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Redemption® Collectible Trading Card Game HQ => Deck Building & Design => Type 2 Deck Advice => Topic started by: DDiceRC on March 28, 2013, 03:39:48 PM
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I have been toying with the idea of getting into T2, since T1 is going in a direction that I really don't enjoy playing. However, before I try to make a T2 deck, I'd like to know if T2 has the same limited meta problem. Are there only a few (less than 10) viable deck builds if you want to be competitive? Or is there a wider range of deck builds and concepts among the top decks in T2?
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T2 is pretty much wide open right now. This (http://www.cactusgamedesign.com/message_boards/type-2-deck-advice/what-is-popular-in-t2/msg501662/#msg501662) shows that pretty well.
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T2 is pretty much wide open right now. This (http://www.cactusgamedesign.com/message_boards/type-2-deck-advice/what-is-popular-in-t2/msg501662/#msg501662) shows that pretty well.
I agree. There are a lot of competitive options for T2.
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I have been toying with the idea of getting into T2, since T1 is going in a direction that I really don't enjoy playing. However, before I try to make a T2 deck, I'd like to know if T2 has the same limited meta problem. Are there only a few (less than 10) viable deck builds if you want to be competitive? Or is there a wider range of deck builds and concepts among the top decks in T2?
You're question is presented in two parts.
I agree with Jordan and Andrew that there is a wide range of deck's that can be built.
However on the concepts assertion, I disagree. While you can pick and choose various colors to play (PG, Gold, Crimson etc) almost all defenses are attempting to do the same thing - Block, use Horses to D2, then play an End the Battle card. Most defenses also have a 'Block small character play something to protect all the lost souls then die' option. Most of the defensive variety comes from which character abilities you are trying to exploit.
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And there are many, many ways to get rid of horses nowadays so you shouldn't expect to keep your horses out for more than a block or two.
Kirk
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Thanks for the thread link. I've avoided T2 because it had a reputation (well-earned in the past) for being a rules-lawyer-y format. However, T1 has become just as much that, and the fact that only maybe 5-6 decks have any chance of competing in T1 has become a huge turnoff foe me. (And yes, I have one of those deck formats that I've tweaked and played.) As a fairly mediocre open deck player, I have no illusions of becoming a top competitor at high levels, nor do I plan to be. (Not enough time to play, for one reason.) But I'd prefer a format where you can try out several different decks and at least provide competition for the other players, and maybe have a chance to place at some of the lower levels.
It's either that, or sticking to booster (which I started out hating, but which has become my favorite format, not to mention the only one in which I am sometimes competitive).