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From: hansen <hansen@********.COM.SG>
Subject: Re: Fun deck to play, low win count.
Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 02:35:56 +0800
>Pedro Gomes wrote:
>>David Reis wrote:
>><huge snip>
>>> Unfortunately, I play against a guy who runs a large deck (150+ cards
>><another huge snip>
>>
>>150 CARDS?????????? How can this deck be effective? Can you give us an
>idea of
>>what cards he has in there?
>
>I did say it was slow and it rarely wins....
>
>My friend doesn't have a name for his deck, but I call it the "Neat Cards"
>deck because it contains all the cards he thinks are neat. I can't
>remember them all in detail, but in general he uses mages, shamans, and
>tough guys. For mages he uses Marek, Tempest, Sally Tsung, and others,
>plus all the combat spells. For shamans, he includes Hawkwind for her
>Biotech, Pappy, and others, plus lots of spirits. His tough guys include
>Knuckles, Macabre, and Hatchetman with Berettas and Super Warhawks. He
>also uses Ice Queen and Static. Oh, I almost forgot 4x Glitz and 4x
>Thrash. In addition to the gear already mentioned, he uses lots of armor
>cards, Doc Wagons (Gold and Platinum) and Lucky Wabbit's Feet to protect
>his runners.
>
>He likes to use The Iron Lung to cycle through his cards quicker (with a
>deck that large, he practically has to). He also likes to use Squatter to
>retrieve cards from his trash. He uses all the standard specials.
>
>For challenges, my friend relies primarily on Incubus, the Guardian
>Elementals, Guardian Dracoform, and Mage Strike Force (he always seems to
>have 16 nuyen to pump MSF up with), although there are others.
>
>As you can see, there's no theme, and he can't rely on getting any
>particular cards at any point in the game. He just plays that any cards he
>gets will have a use, and takes his time. I would never play that way
>myself, but he seems happy with it.
>
>David
>

Hey convince your friend to play Ironman SRTCG one of every card printed.
You don't have it, no matter, proxy it for him...... I mean it only doubles
to triples his deck size.... (If he really plays it, tell him I said he's
nuts)

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