Card draw simulator
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PaulAltreides · 40
This is my first draft of a Mateo deck I am tentatively planning for a blind playthrough of Innsmouth Conspiracy on Hard, alongside this Calvin deck. Ideally both of these decks can handle enemies, clues, and treacheries on their own, and the presence of Bless will help mitigate the punishing Hard chaos bag.
Mateo seems to me ideally positioned to benefit from the new bless cards, especially due to having Blessing of Isis from Scenario 1, and the fact that the Blessed trait gives him access to so many of the good bless cards.
My main concern is that Sister Mary is a necessary component of any bless team. Without her on the team, will this deck be able to get enough blesses into the bag to fuel the cards that want to benefit from bless?
It seems to me that Mateo has access to plenty of cards that benefit from having bless/curse in the bag, but perhaps not enough reliable/efficient blurse generators to fuel the cards that want them. Specifically, this deck has Keep Faith and Tempt Fate for reliable bless generation, and Hand of Fate for situational blesses. At later levels, we can add in Level 2 Holy Rosary and Righteous Hunt to help. Will this be enough to make Ward of Radiance and Blessing of Isis trigger reliably?
A few other tech questions:
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Does this deck need Priest of Two Faiths for more blurse generation? I definitely want to have my girl Olive McBride in play at all times though.
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Is running Dark Prophecy worth it to help Blessing of Isis and Ward of Radiance trigger? Seems like that particular three-card-combo may be more cute than worthwhile.
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Does this deck need more resource generation? At a total cost of 51 resources, and only Elder Signs and Uncage the Soul for resource access, this deck may be too poor. Specifically, I could perhaps swap in Emergency Cache for Spectral Razor. Perhaps after a scenario, Jewel of Aureolus could help mitigate both resource and card draw issues, at the cost of bless generation from Level 2 Holy Rosary.
Looking forward to hearing from those with more Bless experience than myself!
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Mar 18, 2021 |
Mar 19, 2021Thanks for the feedback! I definitely agree with Book of Psalms, especially if I add 2x Arcane Research. Changes I'd make based on your feedback: +2x Arcane Research 2x Ritual Candles -> 2x Book of Psalms 2x Ward of Radiance -> 2x Deny Existence (for the sake of having more Arcane Research targets, and more consistency over WoR). 2x Spectral Razor -> 2x Emergency Cache, though this will likely be the first to go upon upgrading. and finally, Hallowed Mirror -> Holy Rosary -- if I'm healing Calvin's horror, I don't need to heal his damage as well, I'm not that generous. Now that I have Book of Psalms for some more bless generation, I think Hand of Fate is an ideal upgrade target for Radiant Smite/Righteous Hunt, as you mentioned. I'll have to see in practice, but I'm not confident it will be worth 3 resources. Latest version of the deck is here for those interested: arkhamdb.com |
I've been playing a lot of Bless Mateo recently, and this looks pretty similar to what I've been running. Isis + Sacred Covenant is a great use of his starting exp, though I've also experimented with Relic Hunter and a Covenant too. I haven't actually tried Priest of Two Faiths yet, but I don't think it's really required both Keep Faith and Tempt Fate. But I also generally run Book of Psalms too (combos well with Arcane Research) and play with a team also running Tempt Fates so it's hard to say for sure.
I don't rate Dark Prophecy particularly highly with Mateo and blesses, since you're just likely to be forced to take a bad symbol. Olive alone should be enough in most scenarios.
As for resource generation, it's hard to say. Uncage the Soul generally works nicely, and without the Book of Psalms, the assets are pretty cheap. Razor or Hand of Fate seem like the most cuttable for Caches, but they also seem like the obvious targets for upgrading into Radiant Smite/Righteous Hunt, which are a lot cheaper. It's also possible to rely on Calvin for resource support with Stand Together. In the latest attempt of Blessteo, I've been paired with a Yorick recurring Rite of Sanctification to give the team a 2 discount almost every turn, but I don't think my deck was overly reliant on that; he's had plenty of chances to use it to discount his own weapons.
I've not played much with the Jewel, but it seems like you'd be missing out on a lot with the levelled Rosary, which did a lot of work in my Mateo build. There's always Relic Hunter, I suppose.
After trying the levelled Eye of Chaos in Blurseteo with Olive, I've been reconsidering Paradoxical Covenant, especially on harder difficulties. It can recharge itself a lot if your team's going all in on blessings and curses.