Anti-Wall deck

[thesideburns]

My first attempt at an anti-wall deck turned out to be good at turning things into walls and killing them, but not so great at actually winning a match. So here's my second revision. I think the deck might be optimal for allied play, as its disruptive/offensive capabilities could be well-complemented by a more defensive ally.

Creatures: 18

Posession x2
Medusa x4
Blynx x4
Cockatrice x4
Succubus x4

Items: 8

Battering Ram x4
Eagle Rapier x2
Gaseous Form x2

Spells: 24

Banishing Ray x3
Cramp x4
Find x4
Intrusion x1
Lunatic Light x3
Replace x1
Revival x1
Telegnosis x1
Tresspass x2
Wall Transform x4

Recent Changes: Got rid of acid rains and insect swarms because there was too much destruction and not enough ways to benefit from it. Added Banishing Ray to kill specific walls (Statues from Medusa or Wonder Walls from Wall Transform). Added Eagle Rapier to help wall-ify intruders while defending, or get past 1st strike creatures while attacking.

Proposed Changes: Possibly replace Cramps with Debility? I don't have Debility yet.

Obvious Combos:
Medusa or Cockatrice + Battering Ram
Either Lunatic Light or Banishing Ray can kill a lot of the walls out there.
Succubus or Cramp + Lunatic Light can take out almost anything.

Other notes:
Blynx to grab and hold green land for Cockatrice limit. Also can snatch up any empty high-level land recently opened up by one of the above spells.
Lunatic Light also takes care of a bunch of other pain-in-the-butt creatures like Mudman or Frost Beast.

Comments? Suggestions?

[TopCat]

Sounds fun.

My first suggestion is to add Sculpture to your book. Think of it as Wall Transform for all MHP 30 or lower creatures. Then add in Temperance, which will turn any creature's MHP to MHP=30, allowing them to be sculpted. As an option at that point you can add Holy Blight or Insect Swarm, but I wouldn't go with more than two of each.

I also highly suggest that you add at least two Refuges and add an additional Revival. You'll be able to get magic from cards you don't need at the moment and you can get them back later with Revival. The reason for two Revivals is so that you are not forced to hold onto it or use it when you come across it, which can be painful early or mid-game in this kind of book.

You'll want Lunatic Hare and Intrusion, as well. Lunatic Hare kills all 0 ST things at the end of battle, meaning he doesn't have to actually do any damage. He can be used with Intrusion as well, or with a Succubus Ring on other creatures. Be wary, though, because the ring affects base ST, so if the creature augments its ST, like Redcap or Manticore, it can still kill the Hare.

Anti-Magic can be a good choice to keep people from breaking or Suppressing your cards. With only two decisive items (Gaseous Form x2) I'd go with Counter Amulet instead. It's more applicable and can be used in offensive opportunities.

You might also look to putting a better defender in your book. You can use Wall Transform on your creatures, but then you might have to worry about other anti-wall cards being stolen and used against you. Going blue for Sea Bonze is a pretty good option, for example, or green for Spiny Agama who you can evolve into Brontides (who I think is the best lord since he has Support). If you choose to, look into adding a couple of Land Protections or it's a big risk you take.

I generally find that adding four of almost any card to be a bit excessive. In particular, Find and Cramp at x4 each seems excessive. You can probably drop Find to x2 and throw in Winds of Hope or Prophecies if you want to keep book compression. I want to advise halving your Cramps adding in Debility for more precision striking. Debility also combos with Lunatic Hare.

I like the idea, but I think the reason it wasn't winning was because you focused too much on offense and not enough on defense and speed, a point I think you understand from your comment on alliance.

[thesideburns]

Right. Like I said under "Proposed changes," I'd like to put Debility in there as soon as I get some.

Also, I do have one Intrusion in the book, along with one Replace. I consider them to be equally useful, especially since Replace clears any enchantment on the land, and lets you put in a sub-optimal creature for the opponent. Maybe two of each would be better.

Regarding Lunatic Hare, I didn't want to have to worry about packing or using items just to keep him alive until the end of battle - I'd rather use those items on defense, as the deck already has some solid offensive options.

Sculpture is a good idea (great againt Kelpies!), but then I'd want to reconfigure my book so that all my creatures have MHP 40 or above. I'd rather have some hope of keeping lands that I take with Medusa, and I find Blynx to be my best defensive card in the deck, just because of the untargetability. I think that would take the deck in a somewhat different direction, where Lunatic Light/Hare were the main form of offense, whereas in this book it's sort of a secondary option (after the Battering Ram combos).

Anyway, thanks for the suggestions! I'll post again as I continue to tweak. I would like to try out the book in an alliance match - that's why I'm leaving out the global-effect spells like Sculpture and Acid Rain for now - don't want to inadvertently screw my partner.