A tourney deck that I have been playing around with... thoughts?

By MJWaters84, in Call of Cthulhu Deck Construction

This is what I am going to be taking to Gen Con with me this year, and I am pretty excited about it:

Miskagency Beats:

1x Doctor Ali Kafour
1x Doctor Carson
1x Professor Albert Wilmarth
2x Randolph Carter (F63)
3x Anthropologist Adviser
3x Dreamlands Scholar
3x Obsessive Insomniac

Agency

3x Behind Bars
2x Price Manor
3x A Call for Help
1x John Henry Price
1x Steve Clarney
2x Nathaniel Elton
3x Undercover Security
3x Small Price to Pay
3x Government Exorcist
2x Repo Man
2x Marshall Green
2x Agency Ground Keeper

Nuetral

3x Prize Pistol
3x Dream Dagger
3x The Day Dreamer

Some cards that I may change in (Depending on the Meta)

3x The Ray of Dawn
3x Interrogations Center
1x Agency Ground Keeper
1x Repo Man

I really want this deck to work, and as of now, it seems pretty solid. Give me your thoughts down below.

Like I said in a previous post, I don't know why, but the ratio of 27 characters seems a little bit low in my mind. I'd say, you might but 1 or more characters in it to fill the slots of your decks.

I mean, having 25 characters / 25 events or attachment is problematic once you draw. What if you have 4 supports and no characters on your T2 and T3 ?? The stats are higher if you just put 27 characters for this to happen, and you might loose a lot of tempo.

Second thing I'd like to know is why 3x Exorcist but only 1 clarney or 1 John Henry Price? I'm afraid I must admit being a little lost if I'm looking for your strategy. If you're playing John Henry + manor, play it fully so you'd have an attahcment deck that you mlight fill the lake in it!

Ok, Miska draws and offer you cycling. Plus Randolph migh help middle game... But what's your strategy ?? Do you want to destroy the support or to steal it ? Are you sure you want to do both ?? I've seen Call for Help is your main ammo to answer any kind of trouble in front of you. But the problem is it costs 3. I haven't seen any local sherif to help as a transient : So you're willing to use it T2 or T3, ain't you ? Transient might be something to consider, as the sherif is a good midlle card too.

Hope to read you soon ^^

Hi guys !

First of all : maybe it's a BIG coïncidence but it's the deck i played on a Tournament in Paris last month and i post it there :

http://cenacle-hd.bb-fr.com/vos-decks-f18/deck-mr-patate-tournoi-paris-06-03-2010-t1549.htm

You only copy and paste it :)

But it doesn't matter, i hope you enjoy play it and hope you are gonna win some match on the Gen Con, but be sure the metagame doesn't change because i make it on the actual metagame (no nyarlathotep...).

And to respond to Prodigee, don't you remember i win 2 time against you on the tournament ? :P

It's a toolbox deck, i play some character only once because i run out of place, but i play the call for help "in case of", i don't care to play it early, it's only usefull when you know what your oppenent is playing. Henry Price is good ( @ Prodigee, don't you remember him with 3 dream dagger and 1 prize pistol ? :D ) but he don't make the deck... i can use the insomniac and the scolar at the same purpose (be offensive with dream dagger or gain card advantage with drawing effect)

Strategy is : don't die against rush (small price to pay - dagger and small characters - prise pistol)

don't die against Old Ancient One (exorcist - nathaniel - behind bars )

take one or 2 stories if opponent is slow (with exorcist and behind bars)

go to middle game and clean table (prize pistol - price manor to keep it on table - day dreamers for Ghouls decks )

repo man is here for all supports ( and ground keeper is here for dreamlands that can counter repo man (pillar - cavern of flame - seventy step)

I make this deck 2 days before tournament and without testing, i think he is good enought but maybe need to make some change ( Kafour, Carlson, Wilmarth are not so usefull but need to be ressourced for loyalty of obsessive...)

Good Luck for Gencon.... and next time you copy/paste a deck, it will be nice to thanks his creator :)

Mr Patate

Hi Mr Patate !

Didn't notice it was your deck !!! sonrojado.gif

I already heard about your strategy and thus asked for MJW to explain his ... As I did'nt know if he was a begginer or not, I asked questions to understand why he choose those ratio. I know how you're playing, my dear friend, but I wanted to help.

But you're right saying you defeated me ... Twice ... but there won't be a third edition of such a lose gran_risa.gif , I'm working on it !

Card advantge is fine, but I hope the new expansion will provide stuffs to handle it !

You're popular even in USA Mr Patate !

I will add the Day Dreamer is not necessary in this deck. You have no cards working with Day subtype. It's only useful if you are playing with a side-deck and if you know your opponent plays night cards or a ghoul deck.

If you want to see the game between Mr Patate and prodigee, look at youtube here (french subtitle) :

Day dreamer is usefull with... the dream dagger. There isn't a lot of low cost dreamers in tis deck. And the prize pistols doesn't like high skill's ghouls.

Hi Guys !

B_P is right, i put 3 daydreamers only for :

Metagame

- ghoul is a common card in mythos decks

- there is a lot of good "night" card

- with the dreamdagguer its a good wall on the firsts turns

- and i can use it for "calling for help"

Prodigee: i hope we can do "la belle" soon ! i enjoyed playing together !