Invincible Shih

by John Davis November 16, 1997

2 Chin Ken
5 Confucian Stability
3 Gardener
5 Golden Candle Society
1 Green Senshi Chamber
5 Instrument of the Hand
2 Red Monk
2 Righteous Fist
1 Shan Tsu
1 Shattering Jade
1 Shield of Pure Soul
5 Shih Ho Kuai
2 White Senshi Chamber
3 Wind on the Mountain
3 Ancient Grove
3 Blade Palm
1 Fortuitous Chi
4 Healing Earth
1 Return to the Center
1 Birdhouse Cafe
2 City Park
2 City Square
1 Fox Pass
5 Inner Sanctum
2 Whirlpool of Blood
= 63 cards

Analysis

BY TYPE
25 Characters
1 Edge
17 Events
13 Feng Shui Sites
6 Sites
1 State
BY COST
5 0 cost
15 1 cost
17 2 cost
7 3 cost
2 4 cost
1 5 cost
16 variable cost
1.77 average cost (excluding variable)
BY FIGHTING
8 1 fighting
7 2 fighting
2 4 fighting
3 7 fighting
20 Total
2.55 average fighting (by character)
0.81 average fighting (by card)
BY FOUNDATION
12 Guiding Hand
PERCENTAGES
19% Base resource
21% Feng Shui
10% Site
49% Chi
BY SET
48 Limited
6 Netherworld
9 Flashpoint
BY RARITY
15 Very Common
23 Common
11 Uncommon
14 Rare (22%)
BY FACTION
38 Guiding Hand
13 Neutral/FS
12 Neutral/Chi

Notes

John very nearly won the final of Flashpoint Finchley XV with this deck. It is yet another Hand/Chi deck and so it is interesting to compare it with Nithiyan's two decks - Tomorrow's Immortals and 90s Boyz with Confucian Principles.
John's deck is much tighter and more focussed upon Shih Ho Kuai. Such tightness requires sacrifices - no alternate power generation and just the one Chi state, for example. There are some unusual cards though - one doesn't normally see Chin Ken, Gardener and Healing Earth in such abundance.

Last modified: March 11, 1998.
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