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Tyrell First Cycle Review
Jun 22 2016 03:00 PM |
JoeFromCincinnati
in Game of Thrones
Got time to read a big ass article about Tyrell?
Who am I kidding, of course you do!
We've hit the halfway mark in our review series, and what better time to go over, in my opinion, one of the most interesting factions in the game: Tyrell.
No, wait! Don't close this page! Let me explain. As this week's reviewer says in this article, Tyrell has some of the best utility, economy and card draw in the entire game but still seem to be missing something. FFG definitely went all in on the knight stategy and it worked great for about a month, until a few certain cards came out that made life hard for the entire faction.
If they start to develop the faction in the 2nd cycle, I could easily see their economy and card draw advantage making them a force. They just need a few good characters to really make it over that hill.
Our reviewer this week submitted his article with the understanding that he be identified by alter ego, Robiwan. His real name is Dickon Manwoody, but we won't go there (inside joke for 1.0 players, I guess. Look it up.). He has played Tyrell ever since the inception of the game and has played them faithfully in the Cincinnati meta, despite the evidence and opinion that they are lacking at the moment. He even designed the cover page for this article (in a way).
Without further ado, I hope you enjoy his review and please leave comments below with what you agree and disagree with, comments, concerns, frustrations. We accept all comments here!
https://www.wardenso...ickon-manwoody/
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6 Comments
I think Lady in Waiting is highly underrated if we consider future potential. Lots of duplicates let you play Valar offensively as well as defensively. With a few more ladies, Tyrell could run a deck with six duplicates able to target multiple characters.That's a lot of people saying "Not today" to the god of death.
As a loyal supporter of House Tyrell, I couldn't agree more with essentially all your remarks. I have high hopes for our King Renly version coming down the pipe - also, hopefully the teased image of the Summer interaction will also set us on a better path. Time will tell, thanks for the great read!
I think the same about Lady in Waiting. I rated her low in the times of release but now when targeted kill is everywhere and Valar is coming, she is simply great.
Mare in Heat is overrated card in my oppinion. I cut her from Crossing and Fealty, too and don´t miss it.
I´m pretty sure Tyrells are very close to be really playable and great and funny faction...
How is the Mare overrated? I honestly think it's easily a top 5 attachment in the game. With the Knight of Flowers it's a guaranteed win(in4b Treachery), Arbor knights love them to stop titan-like characters and you can even dupe them up!
I'm surprised Lady Sansa's rose sees so much love though, it's pretty conditional (based off the things I just mentioned but that only makes it even more difficult to trigger and of course Hand Judgement）
I think the (almost) exclusive focus on rush might be a little misleading for Tyrell. I think that cards like The Arbor, Highgarden, Mare In Heat, and their draw events support a very different sort of "attrition" style deck. It's a deck where you take the game long to out-value your opponent with cards that have high initial cost but great value over multiple turns (especially The Arbor and Highgarden).
Now is this "attrition" style deck highly competitive yet? Not really, but that's Tyrell for you...
Only my oppinion, but I simply don´t find that attachment so good. I don´t play it personally and don´t see it around me either. When it was released, everybody said it´s the best Tyrell card (or one of the best) but I really don´t think that it has got so great value. Too costly and easily removeable / controllable for its effect. But maybe I´m wrong, I was very pessimistic with Mare since its release...