My girlfriend and I recently started playing AGoT LCG. We currently only have the core set, but wanted to go ahead and plan ahead on what decks we wanted to build so that we'd know what to buy first. She's very fond of Stark, so I felt this would be a good deck for her. I built it with Hungry Mob in mind, which is why Winterfell Castle is the only 3 cost card, which can be tutored for on turn one with Building Seasons in order to minimize conflict. The low number of lands makes Fleeing to the Wall always a strong and viable play, while the multitude of wolves, combined with the tutoring of the Winterfell Kennel, and the Stealth granted by Wolfswood, helps both the deck, and makes Kennel Master huge.

I think the deck is fairly straightforward and self explanatory for the most part, and I wanted some input from people who have been playing longer than I have before I attempt to try and build this. Any input is welcome. Thank you for your time.

Characters:

3x Hungry Mob (King's Landing)
3x Bolton Refugee (A Time of Ravens)
3x Kennel Master (Core Set)
3x Wolf Pack (Lords of Winter)
3x The Bastard's Elite (Brotherhood Without Banners)
3x Peasant Defenders (King's Landing)
1x Hodor (Core Set)
3x The Flayed Men (Brotherhood without Banners)
3x Direwolf Pup (Core Set)
2x House Tully Recruiter (Core Set)
1x Osha (Defenders of the North)
3x Wolf Herald (A Clash of Arms)
1x Sansa Stark (Corse Set)
1x Lady (Core Set)

Events:

3x Endless Endurance (Lords of Winter)

Attachments:

3x Icy Catapult (A Clash of Arms)
3x Deep Freeze (Defenders of the North)
3x Northern Steel (King's Landing)
1x Ice (Core Set)
3x Winter Cache (Defenders of the North)
1x Shaggydog (Lords of Winter)
1x Grey Wind (Lords of Winter)
1x Nymeria (Core Set)
1x Crown of Winter (Lords of Winter)
2x The Long Winter (A Time of Ravens)
1x Summer (Core Set)

Locations:

1x Winterfell Kennels (Core Set)
1x Lord Eddard's Chambers (Core Set)
1x Wolfswood (Lords of Winter)
1x Winterfell Castle (Core Set)

1x Valar Morghulis (Core Set)
1x Fleeing to the Wall (Core Set)
1x Building Season (Core Set)
1x Power and Wealth (Core Set)
1x Fury of the Wolf (A Clash of Arms)
1x Winter Festival (Defenders of the North)
1x After the Mummer's Ford (Kings of the Sea)

The thing about Hungry Mob is it is ONE card in your deck. You should not build your deck around i - if your mob is knelt, so what? t! In any case, it should be possible to keep all costs under 3 through the use of reducers like Godswood/Northern Fiefdoms - which would be vital for a functioning economy.

Characters:

Lots of Miltiary. Not much of anything else. The boltons are very unreliable and you don't have Abandoned Forts to pick them back up when they turn against you, so you'll find they'll come back to bite you.

You need more uniques and more draw! Some cards you definitely would want to look at are Guard at Riverrun and the Blackfish. You might also want to in Catelyn and some other intrigue/power to help you defend. Get important characters and a couple of dupes for them.

Locations:

You don't have nearly enough direwolves to really make Wolfswood worthwile. And you need discount locations, otherwise your characters would be prohibitively expensive. Street of Steel/Great Keep/Godswood/Northern Fiefdoms are a must in a stark deck.

Attachments:

Way too many. Some of them are of very doubtful value - The caches I find are too weak to be worth playing. Furthermore, you'll be putting most of these attachments on weenies - which are generally killed for claim anyway, so you'll find that you don't really get to use them. Crown of Winter doesn't belong in a deck that doesn't revolve around a key character.

Plots:

As a general rule of thumb, Stark does not play Valar in his plot deck. Stark is too good at killing everyone else. Building season isn't that useful for you becasue you're only running 4 locations, none of which are stellar. After the Mummer's ford is distinctly inferior to Storm of Swords

Characters:

3x Wolf Herald (A Clash of Arms)

Thanks for the suggestions. They really helped. I've done some major adjusting, and am wondering if this is better than my first attempt, and what I can still improve.

Tomdidiot said:

I disagree.

Should I readd it then? - or is the updated deck good as it is? What can I do to improve it?

I appreciate all the suggestions. I'm trying to learn, every piece of advice helps.

Integrity said:

lol, unlike me, she can't stand doing research. She honestly didn't like the first deck, and this was a step in the right direction. I was informed you always run Sam as a 3 of, but they/I might have been misinformed. I'd rather just use more Shadow cards considering that Catelyn's ability is just too useful to ignore. I would have thought the same myself, regarding the rangers, but I picked up another piece of misinformation concerning them that I didn't understand, but followed until I heard otherwise.

I thank you for the advice/help, and fully intend to make efforts to incorporate what I can/want to. As for her, she's not a "combo player", and doesn't like too many complicated game mechanics that she has to remember. The whole reason she seems to like Stark is that it is powerful, and doesn't require her to think too hard about if she's playing her cards wrong.

When I have time I'll make and post the changes to the deck. Thank you again for your suggestions.

Rogue30 said:

I disagree also. Valar is a must in all decks. It is like Wrath of God or Damnation in Magic:The Gathering.

I thought the same thing, at first, followed the advice I got there after, and keep learning. The great thing about these deck experiences is that I'll continue to learn as I continue to remake them.

Thank you all for your help and suggestions.

Characters:

It really depends if you want just deck to have fun or tournament deck. You can't rely on 1 card (you may never see it), so Crown of Winter can make it winter and combo with other cards, but how often? 10% of games? 5%?

That means 2x Catelyn Stark (King's Landing) is not good choice. LoW version is amazing for any deck.

Maester Malleon's Tome, Tower of the Hand - dead cards, see above.

Red Keep - why did you take it?

What you really need is few games with good Lanni deck - it will learn you quickly how efficient is your deck

I honestly had forgotten that Catelyn needed winter. That changes everything. Thank you for pointing that out... *sigh* This means I have to reimplement winter.

Characters:

I know I need Ranger(s) of Winter, but I don't know where to get the numbers, and I will not go above 60.

My basic approach to deck building is 50% characters, 25% income, and 25% support cards. I also rarely have a deck that is right at 60 cards. Normally I am around 64. It is not too much more and I find that the extra cards are helpful.

Characters:

1x Jory Cassel (A Clash of Arms)
2x Wolf Herald (A Clash of Arms)
1x Arya Stark (King's Landing)
2x Catelyn Stark (King's Landing)
3x Pyromancer's Apprentice (King's Landing)
1x Syrio Forel (King's Landing)
1x Ser Mandon Moore (King's Landing)
2x Eddard Stark (Lords of Winter)
2x Robb Stark (Lords of Winter)
3x Guard at Riverrun (Lords of Winter)
2x The Blackfish (Lords of Winter)
2x Benjen Stark (Core Set)
2x Bolton Refugee (A Time of Ravens)
1x Samwell Tarly (A Time of Ravens)
3x Carrion Bird (A Time of Ravens)
2x Ranger of Winter (A Time of Ravens)

Events:

2x Lethal Counterattack (Core Set)
3x Winter is Coming (Core Set)
3x To Be a Wolf (A Clash of Arms)

Attachments:

1x Shaggydog (Lords of Winter)
1x Grey Wind (Lords of Winter)
1x Maester Malleon's Tome (King's Landing)
3x White Raven (A Time of Ravens)
1x Crown of Winter (Lords of Winter)
2x Bodyguard (Core Set)

Locations:

1x Lord Eddard's Chambers (Core Set)
3x Frozen Moat (Defenders of the North)
3x Godswood (Lords of Winter)
1x Street of Steel (Core Set)
1x Winterfell Castle (Core Set)
3x Northern Fiefdoms (Core Set)
1x Tower of the Hand (King's Landing)

Plots:

1x A Time for Ravens (A Time of Ravens)
1x The Minstrel's Muse (Defenders of the North)
1x Valar Morghulis (Core Set)
1x A Song of Summer (A Time of Ravens)
1x Fury of the Wolf (A Clash of Arms)
1x Storm of Swords (Defenders of the North)
1x After the Mummer's Ford (Kings of the Sea)

Just noticed/remembered I was still running Red Keep/King's Landing. Though that drops me two Shadow cards, I think the added Rangers are worth it.

So you want to play winter, ok, but is that mean you don't play Kings of Winter?

Should I play Kings of Winter?

Integrity said:

Why not? This agenda has powerful effect and no real drawback.

Agenda:

Characters:

1x Jory Cassel (A Clash of Arms)
2x Wolf Herald (A Clash of Arms)
1x Arya Stark (King's Landing)
2x Catelyn Stark (King's Landing)
3x Pyromancer's Apprentice (King's Landing)
1x Syrio Forel (King's Landing)
1x Ser Mandon Moore (King's Landing)
2x Eddard Stark (Lords of Winter)
2x Robb Stark (Lords of Winter)
3x Guard at Riverrun (Lords of Winter)
2x The Blackfish (Lords of Winter)
2x Benjen Stark (Core Set)
2x Bolton Refugee (A Time of Ravens)
1x Samwell Tarly (A Time of Ravens)
3x Carrion Bird (A Time of Ravens)
2x Ranger of Winter (A Time of Ravens)

Events:

2x Lethal Counterattack (Core Set)
3x Winter is Coming (Core Set)
3x To Be a Wolf (A Clash of Arms)

Attachments:

1x Shaggydog (Lords of Winter)
1x Grey Wind (Lords of Winter)
1x Maester Malleon's Tome (King's Landing)
3x White Raven (A Time of Ravens)
1x Crown of Winter (Lords of Winter)
2x Bodyguard (Core Set)

Locations:

1x Lord Eddard's Chambers (Core Set)
3x Frozen Moat (Defenders of the North)
3x Godswood (Lords of Winter)
1x Street of Steel (Core Set)
1x Winterfell Castle (Core Set)
3x Northern Fiefdoms (Core Set)
1x Tower of the Hand (King's Landing)

Plots:

1x A Time for Ravens (A Time of Ravens)
1x The Minstrel's Muse (Defenders of the North)
1x Valar Morghulis (Core Set)
1x A Song of Summer (A Time of Ravens)
1x Fury of the Wolf (A Clash of Arms)
1x Storm of Swords (Defenders of the North)
1x After the Mummer's Ford (Kings of the Sea)

I wanted to thank you all again for helping me with this deck. It wouldn't be half of what it is now if not for all of your help and advice. Thank you.

I think it's good deck for beginning. Now you must play a lot and learn by yourself what's going on on table (especially vs Lanni ) .

I would throw out After the Mummer's Ford - it can hurt you if opponent is going first. Also if you have Guards at Riverrun, then it works against you. There are plenty useful plots. Consider taking The Winds of Winter - effect is the same: 2 killed characters, but you have to kneel less characters (sometimes you can't attack anyway, so second attack would be wasted). Additionaly -1 STR to opponent's characters is pretty good. If you care about high initiative, then Winter Festival might be good option.

Agenda: