Burnt Toast

by Andrew Davidson
October 23, 1997

5 Abysmal Absorber
1 Chains of Bone
5 Claw of Fury
5 Cyclone of Knives
1 Ghost Assassin
5 Inauspicious Reburial
1 Infernal Temple
1 Registry of the Damned
4 Sinister Priest
1 Thing with 1000 Tongues
1 Tomb Spirit
5 Tortured Memories
2 Difficulty at the Beginning
5 Golden Candle Society
1 Orange Senshi Chamber
5 Positive Chi
5 Rigorous Discipline
1 Shattering Jade
1 Shield of Pure Soul
1 Wind on the Mountain
1 Xiaoyang Yun
1 Avenging Thunder
1 Blanket of Darkness
2 Brain Fire
5 Claws of Darkness
1 Darkness Pagoda
5 Darkness Priestess
1 Ice Courtier
5 Netherworld Return
3 Queen of the Darkness Pagoda
1 Spirit Pole
1 Discerning Fire
4 Family Home
3 Festival Circle
5 Fortress of Shadow
1 Fortune of the Turtle
1 Fox Pass
1 Garden of Bronze
1 Hands Without Shadow
1 Memory Reprocessing
1 Monkey House
1 Peacock Summit
2 Proving Ground
1 Secret Headquarters/Guiyu Zui
2 The Displaced
1 The Hungry
2 The Red Lantern Tavern/Hanging Coffins
1 Turtle Beach
3 Whirlwind Strike

Analysis

BY TYPE
34 Characters
5 Edges
39 Events
21 Feng Shui Sites
5 Sites
10 States
BY COST
20 0 cost
42 1 cost
15 2 cost
9 3 cost
1 4 cost
4 6 cost
23 variable cost
1.40 average cost (excluding variable)
BY FIGHTING
18 1 fighting
5 2 fighting
7 3 fighting
1 9 fighting
3 10 fighting
34 Total
2.59 average fighting (by character)
0.77 average fighting (by card)
BY FOUNDATION
10 Eaters of Lotus
5 Guiding Hand
5 Monarchs
PERCENTAGES
18% Base resource
18% Feng Shui
4% Site
4% Chi
14% Magic
BY SET
54 Limited
45 Netherworld
15 Flashpoint
BY RARITY
13 Very Common
46 Common
41 Uncommon
14 Rare (12%)
BY FACTION
35 Eaters of Lotus
22 Guiding Hand
25 Monarchs
32 Neutral

Notes

The concept here is to toast everything that the opposition puts out. It is intended for multi-player use and so is much larger and slower than one would use for a 2-player duel. It does contain 5 Cyclones though and these have the effect of making the deck smaller than it appears.
You can choose to use some of the toasting effects against your own smoked pile and then recycle big hitters like the Thing with Positive Chi or Netherworld Return - you get something good - the opposition gets little or nothing. Note that the much-maligned Tomb Spirit puts in an appearance for this reason.
The deck has not been especially successful and may need more tuning. It does have its moments though - my favourite is using Spirit Pole to play Whirlwind Strike on the Queen of Darkness before intercepting a wave of weenies...


Last modified: May 19, 1998.