Purging the Mountain A semi-serious Dragon deck by Trevor Stone, tstone@robin.dhs.org Stronghold: Kyuden Hitomi Dynasty: 1 Bon Festival 1 Peasant Revolt 3 Ronin Dojo 3 Yoritomo Kanbe 3 Mirumoto Daini 3 Hitomi Akuai 3 Hitomi Kazaq 3 Hitomi Kobai 3 Agasha Mumoko 3 Toku As many of the following as you desire: Hasame Ikudaiu Ginawa Yogo Shidachi Yoritomo Hasagawa Yoritomo Masasue Asako Hosigeru Ikoma Kaoku (if you feel like trying for his honor requirement) Gold to taste (about 1/3 of the deck should be gold): Gold Mines Corrupt Gold Mines Small Farms Large Farms other 2/2 holdings Fate: Under stronghold: 3 Purging the House 2 Oath of Fealty Elsewhere: 1 Oath of Fealty 3 Dispersive Terrain 3 Stand Firm 3 A Samurai Never Stands Alone 3 Contentious Terrain 3 Song of Blood 3 Counterattack 3 Narrow Ground 3 Dispersive Terrain 3 Rallying Cry 3 Flanking Maneuver 3 cards your choice (if you're playing 40/40, otherwise you can cut some things) The idea: you've got a bunch of shrimps who come out fast. If you've got the advantage early, take a province or two. Otherwise sit back and wait, perhaps defend a different province, drop a Dispersive Terrain, Song of Blood, and Counterattack. Once you feel you've got enough guys, bow your stronghold to fetch an Oath. Next turn, use Ronin Dojo and Kanbe to create three temporary Dragon personalities. Then Oath. At the end of that turn, fetch a Purging the House from your stronghold. Next turn, give two of the three temp-dragons the Dragon trait again, then Purge the other poor fellow. Fetch another Purging the House at the end of the turn. Lather rinse, repeat. I've gotten this deck of shrimps up to 96F. Fear the 5/6 Toku.