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Treadmill Decks: Give It To 'Em Straight

Description by the author: ironcache 210

Because The Treadmill is a boring place to be.

The idea; when people talk SF lists, they usually go flush-heavy (IE: deck structure is heavily invested in one suit, spreading the values). Here's an attempt to go straight-heavy instead (invest in a tight set of values, spreading it across the suits).

Why would we do this? A few reasons:

  • While Flush-Heavy SF lists have a good fallback in terms of usually landing a flush, they give up on SF consistency for this (as there's less support to fix flush than there is straight).
  • This is married to the above, but we get to use Comin' Up Roses to full effect for fixing our hand.
  • Flush Heavy ends up with a skewed play hand structure that needs to play differently, whereas straight heavy can be a normal, rounded deck structure.

With the premise aside, let's talk list specifics:

  • Wanted to do See-Through Spectacles and Comin' Up Roses, so looking at MS. STS wants 6+ value, and Law Dogs gets a lot of good in the 6-10 club range. So LD MS was locked in.
  • Start has the mostly obvious dudes; Tommy and Phil are the Batman and Robin of LD (with Tommy giving extra value due to SF legality), and Yaple + JT are their El cheapo MS kit. Stan is slept on; a poor man's Frank Stillwell is still good. JT grifts Flame-Thrower + Hydro-Puncher.
  • We've gone for a hybrid Heart + Club focus on our values. This might not be optimal, but I like where it lands. 15 clubs is still fist-forward, and 15 hearts is a good amount of MS ramp pressure. The spades and diamonds fill in nicely to provide a mostly rounded play hand structure.
  • Because of the above, if all else is equal, you're likely aiming for heart SFs early (easier to make happen with STS), and transitioning to club focus if your deck plays out.

That's all. No real big weaknesses here, outside the premise; you are running a straight structure, and need to respect that a full house is a problem for you if you do not get your SF.

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