I just wanted to get a topic going to get people thinking about creative ways to combat some of the best strategies and cards in the game. As my stores scout, I consistently hear players asking about how to combat this card or that combo. When I hear this, I get back to my deck shop (my card table in front of my TV) and start sifting through cards. At other times I just bring silly decks to have some fun and find that I have inadvertently found something that works. I figured this could be a place where people could post their solutions to card conundrums and also ask questions about how to combat some of the toughies out there. Posting here should be with the understanding that there may be counters to these combat measures, but there are pretty much counters to everything so lets just cut out the counters to the counters. We all know they exist so lets keep it shortened to one Baddie and one Stopper. Also there may be more than one counter so feel free to list them all.
I'll get this party started with one that I found in a random deck:
Baddie: :Guy:, Tsunami Saber, and Unorthodox Fighting Style
Stopper: Slim and Athletic
I showed up to host the tournament after our life patch tournament and found that I had failed to make a deck in the intervening time! I only had my 3 life decks from the week before. It really didn't matter as I'm the scout and not playing for anything, but I like to play for pride. I grabbed one and we rolled to set pairings. Of course in the first round I am paired against the raining store champion Guy and his Amazing Sabers of Death. I shrugged expecting two consecutive turn two losses with my silly life deck but was shocked to find he could get his kill off. His deck primarily focussed on making sure that Guy stripped you of momentum while giving him momentum and then Unorthodox on the Saber finished you. Various other cards were meant to protect that turn from bad R's or E's in the opponent's staging area, but Slim and Athletic was an E that I played on my turn! He didn't have anything to stop that. It worked beautifully and slowed the game down to give me a chance. In the interest of full disclosure, I did lose the round 2-1, but that victory got me thinking about the power of Slim and Athletic. It now always catches my eye when I'm sifting through cards for it's 3 symbols.
Anyone else to share their strategies or questions?
