jonickua: переводы

→Card Replacements

→Vs Henselt : This is a tricky matchup, depending on their list. If they run Margarita, Scorch and Borkh, you are in for a hard time. You need to pay extra attention to staggering your Axemen, by 4 or 5 points at least ideally, so they can't easily use their machines to line up a huge Scorch. If you have drought out and they play a good Borkh, you can dispatch of him by harpooning him to an empty row and then playing Harald on that row, so long as Borkh is the only thing on it.

→Clan Corsair: Used to rez machines, you will often want to chain Pirate Captain into Clan Corsair into Warship if you need points quickly (Eg. they passed after you played a spy or something). Also useful if you need an emergency Harpooner.

→Clan Axeman: The bread and butter of your deck, the whole deck revolves around buffing these guys as much as possible. Remember to stagger them so they wont all be hit by one scorch or Igni or Borkh. Try to play them after you've played your weather so they buff up immediately and aren't as susceptible to thing like Alzur's Thunder.

→Vs Reveal : You will probably lose round 1 against mill, and if that is the case make them blow Voorhis, at least one mangonel and their fire scorpions. Remember you can rez axemen and machines so don't fret about 1 or 2 dying. If they get 30-40 points ahead and a card down with most of their ammo blown, you can pass. They will probably try to bleed you round 2, or drop down a gold weather, so keeping gremist is advisable. At least for me it is scary going into round 3 against Mill, but they always tend to have a very weak round 3 so it often isn't a problem to close out the game. Beware Scorch/Borkh though.

→Lacerate: SUCH a good card against Dwarfs, they tend to rowstack and it makes them pay. Synergises well with Drought and Axemen. Can generate huge swings.

→Priestess of Freya: Can be used to resurrect an Axeman, the only target in this deck. This gives you 3 opportunities to rez Axemen/Derran, giving you potentially 7 throughout the game.

→Pirate Captain: Can pull both Warships and Corsairs, thins your deck and gives you a few extra points. Keep these guys in your hand instead of the aforementioned 2 cards generally speaking.

→Udalryk: Your silver spy, generates card advantage, all around great card. Pretty obvious. Can also send a machine to the grave to be rezzed by Clan Corsair.

→Birna Bran: Birna gives you access to Skellige Storm, the best weather for buffing up Axemen, along with a 6 point body. I don't really like having Skellige Storm in the deck itself, so Birna is pretty important in giving access to such a powerful weather effect. For the most impact play her storm onto a row with at least 3 units, preferably more or ones with high power, so it will cause maximum damage and maximum buffing for your Axemen.

→Avallac'h: Avallac'h really helps with two things: Giving your a proactive play round 1 if you lose the coinflip, and giving you a better shot at having the right cards in your hand. Avallac'h as a first play is always decent, and one of the few proactive plays the deck has, and he is particularly effective against Dwarfs and NR decks, as you can give them dead draws such as Mahakam Volunteers or Dun Banners (Or Imperial Golems against Reveal).

→I'll now go through individual cards in the deck and how to use them:

→This means not playing an Axeman if one has been damaged to 6, do not Restore an Axeman/Derran if you have one at 8 power. Most of the games I lost early on were because of my opponent getting double or triple scorches because I hadn't spaced my guys out enough.

→WARNING: STAGGER YOUR AXEMEN SO THEY AREN'T ALL ON THE SAME POINTS!

→Round 3 is where you want some quick burst points. Generally it will be a fairly short round 3, 5-6 cards, although it could be longer or shorter depending on the matchup or how you went earlier. Having at least one weather/Blueboy is ideal, as well as access to at least 2 Axemen/Derran. You want to hold off on playing your Axemen until they have 2 units on a row ideally, enough points so you can use Harald and any Warships remaining without wastage. Your round 3 is quite strong and can win 1 or 2 cards down fairly regularly, if they don't have a counter.

→Round 2 is generally a drypass, EXCEPT: Against Dwarfs, if you won round 1, are 1 or less cards down and you dont have a silver spy to combat their wardancer, IMO it is better to try and 2-0 them. I've done this about half a dozen times recently and if they dont run weather clear you should be able to pull it off if you have the confidence to keep pushing. If they clear all your weather and its looking like you wont beat them in round 2 it is better to pull out and try for a short, strong round 3.