Tyrell "Bitter Lion" 1.0

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I experimented with a lot of agendas to make Bitterbridge Encampment work. This is the deck that finally worked out (7-0 on OCTGN so far).

I tried "The Rains of Castamere" and Kings of Summer, but characters don't have enough impact at the high-end curve, so a Banner agenda is the way to go.

offers Mirri Maz Duur and Aggo who has great synergy with your Summer plots. Shierak Qiya is also great, but the rest is underwhelming.

has a lot of non-loyal characters you like to put into play for free. Treachery is the best cancel in the game. There are more Lannister than Tyrell cards in this deck, because they are just so efficient! Moreover, / has some great synergy:

• Ser Gregor Clegane and The Tickler absolutely love "The Bear and the Maiden Fair". 1 Bear and Maiden can be used for both of them.
• Ser Jaime Lannister (Core) profits greatly from Olenna's Informant. And Tyrion Lannister (Core) can provide the money.

Some card-by-card remarks:

• 3x Bitterbridge Encampment: The main idea behind this deck! Choke becomes pointless, recovery from resets is easy, you can overwhelm your opponent with high-impact characters. With Renly, Gregor, Jaime, Ilyn, Tyrion you should have more important characters than your opponent. Thinking about adding Jaqen H'ghar to this list, other decks has to worry about paying for a neutral 7-coster, this deck does not. Jaqen with Highgarden must be fun. :-)
• 3x Pleasure Barge: This is what makes this deck possible at all. Unconditional draw makes you have a 7-/6-coster in hand almost every round. Together with Renly and Littlefinger you should easily outclass the opponent.
• 1x The Arbor, 1x Highgarden: Locations are what Tyrell is good at.
• 3x Rattleshirt's Raiders: Frees me from playing Confiscation.
• 3x Hedge Knight: great chud, always STR3 and icon. Helps me close the game with A Tourney for the King.
• 1x Put to the Torch: Valar will increase the value of locations. It's still a great surprise and there are great targets around.
• 3x "The Bear and the Maiden Fair": Aside from the synergy with Gregor and Tickler, this event is great support for Bitterbridge. If your opponent's high-cost characters are at the bottom of the deck, they cannot be put into play for free. :-)
• 5x Summer plots: You need them for Bitterbridge but you would play them anyway. I often use Calm Over Westeros for challenges because I don't want to lose my 7-coster in hand. Close Call is great against Valar or Wildfire. A Tourney for the King is a great finishing plot with up to 9 knights in play. Summer Harvest and Time of Plenty are great openers.
• 1x The First Snow of Winter: Increases your pressure, great with your 5 jumpers, good to have against Winterfell.
• 1x Marched to the Wall: kind of obligatory to punish very bad setups or to follow up a strong turn.

I hope you enjoy to see something unusual, which is also fun and surprisingly effective. Let me know what you think. Thanks for reading!