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Post by falkinator2000 on Aug 15, 2012 0:55:58 GMT -5
Played my fourth (third complete) game vs collins yesterday (I had time for a single match after all!)
I had a god draw, while he had too many income boosters it seemed. He did get a church down, but I nuked it with Pietro. Not many decks can recover from losing their 4 most expensive cards before drawing their second card.
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Post by Tuism on Aug 15, 2012 15:12:44 GMT -5
Holy crap. I'm starting to see what the strongest strategy right now is. The strangest thing is that it seems to be all flying under the nerf radar
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Post by lurifaxb on Aug 15, 2012 15:29:48 GMT -5
Yup. I knew this would be strong as I played Falks in automatch. Had him down as one of my favorites. The deck is just so well constructed.
I also is perfect against the decks in this league. No one expected heavy discard with rush elements.
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Post by Tuism on Aug 15, 2012 16:28:16 GMT -5
Yep the top two decks are both running like that. I really wonder if it's just plain strong or a function of the meta
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Post by The Rancord on Aug 16, 2012 1:37:15 GMT -5
Wow nice job, media/faith runs good for me in automatch as well. A fast loosing faith is pretty nice as well.
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Post by lurifaxb on Aug 16, 2012 2:39:16 GMT -5
The meta in the league is mainly powerful and expensive cards with a slow start but fast buildup of income. These decks are pretty versatile in general.
A discard deck takes care of the strong cards (e.g. Stronghold) and the rush element wins before the income is built up before the expensive cards can be deployed.
My golden Plebs deck is a good counter against Falks deck (with draw, cheap agents that block and defend ability). It would, however do poorly against the rest of the league meta - I think.
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Post by falkinator2000 on Aug 16, 2012 13:16:40 GMT -5
Thanks for all the kind words. Lurifax: I completely agree. I wasn't scared of your deck since it I figure it is too weak against AS and stuff so you wouldn't dare run it The singleton tactless theatrics is a nod towards cards like lanz, but also the assassin recruits from your deck that just kills this.. Btw this deck almost auto folds to a single incite revolt...
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Post by lurifaxb on Aug 16, 2012 13:23:03 GMT -5
Not if you get the erase site. Then you can just wait to deploy that fist before other discard cards can be used.
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Post by ironcladtrash on Aug 16, 2012 20:26:27 GMT -5
Yep the top two decks are both running like that. I really wonder if it's just plain strong or a function of the meta What's the other deck besides this one?
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Post by Altaem on Aug 16, 2012 23:47:31 GMT -5
Nice deck, I had fun with it earning my 500 today. Won almost every game but was defeated by a lone Ottoman Gunman and Sofia's Office combination.
I like that you're carrying no Holy Days, makes playing that first discard so much more tense.
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Post by ironcladtrash on Aug 17, 2012 0:35:53 GMT -5
Nice deck, I had fun with it earning my 500 today. Won almost every game but was defeated by a lone Ottoman Gunman and Sofia's Office combination. I like that you're carrying no Holy Days, makes playing that first discard so much more tense. I was wondering when I played you if this was the deck you were using or not. I couldn't believe I won with just Gunman and Sofia Office after you got rid of my hand.
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Post by falkinator2000 on Aug 17, 2012 2:08:08 GMT -5
Heh, yeah. If you don't get tactless theatrics or Pietro rossi, gunman will definitely kill you (once I have kept him at bay long enough with my own sites, but that takes quite a bit of luck!). There have been holy days in earlier iterations of the deck. I took them out because they are dead draws midgame. The deck simply can't afford a dead draw.
Along those same lines, I lost 3 matches vs Lurifax yesterday. Twice (or three times?) I got greedy and kept a double PP opening hand. I won only one, and there I had Ritual Sacrifice in the opener.
The deck lives and dies on tiny incremental card advantage. It seems 2 PP is too much speed, especially if you have Nico/Odai as well in the opener. They will probably recover before you can finish it.
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Post by lurifaxb on Aug 17, 2012 4:16:43 GMT -5
I think you lost our games as you lost the card advantage - as you write. I was able to hold you at bay while I drew more cards. Sofia's office is also good along with the income boosters that draw new cards. This way - although a lost a lot to discards - I could maintain a hand. The two PP START although fearsome to witness, may have been your undoing mid game. For instance when Mario can kill nicolo and join the fight it is hard to keep going for your deck.
To be honest I did not expect to win many games though and was surprised.
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Post by falkinator2000 on Aug 17, 2012 5:25:45 GMT -5
I'll get you next time!
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Post by lurifaxb on Aug 17, 2012 5:34:05 GMT -5
You often do in automatch, but then I get you back some time later. It Nemesis wasn't a negative charged word, I would use it to describe our battles in automatch and in league You are the player I have must respect for when I see your name in automatch.
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