Ike E Bear
Jul 21 2004, 03:32 PM
This looks pretty straight forward as card pools go, but it's genuine.
I bought four boosters today and not being able to draft anytime soon, I rationaled cracking them by making it a sealed deck exercise for me and all my friends here at Vs Paradise.
Anyway, remember you're trying to build a 30 card deck and probably want at very least 50 per cent characters.
Which teams would you play?
Suggested builds?
Odd or even initiative?
Okay, okay ... here's the cardpool, broken up into teams and sorted by cost for you.
Note (X = Recruit or Threshold Cost)
Arkham Inmates
Characters
(3) Charaxes
(3) The Penguin
(4) Man-Bat
(4) The Joker, Laughing Lunatic
(5) Killer Croc
(6) Bane, The Man Who Broke The Bat
(6) Mr Freeze
Plot Twists
(1) Fear and Confusion
(2) Paralyzing Kiss
Fearsome Five
Plot Twists
(1) The Underworld Star
Gotham Knights
Characters
(1) Alfred Pennyworth
(2) Barbara Gordon ? Oracle
(2) Commissioner Gordon
(2) Tim Drake ? Robin, The Boy Wonder
(3) Huntress
(4) Cassandra Cain ? Batgirl
(5) Batman, Caped Crusader
(5) Lady Shiva, Sandra Woosan
(5) Lady Shiva, Sandra Woosan
(6) Dick Grayson ? Nightwing, Defender of Bludhaven
Equipment
(0) Utility Belt
Locations
(1) Wayne Enterprises
(1) Wayne Manor
League of Assassins
Characters
(1) Thugee
(2) Assassin Initiate
(3) Ubu
(5) Bane, Ubu
(5) Whisper A?Daire
(6) Ra?s al Ghul, Master Swordsman
Plot Twists
(3) Clench Virus
Teen Titans
Characters
(1) Dawn Granger ? Dove
(1) Mirage
(1) Pantha
(2) Hank Hall ? Hawk
(3) Roy Harper ? Arsenal
(4) Red Star
(4) Vic Stone ? Cyborg
(5) Dick Grayson ? Nightwing, Titan Leader
(6) Connor Kent ? Superboy
(6) Koriand?r ? Starfire
(7) Raven
Locations
(2) Titans Tower
(2) Titans Tower
No Team Affiliation
Characters
(2) Black Mask
(2) Lockup
(2) Wildebeest
(3) Ferak
Equipment
(0) Crossbow
(1) Twin Firearms
Plot Twists
(1) From the Shadows
(1) Mega-Blast
(1) Mega-Blast
(2) Fast Getaway
(2) Gone But Not Forgotten
(2) Tag Team
(2) World?s Finest
TheCrimsonScribe
Jul 21 2004, 11:21 PM
Hmm, quite a challenge. *opens up spoiler in another window*
Gotham Knights and Teen Titans are looking good on strength of numbers alone - and there are some familiar names from the drafts I've watched so far.
Characters: (19)
1 - Mirage
1 - Pantha
2 - Barbara Gordon ? Oracle
2 - Commissioner Gordon
2 - Tim Drake ? Robin, The Boy Wonder
3 - Ferak
3 - Roy Harper ? Arsenal
3 - Huntress
4 - Red Star
4 - Vic Stone ? Cyborg
4 - Cassandra Cain ? Batgirl
5 - Dick Grayson ? Nightwing, Titan Leader
5 - Batman, Caped Crusader
5 - Lady Shiva, Sandra Woosan x 2
6 - Connor Kent ? Superboy
6 - Koriand?r ? Starfire
6 - Dick Grayson ? Nightwing, Defender of Bludhaven
7 - Raven
Equipment: (3)
0 - Utility Belt
0 - Crossbow
1 - Twin Firearms
Locations: (2)
1 - Wayne Enterprises
2 - Titans Tower
Plot Twists: (7)
1 - From the Shadows
1 - Mega-Blast x 2
2 - Fast Getaway
2 - Gone But Not Forgotten
2 - Tag Team
2 - World?s Finest
Yes, it's 31, but I always play 41 in Magic, so the habbit is hard to break (and it's 11:15pm)
Ike E Bear
Jul 22 2004, 10:25 AM
Sorry for the lack of spoiler. I thought it'd be a bit long if I spoiled each of the cards as well. I tried to make things easier by putting in the recruit costs so people could go straight to the most relevant cards.
Our lists are remarkably similar so far. I'll post mine in a couple of days to give people time to post their own if they like.
The biggest difference was that I splashed into other teams for a few of the bigger drops.
What do you think about that? If you were going to splash two or three characters, which ones would they be?
TheCrimsonScribe
Jul 22 2004, 10:28 AM
No harm done by omitting the the spoiler info, it is elsewhere on the site after all.
If I was to splash some other guys, I'd probably look at the Bane's and maybe Ra's Al Ghul.
ssteven
Jul 22 2004, 11:20 AM
I've only gotten about half way through the DC spoiler so far so I probably can't judge very well yet - but I love things like this so I'll post when I know more (should know more today after the draft(s))!
Ike E Bear
Jul 22 2004, 04:44 PM
Ra's is great but I'd definitely advise against splashing because all versions of him have Loyalty.
I think the loonies from Arkham might offer some good splashes (hint, hint).
TheCrimsonScribe
Jul 22 2004, 04:54 PM
I honestly didn't look at the spoiler for any of the splashs, just looked at the list for where there were some holes in my line up and then proceeded to guess which characters might be better than others - not a brilliant strategy.
Ike E Bear
Jul 23 2004, 08:54 AM
Yeah, but if you had the cards in front of you, you would never, ever make an oops like that.
So, you are exonerated.
ssteven
Jul 24 2004, 03:07 AM
Not necessarily. I had one deck last night with 3 x Ubu and 5 x Ra's (all versions) and very, VERY few ways of getting them out. In one game my first drop was 5 Bane. Bad bad times.
TheCrimsonScribe
Jul 24 2004, 12:20 PM
| QUOTE (Ike E Bear @ Jul 23 2004, 08:54 AM) |
Yeah, but if you had the cards in front of you, you would never, ever make an oops like that. So, you are exonerated. |
After watching 2 DC Drafts last night (I left my FNM deck at home and only had 1.5 decks!) I am know a lot more familiar with the cards and can definitely say that some of the picks I made are sub-par at best.
Ike E Bear
Jul 26 2004, 09:14 AM
MY DECK
Characters - 18
Gotham Knights ?
Alfred Pennyworth
Barbara Gordon ? Oracle
Tim Drake ? Robin, The Boy Wonder
Cassandra Cain ? Batgirl
Batman, The Caped Crusader
Dick Grayson ? Nightwing, Defender of Bludhaven
Teen Titans ?
Dawn Granger ? Dove
Pantha
Hank Hall ? Hawk
Red Star
Vic Stone ? Cyborg
Dick Grayson ? Nightwing, Titan Leader
Connor Kent ? Superboy
Koriand?r ? Starfire
Raven
Splashed Characters ?
Killer Croc
Whisper A?Daire
Mr Freeze
Non-Characters ? 12
Equipment ?
Crossbow
Utility Belt
Twin Firearms
Locations ?
Wayne Manor
2 x Titans Tower
Plot Twists ?
From the Shadows
2 x Mega-Blast
Fast Getaway
Gone But Not Forgotten
World?s Finest
Commentary
The biggest question mark is perhaps the exclusion of Lady Shivan, Sandra Woosan for Killer Croc and Whisper A?Daire in the five cost slot. Killer Croc is a shoe in, as he?s much better than Lady Shiva, but Whisper A?Daire is a bit dodgier. Either could be used, with Lady Shiva being much better on defence. Whisper, however, has a nice controlling triggered power, which later in the game can be used to help seal the match.
Alfred should be primarily used to fetch the single copy of World?s Finest, but can also be used for card advantage on any turn where you have a spare resource point to spend. The biggest danger here is that he is vulnerable for a whole turn and can leak a lot of breakthrough if not properly protected. Be wary of recruiting him if your opponent has a flyer that can easily handle him.
ssteven
Jul 26 2004, 09:26 AM
Again, still not familiar with all the cards well enough to give a fully educated response here, but my experience is that Roy Harper is quite a fantastic card, especially considering you have two Titan's Towers, which by all rights appear to be solid first picks in draft. Not only do they work well together, you want to have as many Titans as possible - world's finest notwithstanding.
Additionally I think that Fear and Confusion is good enough to make any deck, Inmates or not.
Now what to cut for these two cards is another question. Your curve is pretty solid and that makes the Twin Firearms less interesting. I had this in draft a few times because I assumed it would be unvelieably good - but I guess there was a reason I was getting it 6th or 7th pick at a reasonably experienced table...
holycow
Aug 2 2004, 01:03 AM
characters:
(1) dawn granger, pantha,
(2) hank hall, tim drake, commissioner gordon
(3) huntress, roy harper
(4) man-bat, the joker, cassandra, red star
(5) batman, lady shiva x2, killer-croc, bane
(6) mr freeze, conner kent, starfire, nightwing,
(7) bane, raven
plot twists:
mega blast x2
fast getaway
world's finest
fear and confusion
from the shadows
locations:
titan tower x2
Cool Zero
Aug 2 2004, 01:44 PM
Won't go into specifics cause it would take too long and i'm at uni
Killer croc and mr freeze are easily splahable
the fact u got
2 titan towers
hawk and dove
raven
means u have to play teen titans
play all the unaffiliated plot twists including fear and confusion
you don't have to play the gone but not forgottens which will leave u with 12 plottwist/locations.
Id be tempted to run arkham/teen titans but in the long run running goth/titans/arkam will prolly win u more games... the only problem for goth knights is the loyalty which mean u'll prolly end up running alfred pennyworth
gl with the vs
-Scott Smith
holycow
Aug 2 2004, 02:08 PM
get back to uni, scott. like ray, wasting your time on the internet when you should be studying..
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