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Title: Who needs 50 card decks when you can have TWICE the size?
Post by: Lamborghini_diablo on July 09, 2008, 08:38:59 PM
Hey all, I'm not yet posting my newest deck, but I was wondering... who here has ever made a 100 card + T1 deck? Also, how well did it actually work?

My current 105 card behemoth is 3-1 4-1 right now, and going strong.

I gotta say... having duplicate cards can be a lifesaver sometimes.

So, who else here was crazy enough to try these before?

Current wins in a row for the beast: 4.
Title: Re: Who needs 50 card decks when you can have TWICE the size?
Post by: TheKarazyvicePresidentRR on July 09, 2008, 08:52:38 PM
Me (shocker eh?) mine was 200 with more negates than you could wish for. It lost once outa 5 games.
Title: Re: Who needs 50 card decks when you can have TWICE the size?
Post by: TimMierz on July 09, 2008, 10:07:58 PM
From what I know, metalpsalm is happy with his Big Boy. I think that might be over 150. Or maybe over 9000. Or maybe less than 0 percent.
Title: Re: Who needs 50 card decks when you can have TWICE the size?
Post by: Lamborghini_diablo on July 09, 2008, 10:09:32 PM
From what I know, metalpsalm is happy with his Big Boy. I think that might be over 150. Or maybe over 9000. Or maybe less than 0 percent.

so you mean it might be .4%?
Title: Re: Who needs 50 card decks when you can have TWICE the size?
Post by: Isildur on July 09, 2008, 11:51:15 PM
The only "Fat Man" deck I remeber ever working was old Korys (the cactus guy) and it beat me long ago  8)
Title: Re: Who needs 50 card decks when you can have TWICE the size?
Post by: Ehud Cubed on July 18, 2008, 03:55:12 PM
We made some 300+ card decks back in the day, but it was pre-warriors, so they were all horrible.

Still, having enough LS to almost make a deck by themselves is impressive.
Title: Re: Who needs 50 card decks when you can have TWICE the size?
Post by: Chronic Apathy on July 23, 2008, 06:23:43 PM
From what I know, metalpsalm is happy with his Big Boy. I think that might be over 150. Or maybe over 9000. Or maybe less than 0 percent.

Wow, an "over 9000" joke on this board of all places...I'm shocked, really.

I only had one deck with more than 100 cards and it worked decent but I wasn't getting enough of any one brigade for it to be truly effective. After three games (two wins and a loss) I decided to prune it.
Title: Re: Who needs 50 card decks when you can have TWICE the size?
Post by: Lamborghini_diablo on July 23, 2008, 06:32:56 PM
yeah, with a deck this big, you pretty much need to go single color.
Title: Re: Who needs 50 card decks when you can have TWICE the size?
Post by: MichaelHue on July 23, 2008, 06:42:30 PM
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yeah, with a deck this big, you pretty much need to go single color.
Muahahahaha
Title: Re: Who needs 50 card decks when you can have TWICE the size?
Post by: Lozo777 on July 23, 2008, 06:46:48 PM
When i first started play i had a whoping 200+ Card deck, And i came in 5th out of like 30 people in a local tourny.
Title: Re: Who needs 50 card decks when you can have TWICE the size?
Post by: goldcharizard on July 23, 2008, 09:41:43 PM
my first deck i built was 150 and ran 3 colors which banded together on the good side and 3 colors on the bad side that had all the big blockers and allowed banding of them all
Title: Re: Who needs 50 card decks when you can have TWICE the size?
Post by: lightningninja on July 23, 2008, 11:05:26 PM
I have a 105 card deck and can draw it all DURING BATTLE with no gifts of the magi or anything special. Just initiative. I love it. And then I have two of each sadduce and band them all. It's awesome. Or I have abihu and nadab. It's really fun to draw your whole deck in battle. Your opponent just waits while you play (you thought I was going to tell you) and then draw it all. And then organize. And then play coat of many colors and play authority of christ, and then what do you know you time out with one to zero. :) No, but it is really fun and your opponent doesn't expect anything.
Title: Re: Who needs 50 card decks when you can have TWICE the size?
Post by: The Guardian on July 24, 2008, 12:59:27 PM
Josh Hey placed at 03 Nationals using a 105 card deck. I believe in 10 rounds he had 1 loss and 1 time-out win if memory serves. He was also the only person to beat Kyle H. who eventually won. I wasn't actually there but I've heard quite a bit about that tournament from various sources. Maybe someone who was there could verify or correct my memory.
Title: Re: Who needs 50 card decks when you can have TWICE the size?
Post by: TechnoEthicist on July 24, 2008, 01:43:54 PM
I was there but I was so far down the ladder it didn't matter  :P
Title: Re: Who needs 50 card decks when you can have TWICE the size?
Post by: TheHobbit13 on July 24, 2008, 01:46:04 PM
Hey all, I'm not yet posting my newest deck, but I was wondering... who here has ever made a 100 card + T1 deck? Also, how well did it actually work?

My current 105 card behemoth is 3-1 4-1 right now, and going strong.

I gotta say... having duplicate cards can be a lifesaver sometimes.

So, who else here was crazy enough to try these before?

Current wins in a row for the beast: 4.

Iknow K Shride had a 120 card (or so) Monstrosity that he used last nationals. He beat Tim Maly with it!
Title: Re: Who needs 50 card decks when you can have TWICE the size?
Post by: Alex_Olijar on July 24, 2008, 01:53:15 PM
Try about 150 or so, and he only built it to beat Tim Maly. I don't think he played it any other games.
Title: Re: Who needs 50 card decks when you can have TWICE the size?
Post by: DaClock on July 24, 2008, 03:11:11 PM
Kevin has had large decks that he liked to call "monstrosity" in the past. The key was basically that he would use 150 cards so he could use 3 storehouses. Then each turn he would take 3 cards, 1 from each storehouse which would set him up with anything he needed after he drew his deck out. Sadly they changed fortresses to unique and this is no longer plausible.
Title: Re: Who needs 50 card decks when you can have TWICE the size?
Post by: Tsavong Lah on September 09, 2008, 02:14:12 AM
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Wow, an "over 9000" joke on this board of all places...I'm shocked, really.

And from Tim, no less! :D
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