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Lannister / Clansmen
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Saturnine
, Feb 05 2011 12:43 PM | Last updated Feb 05 2011 03:17 PM
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| Submitted by: | Saturnine |
| Submitted: | Feb 05 2011 12:43 PM |
| Views: | 4404 |
| Last updated: | Feb 05 2011 03:17 PM |
| Category: | Lannister |
| Deck Name: | Lannister / Clansmen |
| Deck Contents: | Total Cards (60) House (1) House Lannister (Core) x1 Agenda (0) Plot (7) Take Them by Surprise (LoW) x1 Battle of Oxcross (PotS) x1 Fury of the Lion (AE) x1 Rule by Decree (Core) x1 Valar Dohaeris (TWH) x1 Snowed Under (Core) x1 Relentless Persecution (DB) x1 Character (30) Painted Dogs (IG) x3 The Burned Men (MotM) x3 Timett Son of Timett (MotM) x3 Tribeless Vagabond (OSaS) x3 Tyrion's Enforcers (MotM) x3 Ser Jaime Lannister (Core) x1 Chella, Daughter of Cheyk (Core) x1 Greedy Councilor (ASitD) x3 Vendor of Venoms (SB) x1 Tommen Baratheon (SA) x1 Shagga Son of Dolf (DB) x2 Castellan of the Rock (BoRF) x2 Orell the Eagle (ASitD) x1 Mountain Refugee (RoW) x3 Location (15) Golden Tooth Mines (Core) x2 Hidden Vale Pass (MotM) x2 Lannisport Brothel (Core) x1 Queen Cersei's Chambers (Core) x1 Sunset Sea (Core) x3 The Goldroad (Core) x1 Western Fiefdoms (Core) x2 Golden Tooth Vaults (AKitN) x2 Street of Steel (Core) x1 Attachment (8) Devious Intentions (BoRF) x2 Ill-Begotten Spoils (ASoSilence) x3 Tyrion's Thug (OSaS) x3 Event (7) Battle of the Bay (TBoBB) x2 Rise of the Mountain Clans (MotM) x3 Mountain Tactics (RoR) x1 A Lannister Pays His Debts (Core) x1 The idea is to just dominate the challenge phase, first and foremost military challenges, with raised claim, hopefully overcommitting my opponent and leaving him less room to for the other challenges. Epic Battles for some additional board destruction. Very non-tool-boxy deck, just a tad of kneel. A bit of tool-boxyness in some of the plots. Still experimenting with those, but I might exchange one or two for some 2-claim plots down the road. An earlier but similar build (didn't have latest chapter pack) did reasonably well in our custom 2 vs 2 games that my friends and I play. The ability to attack and defend while knelt is really powerful. Tested this current build yesterday against a friend (he played a Stark/Night's Watch deck, but he gave up into the second run after a terrible setup when it became clear he wouldn't be able to get into the game because I would just destroy his board (He was already frustrated after losing with Martell against my Baratheon/Shadows deck; will post it soon as well). So I don't have proper data yet. I don't think it's that competitive against many decks, but it's a fun deck to play, which is most important to me. |
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| Other Information | Income on Plot Cards: 5, 4, 5, 4, 3, 3, 3 Average Plot Income: 3.857 Number of deck cards providing income: 2 Average deck cards income: 1.000 Number of cards providing influence: 6 |
11 Comments
at least thats how a Clansman deck worked for me in a melee game. i used Golden Tooth mines to get a decent setup and than triggered 2 vale attachments to put me under my opponents cards in hand attacked with Burned men and ill Begotten Spoils while the Retaliation plot was out and claimed 4 power, than used to be a lion stood the burned men, attacked for military and killed all his characters on the board.
i think clansman is a much better melee deck than joust and i was really surprised at how well it worked out for me
Im surprised your playing Vale Pass, i just dont think i would ever really use it, but i can see the advantage of having it as an option, especially with a lesser charctrer like refugee or son of the mist.
Re: Vale Scavenger - so far I haven't had any trouble keeping my hand smaller than my opponents. I think it would be a neat card in the 2v2 format that we play in my group, as I could use it on my team mate, but so far I just find the other attachments I'm playing more valuable.
I've used Hidden Vale Pass a couple of times already. It has your opponent wondering whether you might add another attacker to the challenge, potentially having them overcommit characters, or you just catch them at unawares and manage to push a critical challenge through; I would even put the Burned Men into a challenge for a surprise claim bump.
I'll comment more after I see how these clansman cards play out today, maybe get some more ideas
Yeah, Greedy Councilor is my go-to discard card - works out nicely.
Valar Dohaeris (TWH) is mainly for when I get an Epic Battle out. Fear of Winter (BtW) is not a bad idea either. I'm still experimenting with plots, so I might give it a whirl next time.
I think the plot relentless persecution was by far the best plot I played, definitely a keeper for this setup.
You'll likely have better luck since your pushing a bit more military than I was. Let me know how it works for you
Glad you're enjoying your Clansman deck. I've been having fun with mine so far. I'll probably play it tomorrow in a 3-player game, I'll write here how it went.
Played the deck yesterday, and it run well until I hit a will in about round 4. It was a 3 player game and I had acquired 10 or 11 power. But then I couldn't keep going against two opponents who did not have power on their house cards (one was running a Targ/Brotherhood deck, and the other a Baratheon of which we'd leeched power). Baratheon had a CCG Vale of Arryn out (raises claim by two during power challenges for all player) and they just pummeled me. I don't really blame the deck, but I think it could use one or two more control elements (some location hate would be neat). Any suggestions?
Targ/brotherhood sounds like fun too !