Lannister First Cycle Review

Nice article, but I respectfully disagree with your main assessment. Ser Gregor is definitely not the best Lanni card of the cycle. Yeah, if his ability goes off, he wins games. If. And it's not only that he's easily controlled to nothingness, it's also that the future looks grim for him. While the game progresses and the amount of characters in decks starts inevitably diminishing, Valar returns, more control cards start appearing etc., an expensive monocon with a random effect is bound to lose its luster. The Hound on the contrary has everything it takes to stay relevant no matter how the game evolves. Once Valar hits and as long as it works the way it used to back in 1.0 of course, he'll be even more powerful in fact. In my opinion, the honor of being the most powerful Lannister card of the cycle belongs to Gregor's little brother.

I enjoy these hindsight reviews very much, they are a really good addition to what we already got. Thank you for your work and keep it coming!

I am not impressed. I still do think the best thing Gregor does is what he does in the head of his opponent and that way his effectivness against experianced players is very dim.
Also I do think that Inbamf is one of the worst lannister cards in the circle. Yes it is usefull in a jumping lions deck, but that is the only deck in which I would ever like to play it.

I agree that the Crostroad Sellswords are practically useless atm cause there are just better options. Also I think the Sandor Clegane is probably the best Card Lennister got in the Cycle.

I think the Hound is better than than the Mountain. There are some decks that easily handle the Mountain. The Hound works against everything.

I wonder if Crossroads Sellsword would see play if Tyrion didn't exist. Getting two gold in the challenges phase is useful, he's just the inferior way of doing it for every faction.

Also I do think that Inbamf is one of the worst lannister cards in the circle. Yes it is usefull in a jumping lions deck, but that is the only deck in which I would ever like to play it..

I disagree. Inbamf can be played as a one-of in almost any Lanni deck and usually pays off.

Wardens of the West and Red Cloaks are great cards yet got no mention apart from in comparison to Bronn (another great card that I think is vastly underrated by many). Worse than Ilyn, Mountain and Hound for sure, but still very good.

I think, for brevity's sake, Chris chose not to discuss every single card. I think  both of those cards fell in between the best and the worst and just ended up slipping through the cracks. He did mention Wardens as a future card that will gain a lot of steam once that Cersei intrigue deck becomes a part of the meta though, so there's that .

I am not impressed. I still do think the best thing Gregor does is what he does in the head of his opponent and that way his effectivness against experianced players is very dim.
Also I do think that Inbamf is one of the worst lannister cards in the circle. Yes it is usefull in a jumping lions deck, but that is the only deck in which I would ever like to play it.

I agree that the Crostroad Sellswords are practically useless atm cause there are just better options. Also I think the Sandor Clegane is probably the best Card Lennister got in the Cycle.

I'm sorry that you were not impressed with the free content Chris produced for this community.

No doubt the Mountain is a controversial topic. But he has spawned a brand new term, known as being "2.0'd". Basically, being beaten by janky crap that has nothing to do with strategy. The Mountain may not be the most all around impactful or the most powerful card in the game (or in his own faction), but his ability to swing games on chance is nearly unmatched.

I think the Hound is better than than the Mountain. There are some decks that easily handle the Mountain. The Hound works against everything.

 

I wonder if Crossroads Sellsword would see play if Tyrion didn't exist. Getting two gold in the challenges phase is useful, he's just the inferior way of doing it for every faction.

Agreed on all fronts. The Hound is definitely the best card for Lannister, in my opinion. But I think what Chris was focusing on was the Mountain's ability to win games singlehandedly with one lucky pillage pull. It is a pretty annoying and certainly impactful ability that, while controllable, definitely becomes the #1 priority for control the second he hits the board.