Heart of Darkness

By Julian Cartlidge September 16, 1996

1 Death Shadow
2 Family Estate
1 Just a Rat
3 Mole Network
1 Realpolitik
2 Shadowy Mentor
1 Soul of the Dragon
1 Student of the Shark
4 The Pledged
2 Demolitions Expert
1 Entropy Is Your Friend
1 Gorilla Warfare
1 Grenade Posse
2 Just Another Consumer
1 Rah Rah Rasputine
2 Resistance Squad
1 Avenging Thunder
2 Darkness Priestess
2 Fire Warriors
1 King of the Fire Pagoda
1 Mark of Fire
1 Molten Heart
1 Queen of the Darkness Pagoda
1 Cave Network
1 City Park
1 Drug Lab
1 Field of Tentacles
2 Inner Sanctum
1 Night Market
1 Pinball Hall
2 Pump-Action Shotgun
1 Rust Garden
2 Stone Garden
1 Wall of a Thousand Eyes
1 White Ninja (old)
= 50 cards

Stats:

BY TYPE
22 Characters
4 Edges
6 Events
11 Feng Shui Sites
3 Sites
4 States
BY FOUNDATION
7 Ascended
4 Jammers
4 Monarchs
BY SET
19 Limited
23 Netherworld
8 Flashpoint
BY RARITY
9 Very Common
29 Common
4 Uncommon
8 total Rares
BY FACTION
16 Ascended
10 Jammers
9 Monarchs
15 Neutral

Notes:

Little Joolz used this deck in the multi-player tournament at EuroGencon 96 and tied for first place with it. It is an amazingly tight Triumvirate deck. Most decks in London are much larger but Little Joolz comes from the Midlands where the metagame must be different. Keeping the deck this tight when playing Triumvirate is particularly impressive - I gave up constructing a Triumvirate deck when the card count got past 200. Still, it does appear to be a bit short of high-tech for the Molten Heart - one of the two Resistance Squads is required.
I played one game against this deck. It built up fairly fast - Family Estates giving the usual Pledged bonus. The winning play was made with the White Ninja + Pump-Action Shotgun - an unstoppable 6 strength
ambusher. The new White Ninja wouldn't even have needed the shotgun.

Last modified: January 16, 1998.
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