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r/AgameofthronesLCG•
Protikon

[Spoilers] Expensive, synergistic character deckbuilding.

So now that all of Wolves of the North is spoiled, I'm unsure how would you build a deck with so many expensive characters. The new Stark theme of gathering power on your major characters (King Robb's Host, new Ned, Jory Cassel and Riverrun Minstrel all enable it) for extra benefits (new Cat and the Blackfish benefit greatly, House Tully Septon to a lesser degree) incentivizes playing all of them to actually get the power to activate the effects, as the only other ways are either in Banner of the Rose or a knight deck.

So, how do you build a deck that can actually play them?

2x [[Noble Cause]] and [[Calling the Banners]]?

House Tully Speton seems a bit anti-synergistic, but could work if you have renown on the board that isn't the Blackfish.

Fealty seems borderline mandatory.

Any ideas?

Posted Apr 4, 2016, 12:30 PM UTC

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Quanta_Kill•

Simple, you don't try to put all these things in 1 deck :D Focus around 2, maximum 3 ... This is what the game looks now for the most part anyway ( 2-3 Bombs per deck )

There are some more econ boosts being spoiled, so it shouldn't be a problem.

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ProtikonOP•

That's the thing, the new synergy doesn't really kick in without multiple bombs in play, so you need more of them in the deck.

Most of the econ boosts are plots, do you just make most of your plot deck econ? Sounds kinda wasteful.

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Quanta_Kill•

Well, you are playing 2-3 Bombs now anyway ... what is the Problem to have again a 2-3 Bombs deck, who also have synergy?

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Stratix•

I see a couple of different synergies in the expansion.

One that continues to use core Robb, with new Jon Snow to fire Robbs stand ability on demand. This could overwhelm the board with Wolves and use Wolves of the North to lower an enemy's strength and then Grey Wind to eat them.

One that builds around the Tully's no kneel ability once you pump the Blackfish, centred around the new Catelyn. New Ned and King Robb's Host can be used to ensure this happens as quickly as possible. The Tully Minstrels are also fantastic for this, helping to add Blackfish power, and also won't kneel for attacks. Tumblestone knight? Tully too. Suddenly you don't have a deck that can only focus on military, as with normal Stark.

Yes these will absolutely need some refining but that's half the fun!

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FIre_Violet•

The interesting thing about deckbuilding is the limited economy in the game. If you could actually play all those characters in one deck you would overrun everything else stomping out all variety. As much as you may want to run all those characters it is just not realistic. So you build your deck based on what you can actually play.

You can build your deck solely on gaining economy and using it for big characters but that creates new weakness. Just as the other side of creating a deck with only low cost characters creates the weakness to First Snow and other cards. It is a balancing act.

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habesjn•

I think there will be application to running several 1 or 2x characters. Eddard and Catelyn would make sense as 3x, but then Jon, Jory, Blackfish and Core Robb could all be 1x maybe 2x. That keeps your curve about even and still gives you the potential for all the synergy of the new box.

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tommyinthewell•

I think the real strength of the Stark cards is going to be the high number of uniques to really make Winterfell Castle shine. The sacrifice and power mechanics are great...but I don't think they are so great that it warrants completely going after it.

I'm much more interested in a Direwolf deck with low cost uniques, moveable attachments, and a winter theme. Stark Fealty is going to be amazing after the new Rob comes out as well.

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