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by John Baker:jmb14@psu.edu

I've been working on redesigning my deck once called "Stick to the Corridor!" which was a Hangman/Criminal/Terminal deck which used Gang Up and Multi-Dimension as its big attacks. I've retooled it to a Terminal/Criminal deck, using the Net/Law/Government crossover to help it along.

I find that I'm better off just putting my blockers in front of my hitters. Also, the deck isn't that strong combat-wise, so I just steal whomever I need with The Squeeze. I haven't been able to properly test the deck, yet, so that's why I'm expecting some big holes in the deck, somewhere...

Also, I found a better Evil First Turn for Terminal that hasn't been mentioned yet: The Terminal, crank to call Jean-Christophe D'Aubainne, crank J-C to call The Terminal, crank to call Coral Entity, crank Coral Entity to call Deborah Grierson and score 1 influence, play Lino Briazzi ahead of Deborah and Coral, use the last two Terminal influence to call Azza Jami next to Lino Briazzi ahead of J-C, crank Deborah for 1 influence. Ending influence: 2/2. The remaining spot between Azza and J-C will be for Julio Beitleiro with Multi-Dimension or Yuzhou Chen for next turn.

COMMENTS

Great White needs someone with surprise to really take advantage of her ability. You have got Gayth, but maybe a Sneak (226) or Fabrissa Melors (150) (to replace Alonzo) would work nice. Since this is really a theme deck involving Terminal, then maybe Fava Lahkdar (A82) would fit under hitters? Perhaps replacing some of your pullers with the C&I group, and get Ajay Obalago (D68). Nothing like the old Multi-Dimensional Squeeze. Maybe a few other "criminal" cards like Kidnap, Hostage, and Blackmail would add some flavor... you probably don't have enough pull for all the the Squeezes. You need more Friends in Arms, perhaps 2 more.

My favorite first turn would go something like this; play terminal, crank to call Jean-Christophe with Julio Beitlero in front of him. Then, crank JC to call terminal (call any ingores 0 cost restriction and terminal not unique). Crank terminal to call Coral Entity next to JC, and Lino in front of it. Crank Coral for 1 influence and put a multidimension on Julio... you score 1 less influence, but you have all the best basic terminal people in and can hit anyone right away. Next turn, start a new file with Azza in front with Deborah and Dinesh behind.

Of course, the ultimate in basics is Terminal crank to call Entity, entity crank to call Deborah in fron of itself and score 1, crank Deborah to score 1 more and play Lino in front of her (from Terminal). This gets 2 pullers in, 1 cannot be attacked, the other defense of 5, with a non-human DP 5 defender who can martyr for one of the pullers and you scored 2 points, in only 4 cards. (Eric Jome)

Otinka, with his +1 pull for Net or Criminal cards is useful to me, but yes, Obalago should make an appearance here. Amduat helps me gain the instant blocker for a newly-formed file. And, if I pack a couple of Kidnaps, I might make Andromeda more useful to me. My main reasons for not using the C&I crew was because they're low on DP. However, I could understand removing Andromeda and moving Wallop to the Special ranks, replacing them with Sourinen and Escobar. (Okay, so Dinesh Rajpal is way cooler, I know...) Hey, I found Obalago. He was in my old "Hermetic Cell Membership Drive" deck (a straightforward Hermetic/Astral/Burger deck). I think the deck's posted on the web somewhere...

My plans were to use Great White with others' attacks. Maybe use Andromeda to sell Great White's services. Alonzo's in there because he can double as a blocker and he's Government. Actually, Fava would mainly be a hazard to me. With all the Multi-Dimension around, I don't need Bypass, so a 2/2 that CAN attack the Coral Entity isn't very attractive. Kidnap, yes. I'll probably add a couple of those. Hostage, no. It's not as useful to me. Blackmail, well, I like it... Personally, I've always been a fan of Multi-Dimensional Reek Rend. "That's a nice Charm Bracelet. May I hold it, please?" But I question the added Friends in Arms unless I add the C&I crew. Otherwise, I've only got 3 Government characters. (John Baker)

The point in using C&I is that they are pullers who only cost 1. Then, you can call a real defender to block for them, not rely on their own DP. I understand how Great White works, but look at her this way; why would you ever attack someone with Great White? Because the character that was just attacked was not popped. If it were popped, then you wouldn't need to attack it again. so, if you just attacked it and it wasn't popped, what happened? Well, either it escaped (ie. Total Taxi, etc.) or its DP was too large. In the former, Great White is just a second attack, but the second is an important use as well. if you have a character with Surprise attack first, it can't be hurt... then 8 AP GW can walk in. Adding the Friends in Arms is for the generic pull, not for government pull. (Eric Jome)