Double Dragon

By Richard Martin August 14, 1996

2 Back for Seconds
1 Everyday Hero
4 Flying Kick
5 Friends of the Dragon
2 Golden Comeback
2 Kiii-YAAAH!
1 The Golden Gunman
5 Eunuch Underling
2 Evil Twin
5 Sinister Priest
1 Tanbi Guiawu
2 Thing with 1000 Tongues
4 Tortured Memories
1 City Square
1 Dragon Mountain
1 Drug Lab
2 Explosives
1 Fox Pass
5 Grenade Launcher
5 Inner Sanctum
3 Pocket Demon
4 Proving Ground
1 Secret Headquarters
= 60 cards

Stats:

by TYPE
22 Characters
17 Events
12 Feng Shui
2 Sites
7 States
by FACTION
17 Dragons
19 Eaters of Lotus
24 Neutral
by FOUNDATION
6 Dragons
10 Eaters of Lotus
by RARITY
21 Very Common
17 Common
11 Uncommon
11 Rare
by PERCENTAGE
27% Base resource
20% Feng Shui
3% Site
18% Magic

Notes:

This deck was in the finals of Flashpoint London, having won two earlier games. It is a tight Dragon-Lotus deck - a popular combination at the tournament. It is interesting for eschewing most of the Dragon big-hitters (e.g. Ting Ting) in favour of the Lotus "dragons", Tanbi Guiawu and Thing with 1000 Tongues. Richard has 5 Ting Tings but avoided using her in this tournament for fear of Uniqueness auctions.
In the early game, Grenade Launchers and Explosives can be used with foundation characters to seize or burn sites. In the middle game, the Evil Twins and Tortured Memories can be used to turn opponents' strengths against them. In the end-game, a typical winning play is to attack with a Thing with a 1000 Tongues, well-fed to give it Toughness and use a Flying Kick to sail over the opposition. This nearly won the final but fell prey to another Tortured Memories. Perhaps Festival Circles should replace the Proving Grounds?
The designer, Richard Martin, works at Just Games in central London - the premier source of Shadowfist cards in the UK. This deck was forged in the fire of their regular Wednesday evening sessions.

Last modified: January 16, 1998.
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