Den of Cheaters
Kahkalack 110
The deck is pretty simple really. You start 2 studs in Barton and Sanford, 2 cheap grifters, and Jake Smiley for some backup influence, and you start shooting out as soon as you can .
I tested the deck against a Sanitorium Wretched / Exp. Ivor deck and was able to out-shoot it consistently over 3 games.
Between Barton, The Den, and Devil's Jokers, you're going to end up with five of a kind or better pretty much every single shootout. Obviously cheatin' cards are going to hurt, but the only two that will really shut you down are Coachwhip and Bottom Dealin'. The draw structure is tight enough that This'll Hurt usually wont' cost you more than a rank or two, which is usually still enough to win a shootout.
Right now the only off-value cards in the deck are 2x Unprepared and 1x Fred Aims. I threw Fred in as a cheap dude that I could stack bounty on once I pull a Monte Bank, but in my 3 games that never happened for me. I'm considering dropping him for a Fun Time Freddy, but against deedslide / control decks I think Fred might be too valuable to drop.
The evidence is also not amazing, but I needed an 8 value good to use and at least I can add bounty to Milt and Fred with it if needed.
TL;DR: This deck is insane in shootouts, and if your opponent doesn't have cheatin' resolutions to punish you, you'll decimate them almost every time.
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| Oct 08, 2015 Kahkalack |
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Oct 10, 2015
jaythejester
The quickdraw handgun could be usefull to this deck instead of the evidence. If your opponent is cheatin' as well, it will give you protection from cheatin' resolutions. |
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Oct 10, 2015
Kahkalack
Good call on quickdraw handgun. I definitely overlooked it, and in this case it's a big upgrade over the evidence. |
As an added point: Nobody ever sees Point Blank coming. I start with 2 studs so I have a good shot at one of them being unbooted during a shootout resolution to Point Blank someone. In 2 games, I successfully used it twice, which is two times more than I've used it since DTR released.