Lanni Crossing Jumpers 1.0

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You haven't asked for advice, but I'll give you some anyway.

Nightmares on Tower of the Hand/Harrenhal makes me very sad. Hand's Judgment makes me happier.

This is a nice deck.

@hagarrrI forget that everyone can see these decks when they're published!

I ran this deck twice last night and I'm keen to make some changes. I liked the jumper elements, but my board presence was a little lacking!

I think I need Trading over A Noble Cause, as only playing Tywin/Gregor leaves my board quite small. I'm also thinking of swapping the 2nd counting coppers for a Summons/Building Orders, mainly for shuffle purposes (if I don't pull Shadowblack, I have no shuffle to counter an INBAMF whiff). Part of me wants to include some form of 2 claim plot to really get the value out of Here Me Roar, perhaps Sneak Attack?

The cost curve is also a little high, I think I'm going to dump the Gold Cloaks and Amory (sure the Gold Cloaks are ambush - but 2 cost for a 3 STR icon doesn't do too much in the way of impact), to add some extra chuds in the form of an extra Tickler, 1x MoneyLender & 1x Bronn. Those pair could also be some red cloaks.

I'm thinking of putting in the 3rd Kingsroad too, just to make sure I've got enough on the board.

Harrenhal + The Hound was a very easy combo, and felt like complete nonsense, Nightmares does hurt, but with Close Call and all the other saves, I feel I'm not in a terrible position there (and I'm hopefully pushing some decent hand destruction).

The Queen's Assassin surprised me with the effortless kill it provided (Tyrion providing the gold).

Crossing felt like a bit of a liability, however that partially be due to playing a Targaryen deck with an early Dany.

I've built myself an almost identical deck to you. Instead the the second Counting Coppers and The First Snow of Winter I am running Trading with the Pentoshi and Confiscation. There are a few small changes in the characters too but the rest is very similar.

You make an excellent point regarding the Shadowblack Lane problem. I am only running 1x but I think I should make room for another. A Summons or Building Orders might also do the trick but I don't know what I would cut for it.

You think your cost curve might be high, but I don't think it's much of an issue. Board presence is only a problem in theory, but with all of the jumper tech, your board presence is only a facade. I have had 5 games with the deck now and board position always seems insecure, but the surprise characters always gives the advantage.

You're right about Harrenhal (FFH) and The Hound. It's a really easy combo to abuse. I think The Hound actually won 4 challenges for me in one phase due to I Never Bet Against My Family, Hear Me Roar!, and his ambush twice! That's Tyrion Lannister (Core) and Tywin Lannister (Core) for you.

I am also running 3x Bronn in my iteration of the deck. He is excellent with those jumper events and also helps to facilitate the dream Tywin setup. Don't worry too much about losing him in marshalling, Tywin can buy him back, or even just win an intrigue challenge to send him back to your hand with Tower of the Hand ;)

I do think Crossing is a good agenda for the deck primarily due to the power grab, otherwise it can be a little slow sometimes.

One card I have been thinking about adding is The Things I Do For Love. Bouncing characters back to your opponents hand is irritating for them, especially after they've used their economy plots and you've emptied their hand already with Wardens of the West! Do you think Rebuilding might also be good for the deck seeing as Shadowblack Lane is such a good tutor for the events?

I'm definitely throwing Trading with the Pentoshi in, Confiscation was the one card I felt I couldn't really justify, as with the all the jumper events I'm only really worried about milks on Tywin & Tyrion.

You're totally right, 3x Bronn makes perfect sense here, he's a fantastic target of INBAMF, Hear me roar and Harrenhal, the 5 strength is not to be sniffed at, (and I've just realised that Shadowblack Lane can be triggered defensively). The Tower of the Hand synergy also makes a lot of sense.

I suspect my negative feelings about crossing were a combination of playing vs Dany and having a slightly high curve.

The Things I Do For Love is a card I've had success with before in a Lanni/Dragon kill deck, and the more I think of it, I think it has great synergy if the deck is built in a certain way.

It puts you even more event heavy, but I think going 2 or 3x TIDFL, Rebuilding and Bronn gives you some strong synergy. The Things I Do For Love also allows you to get rid of those chuds on your opponent's side of the board, to get your challenges hitting extra hard, and if that chud happened to be Bronn, even better! I'm going to roll all these changes into a deck now.

@hagarrrI've rolled your changes into v2.0: thronesdb.com