Dr Forge's Deck Clinic

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Hello and welcome to my clinic! I’ve started this thread to help tinker people’s decks when they have the basic gem of an idea and a basic decklist down – this is designed to help tune the deck to perfection.

Oh, and resuscitate this forum!

I will submit a decklist that I would like some help with to use as an example of how this thread should be run.

Nei’s Desire (Arkz)
Creatures (9)
3x Gulgus
1x Zol Gibbon
2x Hildeblue
3x Canabin
Action Cards (12)
2x Duel Strike (I’m looking to put one more in, when I find it)
1x Dodge
3x Guard
3x Survival
3x NA Guard
Assist Cards (9)
3x Shuffle Group
3x Card Return
3x Rich

Notes

• There are two combos within this deck – Gulgus/Duel Strike and Canabin/Survival. The former is triggered when you attack any Field Character using the Gulgus and a Duel Strike card; the Gulgus copies the defender’s AP and the Mutual Death ability activates, killing the defender; I believe that this can only be countered by Aegis Guard. The latter is triggered when Canabin is attacked and you defend with a Survival; the Survival prevents all of the damage and reduces the Canabin to 1HP; this triggers the Death Companion ability and both Field Characters are destroyed; due to the fact that this is a defensive, reactive combo, it cannot be countered, although it can be avoided by not attacking the Canabins.
  
• The Zol Gibbon and Hildeblues are in the deck for the win. These are not final choices, and I would like some help with what my big guys should be. They should cost no more than 5ATK so that I can continue to use the Gulgus combo whilst they are in play. Suggestions here would be much appreciated.
  
• The NA Guard is in the deck to protect the big guys (and also help the Gulgus). They would be changed if the big guys were no longer Native. The NA Guards are in the powerful defence slot – I’m not sure if I want to run Resists because they cost a lot, and I’m still unsure about Half Defence.
  
• The current story character is Rufina – primarily for the high life, but also due to the strength of herself as a backup win condition. If there is any reason why I should use a different character without majorly altering the decklist, I may do this.
  
• Since testing this build, the Card Returns haven’t really been used, so it is quite likely that I will cut them for something else. Again, I would like some suggestions.
  

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So that multiple decks can be tinkered with at one time, I would suggest you place in the title field for your posts the decknames and pages within this thread that the decks you are referring to are found at to ease the process.

Feel free to post your own decks or comment about mine!