108 Drunken Beats on the Wall, 108 Drunken Beats

Ha! You just published a 108 Drunken Deck the same time as I did :) I really wanted to try the Tao of the Demon Bull technique as well. I love that you have La Quema in there. How would you pilot this deck? More of a slow build up to get Saloons out before you start doing Kung Fu? Or just get in there and InvinciBull them at early shoot outs?

Thanks for the list! I'll defo try this out.

@SeanB

Haha, nice coincidence!

The plan was to play it slow, play defense, get those Saloons out and then kick some heads in with Kung Fu. Played this deck for the first time tonight with a friend and I can think of a few adjustments I'll need to make.

I was aiming to hit straight flushes but they weren't consistent. I need to shrink the number of high-value cards as well to hit those Kung Fu pulls.

Straight flush decks are generally best built around Clubs, as bar a few exceptions they always end up in the discard pile to cycle back into the deck after being played. As you build up the town with deeds, hire dudes and attach goods you're also removing non-straight flush cards from the deck, increasing your chances of hitting the straight flush when you go for a shootout. Having 3-4 clubs at each of the values you want to build around is a good place to start.

I'm a big fan of having a high bullet stud with a Peacemaker in such a deck - if you're aiming to get 5 specific values, then you want to be drawing as many cards as you can in a shootout. Opponents' shootout actions can really hurt your chances if you're relying on a straight flush, so having some protection for your bullets goes a long way.

With the Bull Demon Tao, as the Technique cards are mid-high in value, you're probably best off focusing on 7s and lower for the main straight flush values, and bring a couple of copies of Behold White Bull 'off-value'.

@DoomDog That all makes sense. Thanks for the advice. Going to make some adjustments and see how it plays out, cheers!