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Squids with antlers! v2


Submitted by: mauroinmorales
Submitted: Oct 25 2012 12:57 AM
Views: 1833
Last updated: Oct 27 2012 05:37 AM
Category: Greyjoy
Deck Name: Squids with antlers! v2
Deck Contents: Total Cards (60)

House (1)
House Greyjoy (Core) x1

Agenda (1)
Alliance (QoD) x1

Plot (7)
An Empty Throne (KotS) x1
Building Season (Core) x1
Herding the Masses (Core) x1
Rise of the Kraken (KotS) x1
Storm of Swords (LoW) x1
Take Them by Surprise (LoW) x1
Valar Morghulis (Core) x1

Character (30)
Arena Knight (RoW) x3
Highgarden Squire (TftH) x2
Knight of Flowers (TftH) x3
Maester Cressen (Core) x1
Maester Murenmure (CbtC) x3
Marya Seaworth (KotStorm) x1
Melisandre (RotO) x2
Selyse Baratheon (Core) x1
Ser Cortnay Penrose (KotStorm) x2
Stannis Baratheon (Core) x2
The Knight (TftH) x2
Theon Greyjoy (PotS) x1
Victarion Greyjoy (KotS) x2
Wex Pyke (KotS) x3
Willas Tyrell (VM) x1
The Bastard of Nightsong (VM) x1

Location (22)
Aeron's Chambers (KotS) x1
Gatehouse (KotS) x3
Narrow Sea (KotStorm) x2
Scouting Vessel (KotS) x3
Stormlands Fiefdoms (KotStorm) x2
Street of Silk (LotR) x1
Street of Sisters (Core) x1
Street of Steel (Core) x1
The Iron Mines (KotS) x3
Iron Island Fiefdoms (KotS) x3
Sunset Sea (KotS) x2

Attachment (5)
Lightbringer (Core) x1
Tourney Lance (TftH) x2
The King's Ground (IG) x2

Event (3)
Drinking the Sea (TBoBB) x3

A greyjoy variation of my stags in a boat! deck...it seems more quick and effective
Graphs:
Sample Hand Reload
Other Information Income on Plot Cards: 3, 4, 2, 1, 2, 5, 2
Average Plot Income: 2.714
Number of deck cards providing income: 4
Average deck cards income: 1.000
Number of cards providing influence: 10


14 Comments

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mauroinmorales
Oct 25 2012 11:14 AM
I'm thinking on removing Massey Hook and Veteran Marauder...and perhaps adding Assertion of might, but there's too few war crest in the deck
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ShadowcatX2000
Oct 25 2012 01:53 PM
Honestly, I think you're running too many locations, especially too many limited locations (you're running 11, which is about 5 more than most people), and your character base needs to be reworked.
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mauroinmorales
Oct 25 2012 10:54 PM
you're right about the locations, but i'm not following the character base
It's actually 13 limited locations, and I would recommend cutting them in almost half too :)

The character base seems a bit thin on cheap characters, but on the other hand you have a ton of reducers so it might not be that big of a problem. Have you tried the deck out?
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mauroinmorales
Oct 26 2012 04:09 PM
I have tried the previous version as a house baratheon deck (stags in a boat post, check it ;) ) and it just wasn't fast enough...I'm reworking the locations toreduce the heavy amount of limited locations
What makes the deck faster this way? Feels to me like Baratheon only-cards have more to offer when it comes to speed then GJ?
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ShadowcatX2000
Oct 27 2012 04:14 PM
For characters:

Your gold curve is very high. Try and work in lower cost characters like the refugees.

You are fairly lacking in renown characters, and renown characters are, IMO, the reason to run Baratheon Alliance. Also, non-kneeling knight of flowers is amazing, I'd try use him over the other knight of flowers I think.

What are the maesters bringing to the table?

Also, assault of the kraken is very good, you should try and work it in. And body guard is pretty nice as well.

@Laxen: The main reason to run out of Greyjoy instead of Baratheon is the emphasis on unopposed challenges and the ability to make more of those challenges. Such as with Assault of the Kraken and scouting vessel. Beyond that Iron Mines helps protect from Baratheon's worst nightmare, a board sweep.
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mauroinmorales
Oct 27 2012 07:18 PM
Deck updated, with some of the modifications suggested so far; thanks so much for your feedback, guys! =)

For characters:

Your gold curve is very high. Try and work in lower cost characters like the refugees.

You are fairly lacking in renown characters, and renown characters are, IMO, the reason to run Baratheon Alliance. Also, non-kneeling knight of flowers is amazing, I'd try use him over the other knight of flowers I think.

What are the maesters bringing to the table?

Also, assault of the kraken is very good, you should try and work it in. And body guard is pretty nice as well.


It's quite true the gold curve fact, however I try to pack a lot of reducers to lower the impact of those high character costs. The refugees although is a good idea =)

About the lack of renown, I'm emphasising in vigilant and joust instead of renown to make a lot of unopposed challenges per round, and to take advantage of that...with that said, the joust Knight of flowers adjust to that concept, making a 3 to 5 power gain per round (if the conditions are right) but the non-kneeling has renown, and a lower cost, so I'm still thinking about that.

Murenmure is there to cancel the negative of my agenda, while Cressen is there for the meta (but is expendable).

Assault of the kraken is good, considering the amount of standing characters available, and bodyguard deserves a try.
Shadowcat: that didn't really answer my question since Scouting Vessel can be played even if the deck is built the other way around, and Assault of the Kraken isn't even in the deck right now :P
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mauroinmorales
Oct 27 2012 11:03 PM
Laxen: Greyjoy has more cards that save characters, something that Baratheon lacks badly, and the extra benefits of unopposed challenges make the deck a little bit faster than a Baratheon deck.
I see the reason for the house mix, but I was just wondering what made you switch from Bara with treaty to GJ to GJ with treaty to Bara :)

Was it Drinking the Sea and Rise of the Kraken?
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mauroinmorales
Oct 28 2012 05:39 PM

I see the reason for the house mix, but I was just wondering what made you switch from Bara with treaty to GJ to GJ with treaty to Bara :)

Was it Drinking the Sea and Rise of the Kraken?


exactly (and perhaps assault of the kraken)
Ok!
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mauroinmorales
Nov 02 2012 04:49 AM
Guys, I just realized that The King's Ground is House Baratheon Only, so I have to add a card that stands locations...