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ramkin

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No-Ishaia-Courtesans: Build, Match ups and Solutions

Hi all!
I am playing a Courtesan deck, without [card]Concilor Ishaia[/card].
My current build is:

[card]Lord Galmara[/card] - Zil route
[card]Ooge Kage[/card] - Zil route
[card]Kimiko[/card]

Core spells: 5 (6) cards:
2 [card]Manipulation[/card] - third one to be added, first card in!
3 [card]Overwhelming Victory[/card]

No discussions about this...

Weapons: 3 cards
1 [card]Simple Dagger[/card]
1 [card]Tsume[/card]

Sword and Dagger will be upgraded ASAP...

General spells: 6 (5) cards
2 [card]Versatility[/card] - kimiko health recovery or +1/+1 chain. not bad.
2 [card]Potion of Seduction[/card] - general chain, Kimiko help.

Tricks: 6 cards:
1 [card]Anathematize[/card] - Items have a Soul, A new Start etc etc
2 [card]The Council's Decision[/card] - Useful against many things
2 [card]Treacherous[/card] - Noz or for when game gets locked in late turns
1 [card]Steal[/card] - Kotoba killer, Craftsman, Tracker.
1 [card]Sunburn[/card] - don't use it a lot, but makes the difference in mirrors..
1 [card]The best defense...[/card] - usually a +6 or something close for Lord Galmara. Much more stable than Three Cheers to our Champ!
1 [card]Fall Back[/card]

Now, there is space for improvement!
I do not have big problems against Kotoba and Zil, but I terribly suffer Noz! I play my chances against Sap and Nomads.
Win ratios:
Kotoba - Very High
Zil - High
Noz - Low, actually the only impossible match-up
Witchblades - Medium
Melissandra Sap - Medium, depends on the draws
The Pack - High
Hom'Chai Sap - Medium

Dernière modification par ramkin (07-01-2011 02:16:09)

HoangKong

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Re : No-Ishaia-Courtesans: Build, Match ups and Solutions

Some ideas for improvement:

Change equipment:

-2 Short Sword
-1 Simple Dagger

+2-3 Life Devourer OR + 2 Life Devourer AND
+1 Tsume (If you want Oogoe Kage to be more of a threat)

Replace Situational Cards:

-1 Tea Ceremony
-1 Three Cheers to Our Champ!
-1 Anathematize
-1 Blast Off!
-2 Potion of Seduction
-1 Council's Decision

With some Possibile:

Anti-Noz cards:

+2 Randori OR 
+2 I Hate Mystics

-> Randori is better against Noz +2 Spirit + 1 Attack Chain
-> I Hate Mystics gives higher attack +1 Spirit + 2 Attack Chain only against Mage or Priest

If you need more Anti-Noz:

+2 Treacherous

-> Can help get rid of spell cards
-> Follow up with a mid to late game Anathematize to weaken Arcanium or to remove a Lightning Bolts lvl 3 to avoid it being played again with The Hungry Void

Against Melissandre and Zil:

+2 Fall Back OR
+2 Tadaa! You're a Bunny

When Life is Low:

+1 The Ball

Dernière modification par HoangKong (21-12-2010 19:53:41)

uhuy5

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Re : No-Ishaia-Courtesans: Build, Match ups and Solutions

i just met with sap heart-hom chai deck

he discarded his card aggressively until only about 5 left, then at the start of 2nd turn, he used [card]Items have a Soul[/card], and action card that allow the user to pick 1 action card from discard pile (he picked Items have a Soul of course) and chain it.

and tadaa, i got bullied really hard lol, can't even slightly damage his card when he use that combo, he got 18-20 atk AND def.

any idea against this type of deck?

Poptolev

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Re : No-Ishaia-Courtesans: Build, Match ups and Solutions

Anathematize him at round 3-4 (when you have the initiative)

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"Of course they don't want that (adding more crystals to the game) to happen, because then the outrageous card prices would drop"

So MUCH stupidity in one sentence xD

ramkin

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Re : No-Ishaia-Courtesans: Build, Match ups and Solutions

Against that, you still have some solutions:
2x [card]The Council's Decision [/card]- counters Items Have a Soul if played by the [card]Ooge Kage[/card] or [card]Lord Galmara[/card]
1x [card]Anathematize[/card] - the best solution to that deck! Kills his discard pile, meaning that Items Have a Soul will

1x Tsume helps especially the Kage to do some decent damage vs Hom'Chai.

Be aggressive in looking through your deck for the Anathematize and the job is done...

ramkin

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Re : No-Ishaia-Courtesans: Build, Match ups and Solutions

I inserted 2x Versatility and 2x Potion of Seduction. They both are great for Kimiko and help with [card]The best defense...[/card]. [card]Fall Back[/card] is amazing, probably will play a second one instead of Sunburn.

Vs mages (Noz) I am dead, but I cannot do anything about it...
Have some trouble also against tempus decks, but here the Treacherous usually comes in handy... Amazing card, makes the difference a lot of times, like Anathematize!

With this deck, I just won against Stoon, the current ELO leader with +/- 2000 points, by [card]Treacherous[/card]-ing him a first [card]A new Start[/card] and Anathematizing his graveyard the turn he played the second one.