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The Boltons of Mormont

Submitted by NuFenix , Aug 02 2014 02:04 PM | Last updated Aug 06 2014 08:53 AM

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Wanting to try the new towers, combined with the tutoring of Maege and the size of Boltons.

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The Founding idea behind the deck was to use the new Stark towers, to see if they can be used in a deck without making it worse.

The first thing I wanted to do with them was make it easier to get them, so Maege Mormont was the obvious choice. From there, I then looked at what other Stark locations I may want, ranging from economic (Chambers/Kingdom of Shadows) to utility (Frozen Moat/Northland Keep) to card advantage (Harrenhal/Dreadfort).
As card advantage is not something that Stark traditionally have, The Dreadfort caught my attention, since I will be wanting to go for quality over quantity of characters due to the towers, and Bolton have that (so long as I don't lose). I'm also giving the Riders of Karhold a shot, as I either get a free character, or know what I will be drawing into next turn. If I manage to also trigger Harwin, allowing me to search for a character and place it on my deck for the Riders to then add to hand, all the better!

I also looked at how else I could either have a lower character count, or a flexible character count so I can have them when I need.
Syrio due to having a large quantity of military meant I should be able to trigger his response each turn to put him back into the shadows.
Maege obviously for giving me locations and lowering my character presence.
Ghost, whilst a bit pricey at 3 gold, gives me stealth, but also controlled board presence, reducing the chance of him being killed off to Valar/Wildfire.
Meera was an obvious choice for her bouncing ability from my characters leaving play, such as Maege or Ghost.
Arya is a thought so she can die if things turn sour, allow me to keep my important characters, and be generally frustrating. However, she is tempting to cut as I was also intending to combine her with Prized Theon to force both sides to keep killing characters, encouraging my opponent to play more characters.

The character count is quite high, simply due to wanting to keep options open. Whilst I generally want less characters than my opponent, I wouldn't want to be caught short with 3 characters if they end up with 6, as I will be less likely to stop the game spiralling out of my control.

The deck is still in it's experimental/conceptual stage, and as Stark aren't a house I have much experience with, advice (other than drop the towers) would be appreciated :)

Sample Hand: Redraw starting hand.

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VonWibble

Aug 04 2014 08:18 AM

The one thing that would worry me about only deploying a few Boltons on the table is that against Lanni you would just have them knelt out and then lose challenges and have them all swap sides. I would look at putting The Bastard of Bolton in your deck as a contingency for this. Coldhands is also good as the characters return to play under their owners control.

Because I'd want more than 1 Roose and Bastard, and have Maege also, Widows Watch could be worthwhile.

On plots, Fortified Position is a great one to include in a Bolton deck.

Finally, I'd look at putting Reek in.

NuFenix

Aug 04 2014 07:33 PM

I can tell you have been using Lannister more and more with that kind of thought

The issue with Fortified Position is it also turns off all my other good characters, so NCF, Maege, Syrio, and more. So all of their abilities which is why I picked them are useless for a turn.

I thought about Reek, but I'm not that strong on Intrigue, so wouldn't get to trigger his ability as much as I'd like.

I tried it out yesterday a couple of times, with Wyman and Arya taken out, and it held up pretty well. Once Rickon was out with Maege, getting two locations was mean! Although, I then thought about other cards I could use. The first was Riders of red Fork, so I can get characters out of the deck faster. The other was Galbart Glover, as he would allow me to search my discard pile for locations instead.

VonWibble

Aug 06 2014 08:53 AM

I thought about Reek, but I'm not that strong on Intrigue, so wouldn't get to trigger his ability as much as I'd like.

You don't need to be. The opponent isn't going to let you win an intrigue with him if they can help it, so you can think of him as a card you kneel to kneel an opponents card. I think Reek provides a big psychological edge.

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