[media / scholar] golden shower

[martoq]

Hello all, first post here but have been lurking for some time. I recently came up with a deck and initially it was doing very well but now I am having some trouble with it and I just can't pinpoint it.

The idea of the deck is to get San Gimignano in play as quickly as possible. Then hit it with a dual (Sofia's Home) and then hold on long enough (2d) to win. Like I said it was working initially but not so much anymore. I welcome and and all suggestions!

Keep in mind here I don't pay a lot for cards so some of the power house cards (like PP) I have limited numbers of and am forced to compensate with other cards that are equal or close to in function.

CORE: (the means to win the match)
4x San Giminano
3x Sofia's Home
2x Hidden Vault
2x Liar of Romulus

CASH: (cash generation)
1x Political Patronage
3x Dama Rosa
4x Den Defense
1x Slave Trade

DRAW: (work through the deck to get the core cards)
2x Knowledge is Power
4x Ancient Map
2x Quick Study
5x Militia Intimidation

DEFENSE: (Keep my scorers in play long enough to win)
2x Tactless Theatrics
2x Sudden Exhaustion
1x Baseless Accusations
1x For the cause
1x Mob Justice

UTILITY: (Designed as general purpose for def/off)
2x Alter Ego
3x Piri Res
1x Family Heirloom
3x Incognito
5x Clothes Make the Man

[neasdf]

Maybe add some assassin library? And put some wanted poster or lassitude to deal with agents?

[wampyrs]

If your main winning strategy is using sites, then it would be better to have more sites in there...

Try adding some of these...

- Constantinople, Galata District
- Tactical Upheaval

You already have Gimignano, no need for Lair of Romulus. Replace with Engineer's Workroom so that your Gimignano doesn't get countered.

Also, try to include some alternate win conditions, like Juno.

[Rob (Roebidoebi)]

With 5x clothes make the man, what exactly do you plan to copy?

I do not agree with Wampyrs statements on Lair of Romulus or Juno btw. Your deck does not have enough staying-power to be able to play Juno.

[martoq]

I appreciate everyone's feedback. To be honest as I started typing that out I really realized how misdirected the deck was. This deck evolved from a Militant rush deck I was using and I should have just rebuilt instead of modified.

I decided to scrap and rebuild this into a new scholar / faith deck that is doing extremely well now, avg about 60%-80% win rate against non-competitive decks which is good enough for me right now. I will post that deck later today just in case anyone is interested. Again, thanks all for the input.

[martoq]

As promised here is the deck this evolved into. Same methodology and direction above, taking some of the advice from above but dropping media because it wasn't really bringing anything to the deck.

CORE: (the means to win the match)
4x Sofia's Home
3x Assassin Library
4x San Gimignano

CASH: (cash generation)
3x Holy Day
5x Den Defense
1x Nothing VentuPink Nothing Gained

DRAW: (work through the deck to get the core cards)
5x Ancient Map
3x Knowledge Is Power
1x Family Heirloom
2x Quick Study
1x In Depth Analysis
1x Mentor's Return

DEFENSE / UTILITY: (Keep my scorers in play long enough to win)
5x Papal Bull
2x Tactical Upheaval
2x Sudden Exhaustion
5x Militia Intimidation
3x Piri Reis
1x Mob Justice
1x Funeral Pyre
1x Losing Faith
1x Lassitude
1x Faith of the Righteous