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Aside from a trial deck I built and, I've never seen someone play a gold defense outside of multi.  With the Herod boost, it may become more popular, but I kinda doubt it.

Similar story with orange and Gates of Hell (though since orange is often splashed, it may not be as big a deal).

I used to say orange, but I probably saw 6 orange defenses that players were using during high level tourneys.  I know I have always used it on a regular occasion, but it has seen more play.  In the southeast, it is bad to put evil gold with Garden Tomb, because Eric Largent and Josh Kopp play it without fail.

Kirk

A suicide/auto block defense would work well since you're characters don't stick around long enough to help your opponent block against TGT.

i dont really think gtomb works well in type 2. now the enhancments would, but the way i play type 2 i  use massive amounts of ecs.

In Type 2, Garden Tomb is great for early game to grab a couple freebies.  Then you have to use the rest of your offense in the middle game to clear evil characters.  In the end game, Garden Tomb once again is very powerful in T2 once you have wasted their ECs.

Kirk

Quote from: adamfincher on August 19, 2009, 09:27:14 AM

i dont really think gtomb works well in type 2. now the enhancments would, but the way i play type 2 i  use massive amounts of ecs.

In Type 2, Garden Tomb is great for early game to grab a couple freebies.  Then you have to use the rest of your offense in the middle game to clear evil characters.  In the end game, Garden Tomb once again is very powerful in T2 once you have wasted their ECs.

Kirk

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agrees with Kirk, and it works well in T2 multi, too.

Ya, right now, pretty much all defenses will be/can be used. They are all very strong in their own way.
Your best bet might be a combination of what Justin and Gabe said.
Stand alones/Suicide characters (Uzzah, Red Dragon, Zimri/Otho) with Women as Snares to capture all their characters so it's harder for them to be able to block. You also have to be aware of protect forts/artifacts against capture, so pack a Set Fire/Spreading Mildew/Fort Killer and some artifact killers too.

Eric "I know that's a lot, but should give you some ideas" Largent

a crimson defense would be the best bet for tgt. king merodach baladan to instantly play set fire, or a nebby/nergal/swift horses combo to search and play it as well. the new axe works incredibly good as well in getting rid of those protect forts.

I think crimson and black will be the two colors used far more then they had previously been used.  I've looked into the idea of a splash defense and I think it could be decienct except when facing another Garden Tomb deck.

You mean

Hey,

I used Orange in my T2 TGT deck at nationals.  It worked fairly well.  None of the racial fortresses protect from set aside, so you can just ignore them and Two Possessed by Demons their evil characters to your hearts content.

Tschow,

Tim "Sir Nobody" Maly

You mean the one where I activated Three nails and trashed you ?
I like orange, and its much better now with Gates of Hell, but Three Nails still stops it stone cold, I don't care how many copies of Seven Sons of Sceva you have.