metagame lurifaxb.

Thieves are strong, everybody says that because it's true. Look at their powers... they are amazing! But a Thieves Rush Deck will just be roflstomped by all the other decks of the current metagame. Like hard.

Try to play against the Abbazia di San Mercuriale, against any Suleiman deck, or an explosive combo (either with sites or with 11cc) and you'll see. It's sad, because I like the charisma crime agents irradiate.

[lurifaxb]

Maybe you are right. I haven't played something totally abusive like that yet. If something is as overpowered as the abaz combo, then I won't play it myself. Just hope people won't pick it up as it no fun. But are you really seeing these decks that much?

[Tuism]

I haven't seen them much. Played it like 3 times. Yawned and played something else. It's REALLY harsh. Makes me wanna make an all-action all-surprise deck problem with that is the lack of infinite combos due to lack of permanents

[aman8912]

thieves are pretty strong for me. Idk what u guys r talking about but a red/black deck with holy day income boosters is pretty solid. I have 4 lanz and 2 damats. Also one target practice and one strategic assault to get out of tight situations

[Diomedia]

Note for this card, when A THIEF scores they get +1/1 (If your opponents is playing Theives, he get the bonus too) don't get caught out

[Raphael Majere]

Jun 25, 2012 10:17:24 GMT -5 aman8912 said:

thieves are pretty strong for me. Idk what u guys r talking about but a red/black deck with holy day income boosters is pretty solid. I have 4 lanz and 2 damats. Also one target practice and one strategic assault to get out of tight situations

I would rather do media/crime and pp rush, mag.personality, 4 damat, 4 lanz, and rush my opponent to death. Due to popularity of sites, I have controlled arson and ezio, assassin.

[Blind_Angel_(Juelette)]

I have tryed to build new theives deck. And notice that i need income and card draw power. And i can't do the both things good.

May be because of that theives deck not competetive enough.

[jeremyat]

I pretty much play my thief rush deck almost exclusively. I'd probably stop if I ran into a lot of Abbazia decks, but it's great for grinding. I haven't lost in a couple of days with it. The format is pretty similar to what Raph described.

[demkon]

Imho thieves are competitive. I play 2 thief decks, a green/black and a red/black one, and both have a high winning rate. Don't care about Abbazia with Holy Day or smoke bomb + Giovanni.