Classic: Gaia Weenie

Summary

This is largely based on my favourite deck from the classic era. Most of the deck are commons, there's lots of disruption and it gives those rare frenzy decks a run for their money. Putting this deck here feels like I'm giving away my old secrets. Unfortunately, large packs tend to make Lackey unhappy so I didn't play it as much later on. 

The goal of this deck is similar to frenzy decks, but focuses much more on enemies. Against a low Rage enemy, especially against high Rage decks, you can play tactically without Stand Like a Fool. But if you have a Stand Like a Fool, there are very few decks which can survive a single round against you.

Deck

Characters:
Characters:

• 1 Carleson Ruah
• 1 Susan Anthony with a Kinfolk Small Town Cop
• 1 Frenar
• 1 Dharma Bum
• 1 Passer
• 1 Banana Split
• 1 Jubati
• 1 Cesare Sodalis

Carleson Ruah is the single most important character in your deck because it allows you to have a Renown 0 alpha who acts first. So no matter how big the other alphas, you get first dibs at whatever is in the Hunting Grounds and, if they attack you, they get nothing to show for it. The other characters are a combination of synergistic abilities and with the ability to play your sept deck. Banana Split is just nifty as an extra Stand like a Fool.

One thing to note is that this is a post-Wyrm version which means it can survive a Breath of the Defiled should somebody actually play it. 

Sept deck

• 3 Stand like a Fool
• 2 Sticky Paws
• 3 Ka Spirit
• 1 Flame Spirit
• 1 Wyldstorm
• 3 Friends in High Places
• 3 Sneak Attack
• 3 New Moon
• 2 Kinfolk Small Town Cop
• 1 Dreamspeaker Mage
• 2 Sky River Caern
• 2 Pentex Refinery
• 2 Pentex First Team 43
• 2 Chainsaw

In this version, I really went to town on those low Renown allies, all of whom are fantastic in a Hunting Party; but shout out to the Ka Spirits who might never die. New Moons are your answer to frenzy. Even though they are less effective against some Wyrm decks if you're playing by older versions of the rules, they are still really good in the deck. As a combat deck, it has the full suite of Sneak Attacks, Friends and stymies. Wyldstorm is in there because there are very few good decks for this silly card - it's often not that effective for you. There are a few top cards in there to give you extra protection.

Kinfolk Cops do double duty of attacker and a way of locking down opponents. More effective against some decks than others.

Combat deck

• 2 Hunting Party
• 1 Taking the Death Blow
• 1 Attacking the Wyrm
• 2 Bitch Slap
• 2 Off-balanced Attack
• 2 Stinging Wound
• 2 Run Like Hell
• 2 Lucky Blow
• 2 Overextended Attack
• 1 Surprise Attack
• 2 Reckless Swing
• 2 Dodge
• 1 Bite
• 2 Entrail Rend

I found that this deck always needed to be oversized, otherwise you wouldn't be able to draw enough cards. Whilst Attacking the Wyrm allows you more attackers, and is ideal for alpha actions, it can't be used with Sneak Attacks. You have three so you should always have one in hand, ideally the one you need. The Entrail Rends can be bluffed if you get through all your opponents playable cards. A lot of decks don't have a lot of low-Rage cards so that happens. But you also have a couple of Chainsaws. They are essentially there so you can finish off a large opponent, otherwise you would struggle.

Run Like Hell are for prey, and Taking the Death Blow are to protect your key characters (Carleson mainly, but also Banana Split if you haven't used his ability). 

Substitutions

I never came across a better weenie deck than this, but there are other things you can do with the combat deck. If you add more weapons (Flamethrowers or Shotguns probably), you can add cards like Head Wound or Beat Unmerciful (to counter Run Like Hell). You can also tweak the numbers and probably remove Sky River Caern for Visit from the White Fathers. And of course you can swap characters to include your favourites. Tim Rowantree was in one version.

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