So i just got back into the game 2 days ago. im workin on a deck that uses haohmaru:. to block and then use reversals. This is what i got so far. its still a work in progress and there really isnt a local meta, but me and several friends started up again so we are piecing decks together with whatever cards we get. so far, this is what im planning on making. I would just like to know if a deck like this can work, any help is appreciated.

Characters
4x haohmaru:.
1x Akuma:::

attacks
4x weak slash
4x zankosen
4x Tenha Fujin Zan
4x flames of fate
4x yoga catch
2x neck choke
4x block

foundations
4x a samurai's life
4x circle of steel
4x wandering master
4x spiritual center
4x reunited
2x separated
2x defender of the empire
3x building a country
3x samurai showdown

few questions. How come 4 Hao's and 1 akuma?

Also not sure if some of your attacks are actions/assets (i dont know legacy cards at all, and am not very familiar with B2 stuff) but it looks like you have WAY too many attacks.

Smazzurco said:

well to be honest i had 4 haos and 1 akuma's as blocks. still getting a feel for the cards. i do wanna make it what ever the current standard is, but im using some of the cards i have used before i quit. i will have to look up what the current legal sets are.

well since your trying to make it legal id say you have to get rid of defender of the empire....its banned im afraid and anything with the four-point shuryken is legal(after april 18) everything that has a watermark is legal at the moment

and as far as suggestions go i think your running too many attacks between 16-20 is good if you dont have a solid kill card and are looking for chaining attacks together although i still advise to run around 15 thats usually pretty good......

once you get alot of cards and get back in the swing of things a really good kill card to look into is sardine beach special..its got void so you can use it and its a throw with amazing damage

ok thank you for your input, after playing around for a bit with the advice given, i have modified the deck around, tho still waiting to playtest.

Characters
4x haohmaru:.
1x Guile:::.

attacks
4x weak slash
4x zankosen
4x Tenha Fujin Zan
4x sardine's beach special

foundations
4x a samurai's life
4x spiritual center
4x reunited
4x separated
4x building a country
4x chinese boxing
4x aim high
4x noble scion of an odious bloodline

Assets
4x good looks
3x guile's comb

dokuromaru said:

Noble scion is a banned card

darn. is there any place to get an updated banned/errata list? aside from that one card, how does it look? I was considering putting in admiration and adoration(3x of each) and taking out 1x separated and reuinited as well as taking out the banned noble scion of an odeous bloodline. Ive been playing with it in the akuma precon(domination) and it works well in that deck, but i do realize that this deck im working on isnt the same, or so i believe that it will work differently.

Still, they are 1 and 2 difficulty foundations with 5 control which is pretty good.

I'm probably going to go back to building a Haohmaru deck soon. I can try to give you some help, but the way I was going to build him leaned more towards Order.

well the reason i went with void over order is that when i started up again(literally less than a week ago), i picked up the akuma deck and the foundations reunited and separated got me interested in a reversal deck, so i ran with that, tho there are a decent amount of order attacks in my deck as it is.

bought the cutting edge haohmaru deck today. ive played around with it a bit and had a few solitaire matches with it, tho i think the deck is mostly order cards. im thinking of changing it around so I can use the light on ones feet and a samurai's life combo so that i can use the same block over and over.

The latest starters are actually mono-symbol, unlike the older ones where you'd occasionally get cards the starting character couldn't even chain... Haohmaru and Rock Howard are off of Order, Sagat and Akuma off of Fire, Sakura and Ken off of All, and Yoshitora and Mai off of Evil. But anyways, why not try a Fire build? Haohmaru's support and Akuma's support both share Fire, and Bitter Rivals works a little better than Light on One's Feet (and will still work with that Samurai's Life combo).

after playing a few matches with the haohmaru starter, the thought had crossed my mind. the main problem that i have, at least with the starter is the low checks vs the difficulty. i have a lot of 3's and 4's in there compared to the akuma deck's usual 5 checks. i did see bitter rivals and did consider it, but it is a 3/4 where light on ones feet is a 2/5 thus making it a better card, at least in my meta, which is mostly consisting of my friends combining starter decks to get the maximum effect, usually against my akuma deck which is reigning supreme atm.

Im also considering a more offensive deck. granted, the starter deck isnt exactly what im envisioning. What do you think about taking out building a country for son of a tycoon?