Astral Land Slide

The idea is to play lots of deeds, right? Do you have enough dudes to defend? Or don't you need any defense? I guess you don't fight much, do you?

I have heard of dudes & deeds, but this is not the same right?

It's a control deck. His initial dudes either make the deeds and run away with Make The Smart Choice / Mustang, or Pistol whip them.

Yeah, it is a control deck. You never fight unless you have to or you are going to Pistol Whip them home with your first action.

You build and run away. Eventually you build enough deeds to have an insurmountable economy and force your opponent into a game state where they can never win.

Is this pretty much the same thing as the gencon winning morgan deck?

Yes. The deck that Fox learned how to play the game with is virtually this deck. I've made some changes to the deck since I gave it to him to learn how to play the game with.

What is your starting posse?

Clementine Lapp, Irving Patterson, Travis Moone, Androcles, and Jon Longstride.

Ok thanks

Any chance "A Secret Tunnel" my improve this deck?

Can you give some basic strategy tips? When should you get into shootouts? Never? If you do get into a shootout what are my main values that im looking for?

Sorry im really new to the game and have enjoyed playing this deck but would just like some tips.

@Drugo I think the biggest thing against A Secret Tunnel is what you would have to cut for it. The only really flexible slots are the horses and Jon Longstride. Swapping out Horses for A Secret Tunnel or Clear Out is fine, you just need to then swap Jon out.

@Etteluor Sure. You want to avoid shootouts unless you can use them to your advantage. You are more than likely never going to win a shootout by comparing hand ranks. If someone kidnaps you with more than one guy, just refuse it and get discarded. You don't want to fight and you don't want to open yourself out to being fought.

That said, if you win lowball, you have the ability to interact in shootouts. Make the Smart Choice on yourself to run away is the only mode of that card that I use.

If you are trying to get people off of your deeds, you can use shootouts and pistol whip offensively. If you can call someone out and they are alone (as in nobody else is there and nobody can boot to join it from an adjacent location) call them out and pistol whip them before they get an action. This is generally reserved for scenarios that win you the game that turn and trying to stay alive for a turn.

If you are in a scenario that you need to win a shootout (worst case scenario) try and pull a flush with deeds.

I'll post more soon when I'm not using a phone.

i don't understand why folks don't start with Max Baine. Max along with Outfit card equals any deed for 0-1 ghost rock.

He's a big target for Kidnappin', Ambush, and other targeted kill cards. Also, if you don't draw a Make the Smart Choice in your opening hand you kinda can't afford to just leave him hanging out there booted at a deed. If you lose him then it's pretty much gg.

Also Max+Outfit = any deed for 0-1 GR, plus his 3GR Upkeep = any deed for 3-4GR. Irving Patterson+Outfit = any deed for 0-3GR.

@ironcrane Exactly what Kaptain O just said. Early turns you are aiming to survive. If you start Max Baine you make yourself even more susceptible to things like Ambush and Kidnappin' than you already are when they target people like Irving Patterson and Androcles. He is in there because when you do draw him and play him, he is a huge influence boost and sometimes extra things like use with the Outfit or control points.

You want to start as many guys as possible while still having enough GR to start out your game smoothly. Max Baine does not help with this style of play and ends up being more of liability than anything during the early turns of the game.