Greyjoy [Banner of the Stag] 1.0

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I'm not sure about this at all - what it gains over just staying Fealty isn't clear to me.

You've lost some incredibly good Greyjoy events (Risen from the Sea deserves 3x, Kraken's Grasp is one of your ways of making things unopposed) and added in some unreliable kneeling. Dropping Throwing Axes seems equally odd... it's like you've taken out the stuff that makes Greyjoy good at attacking in order to include cards that MIGHT make you good at attacking if you've got Melisandre out.

I'm also not sure that being unopposed is actually that difficult for the Greyjoys to achieve... I'm damn sure it gets a lot more difficult once you take Stealth out (Theon and Wendamyr only x1) to play things without Stealth instead.

I just don't get it. In fact there's so much Baratheon in here that I actually don't see why you're not a Baratheon deck with Banner of the Kraken instead - there's hardly any loyal Greyjoy left and it could be easily turned into Bara cards (Balon -> Robert, Kraken -> Red Keep). I can see the point of adding Stealth to Baratheon, at least.

I'm not sure about it either, honestly. Bara Fealty and Greyjoy Fealty are two of the strongest decks.

My reasoning was that opposing stealth (Benjen, Arya, etc). makes it difficult for Greyjoy to get unopposed challenges, but Melisandre can kneel those obstacles and let Asha do her thing.

This is definately a strong combination. I've played it a lot to great success. Other than the obvious benefit of adding some control with the kneel it also plugs the intrigue holes in GJ quiet well. I've also found that Seen in Flames is great for removing Tears to protect the GJ attackers. I usually don't bother with Little Bird in this decktype and I don't use Bastard in Hiding. I instead go 3 Shipwrights and 3 Dragonstone Faithful. I also go with 2 Sea Tower and 1 Dragonstone Tower. Other than that the decks look pretty similar. I use a couple more events instead of the Little Birds I think.