Dark Wings Dark Words - Martell Maesters

An attempt to make Dark Wings, Dark Words work, with Maesters, Rivers and Martell.

Joust

Use rivers to add cards to hand and the agenda for card draw. General icon control theme along the way, but essentially card advantage is the name of the game. Usual Arianne recycling tricks if possible. Summer helps income but isn't critical. Try to keep back 2 influence to pay for better events.

Conclave/To The Spears is the finisher. Best case scenario is to be second, have played The Viper's Rage, have three Conclaves and Maester of War, and to get 13 power in that turn for 3 unopposed challenges, 1 power claim, 3 x 3 renown.

Sure, that takes a bit of setting up, but nothing helps a complex combo more than drawing 20 cards over a few turns. Failing all else, just beat down like crazy.

Weaknesses: A serious deficit of military icons. Use the control elements to try to minimise the damage, or hope for Maester of War.