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Shalmath Silliness

11 messages from 9 participants · 29 October 2013 – 24 December 2013 · vekn.net/forum
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Blooded Sand

How do you intend to oust? Bleeding How do you intend to keep from being ousted? Ally blockers and rushers for key minions, not spending very much pool, continuous pool gain What do you want your ready region to look like (ie, how many guys are you planning on getting out)? Shalmath, at least 2 allies, 1-2 other vamp by end game What do you want your average turn to look like? My turn or another player's turn? My turn, mostly untap with clothos and hunt, lots. Maybe a SH and a Sargon's action. What's your metagame like? How do your opponents play? Mostly playing on JOL at the moment What problems have you observed with the deck in play? Weenie swarm is the death of this, as well as a really strong !Ven grinder. Crypt: (17) 5x Shalmath(G6) 3x Anarch Convert(G*) 2x Dmitra Ilyanova(G5) 2x Undele(G5) 1x Arthur Denholm(G5) 1x Gem Ghastly(G5) 1x Kalila(G5) 1x Keller Thiel(G5) 1x Unmada(G5) Library: (90) Master: (19) 5x Madness Network 3x Development 3x Vessel 2x Dreams of the Sphinx 2x Heidelberg Castle, Germany 1x Pentex(TM) Subversion 1x Perfectionist 1x Research 1x Secure Haven Action: (17) 7x Summon History 4x Clotho's Gift 3x Clan Impersonation 1x Entrancement 1x Heart of the City 1x Hourglass of the Mind Action Modifier: (20) 7x Domain of Evernight 6x Pocket Out of Time 6x Tangle Atropos' Hand 1x Enkil Cog Ally: (4) 1x Harzomatuili 1x High Top 1x Ossian 1x Remnant of the Endless Storm Combat: (16) 6x Outside the Hourglass 4x Majesty 4x Taste of Vitae 1x Magazine 1x Manstopper Rounds Equipment: (9) 1x AK-47 1x Aaron's Feeding Razor 1x Blood Shield 1x Heart of Nizchetus 1x Kevlar Vest 1x Light Intensifying Goggles 1x Sport Bike 1x The Ankara Citadel, Turkey 1x The Sargon Fragment Event: (1) 1x The Unmasking Reaction: (2) 2x Rewind Time Retainer: (2) 1x J. S. Simmons, Esq. 1x Mr. Winthrop Unless this gets shut down pretty hard, early in the game, i tends to be able to build up and establish itself as a fairly good fortress style deck. Once the first oust occurs, you can usually take the table at that point. Key SH actions: Ankara, AK-47 and sargons, also aarons. Enkil cog is nice to have, madness network is awesome, but the deck can win without either

Ashur

Not alot of Pentex Subversion in your meta? In my experience nobody can handle Shalmath, so when he gets a Pentex no other player would free him from it. The Shalmath decks in our meta use 2-3 own Pentex AND 4-6 Wash/Sudden AND 3-4 Rewind Time. And they aren´t even 90 cards "My strategy? Luck is my strategy, of course."

Klaital

> Ashur wrote: > Not alot of Pentex Subversion in your meta? In my experience nobody can handle Shalmath, so when he gets a Pentex no other player would free him from it. The Shalmath decks in our meta use 2-3 own Pentex AND 4-6 Wash/Sudden AND 3-4 Rewind Time. And they aren´t even 90 cards > Hehe last time I had Shalmath next to me he spent lot of time sensory overloaded.

Blooded Sand

> Ashur wrote: > Not alot of Pentex Subversion in your meta? In my experience nobody can handle Shalmath, so when he gets a Pentex no other player would free him from it. The Shalmath decks in our meta use 2-3 own Pentex AND 4-6 Wash/Sudden AND 3-4 Rewind Time. And they aren´t even 90 cards > Any deck lists?

ReverendRevolver

I see support minions with obfuscate and outferior effects of temporis giving some stealth or dodge. Not great, but could burn pentex. Id be more worried about sense dep. Good luck burning the minion who plays it when the key minion is out. But allstar decks have this problem, its just how it works.

Klaital

Shalmath doesn't really care about sense dep with his special...

Wand

you could put a helicopter for an extra untap. Archbishop of Vitória

Hakuron

> Wand wrote: > you could put a helicopter for an extra untap. > Alas, this does not work, since "Sport Bike" is a vehicle, too, and a minion is only allowed to have one vehicle ... And Sport Bike is more important for this deck than Helicopter. National Coordinator Germany nc [dot] germany [at] magenta [dot] de

derjudge

Mylan is good if you can't have an helicopter.

brandonsantacruz

If you take out the flimsy madness network angle that is -8 cards. Take out the R&D for another -4. Keep it simple with Enkil Cog. Now, how about some Esprit De Corps for Shalmath, allies, and general defense? Giant's blood, DI and Sudden need to get into this deck. Drop the converts, what are they doing there? Crypt down to 12 cards with 5 Shalmath. Be careful when you fight the monsters, lest you become one. -Friedrich Nietzsche brandonsantacruz.blogspot.com/

Pascal Bertrand

Add Ponticulus, Ambrosius. They're gold against Beast and pals.