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[Stahleck 2012: Melee]Â Knightly Order of the Black Flame (2nd place)
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WWDrakey
, Nov 29 2012 02:36 PM | Last updated Nov 29 2012 03:24 PM
Targaryen Stahleck 2012 2nd Place Melee
| Submitted by: | WWDrakey |
| Submitted: | Nov 29 2012 02:36 PM |
| Views: | 2148 |
| Last updated: | Nov 29 2012 03:24 PM |
| Category: | Targaryen |
| Deck Name: | [Stahleck 2012: Melee]Â Knightly Order of the Black Flame (2nd place) |
| Deck Contents: | Total Cards (63) House (1) House Targaryen (Core) x1 Agenda (1) Knights of the Realm (KotStorm) x1 Plot (7) Mutual Blackmail (Core) x1 Mad King's Legacy (Core) x1 Threat from the North (PotS) x1 Fury of the Dragon (AE) x1 You Swore an Oath (WLL) x1 Loyalty Money Can Buy (QoD) x1 Summoning Season (Core) x1 Character (34) Dragon Knight (TBC) x3 Exiled Knight (TBC) x3 Hedge Knight (KotStorm) x3 Knight of Flowers (Core) x1 Brown Ben Plumm (Core) x1 Pyat Pree (QoD) x1 Former Champion (PotS) x3 Ser Barristan Selmy (TftH) x3 Ser Jorah Mormont (WLL) x1 Long Lances (THoBaW) x3 Refugee of the Plains (RoW) x3 Young Griff (VD) x1 Magister Illyrio (CbtC) x1 Daenerys Targaryen (GotC) x1 Daario Naharis (WLL) x1 Viserys Targaryen (Core) x1 Khal Drogo (Core) x1 Jhogo (OSaS) x1 Aggo (RoR) x1 Strong Belwas (VD) x1 Location (14) Eastern Fiefdoms (Core) x3 Summer Sea (Core) x3 Khal Drogo's Tent (Core) x1 Street of Steel (Core) x1 Meraxes (TBC) x2 Great Pyramid of Meereen (AHM) x1 Meereen Tourney Grounds (ODG) x1 Street of Sisters (Core) x1 Myr (AHM) x1 Attachment (4) Aegon's Blade (Core) x1 Court Advisor (PotS) x3 Event (11) Ride Them Down (ODG) x3 Incinerate (VM) x3 Forever Burning (Core) x2 Ward (VM) x2 Favorable Ground (QoD) x1 This deck is a hybrid at heart, not really rush nor pure control, but something in the grey area in-between. Instead of trying to grab a huge amount of power with some combo, you're steamrolling power through renown and UO, meanwhile incentivizing your opponents into not attacking you (Meraxes, a standing Barristan with Court Advisor, looming presence of Burn, Knights not kneeling to defend, Loyalty Money Can Buy). As finishers the deck uses a self-concocted mix of 'surprise' power gain from Ride Them Down and printed renown, unopposed from burning down defenders or stealth and finally stealing power-laden characters with Ward. In most of the games that I won with the deck, I used Threat from the North as my finisher, so that I would have easy access to grabbing renown characters with Ward, and stopping opponents from trying to win (by Incinerating them down mid-attack). There are some quirky interactions in the deck, so it takes a bit of time getting used to. A good example is Ride Them Down, which in addition to it's obvious usage also acts as excellent fuel for making Barristan's power-challenges unopposed by burning away defenders, only to return back to hand afterwards. My semi-final table ended with me stealing a Melissandre (DotN) and leveraging her ability and renown to hit 15 power. Now *that* was what I call fun. Long Lances were money all day long, that card is just bonkers good. |
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| Other Information | Income on Plot Cards: 3, 4, 2, 5, 4, 4, 4 Average Plot Income: 3.714 Number of deck cards providing income: 1 Average deck cards income: 1.000 Number of cards providing influence: 9 |
1 Comments
That was an awesome move, indeed. : )