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Post by Rob (Roebidoebi) on Feb 1, 2013 9:15:08 GMT -5
I have competitive decks in all colors and color combo's, but are unable to design a good competitive deck using red/blue. Any ideas?
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Post by jeremyat on Feb 1, 2013 12:50:59 GMT -5
I've got a counter/discard deck and a big site rush/counter deck, and that's the best I've been able to come up with. I frequently have a hard time making a faith deck that doesn't rely on abuses that I either do not want to play or out-and-out refuse to play (surprise doomsday, comboing sacred vault with deceptive sites and with great power, ancestral discovery, etc.), so I don't use faith very frequently. It also has no draw power, so it's frequently easier to sub in scholar (obviously) or media (BoMT) to complement crime or order.
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Post by lurifaxb on Feb 1, 2013 14:16:41 GMT -5
That combo is hard to make competitive - unless going the cheese way of counters and discards like doomsday.
What about building a "fireball deck"? Judgement day, papal influence, "the score half income order card", it would be good if using a win card like pantheon (win if you have score 10). Faith/order has the best anti cards like wrath of the righteous and the order card that kills all sites. You could even use the 10/10 executioner agent. With good income balance, it may work. Problem is draw power though.
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Post by ironcladtrash on Feb 2, 2013 8:48:19 GMT -5
I think the straight up burn deck might be the way to go. Unless you use Masyaf, I am not sure I would use the Pantheon/Royal Intervention combo since tutoring and draw would be a problem and you could get stuck with Pantheon in hand with nothing to go with it. RI would still be a good late card.
Else you could try something like Masyaf, Heathen Followers, Pantheon/Ri combo, and mix in counters and discard, and maybe Giovani Mocenigo
@jermeyat I am curious what you have for counter/discard? That always seems like a good base but I was always too worried that you and opponent could end up with nothing to win with after countering and discarding everything, what do you use for tutors and winners?
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Post by victorybot on Feb 3, 2013 15:51:09 GMT -5
Hi everyone, glad to still see some life in the ACR community
I have had some success with a Rhodes counters type of deck, using maysaf and the erasing counters.
4 dante moro
3 The plan
3 Imperial Gardener
3 Untimely end
2 Honest workers
4 militia intimidation
5 Cyril of Rhodes
5 Maysaf
5 Funeral Pyre
4 court order
5 Guard duty
4 Ottoman janissary
3 Byzantine Brute
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Post by Rob (Roebidoebi) on Feb 4, 2013 5:15:06 GMT -5
I've build a quite successful deck myself as well. It's based on gaining as much card advantage as possible: 5 Templar captain 4 holy day 5 answered prayers 4 militia intimidation 5 underground refuge 5 mysterious stranger 4 funeral pyre 4 ritual sacrifice 4 yerebatan cistern 4 ancestral discovery 4 Suleiman 2 topikapi palace It's doing pretty well so far. Only got hammered a couple of times by dedicated site decks. It's also very fun to play as you get to look at your opponents hand a lot and can decide what to discard/counter based on the cards in your own hand. A lot of interaction is guaranteed! It's not a very fast deck, and I often win by retrieving my opponents winners from the discard pile  Have fun! [edit] I'ts apparently not much fun to play against this deck... so use it at your own discretion. |
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