[Scholar/Order] Kadir's Party

[UnCL0NED]

So after losing a lot of games , trying to figure out what would work after the latest patch, I've finally come up with a deck that's been doing really well (besides the usual militant rushes and deceptirushes that I encounter about every other game atm).

It is extremly stable, and the only games I've lost so far (besides one time a deception/discard site deck) were against deceptirush decks, which are more a sort of gamble decks imo. If they don't have a good starting hand, they will loose... also against this deck!

It's based on the usual Ottoman Gunmen but with some 7 cost sites added, that will win you the games, and beat a mirrormatch that doesn't deploy the 7 cost cards (which are the real weapons in this deck).

I would've called the deck "lucky number seven", but somebody beat me to that name already

The Build up cards:
5x Ancient Map
5x KiP
5x Sophia's Office
3x Merchant Ship

The Agents:
5x Ottoman Gunman
4x Kadir

The Tools:
5x Engineer's Workroom
3x Millitia Intimidation
1x Fishing Village
1x Venezia, San Polo District
2x Lassitude

The Weapons:
3x Topkapi Palace Gardens
2x With Great Power
3x Abandoned Warehouse
3x Constantinople, Imperial District

You almost never have a bad starting hand and has a very stable build up.
When you have some resources left over, just dump 'm in your Ottomen.
Kadir will let you draw cards like a maniac (I've had countless games where I'd emptied my sequence before the end of the game).
The 7 cost sites will drop your opponents score in a region and give you the extra weight to score in those regions... These guys are really my new BFF's

It is pretty easy and a lot of fun to play. Enjoy

[Tuism]

The whole Topkapi Palace thing synergises crazy with Ottoman Gunman and Kadir and that other Engineer dude! Every time I see it coming I almost shit myself. Have faced several decks like this, they're really strong when they kick it up.

[lurifaxb]

Looks good. I strongly recommend Gaspar to recycle your sites and both get income increase and draw (with Kadir). Also Gaspar that recycles Topika Palace is brutal.

I use the Gaspar/Kadir combo in one of my main decks with much success.

[Joek]

More Abandoned Warehouse users!
Imperial Constantinople looks interesting.

[UnCL0NED]

Yes, Imperial District is sometimes the better choice, because it shoots 3 points off your opponents' influence when it resolves, which can save your neck, sometimes. And it has dominant so it does it every day again while you keep scoring! But they are both great cards.

[The Rancord]

Royal decrer again, why noone uses that awesome card?

[UnCL0NED]

I did encounter two times Royal Decree while playing this deck already. Both times they were too late, because my hand was already full with cards, So I could just rebuild... That's why this deck is nice. It doesn't solely rely on cheap sites with Ottoman to win. They are more in the deck for the build-up...

[Brontobeuf]

I just won against this deck with my own site deck. It was after a very long game and it highlighted a weakness in your deck, I think.
--> no end game.

When you got 10 cards in hand, Kabro or Gunman on the field and a workshop, well, there is nothing *big* to do. Just some mid game threats that won't give you the game. Also, Lassitude is not good againt opponent Gunmans, Kadirs etc.

Still, there are a lot of good things in this deck and it may be the basis of something to come that is just plain strong.

[UnCL0NED]

This deck is not orientated on the endgame. If it survives rush, it should win in the midgame! If it lingers on after that, It's indeed a loss. But I myself haven't been in that situation, yet.

I've had some Topkapi Palace's in it before, but they were always in the way and slowing things down. So I took them out to replace it with speed, and focus on a faster win. Also they do not trigger their ability when you tutor them with Engineer's Workroom (which I think is a bug).

Any suggestions for replacing Lassitude? I've had Military Workshop in there before, but it's too slow for rush decks. Lassitude is the card that has saved my neck several times already!

I guess every deck has it's weakness. It's not the best deck out there, but it is certainly a competitive one, imo.

[Tuism]

On the engineers workshop not triggering the palace - its the same for San gimignano, has been the case for quite a while and people use it as an advantage