Starting Character: Paul Phoenix

Actions: 3

3x Toughest in the Universe

Assets: 5

3x POTM

2x Glanzende Nova and Frischer Himmel

Attacks: 19

4x Zi Mei's Wheel Kick

3x Neutron Bomb

4x Dragon Lifter

4x Phoenix Smasher

4x Hammer of the Gods

Foundations: 34

3x Hungry for Battle

3x Communing with the Ancients

3x Hope for One's People

3x The Ultimate Team

3x Best Friends

4x Financial Troubles

4x Brooding

4x For the Money

4x Stand Off

3x Enraged Golem

The sideboard for this deck was never really used so i didnt list it. The deck was ran entirely off the Fire symbol and using cards like wheel kick in combination with Paul really lets a player exploit the awesome power of for the money. Dragon Lifter is just a totally solid card that always seemed to deal ATLEAST 8 dmg for me. I went 4-1 and one in swiss, my only loss being to King piloted by ShippuJinrai, and i was knocked out of top 8 by an amazing Heihachi deck piloted by Keenan Meadows.

Looks solid for a Fire Paul P. Wheel Kick + Dragon Lifter is definitely good for him.

I'm a bit surprised you didn't splash Gut Drill tho.

problem is im not a fan of splashing in a heavy aggro deck. Also Butt Drill only gets stun if it's played as a reversal

This deck rolled me hardcore in Swiss, I lost game 1 on the second turn. Granted I returned the favor the next game but he got me quick in the third. Excellent build of Paul and Alex played well with it, making good choices in terms of extending and seriously ABUSING For The Money.

i am surprised by you not using pommel smash. this card may seem redundant but the ability to lock down your opponents char is always usefell.

see i originally thought that too, but with paul's response i can lock to the opponent's character if it actually presents a threat

As I got rolled by this day 2 in Swiss I can safely say with no character negation in sight, Pommel Smash just isn't good enough in Paul, as Paul's own ability locks down the character if needed.