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[Shadowclaimer]

We play a "Lords" variant in my group that's basically EDH/Commander from Magic. You start with a Lord/Lady/King/Queen at the side and can play them for the cost as though they were in your hand, if they'd die, be discarded, or whatever you can instead choose to put them back into the "command zone" and increase the cost to play them by 2 (stacking each time it happens.)

I'm working on a Mad King Aerys deck, there aren't a TON of characters from the timeline that fit (age, etc.), and its even harder to find generic Targs that could pass for Western soldiers.

 

Curious if anyone had any suggestions for the deck, here's what I have so far:

 

-Main Targ Chars-

Mad King Aerys (A Dire Message)

Rhaegar Targaryen (Battle of Ruby Ford)

Viserys Targaryen (The Champion's Purse)

Daenerys Targaryen (Gates of the Citadel)

 

-Other Chars-

Varys?

Lyanna Stark (On Dangerous Grounds)

Magister Illyrio (Valar Morghulis)

 

-Kingsguard-

Ser Jaime Lannister (The Kingsguard)

Ser Barriston Selmy (City of Secrets)

Ser Gerold Hightower (Here to Serve)

Ser Arthur Dayne (The Winds of Winter)

 

-Targ Generics-

Dragon Knight x3 (Trial by Combat)

King's Landing Assassin x3 (Secrets and Spies)

Long Lances x3 (The House of Black and White)

Linked Advisor x3 (The Isle of Ravens)

Illyrio's Man x3 (Core Set)

-Neutral Generics-

Advisor to the Crown (Queen of Dragons)

Herald of the King (Battle of Ruby Ford)

Prolific Statesman (Here to Serve)

I could put in Lannisters but that would require an alliance and would be solely for Tywin (and maybe Jaime/Cersei.)

 

Mostly just looking to fill out my 35 character quota (36 with a single of Aerys on the sideboard.)

Any suggestions?

[Traitor]

Have you looked into Hand of the King? The rules come with the Martell box.

[Shadowclaimer]

Have you looked into Hand of the King? The rules come with the Martell box.

We tried the variant out, it just didn't work as well as we hoped. The "Lords" variant we've been trying basically just kinda gives you the feel of playing a specific character without waiting 4-5 turns to get them out. If you wanna invest early and risk losing them and jacking up their cost, you can.

[scantrell24]

I don't have anything to add, but that format sounds awesome.

[Shadowclaimer]

I don't have anything to add, but that format sounds awesome.

For theme/flavor its awesome, I have been able to split up a lot of houses pretty thematically. Lannisters for instance have a Cersei Power Behind the Throne deck, Tywin gold-amassing deck, and Tyrion and Friends (Clansmen and such).

We play really casually so its not a huge deal if the decks aren't super competitive. We just break out the box and play a couple rounds with everyone nabbing different decks. We had fun re-enacting the Greyjoy Rebellion with Bobby B vs Balon and then the Siege of Riverrun with Edmure vs Lannisters.

[VonWibble]

Raymun Darry?

[Shadowclaimer]

Raymun Darry?

Yea not a bad idea, kinda sucks the bannerman thing means he'll only ever hit 1 cheaper on an Attachment, but he's not bad stats and fits the theme.

[JackCade]

No Pyromancer's apprentice?  

[Shadowclaimer]

No Pyromancer's apprentice?  

I didn't even think about that, that's a good one too.

[VonWibble]

Yea not a bad idea, kinda sucks the bannerman thing means he'll only ever hit 1 cheaper on an Attachment, but he's not bad stats and fits the theme.

You could also throw in Rich Lands and a Keep as said attachment. Works nicely with Mad King.

[Shadowclaimer]

You could also throw in Rich Lands and a Keep as said attachment. Works nicely with Mad King.

Oooo I like that idea.

Dammit now I need more Power of Bloods..

[Bomb]

I would suggest The Dragon's Blood, but it won't work to that advantage in most match ups...

 

But here it is in case you face Targ all the time.

 

[Shadowclaimer]

Here's the decklist so far, its kinda ragtag and all over the place. Particularly because thematic locations are hard to find for Targs in the West.

I really need to do a Robert/Eddard alliance deck for a nice Robert's Rebellion setup of them vs Aerys.
 
http://www.cardgamed...rd-variant-r192
 
 

Total Cards: (61)
 
House: 
House Targaryen 
 
Plot: (7)
1x Wildfire Assault (Core) 
1x Valar Morghulis (Core) 
1x Stay of Execution (KotS) 
1x Building Season (Core) 
1x Assault on King's Landing (KotStorm) 
1x Lineage and Legacy (KotStorm) 
1x An Empty Throne (KotS) 
(Considered two copies of Power of Blood instead of some other stuff.)
 
Lord: (1)
1x Mad King Aerys (A Dire Message) 
 
Character: (35)
2x Daenerys Targaryen (GotC) 
3x Dragon Knight (TBC) 
3x Herald of the King (BoRF) 
3x Illyrio's Man (Core) 
2x King's Landing Assassin (SaS) 
3x Linked Advisor (TIoR) 
2x Magister Illyrio (CbtC) 
2x Prolific Statesman (HtS) 
2x Rhaegar Targaryen (BoRF) 
1x Ser Arthur Dayne (TWoW) 
1x Ser Barristan Selmy (CoS) 
1x Ser Gerold Hightower (HtS) 
1x Ser Jaime Lannister (TK) 
3x Long Lances (THoBaW) 
2x Ser Raymun Darry (TBG) 
1x Lyanna Stark (ODG) 
2x Viserys Targaryen (TCP) 
1x Varys (SaS) 
 
Attachment: (7)
1x Daenerys's Favor (FF) 
2x Rich Lands and a Keep (LotR) 
2x The Dragon's Blood (WotN) 
2x Unburnt (QoD) 
 
Event: (3)
2x Fire Made Flesh (Fire Made Flesh) 
1x Royal Favor (TIoR) 
 
Location: (15)
2x Castle Darry (TBG) 
2x Flaming-Pitch Tower (TWot5K) 
2x Eastern Fiefdoms (Core) 
1x Hall of Dragons (AHM) 
1x Khal Drogo's Tent (Core) 
1x Lady Daenerys's Chambers (Core) 
2x Street of Silk (LotR) 
2x Summer Sea (QoD) 
1x The Red Keep (TftRK) 
1x Rhaenys's Hill (TBoBB)

[agktmte]

I was going to ask if you go highlander like the mtg variant, but now that you posted the deck list I see that you don't.  So the only rule change here is the 1 character you get to have set aside to be played (and saved) at your discretion?

[Shadowclaimer]

I was going to ask if you go highlander like the mtg variant, but now that you posted the deck list I see that you don't.  So the only rule change here is the 1 character you get to have set aside to be played (and saved) at your discretion?

I actually tried to do that, but it makes it really hard to do thematic decks since the breakdown is 35 characters usually so finding 35 singletons for a Robert Baratheon deck for instance that all fit the theme was a pain.

The Lord is kinda like if everyone had Summoning Season in their decks (except each time they fetch that person cost goes up 2), it does impact gameplay kinda drastically for the decks that are built around their Lord (like Commander does in MTG) but the actual gameplay speed isn't impacted too much.

Edit: I'm sure that like Commander if someone was more competitively inclined they'd easily break this format idea. Its moreso a homebrew thing I did to build my box of decks.

[zaspacer]

 

We play a "Lords" variant in my group that's basically EDH/Commander from Magic. You start with a Lord/Lady/King/Queen at the side and can play them for the cost as though they were in your hand, if they'd die, be discarded, or whatever you can instead choose to put them back into the "command zone" and increase the cost to play them by 2 (stacking each time it happens.)

I'm working on a Mad King Aerys deck, there aren't a TON of characters from the timeline that fit (age, etc.), and its even harder to find generic Targs that could pass for Western soldiers.

 

Curious if anyone had any suggestions for the deck, here's what I have so far:

 

-Main Targ Chars-

Mad King Aerys (A Dire Message)

Rhaegar Targaryen (Battle of Ruby Ford)

Viserys Targaryen (The Champion's Purse)

Daenerys Targaryen (Gates of the Citadel)

 

-Other Chars-

Varys?

Lyanna Stark (On Dangerous Grounds)

Magister Illyrio (Valar Morghulis)

 

-Kingsguard-

Ser Jaime Lannister (The Kingsguard)

Ser Barriston Selmy (City of Secrets)

Ser Gerold Hightower (Here to Serve)

Ser Arthur Dayne (The Winds of Winter)

 

-Targ Generics-

Dragon Knight x3 (Trial by Combat)

King's Landing Assassin x3 (Secrets and Spies)

Long Lances x3 (The House of Black and White)

Linked Advisor x3 (The Isle of Ravens)

Illyrio's Man x3 (Core Set)

-Neutral Generics-

Advisor to the Crown (Queen of Dragons)

Herald of the King (Battle of Ruby Ford)

Prolific Statesman (Here to Serve)

I could put in Lannisters but that would require an alliance and would be solely for Tywin (and maybe Jaime/Cersei.)

 

Mostly just looking to fill out my 35 character quota (36 with a single of Aerys on the sideboard.)

Any suggestions?

 

 

I dig the deck and the format.

 

My group has been doing something similar: building decks for "theme-balance-casual". But we haven't incorporated the EDH/Commander Generals yet... but we've talked about trying some variations of a General. We've also branched out into the CCG cardpool (using cards from Iron Throne and later so it has the same frames/look as the LCG cards).

 

I'm exploring a 2-on-1 Robert's Rebelion setup (Robert Deck and Ned Deck vs. Mad King Deck) or maybe a 2-on-4 Robert's Rebelion setup (Arryn/Stark/Baratheon/Tully vs. Mad King/Tyrell).

 

In terms of card ideas, I'd add the following as possibles for your deck:

 

-Targ Character-

House Targaryen Loyalists (The Pirates of Lys)

 

-Neutral Character-

Pyromancer's Apprentice (The Battle of Blackwater Bay)

Randyll Tarly (Kings of the Sea) (fits theme: fought for Targs, but doesn't have great synergy with deck gameplay: few War Crests)

Kingsguard Squire (Princes of the Sun) (fits generic theme, but nothing special)

Silent Sisters (Core Set) (fits generic theme, but nothing special)

 

-Targ Attachment-

Dragon Skull (City of Secrets)

 

-Neutral Attachment -

Champion's Favour (On Dangerous Grounds)

Tourney Lance (Tourney For The Hand)

Condemned (Trial by Combat)

The Iron Throne (A Dire Message)

 

-Targ Locations-

The Dragonpit (Tales from the Red Keep)

Visenya's Hill (Secrets and Spies)

Aegon's Hill (The Tower of the Hand)

 

-Neutral Locations-

King's Landing (Secrets and Spies)

Heart of the Kingdom (Raven's Song) (too weak without CCG "Kingdom" cards)

Twilight Market (A Time of Trials)

The Iron Throne (A Dire Message)

 

I don't know why you have Long Lances in there. Also, exploring allowing non-Targ House cards (with house rule no penality) opens up a lot more potential theme cards (including Tyrell allies). Likewise, adding CCG cards adds a few nice options like Kingdom cards Dorne, Dragonstone, and The Reach.