My opinion about competitive Dragon decks

[Gubler, Daryl L.]

Could you post this THC, mine constantly either stall out in midgame or is
slow to start.

Hitomi Ikazuchi
Dragon Clan Barbarian Monk

-----Original Message-----
From: MechWar13 at aol.com [mailto:MechWar13 at aol.com]
Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 2:37 PM
To: dragon at michonline.com
Subject: Re: My opinion about competitive Dragon decks



In a message dated 7/7/00 1:15:22 PM, Kalibous at aol.com writes:

<< In a message dated 7/7/00 10:23:58 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
smuray at nac.net 
writes:

<< The problem Kuro Sensei gives dueling decks is that it makes the duels
 refusable.  If you knock them to, oh, -17 honor, they can't use Kuro's
 ability anymore.  If you knock them to -10, and they use Kuro, then you
 can annihilate them with a Shame.  If you dishonor and kill someone,
 they lose even more honor.
 
 Lion, Mantis, Monk, Phoenix, and Toturi's Army are the ones that can use
 Kuro Sensei. Lion, Monk, and Phoenix don't like to drop below 0 honor. 
 Honorable Toturi doesn't either, because then Seppun Nakao goes
 traitor.  Corrupt Toturi doesn't stand a chance against a deck with a
 smattering of dishonor in it.  At worst, they seppuku, and that's one
 less personality you have to worry about. >>

If youre facing anything like my toturi's deck, or kitsu tombs deck, you'll 
never have the time to draw the shames, most games last six rounds with
those 
decks.  And if you do, i sepuku, or use the favor, in the lion deck i can 
usualy get a winds truth.  The only true problem i face with lion is a true 
scorpion dishonor deck.  ::Bow:: but even with the scorpion alliance, the 
dragon just doesnt have what it takes to make it truly tournament viable  
strategy, unless they want to start playing HDM-unfrindly cards like Peckle 
Bombs and Dark Lords Favor.

Also consider this, in most tournaments you can lose a game and still get to

the final four, top eight what have you.  All's A toturi army player, or
lion 
speed does if they lose against you, is watch the dishonor deck get trampled

by a shadowlands deck.  (it happened in the first round of the Atlanta
Kotei, 
it was brutal) and then move on against other military decks.  What is
brutal 
is the scorpion horde decks.  Anyone have some cool ideas?  Ive started 
building mine with Dying Efforts, call to arms, inner fires and what not  
anysuggestions? >>

Try the THC. In my area i've been accused of cheating so many times because 
the old L5R players don't believe I can be that fast. So I always say lets 
call a judge. I have taken 2nd in the four last tournaments and I only lose 
in the final round usually due to an early failed attack. Senai has been a 
god send my deck has yet to lose. Hantai sensei isn't much of a problem to 
get around because no one plays him except for me.