[media/scholar] Art Attack

[bulzaz]

Hi all,

Got my 4th and 5th Art Galleries today so thought I'd put a deck together around them, and it seems to be doing pretty well so far.

Thought it would be a good opportunity for my first post, having lurked for a long while.

Just had a fairly epic battle against a thief deck of Raphael's which I just won, but most other games today have been easy wins. Haven't faced anything with site neutralisation though - that could be nasty.

Signature cards:

5 x Art Gallery

Early income + feed the Art Gallery:

5 x Dama Rossa
5 x Art Merchant
5 x Call to action

Draws/Tutors to get the Art Gallery:

4 x Knowledge is Power
4 x In-depth analysis
3 x Quick Study

Others:

4 x Magnetic personality: Surprise boosts to take you over the line
5 x Bitter Sweet: useful in defense, but the main aim is to quickly remove one of your own cards when it's got the art gallery bonus, so you can score again in the same day
3 x Malfatto: same as bitter sweet + feeds the art gallery
4 x Carnevale: more food for the art gallery
3 x Clothes make the man: Defensive / more tutors. I love this card, but might not really need it in this deck.

pretty obvious strategy. Get the art galleries down as fast as possible, and start scoring.

[Tuism]

Welcome to the forums bulzaz

Interesting concept you got there, I've not seen a art gallery deck with card draw! Does In depth feed your art galleries well? I think Quick study is not super useful in a deck that relies on speed - but I see that you have to grab art galleries... Purely relying on a single card in two copies I think may be a bit dangerous, try supplement it with a second card, or maybe you should need more quick study. I find that if I have cards that I rely on twice for victory, I should have at least 15 "copies" of them, being tutors or whatever, to reliably run it. But your In-depths should balance it out...

I really like the concept of using card draw to feed galleries

And yeah I love clothes make the man, but in this deck, well, I dunno, it would fit copying in-depth very well, if you stick to that card draw theme

I have a similar deck with stuff like Cahin which is 2 tokens for the price of one card and order unblockables, but that changes the concept considerably.

here's my deck, see if you get any ideas out of it

acreedrecollection.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=comp&action=display&thread=374

[bulzaz]

Thanks Tuism.

Have refined it a bit:

5 x Art Gallery

5 x Dama Rossa
5 x Art Merchant
5 x Call to action

4 x Knowledge is Power
4 x In-depth analysis
4 x Scientific Method
5 x Quick Study

5 x Tactless Theatrics
4 x Magnetic Personality
4 x Carnivale

Main change is adding the scientific methods gives me a few more chances to get the art gallery.

I find the draw power works really well, as there's a ready supply of weenies to feed the gallery. Thinking about switching the art merchants for persistent panhandlers, as I rarely seem to need their extra gold boost

Prefer the call to action over Cahin as the suprise can sometimes make a big difference

Also refined the name - I like "Sketch Artist" (as they draw very quickly!)