Ultra Aggressive Setup / 1st 2nd Turn 1.0

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Extremely Aggressive Deck for 1st / 2nd Turn Boardclearance, almost all cards are geared toward claim / killing no charactersaves, optimized for Setup Hand.

Opening: Either Long Winter (opening plots usually have low Initiative either way) or Sneak Attack. enhance claim either with Put to the Sword and or Winter is coming. Go Second against NW if you have Asha in your hand or she gets cravened. Goal is to get one Military challenge through and remove 3 / 4 chars from the getgo.

2nd or 3rd turn: Naval Superiority. NEVER open with this plot it can cost your game. Usually follow up with Naval after you see a Time of Plenty already played and the boardstate is favourable for you (which it should after turn 1 / 2)

Current tweakability: Due to Greyjoy / Stark Locations you can end up in weird situations where you can't pay for your chars because you can't pay with the ocean road for stark chars, vice versa. However, direwolves are great for setup and initial attacks as they cannot be milked, cravened or warded. Against Martell include Bran Stark and don't attack while your oponent has 2 Gold (incl. Fealty) because of Vengeance for Elia

Plots can definitely be tweaked, don't even bother with Confiscation, to much of a tempohit, you don't have time for that usually. Valar Morghulis is useful because you can rebuild the boardstate relatively cheap but can be exchanged with Marched to the Wall for higher initiative and essentially removing key chars that are left alone after your initial Massmurder.

Event Tweaks: Other variations of this deck include Relentless Assault and less Put to the Sword, the dreamcombination is to have The Long Winter while you have Put to the Sword, Winter Is Coming and Relentless Assault, 3 Gold and a Militarychallenge that exceeds by 5. Even with just 2 of those cards you'll remove 4 chars (even more with Roose Bolton) from the get go.

Tough Matchups: Martell, Vengeance for Elia anything that reverses your claim you need to play VERY careful. Also always expect a Valar Morghulis and since you have few Challenge Icons you can get stalled pretty hard. If you see Nymeria Sand in setup consider Valar Morghulis straight away. Go Second to stall their economy and to see wether they have enough gold to play Vengeance for Elia. Don't bother attacking on Power or Military if you have cards that you can't lose until a powerturn His Viper Eyes.

Greyjoy, always expect your opponent to have Risen from the Sea and play accordingly. Political Disaster is in to make them chose between economy and Iron Mines. Use Sea Bitch to take over Iron Mines so you can sacrifice them to save your own characters.

Pretty much anything else is a favourable Matchup except Targaryen late game boards. NW The Wall decks are generally not to much of a problem because even they can't afford to lose that many characters each turn, carefull for For the Watch! you don't want your sneak attack to be caught in that. NW absolutely hates The First Snow of Winter and Political Disaster so keep it for the right moment.