1.27 40-card Lance deck

[truegrit]

No witty names here - I play SE pretty casually, so my rank hasn't gotten over 180, and I haven't really sat down to hammer out/fine tune a deck before. That said, I realized Birgitte could be great with Lance's Hero ability, letting me save my 5 cc drops to be meatier. So here's what I'm looking at now:

Lance

2x Jasmine
2x Kristoffer Wyld
2x Birgitte Skullborn
2x Raven Wildheart
2x Aldon the Brave
2x Earthen Protector
3x Assassination
3x Reconnaissance
3x Throwing Knife
2x Sorcerous Poison
2x Stop, Thief
3x Assassin Training
2x Mugged
4x Nightshade
4x Campfire Stories
2x Night Prowler

I realize that I probably should take out some of the '2x' so I can get more consistent draws, but at least right now, I feel like I have a decent distribution of plays at each casting cost. I'm thinking about taking out the Throwing Knives (and consequently the Sorcerous Poisons too) because Lance doesn't need them as much as Serena does, and that's five slots I could use to double up on allies. Then I could swap the Night Prowlers for Crimson Vests.

I have no ego in this, so any suggestions would be great!

[graphlem]

Cool, Lance is fun. If nothing else I would do this and it'll work better:

+2 Jasmine
+2 Birgitte
-4 Campfire stories

[CodeDomination]

1 problem I see is lack of draw. Check out the decks in my sig for an example.

[figga]

I would also try to fit +2x Bad Santas and -2 Mugged

[DuneAvatar]

I play a Lance deck that reached 195 before crashing back down to ~175. Few thoughts here:

1. Lance is best combined with Protectors. I'd add 1 Birgitte and 2-3 Aeons.
2. Mugged and campfire stories don't really fit this deck (weak units). I'd recommend pulling them.
3. Throwing knives/sorcerous poison/night prowler don't fit Lance's strengths like Serena and conflict with high resource cost cards like Raven/Earthen Protector/Stop Thief. I'd pull them.
4. Lance already provides Stealth/ambush. You can probably pull the 3 Assassin Training and the night shades. Night shades get killed quick by direct damage like Death Mage Thaddeus or lightning bolts.
5. Visible draw card issues. I'd add 3-4 Bad Santas. A risky move is to add Ill Gotten Gains. This tends to only work in the mid-late game, but combines well with Assassinate and Stop Thief. If you can survive long enough to get this out, this card can be the game changer.
6. Lance's ability combined with Protectors (Birgitte/Aeon) gives other allies room to operate without getting killed. Consider more allies with abilities like more Jasmines or Marshland Sentinels.

I find that Lance runs into the biggest problems with board clearing abilities (Tidal Wave/Nova) like priests/mages. I have yet to find a consistent strategy to beating these heroes aside from withholding units from board clears or rushing them with a weenie unit/recon/aldon combo.

Hope this helps!

[truegrit]

Thanks all - I'm glad some of my initial impulses are confirmed here. I've already put some of these changes in. Just got raise funds to fill it out.

[crazygambit]

I have a strange feeling that any Lance deck that has any chance at being competitive needs to be 30 cards and have 4 Bazaars. The versions above look kind of terrible IMO.

[TripleHBK]

I have a strange feeling that any Lance deck that has any chance at being competitive needs to be 30 cards and have 4 Bazaars.

Nope, CodeDomination's Ninja Assassin is 40 cards, and even if i've never tried it i think it's very well built.
Actually... It seems everyone feels the same about that deck!

[CodeDomination]

Nope, CodeDomination's Ninja Assassin is 40 cards, and even if i've never tried it i think it's very well built.
Actually... It seems everyone feels the same about that deck!

I appreciate the complement. I spent a lot of time trying to make lance work, and I do believe my deck is about as good as lance gets atm.

sorry for the hijack.

[crazygambit]

Nope, CodeDomination's Ninja Assassin is 40 cards, and even if i've never tried it i think it's very well built.
Actually... It seems everyone feels the same about that deck!

Yeah, but is anyone actually winning with it against decent players? I would have seen it by now.