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Current IssueArchives11/03/00 Issue
| Legalese: Genetic Anomalies, Chron X, and the GA and Chron X logos are TM & © 2002 Genetic Anomalies, Inc. |
Deck building hints, tips, and concepts
This week, how to go ape on your opponent.
Crashwire gets extra cool points from GA's Art Director for mentioning the Chinese Monkey King in an article! Check out "The Journey West" by Wu Ch'eng En.
Got something to say about this column? Don't just sit there and stew, tell the author!
Copyright © 2002 Genetic Anomalies, Inc. Republication by permission only
The God Of Monkeys
by Crashwire
Crashwire's Monkey God Deck
Assets
4 Codeslinger
4 Silent Sentinel
4 Sim Lord
4 Urdan Penitent
Enhancements
1 ICBM Launch Orders
1 Mnemonic Upgrade
1 Portable AutoDoc
Interventions
1 Corporate Plunder
1 Emergency Funds
1 H. Thalmann
1 Meme Reset
4 Software Maintenance Contract
Programs
1 Code Vault
1 Orpheus AI
2 Quiroga AI
4 R&D Network
1 Taikun Raid Algorithms
Bases
4 AI Research Center
4 T'am Line
4 Tinker Base
In ancient Chinese mythology, there was a monkey god. He was born out of a rock and grew to be very powerful. In his later years, he wreaked havoc in Heaven and was imprisoned under a mountain. A monk by the name of Tripitaka freed him and took him as a disciple. Then, they went on many journeys and brought Buddhist sutras back to China.
No, I'm not preaching or anything, and what I'm going to write actually has little to do with the story. However, since the deck has monkeys in it, and Grubtor's article was published, my mind went into building this deck. He wanted to play God. I too, thought it might be fun to play God once in a while.
Therefore, I set out to face his challenge: to build a deck that makes all cards disappear into oblivion, and wreaks havoc just like the monkey god.
The Deck
CyberOps resources would also be crucial to this deck's success.
As last week's article, The Wrath Of God stated, Grubtor wanted to use cards like ICBM Launch Orders, Corporate Plunder, and Meme Reset. Although he wanted to draw a massive number of cards with Luminous AI, I decided that R&D Network would work better if you wanted your opponent to draw cards as well.
CyberOps resources would also be crucial to this deck's success. Software Maintenance Contracts were perfectly suited for the job. With a few of those, it's all up to Codeslinger and Urdan Penitents to undertake the Contract and hope they don't break it.
Sim Lords, with their legions of monkeys, are the key to winning with this deck, while Silent Sentinels provide much needed AntiTerrorism. Orpheus AI will eventually resurrect the Sim Lords, while Quiroga AI and Taikun Raid Algothrims provide a way to kill the opponent fast.
Playing The Deck
All that came to my mind was a one-turn combo.
How do we do it then? All that came to my mind was a one-turn combo. Equip ICBM Launch Orders, Portable Autodoc and Mnemonic Upgrade onto Codeslinger (not again!), run as many programs as you can, deploy as many assets as you can, and BOOM! "Hallelujah, the missiles are flying! ...now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds..." You've got your monkeys and you're wreaking havoc.
Now, use Orpheus AI's special to resurrect an asset and kill it again with Portable Autodoc to provide Codeslinger with infinite ICBMs in case you still need them. Otherwise, you could simply let Codeslinger die and lay the smack on the opponent.
Good luck, and thanks to Grubtor for the inspiration.
