Hi, I’m David (Matsu Mokashi to those who know me through L5R websites) and I have been asked to write up a little something about each clan and how things stand after the latest L5R set, The Plague Wars.
Having talked this over with Graham (Mr. Grinning Demon himself) it seemed like a good way to do this would be to pick an archetype deck for each clan and then comment on it, and, seeing as I have had the most experience with Lion, I believe I will start there and I will even write up my own deck list.
The deck type I am looking into is the Naked Lion build which traditionally relies on cheap personalities with good effects and a fate deck filled out with proactive battle actions. This set has carefully placed a few spanners in the spokes of the traditional Naked Lion build which would run out mostly (if not all) six cost and lower personalities, which with a fast enough deck, you probably could still plough through and keep a good tempo going but I decided I would try something a little different just to see how exactly it goes… read on. Read More »