A few people were interested in my melee and joust decks:

By bloodycelt, in 1. AGoT General Discussion

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House Baratheon

Meele Agenda: Treaty with the South / Joust Agenda: Alliance (Martell)

Characters (28)
• Eddard Stark / King’s Landing •••
• Melisandre / Defenders of the North •••
• Robert Baratheon / King’s Landing •••
• The Red Viper / Princes of the Sun •••
• Val / Defenders of the North •••
• Arianne Martell / Princes of the Sun ••
• Brienne of Tarth / Princes of the Sun ••
• Marya Seaworth / King’s of the Storm ••
• Renly Baratheon / A Time for Ravens ••
Flea Bottom Scavenger / King’s Landing •••
House Messenger / Prince’s of the Sun ••

Resources (12)
Seat of Power / Defenders of the North •••
Summer Sea / Core Set •••
Aegon’s Gardens / Core Set ••
River Row / Queen of the Dragons •
Shadowblack Lane / Core Set •
Street of Sisters / Core Set •
Street of Steel / Core Set •

Other (18)
Distraction / Core Set •••
Loyal Guard / Defenders of the North •••
Orphan of the ... / Princes of the Sun •••
Taste for Blood / Princes of the Sun •••
Distinct Mastery / Core Set ••
Obey the King / Kings of the Storm ••
Smuggler’s Cove / Kings of the Storm ••

Plots (7)
The Power of Blood / Core Set ••
An Empty Throne / Kings of the Sea •
Loyalty Money Can Buy / Queen of Dragons •
Relentless Persecution / Brotherhood •
Retaliation! / Brotherhood •
Valar Morghulis / Core Set •

The crux of the deck is to layer my threats at 3x so the likelihood of having viper, mel AND bob are high, and win before the opponent can answer to them. Val's role usually is to cycle through dupes and locations while house messenger and flea bottom scab are meant for turn 1 card draw, then claim soak post turn 1.

Now given the fragile nature of characters I found that arianne and mel are the REAL threats. (Viper and Bob just annoy the opponent). Claim 2 power challenges and then standing her with the hook or distinct mastery, and then doing another claim 2 power challenge (due an empty throne), and getting uo due to stealth and hence gaining 4 more power from mel is 8 power on my house card.

In meele I used the treaty agenda mostly to see what would happen, I always suck at melee and so just went in to have a little fun and a (hopefully not too annoying) joke at the expense of my opponents. The fact that it went 1-1-4 just proves my theory that the last player to attempt to win... has a better chance than the first player.