New player summer dragons deck

By michaelius, in 4. AGoT Deck Construction

Hi guys i played my first games today and after that (and a lot of spoiler list/deck builds reading) i put together this:

Dragons of Summer Flame v.2

Agenda (1) Kings of Summer (ASoS) x1

Character (34)

Balerion the Black (RotO) x1

Drogon (QoD) x3

Rhaegal (QoD) x3

Viserion (QoD) x3

White Hatchling (QoD)

x1 Black Hatchling (QoD) x1

Green Hatchling (QoD) x1

Daenerys Targaryen (QoD) x1

Viserys Targaryen (Core) x1

Advisor to the Crown (QoD) x3

Jhogo (OSaS) x1

Horseback Archers (QoD) x3

Gilly (RoW) x1

Samwell Tarly (TRS) x1

Red Warlock (ASoS) x3

Carrion Bird (TWoW) x3

Dragon Thief (AE) x3

Pyat Pree (QoD) x1

Location (17)

Astapor (QoD) x3

Eastern Fiefdoms (QoD) x3

Khal Drogo's Tent (QoD) x1

Meereen (QoD) x2

Myrish Villa (QoD) x3

Qarth (QoD) x1

Summer Sea (Core) x3

Yunkai (QoD) x1

Event (6)

Dance With Dragons (Core) x3

Maegi's Promise (QoD) x3

Attachment (7)

Black Raven (ASoS) x3

Dragon Lore (CbtC) x2

Rhaegar's Harp (BoRF) x1

The Long Summer (ACoS) x1

Plot (7)

A Song of Summer (ASoS) x1

A Time for Ravens (ACoS) x1

At the Gates (GotC) x1

Building Season (Core) x1

Loyalty Money Can Buy (QoD) x1

Valar Morghulis (Core) x1

Retaliation! (ASoSilence) x1

1. Is Advisor to the crown+dragon Lore + At the gates + dragons/Balerion combo worth it ?

2. Are plots ok ? I'd want another claim 2 plot but have no idead what to replace.

3. Advisor to the Crown vs Linked Advisor - which one to use? Or maybe both (but what to replace ? )

4. How to trim it to 60 cards (64 atm) ?

michaelius said:

1. Is Advisor to the crown+dragon Lore + At the gates + dragons/Balerion combo worth it ?

A 10 cost character almost for free is not a bad deal. Not to mention he goes well with the other 3 dragons. Plus renown speeds up the deck, and his come into play effect is awesome. And deadly is helpful as well. But you may want to run 2-3x of him so he doesn't die to someone's Lannister pays his debts or Pyat Pree.

michaelius said:

2. Are plots ok ? I'd want another claim 2 plot but have no idead what to replace.

Why do you run building season? It doesn't seem like any one location you have is going to drastically change the game, so you could probably drop that plot.

michaelius said:

3. Advisor to the Crown vs Linked Advisor - which one to use? Or maybe both (but what to replace ? )

Advisor to the crown can power your Ambush stuff, but linked advisor can have its cost reduced and has two icons. Tough call. i would probably go with Linked Advisor, or cut out the Red Warlocks for them (same cost). If you cut the red warlocks you can use Spending the Winter Stores to get out a Dragon Lore, since I assume that's why you're running them. You might also run Crown of Meereen for an addional "summer" effect in case your Raven gets discarded somehow.

michaelius said:

4. How to trim it to 60 cards (64 atm) ?

I would drop Rhagar's Harp and the long summer for sure. Pyat Pree and Jhogo could probably be cut, but it would be a hard cut. The overall cost curve of your deck seems a little high, but I guess summer will get you an extra gold.

Why do you only run one copy of Daenerys? i would think she's pretty important to the deck's strategy. It might also be worthwhile to run a few body guards and Lady Daenery's chambers to recycle them and to protect her. Not to mention LDC can recycle discarded Ravens.