Advice: Phoenix vs Unicorn

By WackoAlex, in L5R LCG: Deck Building

Hello guys!

Need some help to build a Pheonix deck to try to beat a Unicorn.

Played a lot today, tried a few changes, the games where great, but i always lose in the end. Don't know what can i change here to win.

Dont have the list from the Uni, but the two mais 'power houses' where Aranat and Moto Chagatai and a good suport from Iuchi Daiyu, and the usual events from Uni to bring characters. Province Shiro Shinjo.

Any tips on changes to Phoenix deck to play against Uni?

My last deck was:
1 Kyūden Isawa (Disciples of the Void)
1 Seeker of Void (Core Set)
3 Against the Waves (Core Set)
3 Assassination (Core Set)
3 Benten's Touch (Into the Forbidden City)
3 Charge! (Core Set)
3 Clarity of Purpose (Disciples of the Void)
3 Cloud the Mind (Core Set)
3 Feral Ningyo (Tainted Lands)
3 Grasp of Earth (Core Set)
2 Indomitable Will (Core Set)
3 Kaito Kosori (Disciples of the Void)
3 Let Go (Core Set)
2 Magnificent Kimono (Core Set)
3 Oracle of Stone (Tainted Lands)
3 Supernatural Storm (Core Set)
3 Pacifism (Core Set)
3 Asako Azunami (The Ebb and Flow)
3 Asako Diplomat (Core Set)
3 Chikai Order Protector (The Fires Within)
3 Fire Elemental Guard (Disciples of the Void)
3 Fire Tensai Acolyte (Children of the Empire)
3 Fushichō (Disciples of the Void)
3 Isawa Masahiro (Core Set)
3 Isawa Uona (Breath of the Kami)
1 Kanjo District (Meditations on the Ephemeral)
3 Miya Mystic (Core Set)
3 Serene Warrior (Core Set)
3 Shiba Tetsu (Disciples of the Void)
3 Shiba Tsukune (Core Set)
3 Solemn Scholar (Core Set)
1 Fertile Fields (Core Set)
1 Kuroi Mori (Core Set)
1 Public Forum (Into the Forbidden City)
1 Sanpuku Seidō (Disciples of the Void)
1 Shameful Display (Core Set)

Play Tadaka and more shugenja in general.

Copy the winning Phoenix decklist from the Denver Kotei. You can find it on Imperial Advisor. There was also a video of a Phoenix vs Unicorn and you can see just how important Tadaka is during the game.

Then just adjust for the recent changes to the restricted list. The most recent episode of Jade Throne Podcast has some good suggestions on what to change.

And go get some reps in on Jigoko

The Phoenix Unicorn MU is really easy to understand. As a Phoenix player the following things are important:

-Kuroi Mori on your SH. If the Unicorn is competent, he will be almost always be faster than you.


- Let your oponent spend cards to break your provinces. This is usually not a MU that gets decided by value, so giving up value to delay Unicorn is viable.


- When Uni is on your SH you lose if you don't have Tadaka or more active Censures than your oponents Captive Audiences.

Edited by Ignithas

That pretty much sums up the match up for the more common Unicorn builds out there. The video match between Phoenix and Unicorn at the Denver Kotei is essentially this. Phoenix gets Tadaka right out of the gate and Unicorn can't get him off the board and Unicorn's hand ends up getting choked.

Gonna try these advices.

Still new to the game, trying to learn the synergies.

Thanks a lot for the tips!!!