Circus desease (improved)

Card draw simulator
Draw: 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 all Reset Odds: 0% – 0% – 0% – 0% more

Derived from
None. Self-made deck here.

Inspiration for
(Black) Death and Taxes	1	1	7

gurab 11

Heya folks! Wanna spread some desease in Gomorra? If so, this deck might interest you.

The main values are 9´ s & K´ s with 7´ s as backup.

The deck is built around "desease" condition cards and focuses on spreading those out, (using Jia Mein (Exp.1) to bring Incubation and Tummy Twister into play as noon plays (for free and making her a stud), Curse of Failure, Forced Quarantine as jobs and Deliberate Infection if cheating hands arise), to force the opponent discard their dudes or draining their economy if they don´ t choose to. In case they discard them, #Bacroom Deals can take control over them.

As a booted dude needs to be home in order to play Incubation, Christine Perfect or Micah Ryse (Exp.1) can lower the value of the dude, making the use of Soul Blast more efficient. The Whateley Estate and Explorer's Lodge along with Phantasm and Leonardo "Leon" Cavallo, Avie Cline (Exp.1) and Mark of Pestilence can help completing the task. Sight Beyond Sight is there to ace opponent cards, and can be recovered by Ivor Hawley (Exp.1), though he is crazy expensive, #a piece of the action can bring him out cheaper.

The movement aspect is covered by Railroad Station and Shadow Walk, not to mention [Kevin Wainwright] (/en/card/01011) himself is a very agile dude (and a potential stud).

Regarding defense, Arnold McCadish, Mario Crane and Avie Cline (Exp.1) can soak some damage up, and Fetch helps in cheating shootouts. Tummy Twister can be used to prevent opposing dudes move to deeds the player wants to defend.

Economy is mostly built around the outfit card itself, Telegraph Office and Epidemic Laboratory for income, and Huntsmen's Society along with Backroom Deals to keep the upkeep cost low.

As per the shootouts, I think there are enough stud dudes to engage in them, and pull good hands, but maybe the deck is lacking hand rank inprovement/reduction (that´ s why I included devils jokers), bullets bonus/reduction etc. so if I´ d be careful on that sense.

Finally, these are some tweaks I´ d like to implement but don´ t know if they´ d improve the deck a lot more: * Funtime Freddy instead of Christine Perfect (no grifter at the moment), starting cash lowered. * Drop #kevin for Tyxarglenak (Exp.1) or Valeria Batten (Exp.1). Deck structure improved (problem is I don´ t have Valeria yet) * Include Lost to the Plague, Blight Serum, Paralysis Mark somehow? * Bullet/hand rank reduction cards maintaining the deck structure? Comin' Up Roses at 7?

So that´ s all. Thanks for reading and hope you enjoyed

2 comments
Mar 28, 2020 Findegil Just throwing out some more disease-themed cards that may or may not fit mechanically: Lost to the Plague (obvious synergy with the other conditions) The Sanatorium (useful, but probably not as good as the original home unless you add more Forced Quarantine Quarantine Tent (on value and the home reset is nice, but possibly too easy for your opponent to turn against you) "Open Wound" (swap in for a Railroad Station and/or Telegraph Office) The Blighted and Festering Grasp (not really viable at all here) Not sure Huntsmen's Society or Ivor Hawley (Exp.1) are worth it, given the lack of high-value dudes and Abominations/expensive Hexes.
Mar 28, 2020 gurab `@Findegil` thanks a lot for the feedback, it´ s much appreciated. Yup, I definetly need to find a way to include Lost to the Plague I could maybe drop Grimoires & More or Huntsmen's Society The Sanatorium doesn´ t convince me, less starting wealth, no way to generate income nor ability to cycle cards.... I´ d prefer Crystal Palace instead of the tent (see why below), but again, I need to get my hands on the expansions. I like Railroad Station better; even if it´ s single use, it´ s free and dudes can be moved anywhere instead of only adjacent locations I like the look of Festering Grasp, but considering the deck´ s values I don´ t think pulling a 13 would be that easy, even with the use of Morgan Research Institute. I´ d consider Heartseeker instead (?) Agree on Huntsmen's Society and Ivor Hawley (Exp.1) but, I´ ve got some ideas in mind to make Ivor more valuable. That said, here are some ideas I need to work on: Add more abominations: Bring Funtime Freddy instead of Ambrose Douglas; drop Mario Crane for The Grey Man (he fits the original strategy). Drop Kevin Wainwright for Skinwalker (Would miss his mobility though). Also bring Tyxarglenak (Exp.1) instead of Jacqueline Isham, and include The Tattooed Man (?) making Ivor Hawley (Exp.1) a bit more valuable. Include Crystal Palace to boost abominations. Include some weapons to increase bullet ratings (especially The Grey Man): Devil's Six Gun, Stone's Colt Dragoons or perhaps Evanor come to mind. Too many things to consider.... Anyway, I´ m pretty happy with the overall look of the deck, more so considering this is the first I build.

2 comments

Mar 28, 2020 Findegil

Just throwing out some more disease-themed cards that may or may not fit mechanically:

Lost to the Plague (obvious synergy with the other conditions)
The Sanatorium (useful, but probably not as good as the original home unless you add more Forced Quarantine
Quarantine Tent (on value and the home reset is nice, but possibly too easy for your opponent to turn against you)
"Open Wound" (swap in for a Railroad Station and/or Telegraph Office)

The Blighted and Festering Grasp (not really viable at all here)

Not sure Huntsmen's Society or Ivor Hawley (Exp.1) are worth it, given the lack of high-value dudes and Abominations/expensive Hexes.

Mar 28, 2020 gurab

@Findegil thanks a lot for the feedback, it´ s much appreciated.

Yup, I definetly need to find a way to include Lost to the Plague I could maybe drop Grimoires & More or Huntsmen's Society
The Sanatorium doesn´ t convince me, less starting wealth, no way to generate income nor ability to cycle cards....
I´ d prefer Crystal Palace instead of the tent (see why below), but again, I need to get my hands on the expansions.
I like Railroad Station better; even if it´ s single use, it´ s free and dudes can be moved anywhere instead of only adjacent locations
I like the look of Festering Grasp, but considering the deck´ s values I don´ t think pulling a 13 would be that easy, even with the use of Morgan Research Institute. I´ d consider Heartseeker instead (?)
Agree on Huntsmen's Society and Ivor Hawley (Exp.1) but, I´ ve got some ideas in mind to make Ivor more valuable.

That said, here are some ideas I need to work on:

Add more abominations: Bring Funtime Freddy instead of Ambrose Douglas; drop Mario Crane for The Grey Man (he fits the original strategy). Drop Kevin Wainwright for Skinwalker (Would miss his mobility though). Also bring Tyxarglenak (Exp.1) instead of Jacqueline Isham, and include The Tattooed Man (?) making Ivor Hawley (Exp.1) a bit more valuable.
Include Crystal Palace to boost abominations.
Include some weapons to increase bullet ratings (especially The Grey Man): Devil's Six Gun, Stone's Colt Dragoons or perhaps Evanor come to mind.

Too many things to consider.... Anyway, I´ m pretty happy with the overall look of the deck, more so considering this is the first I build.