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Banter Behind the Throne - Episode 38 - British Pants
Apr 07 2016 12:00 AM |
MrDav
in Game of Thrones
thatspeel mrdav banterbehindthethrone
This week Johnny Wright, architect of the wonderful AAAWWW YEAH deck from first edition joins us (and replaces Craven, who has the flu) to chat Martell. At some point Peel disappears but he returns so don't worry!We also have spoilers, and somehow manage not to talk about To The Spears.
- Dave
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I do because I'm a raging hipster.
All the stars
As a Martell fan, I loved this episode. As a podcast fan, I ask you to get some better microphones.
Wamma -- you are, of course, correct. Most cards are designed with their native faction in mind, and are therefore most effective in that context. However, I think there are a few points that makes Martell a little different and therefore worth talking about.
1) Banner of the Sun is being played much,much more than Martell main faction. Because of the steep learning curve for the house, and the fact that their strongest single card (Nymeria) is non-loyal, many people are simply not playing the faction at all. I want to encourage others to do so.
2) Because the goals and play style of Martell as a faction tend to be so different than most every other faction, I believe Banner of the Sun tends to have a lot more anti-synergy with other factions. Again, Nym is a great card almost anywhere -- but do the 9 others you have to include really do that much to help you win? There are exceptions to this in certain builds, but my second hope is to get people to think about why they are using which particular agenda.
3) Personal bias. I really like Martell
I've never played as a faction-loyalist before, so this experience is new to me and I'm enjoying sharing it.
Now, as for comparing the Sun Banner to other agendas... This is obviously going to vary deck-to-deck, but in general I think I prefer Lion, Stag, Rose and possibly LotC to Sun. This is largely because all those agendas have ways to actively generate you power, while Sun does not.
Good points the lot of them!