Deck: Body Double - First Place Lynnwood, WA Tournament
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Body Double - First Place Lynnwood, WA Tournament
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, Nov 12 2015 08:25 PM | Last updated Nov 14 2015 10:21 PM
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MAIN COMBOS The main strategy is to play characters that have come into play effects and then copy or bounce them back into my hand so I can play them again.
INSPIRATION I had originally built a spell recursion ST/Yog deck that relied on Josef Meiger and the Rite of the Silver Gate. Unfortunately, both Josef and the Silver Gate were put on the restricted list. When the Mark of Madness came out I saw the Seer of the Gate as a way to fill that gap. However, the deck didn’t truly come together until I switched MoM out for the Doppelganger. This unlocked this deck’s potential and thus spawned the Body Double!
TACTICS The deck doesn’t hinge on any specific combo as most of the cards have an ability that serves multiple functions. Playing this deck well is all about finding the most efficient way to manage all the options presented by the different card combinations.
The Doppelganger is critical to the deck. He can adapt to an ever-changing board and become exactly what I need to succeed. In the beginning, my favorite tactic is to copy the Seer and remove a key card that I previewed on the previous turn. In one of my games, I was able to strip 2 Master of Myths at the same time.
Removing cards from my opponent’s hand is only effective for the first 3 rounds. After that the deck needs to focus on keeping my opponent from committing to the stories. This is accomplished by either copying Faceless Abductor or Protector of Secrets, or bouncing them with The Doorway. Finally, I use August Lindquist and B. Ramsdale Brown to recycle Mists of Lethe or Pushed into the Beyond as my closer.
FINAL THOUGHTS The big lesson I learned from playing this deck is not to get rattled by letting your opponent put down tokens. In 3 of the 4 games I played, I was able to win stories where my opponent had already placed 4 tokens. I found that this deck is just like MacGyver; it has all the tools necessary to turn a desperate situation into a win!
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A toolbox deck that copies and bounces characters with come into play effects.
Initiate of Huang Hung seems like a natural fit for your deck now that he's unrestricted. Any particular reason you didn't take him?
You could use him to bounce your Seer + an opponent's character, and then replay your Seer to snipe it from their hand. With Doppelganger, Faceless, Lord Jeffrey and The Doorway, you have plenty of ways to get the Initiate back into your hand and do it all over again.
Also, were there any cards that underperformed during the tournament and need to be cut? What would you take in their place?
I had originally included 2 copies of the Initiate in the first test version of my deck. Unfortunately, I had overlooked that fact that he was errated to loyal. His new found loyalty made it difficult to set up my resource structure to support both him and Frozen Time.
During my test games I found myself holding him in my hand waiting for just the right time to play, and all the while I was losing board presence. In the end, I realized that I had a sufficient number of other cards that could provide the bounce I needed (The Doorway, Faceless Abductor, Doppelgänger). The Doppelgänger doesn't actually bounce a character, but his copy ability amounts to the same effect. Sadly, the Initiate didn't make the final cut to the deck I took to the tournament.
It's unfortunate that he was changed to loyal as the Initiate of Huang Hung is such a great character. In the first CoC tournament I ever played - 2012 Portland Regional - I lost to a ST/Yog deck that used the Initiate to bounce my characters to great effect.
When he went on the restricted list, I no longer saw him in play because he had to compete with MoM for a slot. I was so excited to finally include him in my deck; but his loyalty requirement essentially made him restricted again, unless you're playing a mono-ST deck, of course. Frankly, I can't see the reason for the errata. Bummer. Back to the shelf for you Initiate.
With regards to any cards that under-performed, I was pretty pleased with the deck's composition. Body Double doesn't have any one specific strategy, but has lot of cards that interactive in a variety of ways to defend against the current Meta. The cards that probably had the least impact at the tournament were: The Black Stone, The Archmage’s Attaché, and Carl Stanford.
During the July 2015 Regional Tournament in Portland, I got hammered by Temple decks. In anticipation for facing a Temple or Toxemia deck at the Lynnwood tournament, I included the Black Stone to help temporarily blank out those cards and The Archmage’s Attaché to possibly steal them. Surprisingly, no one took the Temple or Toxemia. Most players took a Hastur deck of some kind.
I was able to use the Attaché to play a character from my opponent's deck during round two and only blanked one character the whole tournament with The Black Stone. I could see cutting the Attaché, though I can't deny how unnerving it is for my opponent to have their card exposed when I play it on their deck. Thus, I probably wouldn't cut these cards, but might reduce The Black Stone to 2 copies and bump The Doorway up to 3 copies. The Doorway really earned its keep to help bounce the Seer, Protector of Secrets, and Doppelganger back to my hand.
I included Carl Stanford to help get the Mists of Lethe and Pushed into the Beyond back from the discard pile, which he did once, but B. Ramsdale Brown is a bit for more efficient as you don't have to pay to retrieve the card. I do like how Carl cancels my opponent's cost reduction, but that too was not a factor at this tournament. Nevertheless, two copies is about right, so for now he gets to stay.
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Initiate of Huang Hung seems like a natural fit for your deck now that he's unrestricted. Any particular reason you didn't take him?
You could use him to bounce your Seer + an opponent's character, and then replay your Seer to snipe it from their hand. With Doppelganger, Faceless, Lord Jeffrey and The Doorway, you have plenty of ways to get the Initiate back into your hand and do it all over again.
Also, were there any cards that underperformed during the tournament and need to be cut? What would you take in their place?
I had originally included 2 copies of the Initiate in the first test version of my deck. Unfortunately, I had overlooked that fact that he was errated to loyal. His new found loyalty made it difficult to set up my resource structure to support both him and Frozen Time.
During my test games I found myself holding him in my hand waiting for just the right time to play, and all the while I was losing board presence. In the end, I realized that I had a sufficient number of other cards that could provide the bounce I needed (The Doorway, Faceless Abductor, Doppelgänger). The Doppelgänger doesn't actually bounce a character, but his copy ability amounts to the same effect. Sadly, the Initiate didn't make the final cut to the deck I took to the tournament.
It's unfortunate that he was changed to loyal as the Initiate of Huang Hung is such a great character. In the first CoC tournament I ever played - 2012 Portland Regional - I lost to a ST/Yog deck that used the Initiate to bounce my characters to great effect.
When he went on the restricted list, I no longer saw him in play because he had to compete with MoM for a slot. I was so excited to finally include him in my deck; but his loyalty requirement essentially made him restricted again, unless you're playing a mono-ST deck, of course. Frankly, I can't see the reason for the errata. Bummer. Back to the shelf for you Initiate.
With regards to any cards that under-performed, I was pretty pleased with the deck's composition. Body Double doesn't have any one specific strategy, but has lot of cards that interactive in a variety of ways to defend against the current Meta. The cards that probably had the least impact at the tournament were: The Black Stone, The Archmage’s Attaché, and Carl Stanford.
During the July 2015 Regional Tournament in Portland, I got hammered by Temple decks. In anticipation for facing a Temple or Toxemia deck at the Lynnwood tournament, I included the Black Stone to help temporarily blank out those cards and The Archmage’s Attaché to possibly steal them. Surprisingly, no one took the Temple or Toxemia. Most players took a Hastur deck of some kind.
I was able to use the Attaché to play a character from my opponent's deck during round two and only blanked one character the whole tournament with The Black Stone. I could see cutting the Attaché, though I can't deny how unnerving it is for my opponent to have their card exposed when I play it on their deck. Thus, I probably wouldn't cut these cards, but might reduce The Black Stone to 2 copies and bump The Doorway up to 3 copies. The Doorway really earned its keep to help bounce the Seer, Protector of Secrets, and Doppelganger back to my hand.
I included Carl Stanford to help get the Mists of Lethe and Pushed into the Beyond back from the discard pile, which he did once, but B. Ramsdale Brown is a bit for more efficient as you don't have to pay to retrieve the card. I do like how Carl cancels my opponent's cost reduction, but that too was not a factor at this tournament. Nevertheless, two copies is about right, so for now he gets to stay.