Darius Deck (I welcome your feedback)

[darius]

Pregame Cards: (Darius Pregame cards don't count towards deck construction limits)

Darius
Darius (+1)
Darius (Put 10 allowance cards under this pregame card, which don't count towards deck construction limits)
            *Darius: Master's Wisdom (x2)
            *Darius: Master's Remembrance (x2)
            *Darius: Teacher of Many (x6)
Two-Handed Broadsword (retrieve a card for each dodge your opponent plays)
Arms and Tactics: Block / Dodge
Quickening: Use Master cards from other personas
Quickening: Opponent must discard an attack to play an attack
Quickening: Opponent must discard a dodge to play a dodge
Amergan (x3): Substitute 6 basic attacks for the following cards
            *Xavier St. Cloud: Poison Gas (x3)
            *Caleb Cole: Forearm Smash (x3)

Total Cards in Deck: 63

Attack Cards (Total): 26
The Kurgan: Master's Head Shot (x3)
Xavier St. Cloud: Poison Gas (x3)
Richie Ryan: Lunge (x3)
Caleb Cole: Forearm Smash (x3)
Duncan MacLeod: Leg Sweep (x2)
Ramirez: Slash (x3)
The Kurgan: Dirty Trick / Kick (x3)
Basic Attack: Upper Left (x2)
Basic Attack: Upper Center (x2)
Basic Attack: Upper Right (x2)

Defense Cards (Total): 20
Ramirez: Counter (x3)
Amanda: Counter (x2)
The Kurgan: Back Away (x3)
Connor MacLeod: Dodge (x1)
Jin Ke: Dodge (x1)
Richie Ryan: Dodge (x1)
Prime Block / Upper Row (x1)
Prime Block / Middle Row (x1)
Guard / Choose 3 Grids (x1)
Basic Block: Upper Left (x1)
Basic Block: Upper Center (x1)
Basic Block: Upper Right (x1)
Basic Block: Lower Left (x1)
Basic Block: Lower Center (x1)
Basic Block: Lower Right (x1)

Special / Edge / Location Cards (Total): (17)
Darius: Holy Ground (x2)
Darius: St. Julien Le Paurve (x2)
**James Horton: Head Shot (x2)
*The Kurgan: Skull Helmet (x2)
*Amanda: Seduce (x3)
*Xavier St. Cloud: Mercenary Henchmen (x1)
Anthony Gallen: Follow Up (x3)
The Kurgan: Trip (x2)
Alertness (Edge / Special): (x2)
Reconnaissance (Edge / Special): (x1)
Misfortune (Edge / Special): (x1)

** = Allowed by Darius: Master's Wisdom
* = Allowed by Darius: Teacher of Many

Attack Card Strategy:
There are six attacks in this deck that, if successful, would make the opponent prone.  This pairs with two of the Quickening cards which force the opponent to (1) discard an attack to play an attack and (2) discard a dodge to play a dodge.  There are two James Horton: Head Shots in this deck.  This card prevents the opponent from playing an immortal-specific defense against the Head Shot.  There are three Kurgan Master's Head Shots in the deck.  The prone / Quickening combination paired with five of the better head shot cards in the game will be tough to defend.  

Special Card Strategy: 
There are two of The Kurgan: Skull Helmet in this deck.  Paired with the Quickening and if the opponent is prone, they would need to discard three attacks to play one attack.  There are three Amanda: Seduce in this deck.  These allow you to play with an attack and make it unblockable and undodgeable.  This would pair well with any of the six attacks that, if successful, would make the opponent prone.  Darius' location allows him to ignore the effects of any location in play, while not removing the opponent's location from play.  

Defense Card Strategy:
There are three Ramirez: Counter cards in this deck, which allow you to ignore the effects of any location that would prevent you from playing this card.  This, paired with Darius' location makes for a strong probability of having a defense card that you can play regardless of whatever location is in play.  There are three The Kurgan: Back Away in this deck.  These would pair well with the three Xavier St. Cloud: Poison Gas cards in this deck since you'd only be able to play ranged attacks after backing away.  

[nkeates]

Hi Darius

As it stands your deck is illegal. You have misread the Darius’ power

You may include any non-Reserved, non-Signature Cards from other Personas in your Deck. Your non-Persona Pre-Game Cards titled Darius do not count toward your Deck Construction limits.

Therefore Darius persona counts as a pre-game as does the +1 as it is an extension of your persona

You therefore have 8 pre-games (the Darius allowance does not count)

Hope that helps
N

[darius]

Oops! Good call on that. You're right!

Here's what my pregame would look like after making that change:

Darius (persona)
Darius (allowance)
Two handed broad sword
Amergan
Quickening: attack
Quickening: dodge
Quickening: Master cards

Thanks again! This is why I look for other perspectives. Have a good holiday weekend.

[dragothebreaker]

Sept 2, 2023 11:00:17 GMT -5 nkeates said:

Hi Darius

As it stands your deck is illegal. You have misread the Darius’ power

You may include any non-Reserved, non-Signature Cards from other Personas in your Deck. Your non-Persona Pre-Game Cards titled Darius do not count toward your Deck Construction limits.

Therefore Darius persona counts as a pre-game as does the +1 as it is an extension of your persona

You therefore have 8 pre-games (the Darius allowance does not count)

Hope that helps
N

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[darius]

The best part of this forum is getting different perspectives on strategy and making sure my deck is legal.  I used to play in regional tournaments in Maine.  This is my favorite game, but there are a ton of rules to consider when making a deck and it's easy to make a simple mistake (for me, anyway).