Post by lurifaxb on Nov 22, 2012 7:01:42 GMT -5
Intro:
This is my main deck. It is my favorite brain child and the one I'm most proud of due to consistancy and originality. It did well during the league, but has been vastly improved by much playing and minor tweeking. It is a really fun deck to play that can do pretty much everything and deal with pretty much everything. It is not extremely focused, but diverse. It is not a fast win, so is weak against a very good rush deck. There are cards to stop that, but it depends on your draw. It may not be the most powerful out there in the current meta, but I think it is one of the most diverse and fun decks.
Gaspar, Ezio mentor and lighthouse (and one site to replace it) = GG.
Gaspar, Kadir and Ezio mentor and any sites (like Sofias office) = insane income and drawing entire hand.
The deck:
Sites (13):
5x Sofia's Office (income and combo usage)
2x Lighthouse (scoring site for combo win)
2x Assassin's Guild (agent killing)
2x Secret Catacomb (site stealing and negating Gaspar's effect on opponent)
2x Forum of the Ox (Combo infinate income, faster Eio deploy. Thanks Rob for the hint)
Agents (18):
3x Gaspar (key combo card)
2x Ezio Mentor (key combo card)
3x Kadir (draw power)
2x Mario Auditore (agent killer and agent counter with Ezio mentor)
2x Giovanni Auditore (Site killer and site counter with Ezio mentor)
3x Ezio Assassin (site/agent killer and scoring)
3x Piri (anti counter and anti Ezio mentor card. Combo protection)
Actions (19):
5x Knowledge is power (draw, income, deck circulation)
5x Forced Charity (draw, income, deck circulation)
4x Discreet Calling (tutor killer agent or Ezio Mentor)
4x Scientific Espionage (protection against actions like doomsday)
1x Impending Pandemic (game saver. Start over if opponent is too strong, then use your cards on board to kill his cards again)
Combos:
This deck is designed around getting Gaspar out to recycle your sites. Using Ezio to play sites as surprise. Play scoring site like lighthouse to win by deploying sites as a surprise over and over again. I've won many times by this combo when the opponent was sure I would lose (and I would have).
Gaspar is the main card but you can win without. An overlooked ability is he ALSO makes replaced agents go back into your hand. Meaning, if you have 6 agents on board, play another agent on top of one and get the replaced back into your hand. This is nasty business when used right.
Ezio mentor:
Obviously an counter - counter. If you meet counter heavy foes, build income and deploy him. Kill Piri first if he is on board.
Ezio Mentor also makes Giovanni and Mario kill cards as they are deployed (making the effectively counters), and with Gaspar down, I can recycle them infinately. Game... Over...
Sites:
Lighthouse is brilliant for delaying opponent with the score 2 defender ability. Good vs. deceptive rush. Pro tip. If opponent has 10 influence (or is going to have) at one location. Use lighthouse there. He now has to go back and score there again, giving you more time. I may have driven some insane with one lighthouse and Gaspar (and one sofias office).
Sofias office is great for income and also replacing sites for Gaspar. Use it with Kadir to get early card draw. Always keep at least one in hand. Don't replace them all early. You will need a site for Gaspar to get deployed sites back.
Secret catacombs is bomb diggidy. Steal oppenents sites and get back secret catacombs with Gaspar. This also means that the effect of Gaspar is limited for opponent of you steal his sites. I've won many games vs. deceptive site rushers. Makes their 5 influence decetive site yours. Thanks. GG.
Forum of the Ox: Thanks Rob for this advice. Both useful for speeding up ezio mentor deploying but awesome with Gaspar and Ezio. You can win by creating infinate influence and income with this site (and a replacement). This one card made the deck 10% better.
Assassins Guild: Kill agents. Replace it again and kill another agent. Do it really fast with Ezio Mentor and kill all agents on site.
Tips and comments:
Scientific Espionage is becoming more needed lately with nasty cards like doomsday on the rampage. I was down to 3 at a point but included one more. I often win games with this card.
Piri. Needed as counters are on the rise, but also grants you time to set up the combos. No stopping the winning combo if he is out.
There is really good card circulation in the deck. 10 draw/income cards. 5 thinners (Sofias Office) and Kadir makes you draw when needed. Therefore I don't have 5x of key combo cards. Also, they are not stritcly needed. I win games by killing sites and agents and scoring with powerful agents and scoring sites. The beauty of the deck is that depending on the draw you can do different things.
Don't deploy Gaspar too early. Let opponent deploy his sites first and so he cant replace them. Wait until you can deploy gaspar and Kadir and sites if you have them and you can wait.
So many tips to give, but lets just end here.
Enjoy. I know I have and do. I still play this deck as a main deck although it is like ½ a year old in concept.
This is my main deck. It is my favorite brain child and the one I'm most proud of due to consistancy and originality. It did well during the league, but has been vastly improved by much playing and minor tweeking. It is a really fun deck to play that can do pretty much everything and deal with pretty much everything. It is not extremely focused, but diverse. It is not a fast win, so is weak against a very good rush deck. There are cards to stop that, but it depends on your draw. It may not be the most powerful out there in the current meta, but I think it is one of the most diverse and fun decks.
Gaspar, Ezio mentor and lighthouse (and one site to replace it) = GG.
Gaspar, Kadir and Ezio mentor and any sites (like Sofias office) = insane income and drawing entire hand.
The deck:
Sites (13):
5x Sofia's Office (income and combo usage)
2x Lighthouse (scoring site for combo win)
2x Assassin's Guild (agent killing)
2x Secret Catacomb (site stealing and negating Gaspar's effect on opponent)
2x Forum of the Ox (Combo infinate income, faster Eio deploy. Thanks Rob for the hint)
Agents (18):
3x Gaspar (key combo card)
2x Ezio Mentor (key combo card)
3x Kadir (draw power)
2x Mario Auditore (agent killer and agent counter with Ezio mentor)
2x Giovanni Auditore (Site killer and site counter with Ezio mentor)
3x Ezio Assassin (site/agent killer and scoring)
3x Piri (anti counter and anti Ezio mentor card. Combo protection)
Actions (19):
5x Knowledge is power (draw, income, deck circulation)
5x Forced Charity (draw, income, deck circulation)
4x Discreet Calling (tutor killer agent or Ezio Mentor)
4x Scientific Espionage (protection against actions like doomsday)
1x Impending Pandemic (game saver. Start over if opponent is too strong, then use your cards on board to kill his cards again)
Combos:
This deck is designed around getting Gaspar out to recycle your sites. Using Ezio to play sites as surprise. Play scoring site like lighthouse to win by deploying sites as a surprise over and over again. I've won many times by this combo when the opponent was sure I would lose (and I would have).
Gaspar is the main card but you can win without. An overlooked ability is he ALSO makes replaced agents go back into your hand. Meaning, if you have 6 agents on board, play another agent on top of one and get the replaced back into your hand. This is nasty business when used right.
Ezio mentor:
Obviously an counter - counter. If you meet counter heavy foes, build income and deploy him. Kill Piri first if he is on board.
Ezio Mentor also makes Giovanni and Mario kill cards as they are deployed (making the effectively counters), and with Gaspar down, I can recycle them infinately. Game... Over...
Sites:
Lighthouse is brilliant for delaying opponent with the score 2 defender ability. Good vs. deceptive rush. Pro tip. If opponent has 10 influence (or is going to have) at one location. Use lighthouse there. He now has to go back and score there again, giving you more time. I may have driven some insane with one lighthouse and Gaspar (and one sofias office).
Sofias office is great for income and also replacing sites for Gaspar. Use it with Kadir to get early card draw. Always keep at least one in hand. Don't replace them all early. You will need a site for Gaspar to get deployed sites back.
Secret catacombs is bomb diggidy. Steal oppenents sites and get back secret catacombs with Gaspar. This also means that the effect of Gaspar is limited for opponent of you steal his sites. I've won many games vs. deceptive site rushers. Makes their 5 influence decetive site yours. Thanks. GG.
Forum of the Ox: Thanks Rob for this advice. Both useful for speeding up ezio mentor deploying but awesome with Gaspar and Ezio. You can win by creating infinate influence and income with this site (and a replacement). This one card made the deck 10% better.
Assassins Guild: Kill agents. Replace it again and kill another agent. Do it really fast with Ezio Mentor and kill all agents on site.
Tips and comments:
Scientific Espionage is becoming more needed lately with nasty cards like doomsday on the rampage. I was down to 3 at a point but included one more. I often win games with this card.
Piri. Needed as counters are on the rise, but also grants you time to set up the combos. No stopping the winning combo if he is out.
There is really good card circulation in the deck. 10 draw/income cards. 5 thinners (Sofias Office) and Kadir makes you draw when needed. Therefore I don't have 5x of key combo cards. Also, they are not stritcly needed. I win games by killing sites and agents and scoring with powerful agents and scoring sites. The beauty of the deck is that depending on the draw you can do different things.
Don't deploy Gaspar too early. Let opponent deploy his sites first and so he cant replace them. Wait until you can deploy gaspar and Kadir and sites if you have them and you can wait.
So many tips to give, but lets just end here.
Enjoy. I know I have and do. I still play this deck as a main deck although it is like ½ a year old in concept.
