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Post by Tuism on Jul 8, 2012 13:37:18 GMT -5
Well this is my version of Nicodeck, I've tried a couple of versions and decided to stick to this breakneck one... It can get very fast, sacrificing staying power for the odai combo  5 political patronage 5 knowledge has a price 5 the discovery 5 niccolo Machiavelli 5 piri reis 4 nicolas copernicus 5 ezio di Firenze 5 odai dungas 5 magnetic personality 4 scholars den 2 scientific espionage Always drop piri first if you suspect anything like order hoard or stronghold (any early order income boost or forced charity are big giveaways). Hold piri until order player spends all his gold, then PP > piri. Other than that, drop the odai combo whenever you have it. That is all. Otherwise it's pretty much suicidal |
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Post by rl on Jul 8, 2012 14:27:47 GMT -5
looks strong, Bring back the meta where agents can strive |
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Post by Brontobeuf on Jul 8, 2012 18:07:27 GMT -5
That's funny that you got to keep the Dens. I wonder if we can find a better site for this deck. :]
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Post by Tuism on Jul 9, 2012 12:53:02 GMT -5
Well after some tweaking and a few genuinely suicidal odais (funny the first few times), I tried looking for alternatives... Like great vault, or lair of Romulus instead of ezio... Great vault is interesting but too slow. Defender is a minus here. So yeah ezio's still the best for that job. I true Altair learned a while ago, and while I did like it, he's just generally too slow for my my taste in this deck. Might go back to him and try again... But I really like the scholars dens, they're pretty reliable people tend to let them live and they sneak points in. |
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Post by graspbr on Jul 9, 2012 13:26:15 GMT -5
just played against u on a pseudo mirror... copernicus is really bad in my opinion... he needs to score twice to start generating CA... waaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyy to slow. i know u want to be as fast as possible, but give the hipodrome a try.. he can win games no other card would. altair is a beast... counters, lanz, the last points of damage... i use 3 and will try the 4th (as soon as i get the money). also, lab research. i use it as the discover 6-9. It doenst generate income, but it makes the deck faster. quick question... how are the ezios working for you  ? |
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Post by graspbr on Jul 9, 2012 13:28:07 GMT -5
oh my god.. just notice ... no selling dreams 5, as soon as possible !!!! |
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Post by Ian Struan on Jul 9, 2012 13:43:08 GMT -5
And why not to use Mentor's Return? 3-4 seems to be good.
Selling dreams is not so obvious... It could just stay below 50-cards cut
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Post by graspbr on Jul 9, 2012 14:34:25 GMT -5
i use 2 mentors return... not more for two reasons:
1- u really want your first discovery to discard odai, not mentors.
2- more 11's means that u are more open to be screwed by holy light
and selling dreams are HUGE. They are odai dunqas that boost your income be4 they are discarded... i would never play less than 5
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Post by The Rancord on Jul 9, 2012 16:03:41 GMT -5
Played all variants for a bit now. Actually i dont think it makes so much difference. If something goes wrong, ure pretty much doomed. No way to recover.
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Post by Tuism on Jul 9, 2012 17:56:42 GMT -5
Hmmmm... Will try selling dreams some cool suggestions here, this is something new |
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Post by lurifaxb on Jul 10, 2012 7:59:42 GMT -5
This type of deck is really good. I just lost to a variant. But this variant used copy cards. Auxiliary ego on a free odai discarded by niccolo. Then you get to deploy odai for free and get the 2 2/2 militants as well. Very effective.
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Post by The Rancord on Jul 10, 2012 8:47:32 GMT -5
this is quit a good idea actually |
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Post by Tuism on Jul 10, 2012 9:02:17 GMT -5
Interesting idea! Huge combo, wonder if it has any semblance of consistency Gonna try it!  |
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Post by lurifaxb on Jul 10, 2012 9:47:10 GMT -5
Can only confirm that it works on the receiving side...
I'll try Building my own version soon.
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Post by Brontobeuf on Jul 10, 2012 19:19:33 GMT -5
Selling Dreams is a strong idea that may generate new variants. Good idea. :]
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