Deck of the Week
Hello KARDS Community!
Welcome to the second edition of the Deck of the Week, a weekly article where we look at a player submitted deck and break it down into details. The point of the series is to bring to the surface all kinds of fun, effective and in-meta decks so players looking for direction can know what to strive for.
As always, this wouldn’t be possible without the amazing support and passion from you guys in the community, and if you want to submit your own deck for the chance to be featured in the coming weeks, please fill out the Deck of the Week suggestion form.
Now, without further ado, let’s check out the Deck of the Week, this time submitted by Private Paul.
We have a USA and German mid range deck, this one requires a bigger card collection than our first deck but can be extremely effective and fun to play!
According to Private Paul, here are the most important things to know about the deck.
[h3]How would you classify this deck?[/h3]
Midrange - It has some crucial early units that get the game to turn 3 or 4 and then you can take over with the units that force the opponent to retreat.
[h3]What are the key cards of this deck?[/h3]
This deck is all about the retreat mechanism and the key cards are every single one of the 11(!) units that make an enemy retreat as well as the M4 Sherman and We Can Do It! For card draw and buffing your units.
[h3]What are the key strengths of this deck?[/h3]
First and foremost this deck is very unit heavy, meaning you are very unlikely to find yourself without a play to make on every turn.
The second strength is getting and keeping board control with all the units that force the enemy to retreat or can effectively trade on the board. This is particularly good against order heavy decks that rely on very few big units to stall out the game, as you are able to force it back into their hands over and over. So once you get control over the board it is really hard to take it away from you.
Private Paul notes that even though this deck is fairly expensive to build, the 11 units that make you retreat are the true core here and they only cost 400 resources to build and can be great fun in multiple types of decks.
[h3]What are the main weaknesses of this deck?[/h3]
The biggest weaknesses of the deck is against area of effect orders that pin or deal damage like Carpet Bombing or Naval Operation and decks that are faster than you at getting the frontline, as this will limit the effectiveness of the retreat mechanism.
[h3]What are the key points playing this deck?[/h3]
You want to find your cheap infantry and Panzer 35(t) units as early as possible and wrestle control of the frontline from the opponent, this will allow you to draw the cards and get the kredits needed to secure board control and start your offense.
After that you can start playing your retreat units like the 99th Infantry Battalion and the M16 Half-Track and build up your board and pressure.
Now you want to look for any opportunity to get the 2 for 1 trade (kill 2 enemy cards with a single card) and when you can’t effectively trade you force the unit to retreat and keep your unit and Kredit advantage going.
[h3]How and when do you utilize the key kards?[/h3]
There are no major key cards in the deck, they all play into the same strategy. So in general you just want to play your cheaper units first for board pressure and look for opportunities to get your bigger units out where they can’t be immediately traded and you can use them to continue your pressure on the board.
Pro tip from Private Paul: Don’t hoard cards in your hand, you don’t need more than 2 cards for the same job in your hand so it’s fine to use your retreat units, don’t be shy!
[h3]How do you mulligan? [/h3]
You want to find your cheap infantry units like Jasco and Combat Engineers and a Panzer 35(t) in the mulligan if at all possible. This is probably the fastest way to secure the frontline and will get you to turn 4 or 5 where you can start playing units that force the opponent to retreat.
In general in the mulligan you want to get rid of everything that costs more than 3 Kredits. Even though those Shermans might seem tempting, resist!
[h3]Additional comments[/h3]
First off, this is quite an expensive deck and this exact version of the deck will be hard to build for a large portion of the playerbase. But a lot the cards in the deck aren’t essential to the type of deck, as Private Paul himself mentions above the core 11 cards just cost 400 resources to craft.
Cards that can easily be replaced without impacting the forced retreat strategy include for example, M24 Chaffe, Patton, 101st Airborne, 10th Engineers, and In The Navy. So look for lower rarity cards with similar stats and deployment cost to build this deck for cheaper.
Then we get to the second comment, this deck can struggle taking and maintaining frontline control against decks that take the frontline faster. So adding in units like the 5th Infantry Regiment, other cheaper cards like Naval Bombardment can help with securing and keeping the frontline, especially for decks that need to replace some of the more expensive Special and Elite cards.
And there we have it, a fun and creative deck centered around the retreat mechanic for you to experiment around with! What do you think about this deck? Let us know in the comments along with what you would change or what deck you are currently running!
And there we have it, a fun and creative deck centered around the retreat mechanic for you to experiment around with! What do you think about this deck? Let us know in the comments along with what you would change or what deck you are currently running!
You can also take part in conversations around deck building and ask for assistance in our Community Discord.
Welcome to the second edition of the Deck of the Week, a weekly article where we look at a player submitted deck and break it down into details. The point of the series is to bring to the surface all kinds of fun, effective and in-meta decks so players looking for direction can know what to strive for.
As always, this wouldn’t be possible without the amazing support and passion from you guys in the community, and if you want to submit your own deck for the chance to be featured in the coming weeks, please fill out the Deck of the Week suggestion form.
Now, without further ado, let’s check out the Deck of the Week, this time submitted by Private Paul.
We have a USA and German mid range deck, this one requires a bigger card collection than our first deck but can be extremely effective and fun to play!
Originally posted by Opiate_Dream_Tyrant
FearSomeFew
Major power: USA
Ally: Germany
HQ: CHERBOURG
USA:
2x (1K) 10th ENGINEERS BATTALION
1x (1K) 593rd JASCO
2x (1K) 109th COMBAT ENGINEERS
1x (1K) PATTON
2x (2K) IN THE NAVY
2x (2K) 99th INFANTRY BATTALION
1x (3K) M24 CHAFFEE
3x (3K) M16 HALF-TRACK
3x (3K) 1st MARINES
4x (4K) M4 SHERMAN
2x (4K) M4A1
2x (5K) WE CAN DO IT!
1x (5K) 101st AIRBORNE
1x (6K) STRATEGIC BOMBING
Germany:
3x (2K) PANZER 35(t)
3x (3K) NEBELWERFER 42
3x (5K) HUMMEL
3x (6K) PANZER IV F2
IMPORT CODE:
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According to Private Paul, here are the most important things to know about the deck.
[h3]How would you classify this deck?[/h3]
Midrange - It has some crucial early units that get the game to turn 3 or 4 and then you can take over with the units that force the opponent to retreat.
[h3]What are the key cards of this deck?[/h3]
This deck is all about the retreat mechanism and the key cards are every single one of the 11(!) units that make an enemy retreat as well as the M4 Sherman and We Can Do It! For card draw and buffing your units.
[h3]What are the key strengths of this deck?[/h3]
First and foremost this deck is very unit heavy, meaning you are very unlikely to find yourself without a play to make on every turn.
The second strength is getting and keeping board control with all the units that force the enemy to retreat or can effectively trade on the board. This is particularly good against order heavy decks that rely on very few big units to stall out the game, as you are able to force it back into their hands over and over. So once you get control over the board it is really hard to take it away from you.
Private Paul notes that even though this deck is fairly expensive to build, the 11 units that make you retreat are the true core here and they only cost 400 resources to build and can be great fun in multiple types of decks.
[h3]What are the main weaknesses of this deck?[/h3]
The biggest weaknesses of the deck is against area of effect orders that pin or deal damage like Carpet Bombing or Naval Operation and decks that are faster than you at getting the frontline, as this will limit the effectiveness of the retreat mechanism.
[h3]What are the key points playing this deck?[/h3]
You want to find your cheap infantry and Panzer 35(t) units as early as possible and wrestle control of the frontline from the opponent, this will allow you to draw the cards and get the kredits needed to secure board control and start your offense.
After that you can start playing your retreat units like the 99th Infantry Battalion and the M16 Half-Track and build up your board and pressure.
Now you want to look for any opportunity to get the 2 for 1 trade (kill 2 enemy cards with a single card) and when you can’t effectively trade you force the unit to retreat and keep your unit and Kredit advantage going.
[h3]How and when do you utilize the key kards?[/h3]
There are no major key cards in the deck, they all play into the same strategy. So in general you just want to play your cheaper units first for board pressure and look for opportunities to get your bigger units out where they can’t be immediately traded and you can use them to continue your pressure on the board.
Pro tip from Private Paul: Don’t hoard cards in your hand, you don’t need more than 2 cards for the same job in your hand so it’s fine to use your retreat units, don’t be shy!
[h3]How do you mulligan? [/h3]
You want to find your cheap infantry units like Jasco and Combat Engineers and a Panzer 35(t) in the mulligan if at all possible. This is probably the fastest way to secure the frontline and will get you to turn 4 or 5 where you can start playing units that force the opponent to retreat.
In general in the mulligan you want to get rid of everything that costs more than 3 Kredits. Even though those Shermans might seem tempting, resist!
[h3]Additional comments[/h3]
First off, this is quite an expensive deck and this exact version of the deck will be hard to build for a large portion of the playerbase. But a lot the cards in the deck aren’t essential to the type of deck, as Private Paul himself mentions above the core 11 cards just cost 400 resources to craft.
Cards that can easily be replaced without impacting the forced retreat strategy include for example, M24 Chaffe, Patton, 101st Airborne, 10th Engineers, and In The Navy. So look for lower rarity cards with similar stats and deployment cost to build this deck for cheaper.
Then we get to the second comment, this deck can struggle taking and maintaining frontline control against decks that take the frontline faster. So adding in units like the 5th Infantry Regiment, other cheaper cards like Naval Bombardment can help with securing and keeping the frontline, especially for decks that need to replace some of the more expensive Special and Elite cards.
And there we have it, a fun and creative deck centered around the retreat mechanic for you to experiment around with! What do you think about this deck? Let us know in the comments along with what you would change or what deck you are currently running!
And there we have it, a fun and creative deck centered around the retreat mechanic for you to experiment around with! What do you think about this deck? Let us know in the comments along with what you would change or what deck you are currently running!
You can also take part in conversations around deck building and ask for assistance in our Community Discord.