Bend the Knee! - Best Core Deck?

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Bend the Knee - 1st Place Kingsmoot Tournament 94 79 12 1.0
Stasis Baratheon 0 0 0 1.0

TinyGrimes 206

From my own testing this is the best core deck. I am curious to see what changes others would make, or what decks beat it. I’ve provided a video, in which I examine the card choices and provide strategy.

Won the 15 Person Introductory Tournament at GE Pasadena.

9 comments

Malvolio 2

Remarkably close to how I had built my own Baratheon deck, but with Fealty there isn't much wiggle room. I go with a third Milk instead of a Bodyguard and a Calling The Banners instead of Calm Over Westeros. I also think I go with a second Shireen instead of one Vanguard Lancer, the rest is identical.

I agree with the notion that this is the best deck. If time shows there was a better deck in the core set, it will include Baratheons as a banner at the minimum, but mostly likely it will be a House Baratheon deck of some sort.

I find Targaryens, Greyjoys and Lannisters other strong factions, NW and Martells being kept in a pretty decent spot thanks to how well they pair with core Baratheon cards. Tyrells and Starks are waiting for better times.

scantrell24 3334

I prefer Counting Coppers to Heads on Spikes.

Bronze 60

It''s pretty ridiculous that you actually think you have the best core deck figured out. The deck is pretty good, just like the majority of everyone elses decks out there.

TinyGrimes 206

Bronze - I totally agree. The deck is very good, but I'm not claiming it is the best. It was created and named to accompany a YouTube video and CardGameDB post. I couldn't get the deck to post to CardGameDB, so I quickly threw it up here. As such, it's name is out of context.

jdalart 2

I tried this shell with a stark banner and it seems to be doing just as well. Bran is a huge addition and sansa is never bad. I definitely think Baratheon is the strongest house at the moment, and if your not playing them you should be running banner of the stag. The only exception being if you are running a dedicated kill stark, which has a shot at beating this deck with the right opening.

TinyGrimes 206

Scantrell - I am surprised to see Coppers over Spikes. The stats are so good on Spikes and it can be such a blowout at any point in the game. Are you using Coppers as an emergency card or mostly as a late game plot?

sebpod 8

Hey TinyGrimes! I've decided to try my hand at your challenge (and that of many others) at taking down the almighty Bara Fealty. Posted as "Stark/Tyrell Kill Baratheon Deck?" let me know what you think :)

TinyGrimes 206

I posted a video of an OCTGN game with extensive commentary for this deck: www.youtube.com

TeamBolton 78

@TinyGrimes do you have any updates for the deck?? what about this changes? -bodyguard -ours is the fury +lightbringer +the hand’s judgment