Hey Professor,
I've been tinkering with a new deck lately, "Revenge of the Weasleys."
Its strategy is to stall your opponent as much as possible in the early
game with the deck's many Adventures, and ping him to death with some
smaller creatures.
ST:
Fred and George Weasley
AD:
(4) 4 Privet Drive
(4) Unusual Pets
(4) Hagrid Needs Help
(4) Into the Forbidden Forest
CR:
(4) Curious Raven
(4) Forest Troll
(4) Baby Dragon
(4) Vicious Wolf
IT:
(4) Cage
SP:
(2) Swarm!
LS:
(22) Care of Magical Creatures
The problem with the deck is that if it doesn't get enough stall early
on, it's generally ruined. It may seem unlikely that I wouldn't draw 1 of
the 16 Adventures in the deck, but early on, it happens. My Adventure
choice may be a bit weak, too. I originally ran Peeves Causes Trouble in hope
of shortening my opponent's life span, but they usually didn't worry about
it and played around it. I switched that out for Troll in the Bathroom,
but 2 damage a turn was still enough for them to play around. In a
last-ditch effort, I threw in Unusual Pets in its place, and it has worked
wonders, either dealing damage or forcing a creature kill. For this reason, I
really didn't need to play any courses other than Care of Magical Creatures.
Also, I think Into the Forbidden Forest may be a bit weak, too. I'd like all
my adventures to have the potential to do damage (except 4 Privet Drive.
Good heavens, is that a god-send), but this one generally doesn't do enough
to be noticed.
I think my creature base is fine, because I don't really have very many
early-game actions to be playing lessons for a bunch of big creatures.
Fluffy may be useful, but then again, he may be a bit expensive.
So what are your thoughts? Do I need to splash another course
(Transfig for Steelclaw or Potions for Healing)? My deck is in your hands.
Help me, Professor Poke, you're my only hope...
Cordially,
Hamish Mackinzie
Howdy
Hamish! Nothing like them mischievous Weasleys for some fun Adventures on
Thanksgiving. :D Let’s take a look at this.
Characters:
The
Weasleys are your theme, and they are great at it. If you want to add a Hagrid,
replace the Ravens with 2 Hagrid and 2 Boas. That’s up to you since I know
Hagrid is sometimes hard to get a hold of since he’s so popular and all. ;)
Adventures:
-1
4 Privet Drive
-1
Unusual Pets
Hagrid
Needs Helps are great first turn adventures IMO. What’s worst than starting off
the game with only 1 action? It’s great Adventure and Character prevention.
Your other adventures are good here. If you want to, you can switch out the Unusual
Pets for Into the Stands if you still have creature problems.
Creatures:
+2 Cunning Fox
-2 Vicious Wolf
-1 Baby Dragon
-1 Forest Troll
Cunning
Fox is a little faster than the wolf. Drop a dragon and troll to help make room
and save lessons.
Spells:
+4 Steelclaw
+1 Swarm!
-1 Cage
Steelclaw are a good idea. An
extra Swarm helps deal damage when you have lotsa creature out, especially if
your opponent has creatures out too. :D Drop 1 Cage to make room.
Lessons:
+8 Transfiguration
-8 Care
of Magical Creatures
Switch out some CMC for about 8 Transfig. Lessons.
Here’s
the new decklist:
//NAME: Revenge of the Weasleys
// Character
1 Fred and George Weasley
// Adventures
3 Unusual Pets
3 4 Privet Drive
4 Hagrid Needs Help
4 Into the Forbidden Forest
// Creatures
4 Curious Raven
3 Forest Troll
3 Baby Dragon
2 Cunning Fox
2 Vicious Wolf
// Other
4 Steelclaw
3 Cage
3 Swarm!
// Lessons
8 Transfiguration
14 Care of Magical Creatures
Try
that out, and have a Happy Thanksgiving!
-profpoke