Thoughts about personas .

[lang]

I have played a few matches lately using Duncan/Kris , Duncan/Katana, and Amanda /Rapier . Plus I have helped the other guys in my group build Slan , GRayson ,and Hugh decks .

I have found that Hugh's ability is a bit restrictive in comparison to Duncan, Amanda , and especially Grayson. Grayson is the master of the 50 card Cheese deck with his Gothic Warriors and removing a card from the game ( very nice indeed) . Amanda's discarding of attacks in very nice but seems she can only afford to use it about every other turn if she still wants to get a few attacks in . Duncan is the man for sure as he has MHS, lots of Dodges, killer Allys ( cant wait to see Richie Ryan Immortal Ally) and in general the badest mother out there since Ramirez or Methos . I am not that crazy about Slan as making an attack a Power Blow isnt all that but looks like he will get more cards so going to hold off on him.

I have not been able to get enough Xavier cards yet to make a decent Xavier deck and know his Cheese is going to be awesome with the Mustard Gas .

The Gem system ( Master Egg Format ) or whatever you want to call it is going to restrict personas a bit but I have only seen it actually hurt Slan as without the Crystals he can only have 3 Backaways but I can understand why as he is a come at you kind of Persona .

Amanda's Distracts using a makes her even more awesome ( slots for 27 agility is enough ) adding 6 Distracts makes me see why she can afford to use the Single Handed Broadsword and can say as of right now she is the only one that can afford to use it !!

-Lang

Just my obesrvations so far.

[jamesmcmurray]

Hugh's ability is definitely weaker than the rest, but his Trip rocks, Master's Wit is da bomb, and Combination + Lunge is a beast.

My Amanada deck doesn't even discard attacks unless it gets a weird draw and a full hand of them. Steal + Master Thief + Pickpocket + Pommel blow is plenty of hand destruction.

Grayson's definitely a beast. I love his versatility, going for cheese, free power blows, or exhaustion.

Xavier's cheese is most definitely supreme. My Xavier deck is undefeated even without using the Tactician's Hilt to play a Mustard Gas every turn.

Slan can be a beast in the Sulphur Plant. Follow Up hurts, and Run Through + Master Attack can be an unblockable and undodgable 7 damage (8 once he gets the Great Sword).

I actually like Duncan the least right now, but I'm sure that'll change, as every single series set should give him a few new cards to play with. Master block + MHS is fun, and Master of the Rapier + Leg Sweeps + MHS + Jump will be pretty fun one of these days.

[kaiser]

Hugh's ability (and a number of his cards) shine against cheese. Most of the damage that the cheese will do is 2 or less damage. So he can really make a dent in that Grayson Warlord or Xavier Gas cheese. In order to capitalize on this though he needs a bit heftier of a deck as this allows him to avoid exhausting in the process.