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ON THE EDGE© DECK: We Come in Peace
by Tim Wiseman, WisemanT@aol.com
This is not my best deck: it is weak in influence, lacking in hitters, and doesn't make great use of its resources. However, it can give a much tougher deck fits, particularly if that deck relies on "power" cards and combinations, as it won't come out and fight. As such it has provided excellent entertainment value!!
| QTY | TYPE> | CARD | COMMENT CODES |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | CH | Coral Entity (63) | |
| 3 | CH | Chikutorpl (55) | |
| 3 | CH | Weegzon (263) | |
| 2 | CH | Alonzo Rubio (D79) | |
| 2 | CH | Lino Briazzi (47) | |
| 2 | CH | Protoplankton (C62) | |
| 2 | CH | Azza Jami (D56) | |
| 5 | CO | Kidnap (132) | |
| 3 | CO | Tulpa (250) | |
| 2 | CH | Hostage (118) | |
| 3 | WH | Fury (101) | |
| 1 | WH | Immunity (124) | |
| 4 | RE | Psychic Sensitivity (183) | |
| 4 | RE | Friends in Arms Barrio (93) | |
| 2 | RE | The Terminal (242) | |
| 1 | RE | Censorship Flap (C13) |
The deck is pig-headed. I won't pay any of the Terminal humans just so I can make opponents eat cards that work on Humans and Mutants (Mind Control Messages, Ingrid Fernstein, Mutation etc). I play only 2 influence earners because I further limited myself to Alien and Android, mainly for the feel of it. This necessitates carrying those Tulpas which I usually find rather wasteful. The Android/Alien motif means that the deck has an ALMOST arbitrary choice of resources (Psychic, Government) -- it's probably my worst deck for speedy deployment, and can struggle if the opponent lays a lot of cards quickly. It is also VERY slow to gain influence, the best I ever see is maybe 2 Chics and 2 Entities, and most decks don't allow it to go that fast. However, that all said, this deck has some pretty fun weapons.
Weegzon is the key card. With his special ability "May return to your hand during your Shift phase", he is MADE for kidnap. He comes out, you pay one and kidnap the Pharoah, Veronica Sellers with a Disintegrator Ray or Monique D'Aubainne and he back he goes to his UFO. Playing 3 of Weegzon ensures I'll usually see him early but if you pull him back every turn you can't get rid of duplicates ... you have to watch that. Getting past blockers to get at the pullers is achieved here by Fury, I found before I added these that it would take too long to get at the back line. I can also use Fury on myself to attack and kidnap in the same turn (or kidnap twice!) Hostage can get rid of the low DP cards, and also Eel, -- he is about the only card I could think of that would stop the Weegzon strategy COLD.
Alonzo Rubio
gives some honest hitting when you're running out of kidnaps or want to save them. Azza Jami is fun too, you announce an attack which your opponent directs to a card that has 6 DP? Kidnap! And this is a deck where Protoplankton can feel at home ... it doesn't look like it'd want to kidnap someone, but believe me, it works. All of the above works to a premium as I suggested earlier against decks which rely on multiple copies of cards and powered-up cards ... if you can get 2 or 3 cards over in the kidnap/hostage pile, it can make life for some conspiracies almost unbearable.Getting around the lack of pull? Well as I said 3
Tulpas
of the Coral Entity will beat some decks, but then many decks have the answer for that: Shake 'Em Out is a killer, as are (amongst others) Ravage, Holly Winter and Squeaks. If people are pulling their key cards back by spending 3 of theirs and giving 3 to you to remove the Kidnap that'll keep you moving and the Censorship Flap is just an optimistic card which can really hurt someone using Artists, particularly if you've grabbed a slight lead.Anyone have suggestions? I think the Criminal/Law Secret could be a good card -- it would certainly mean the Hostages would become more powerful. Maybe then swap the Fury whammies for more Hostages, because as this deck is rarely killing the opponent in combat ("... in Peace"), Hostage tends to stay on for a while.
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