Alright so I finally had the money to go out and buy some new stuff, and I decided on Astrid. Having gotten bored around 4 30 in the morning this morning I decided to finally throw the deck together. Here it is and keep in mind, my knowledge of block 4 is limited to the two starters and six boosters that I own so any comments/suggestions would be wonderful.

Astrid

Characters: 3

Promo Astrid x3 (When I get her)

Foundations: 44

Brooding x4

Communing with the Ancients x4

Envoy of the Queen x4

From the Hawk, Alertness x4

Hope for One's People x4

Nursing a Grudge x3

Paying Respect... x4

Queen's Champion x4

Relentless x4

Ruthless x4

Standoff x3

Attacks: 23

Cleave x4

Execution Technique: First Rite x4

Fire Shadow x 4

Mark of the Beast x3

Pommel Smash x4

Tyr's Warding Smash x4

Assets: 8

Reveaer's Axe x2

Valkyrja's Shield x2

Hilde's Weapon +2

Autumn Kiss x2

Anyways the deck is so big just cause of the self mill ability as well as the multiple forms of draw. It's kinda funny to play around with and the deck packs 37 weapons, so it makes for fun times. Thoughts?

Edit: So yeah a whole buncha changes as described below. 75 cards right now... Idealy I'd like to trim it down to roughly 70.

Changes:

-1 Hilde and Ragnar/ +2 Promo Astrid

-4 Cursed Blood/ +2 Brooding and +2 Stand Off

-4 From the Mouse Humility/ +4 Paying Respect...

-4 Shield Breaker/ +4 Execution Rite: First Technique

-4 Astrid's Wolf Strike/ +4 Fire Shadow

-3 Dual Wielding

+2 Hilde's Weapon

+2 Autumn Kiss

+1 Astrid's Shield

If you can get them, slide 1-2 copies of Hilde's Weapon in the deck, Max out on standoff's, if you have 1, a path of the master or two is a great idea, and you will be sitting atop your throne as the current queen of block 4. and honestly, you probably don't need duel wielding, it's not a terrible idea, but you'll be playing out so many big attacks in a single turn death will be certain. Bloodied but unbowed also helps the deck out, but is not a mandatory card due to it's lack of a weapon keyword, but still a easy attack dig. Paying Respect to your ancestors combo's great with brooding and if you can get your hands on 4 copies, but in hungry for battle too, for just crazy amounts of free damage.

Basically you use all of her support with the weapon keyword and her Rare/UR foundation, then...you profit.

I like Execution Technique: First Rite. Stun:2 (on a "reversal"), low zone (by far the hardest to block) and if you're Communing, you get guaranteed checks for it into Cleave if it's not full-blocked. nom nom nom

Also, obviously, Paying Respect to Ancestor's is amazing and fantastic and disgusting and Ultra Rare, so if you're trading it's definitely not a bad card to pick up.

Thanks for the tips you two.

Don't get me wrong this is a rough draft at the moment... My final goal is to replace all the non starter toons with Promo Astrids and slip in Hilde's weapon, a few more of Astrid's Shield (cause her sword blows), and potentially Zi Mei's Weapon (as First Rites will probably be replacing something).

Dual Wielding is in there due to general lack of any sort of speed boost in this set that's any good. Plus it's a weapon as well.

Another attack I was thinking of throwing around is the 3L3 with a 3CC Hilde weapon attack. That + Astrid + Zi Mei's weapon is hilarity.

Path of the Master is interesting, and if I had copies (cause FFG are jerks and wouldn't lemme mail my little boy scout badges in) I'd maybe put them in. Damage so far hasn't been much of a problem, it's more speed.

B-Rad said:

Honestly, you arent going to find the kind of speed you want, change your mindset from "Make them unable to bloc kwith tricksyness" to "make them unable to block by overhwleming them with attacks" and you'll probably be better off. Speed comes in two main forms right now. Tiras Weapon and Fro mthe horse endurance. Neither are great, so if I were you, I would just line the deck with lowcost weapons that you make huge, by your 4th attack in a single turn, they will be dead.

Yeah that's what it's looking like it's gonna be right now... I'll peruse 2HD and see what I can find

just a thought for a foundation hungry for battle would be brutal for the fact your milling more and getting plus damage and ovious can help with astrids enhance

In my Astrid I've been experimenting with raven's claw. Yes I know it's a 2 check, but here is the combo

Have Reavers axe and something else out. Play both enhances on reaver for 3speed 3 dmg, (even more with paying respect out) then blow up the other weapon asset for Reavers E and voila 9 speed 9 dmg, add a From the horse Endurance and Astrids own E and you got a killer card..

Wow, yeah. Raven's Claw could definitely be playable, simply based on the fact that it gets +4 speed off of Reaver's Axe + another weapon, and Astrid takes care of all the damage issues. Use the Hilde flags for the other asset, 10M30 seems kinda good right?

Indeed it does and on your opponents turn it gets even better ^^

I'm just curious as to why you're running Autumn's Kiss when multiple copies of Fire Shadow and such aren't even considered Weapon attacks (copies have no text boxes), and thus most of Astrid's pumps do not work on them...

Really? I thought they kept keywords? D'oooooh >< scrapping Autumn's Kiss then