Hear Me Pray (Lannister, “Rains”) 1.0

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I took the first form of this deck to Worlds. Quite literally the first form. I built and sleeved it the night before Worlds, still at Knight of the Laughing Tree, after I lost all confidence in my Greyjoy, Rains deck. Not a lot of time for testing after that. The idea was to counter attrition decks. Supporting the Faith neutered bombing Varys in through "Last of the Giants" and generally took away their tricks. I didn't face a single attrition deck all day, but it turns out Faith is a great solid counter to Targaryen and combo. That's how I stumbled backwards into day two and the top 32.

Not much has changed in the deck since. The Tyrell box and four more packs haven't really introduced anything more worth playing in Lannister. King in the North is about it. This deck doesn't run any kings itself, but there aren't that many triggers you're losing. Cersei still doesn't kneel, you can still ambush and you're getting that Goldroad money regardless.

Anyway. It's a soft control deck. On Faith turns, they'll probably struggle to pay for their tricks while Tyrion and Goldroad still give you options. On other turns you have nine events worth of cancel. Just keep working it. Keep them from executing their game plan and win your own challenges. It'll be fine.

The deck does have some bad matchups. Outside of The Red Wedding and First Snow into Marched, there aren't really good ways to get rid of big, sticky problem characters. In fact, big dudes are a problem in general. If they're not trying to trick you, if they're just trying to win challenges and gain renown, you'll have some troubles. If you don't see Rattleshirt's Raiders early, you're not going to cause many problems to a defensive Night's Watch deck.

You're welcome.