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Thy is pretty fools. Especially with the current meta. Most Will say Sam offence is best though but a decent capturing defence can wipe it out.

The thy is petty fools thing was suppposed to be TGT is pretty cool. Sorry. My thumbs are too big for thos phone.

I think the best and most consistent offense in the game for the past couple years is FBTNB. It's been viable for a long time and holds its own in tier A and it's been around since Kings.

TGT/The Deck are without a doubt the best decks in the current metagame.

I believe that's true but can run of steam quickly if you don't get your souls quickly

Defense Heavy deck beg to differ. Especially A-Bom. The long the game for them the better.

Why is everyone on the ABOMB train lately? Is it because of the new cards?

That is a good question, until this I have not heard of many A-bomb decks, and have never seen good A-bomb deck in a tournament.

Im in favor of phillies and herods!!!

KingLeo

If this thread were for defenses then I might agree with you, but this thread is for offence.
Now that I think about it does A-bomb count as offence?

As far as long-lasting goes, A-Bomb is king. It's basically infinite discarding of your opponent's cards. However, it certainly isn't the most dependable. There are a load of cards that discard it, and also plenty that simply make it not work, like CWD to shut down Joiada/Feasting. The other issue is it's not fast enough. If you can hold out, you'll win the game (or time out). If you have too slow of a start, it can kill you.

Honestly, I think Genesis is the most dependable and longest lasting. Joseph can be recurred a hundred times, and you can recur CBN enhancements with Asher. Eventually, they are going to fall. Again, the issue is with speed, which is why Genesis isn't top tier IMO. But it is certainly both dependable and long lasting. It's pretty easy to stall against though, so be prepared to get Uzzah blocked, but Genesis makes for a powerful mid and late game.

FBTNB is fantastic. I'm not sure I'd say it's long lasting though--pick off a few of the right heroes, and you'll turn the game around. Certainly dependable though. You have a myriad of options that you will draw. I also consider The Deck to be a subformat of FBTNB, BTW. Early game is great, mid-game still strong. There shouldn't be much of a late game, but they probably exhausted most of their resources. Just be wary of Grapes.

Overall, they all have strengths and weaknesses. One's defensive heavy, one's balanced, and one is offensive-heavy. Your choice. If I had to choose a single winner specifically for "longest-lasting most dependable" though, I'd probably give it to Genesis, though I definitely wouldn't say it's the best offense due to it's slow start.

Now that I think about it does A-bomb count as offence?

A-Bomb may be an evil card, but it can wreck a defense. Just pop it in their territory and use your heroes to force them to draw, and then proceed to discard massive amounts of evil characters. Or artifacts, fortresses, or even heroes. The greatest thing about A-Bomb is it's versatility.

"Long-lasting" is a deceptive term, since virtually any offense is long-lasting so long as it has strong characters and Chariot. FBTNB is probably the best in terms of being able to counter a multitude of defenses, however, it's generally not fast enough to be particularly competitive (unless you're Martin ). I'm reasonably sure the Deck is faster than anything else out there right now, but it's garbage against any legitimate defense. Right now, the best might really be some hybrid of the two, maybe even Sam. Decks like TGT or Disciples are too dependent on one specific card for me to rate them as the best though.

it probabally is faster than disciples. there is to much to depend on with disciples. You have to have fishing boat for the big drawing, and you have to have at least two characters to draw. you also have to have peter for Four Drachma coin. there is too much to depend on. The Deck and Sam both rely on much less. most of there characters search for other characters and draw. small amounts at a time, but big effects in the long run. the deck is only slightly slower than Sam because of the extra stuff added in.

FYI, Disciples is by no means a large offense compared to The Deck. And The Deck is most defniatly faster. People fail to account for all the searches.

Disciples aren't that fast. They need to be paired with a fast defense.

FbtNB hands-down.

Having two silver bullets does not a weaker offense make. Especially not when those same cards shut down or hamper most offenses. Golden Calf, HoH and Asherah Pole are the only problems unique to FbtNB, and of those Golden Calf isn't played (and if it is, it's by a deck that's designed to give every offense a hard time), HoH isn't played and won't be because it only hampers one specific offense, and Asherah Pole requires both an N.T. offense and a lot of negatable EE's (making for a very weak deck).