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Bara HoD Asshai Fury

Baratheon
Submitted by: cockbongo
Submitted: Aug 05 2013 04:40 PM
Views: 2205
Last updated: Aug 06 2013 02:28 AM
Category: Baratheon
Deck Name: Bara HoD Asshai Fury
Deck Contents: Total Cards (62)

House (1)
House Baratheon (Core) x1

Agenda (1)
House of Dreams (ARotD) x1

Plot (7)
Breaking and Entering (LotR) x1
Fury of the Stag (AE) x1
Game of Thrones (LotR) x1
Manning the City Walls (CD) x1
Many Powers Long Asleep (RoR) x1
Muster the Realm! (QoD) x1
Melisandre's Scheme (RotK) x1

Character (38)
Army of the Faithful (Core) x3
Bearer of the Light (KotStorm) x3
Melisandre (Core) x3
Pentoshi Guildmaster (Core) x3
The Red Queen's Faithful (CD) x3
Watcher of the Nightfire (AHM) x2
Wicked Seductress (RoR) x2
Zealous Collector (CtB) x1
Old Red Priest (Core) x3
Intolerant Priest (RoR) x3
Asshai Initiate (KotStorm) x2
Bastard of Robert (Core) x2
Lost Captain (KotStorm) x3
Salladhor Saan (KotStorm) x2
King Robert's Host (TWot5K) x1
Craster (WotN) x1
Dale Seaworth (AToTT) x1

Location (14)
Aegon's Garden (Core) x3
Shadowblack Lane (Core) x1
River Row (QoD) x1
Street of Sisters (Core) x1
The Roseroad (KotStorm) x2
Narrow Sea (Core) x3
Shores of the Blackwater (AToTT) x2
Fury (AJE) x1

Attachment (3)
The King's Ground (IG) x1
Black Amethysts (MotM) x2

Event (7)
Paper Shield (QoD) x1
Wars Are Won with Quills (PotS) x2
Lord of Light, Protect Us (RoR) x2
Seductive Promise (Core) x2

First of all, huge props to Jimm over at AGOTCards for the initial idea for this. Been really enjoying playing with this recently and while I can't say it's a world-beater, it's great fun nonetheless.

HoD Fury - use Pentoshi Guildmasters and Lost Captains as dicard fuel to drive the draw engine, then win by 4 using Core Mel's Asshai +1 bumps and get them straight back into your hand. A reliable Bara draw engine, coupled with decent Asshai, a bit of recursion and a touch of control, with a couple of saves thrown in for good measure. The events package can change - had some success with Terminal Schemes but Wars... is just a *fantastic* control event.

All comments welcome. You know, this is the first deck i've actually bothered to publish on this site...
Graphs:
Sample Hand Reload
Other Information Income on Plot Cards: 3, 5, 3, 1, 3, 5, 4
Average Plot Income: 3.429
Number of deck cards providing income: 5
Average deck cards income: 1.000
Number of cards providing influence: 3


8 Comments

Yeah, I've been messing around with a deck like this, only Noble Rush Flavor (because Royal Entourage (TTotH) work well as discard fodder). I've been seeing it as handcrafting mostly until you can get the 2 discard fodder, so it is a little slow for rush as opposed to Kings of Summer. But an asshai deck runs a bit slower, so it can take its time building things up and get the discard fuel.

Also, a Bara deck without a king? What is this? Hell, I'd rather have Renly Baratheon (TRS) than Craster. Not an ally, has 2 icons, and renown.
It's not *really* a fast rush deck tbh. There's a danger that you don't draw into your Guildmasters/Captains, so you chuck some other characters into the discard, use the Initiate to move stuff from the dead pile and wait for a Mel's Scheme round to kick in.

I use Craster as he's cheap, and he fuels win-by-4 abilities. Renly isn't a bad alternative tho.
Desperate Measures (TCC) can dump pentoshi/lost captain straight to your discard pile faster, but the influence cost can be a hassle

Desperate Measures (TCC) can dump pentoshi/lost captain straight to your discard pile faster, but the influence cost can be a hassle


Yeah, to hell with that. You tend to draw at least one quickly enough, then dump it and a character you can't use just yet o fuel Fury and you're away.

The Narrow Seas are in there in case you need influence (Seats of Power are Limited so aren't as much use) but as I say, the events package is changeable depending on your needs.
Have you ever found yourself regretting the lack of a reset?

Have you ever found yourself regretting the lack of a reset?


Yup. I used to run Valar along with Supported by the Smith and a couple of Iron Mines to build in a few saves to the deck, and still may go back that way.

The new Bara location is going *straight* into this deck as soon as it comes out...
Zealous Collector? You don't even have 1 Kingdom location in your deck. How about Stormlands Bastard (TIoR)? You can stand him with Fury to give two stags renown in the challenge phase.
Don't use it for his ability, he's only there as a two icon 1-cost Asshai character who'll get the boost from Mel and count towards getting Asshai Armies out as I ran out of Red Priests. I did use the Bastard for a bit but the intrigue icon in setup was more valuable.