My Favorite Decks

Vidiian/Federation (D'Con2002, day 2)

seeds:

Vidiian Outpost
Spacedoor
Horga'hn
Ancestral Vision
Defend Homeworld
Quark's Isolinear Rods
DQSS
The Vidiian Sodality
Organ Theft
Assign Mission Specialists
Temporal Micro-Wormhole
The Next Emanation
Q The Referee

Q's Tent
- Borg Nanoprobes
- Bareil
- Commander Charvanek
- The Devil
- Wormhole
- Vidiian Boarding Claw
- Omega Directive
- Dead End
- Kevin Uxbridge
- Genetronic Replicator
- Reflection Therapy
- Blue Alert
- Reginald Barclay (TB)

Revive Settlers
Expose Plot
Inversion Mystery
Repair Null Space Catapult
Reinititalize Warp Reaction
Assist Cooperative

The Higher The Fewer
Dead End
Ferengi Ingenuity
Dejaren
Ferengi Ingenuity
Dejaren
Ankari "Spirits"
Friendly Fire
Aggressive Behavior
Denevan Neural Parasites
Alien Parasites
Spatial Rift
Founder Secret
Firestorm
In The Pale Moonlight


draws:

Q's Tent 7x
Riva (MS)
Christopher Hobson (MS)
Motura 2x
Dereth 2x
Sulan 2x
Sorum
Telari 5x
Tuvok 3x
Seven of Nine 2x
B'Elanna Torres 2x
Mabus 3x
Chakotay 2x
Vidiian Cruiser
Vidiian Scout Vessel
USS Voyager 2x
Nanoprobe Resuscitation 6x
Data, Keep Dealing 3x
Lower Decks
Space-Time Portal
genetronic Replicator
Vidiian Harvester 2x
Operate Wormhole Relays
Access Denied 2x
Fair Play
Panel Overload
Temporal Vortex
Scanner Interference
Alternate Universe Door

Hirogen Hologram Deck (D'Con2002, day 3)

seeds:

Hirogen Outpost
Holoprogram: 221b Baker Street
Assign Mission Specialists
DQSS
Temporal Micro-Wormhole
Assign Support Personnel
Defend Homeworld
The Next Emanation
Q The Referee
Q The Referee
Space-Time Portal
Horga'hn
Barclay's Protomorphosis Disease

Q's Tent
- Alternate Universe Door
- Reflection Therapy
- The Devil
- Bareil
- Commander Charvanek
- Omega Directive
- Kevin Uxbridge
- Bashir Founder
- Supernova
- Dead End
- Hirogen Disruptor Rifle
- Wormhole
- Holoprogram: The Fortress of Doom

Restock Supplies
Reinitialize Warp Reaction
Salvage Operation
Mine Gallicite
Answer Distress Signal
Establish Home Planet

The Higher The Fewer
Dead End
Ferengi Ingenuity
Dejaren
Denevan Neural Parasites
Alien Parasites
Spatial Rift
Founder Secret
Firestorm
In The Pale Moonlight
Maglock
The Cloud
Aggressive Behavior
Edo Probe
Friendly Fire
The Whale Probe


draws:

Dr. Farek (MS)
Ayala (MS)
Arachnia 2x
Lonzak 2x
Chaotica 2x
Seven of Nine 2x
Karon 2x
Karr 2x
Decaren 2x
Penk
Hajur 2x
Dr. Telek R'Mor
Kejal 2x
Iden 2x
Leonardo da Vinci 2x
Idrin 2x
Harath
Sherlock Holmes
Rituals of The Hunt
Transport Inhibitor
Borg Nanoprobes
Masaka Transformation
Regenerate
Hirogen Hunt
Hirogen Talon
Holo-Projectors 2x
Q's Tent 6x
Holodeck Door 7x
Olarra 2x
Venatic Hunter
Hunting Vessel
All Threes 7x
Data, Keep Dealing 6x
Fair Play
Access Denied
Containment Field
Temporal Vortex
Obelisk of Masaka
The Big Picture
Oof!
Panel Overload
Feedback Surge

Cloned Khan and The Genesis Device

Since TMP came out I always wanted to build a Khan deck, but never had the right idea. I heard about the difficulites like the attribute reduction by the Ceti Eel and that you have to discard personnel without it. Therfore I got the idea of cloning Khan and his unique fellow and using a Clone Machine on Boreth and Klingons/NA has affiliation.
But how to get Khan in the first turn? Stock several of him into the deck, which would be fine since I can clone him or put one into the tent and hope to get this doorway into your first hand. I was able to trade for 4 Khans, not enough to play wihtout the tent.
I don't like decks with 8 or 9 tent cards so I decided to try the Beyond the Subatomic (BTS)/Palor Toff (PT) trick.


seed deck:

Klingon Outpost
Temporal Micro-Womrhole
Space-Time Portal
Alternate Universe Door
Q The Referee
Beware of Q
Assign Support Personnel
Revenge Is A Dish Best Served Cold
Cryosatellite
The Genesis Device
Clone Machine

Explore Black Cluster II
Relief Mission
Study Stellar Collision
Survey Mission
Investigate Disturbance
Fever Emergency

Q-Flash
- the usual Q-Flash cards :)

Q's Tent
- Khan
- No, Kirk... The Game's Not Over Yet
- Klingon PADD
- Reflection Therapy
- Brain Drain
- Temporal Vortex
- Feedback Surge
- Operate Wormhole Relays
- Obelisk of Masaka
- Masaka Transformation
- Q-Flash
- Q's Planet
- The Genesis Device

The Higher... The Fewer
Dead End

Lack of Preparation
Chula The Chandra
Friendly Fire

Founder Secret
Talosian Cage
I Hate You

Maglock
Macrovirus
Aggressive Behavior

Denevan Neural Parasites
Alien Parasites
Spatial Rift

Ferengi Infestation
Hero Worship
V'ger


draw deck:

Khan 3x
Joachim 2x
Sarod 2x
Wajahut
Ma'sud
Dr.Reyga
Seven of Nine
Ezri
Suna
J'Dan (SP)
Koroth
Genral Chang
Tumek
Governor Worf
Kurak
Sons of Mogh
N'Garen
Morka
IKC Qu'Vat
IKC Vor'Cha
USS Reliant

Kivas Fajo - Collector 3x
The Traveller: Transcendence
Regenerate
Q's Tent 4x
Amanda Rogers
Burial Ground
Oof!
Wormhole
Ceti Eel 9x

Beyond The Subatomic 15x
Data, Keep Dealing 3x
Palor Toff - Alien Trader 11x

(73 cards)


Strategy:

With 15 BTS and Masaka I always :) get a BTS in my starting hand, if I don't get either a tent doorway or Khan himself, I play the BTS and call "doorway". Since Q's Tent is the only doorway in the deck, I get one and play it to receive Khan and play him for free. With another BTS (or retrieved by PT) I call "incident" and I get a Ceti Eel, the only incident cards in the deck, play it for free and can control a personnel (regular card play) with it.

The requirements for cloning are fulfilled by Koroth or J'Dan, who can be downloaded by Assign Support Personnel.

The game continues with playing BTS/PT to get whatever is needed, e.g. Eel or personnel. It is of course crucial to get the Regenerate and form a new draw deck at some point. The Burial Ground is played to get rid of my own dilemmas.

I seed the Cryosatellite/Genesis Device under Study Stellar Collision, an easy mission which is solved with one skill. I tried to focus on missions with easy requirements, one or two skills, except Boreth of course. In addtion a Q's Planet can be pulled from the tent with a spare Genesis Device, either to slow the game if opponent reaches the 100 point mark or to trigger opponent's Dead End.

Then with the Device aboard and one mission solved I should need only one more "cheap" mission like Relief Mission to get the win....


Possible Problems:

Sure, Battledecks are a problem, but, well I take the chance. Another problem are the low attributes of "eeled" personnel (-3). This is hard to compensate especially for wall dilemmas that call for attributes. I added a PADD for this. Kevin Uxbridge and of course Disruptor Overload are a problem as well, Oof! and Amanda take hopefully care of that.

Another problem is, the deck takes its time. If the opponent breezes through my dilemmas, I try to slow him with Q-Flash and Q's Planet.

The deck is low on personnel, a Next Emanation might hurt.


Conclusion:

Unfortunately I was never able to play this deck at a tournament, the scene collapsed pretty much after the 2e announcement. I had two casual games against a friend. One was a terrible loss (battledeck) and the other was a win (vs. a "normal deck").




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