Another Ivy*...sorry...

By Duckman2, in UFS Deck Building

Slightly different to the other Ivy decks I have seen posted so far. Tried to make a genuine poke deck rather than tack Ivy onto a standard All deck.

Ivy. All/Life/Void 6HS 26V

4x Switching Weapon Styles 4/4 All/Life
4x Rejection 3/5 +2L B:1 Life

4x Cross Madness 0/3 0M3 +2H All/Life
4x Howling Spirits 3/3 3H3 +1L All/Life
4x Razor's Bite 3/3 4L2 +2M All/Life
4x Raging Gnome 3/3 3L7 +2M All/Life
4x Pommel Smash 3/3 2H1 S:1 All

4x The Gorgeous Team 3/4 +3H Life
4x Genius Alchemist 2/5 All/Life
4x Researching Anywhere 2/4 All/Life
4x Soul that Protects 1/5 +3H All/Life
4x Responsibility 3/5 All/Life
4x The Tae Kwon Do Zephyr 0/5 +2L All
4x Powerful Style 0/5 +2M All
4x Bitter Rivals 3/4 +2M All

Crossed into LIfe just to abuse The Gorgeous Team - having Switching Weapon Styles in hand is key and TGT is easier than using Tag Along simply because it doesn't clog the card pool. The checks in this deck are fairly meh and I don't want to have to rely on the Genius Alchemist for more than mitigating SWS.

Undecided about Rejection, it's in there as a panic button but would be an easy swap for Kung-Fu Training which can push through Raging Gnome or defend against annoying opponent's Tag Alongs. Powerful Style may also help me live enough, but does requre I live through my opponent's turn.

Bitter Rivals is key to push attacks through, there is a heap of draw outside of Ivy just to make I can keep my hand full, the Attacks are pretty self expnatory.

Considering changes..

- Olcadan's Mentoring or Chester's Backing to prevent Tough Outer Shell. I have sacrificed control in this deck for speed, but in the long game if I am slowed enough some control may be necessary.

- Visions of Destiny for Responsibility. Worse CC but lower DIfficulty and being able to dictate draw off Researching Anywhere or rig CCs for SWS is great and I am not sure if I need more draw or can afford another Commit cost Foundation.

- As mentioned above KFT for Rejection.

Duckman said:

Ivy. All/Life/Void 6HS 26V

4x Switching Weapon Styles 4/4 All/Life
4x Rejection 3/5 +2L B:1 Life

4x Cross Madness 0/3 0M3 +2H All/Life
4x Howling Spirits 3/3 3H3 +1L All/Life
4x Razor's Bite 3/3 4L2 +2M All/Life
4x Raging Gnome 3/3 3L7 +2M All/Life
4x Pommel Smash 3/3 2H1 S:1 All

4x The Gorgeous Team 3/4 +3H Life
4x Genius Alchemist 2/5 All/Life
4x Researching Anywhere 2/4 All/Life
4x Soul that Protects 1/5 +3H All/Life
4x Responsibility 3/5 All/Life
4x The Tae Kwon Do Zephyr 0/5 +2L All
4x Powerful Style 0/5 +2M All
4x Bitter Rivals 3/4 +2M All

This isn't that dissimilar to the Ivy deck I threw together yesterday, although there are some things I'd suggest. I'd say that for the amount of attacks you're running in this deck (and rightfully so, I'd actually chuck in Fei Long's Forward Kick too), you're running a lot of 3 difficulty foundations. This means that you might not be able to run quite as many of them in one turn as you might like. The Soul That Protects actually aren't as effective as you might think, as you'll more than likely end up drawing into more attacks next turn anyway, which haven't already been seen by the opponent, so they can't prepare blocks for you.

The way I built this was purely with spammable foundations (and Controller Of Souls to stop my Bitter Rivals and Artificial Souls being thrown out) like Altered Mind And Body, and as you have rightfully placed, Tae Kwon Doe Zephyr and Powerful Style. I'd recommend Prominent Noblewoman over Genius Alchemist here, as you get the same effect because you're Ivy, and you also get a way to stop Defender/Rejection. If you really want to not be affected by progressive difficulty at all, and get some draw power in at the same time, what about Flames Of Fame? It means you can clear out the Switching Sword Style after using it, and then get draw power after playing an inevitable 5 attacks after it.

Also, if you have them, BRT never hurts, it's extra draw power and can force Cross Madness/Howling Spirits through early on in your string.

Hope I could help ;)

Picked up the Ivy Starter yesterday...LOVE LOVE LOVE how she makes the weenie rush work.

Nice looking deck, btw. Sorry i don't have any concrete suggestions. Maybe Make a DIfference for some draw shenanegans on your turn? idk, i'm reachin...

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