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Snakes in a Deck! – Deck Strategy
by Gabe Covert

Snakes are classic monsters... Indiana Jones hated them, Ice Cube got attacked by one in the swamp and, of course, James Earl Jones morphs into one at the end of “Conan the Barbarian.” The Conan CCG has a few serpentine foes in the Core set, and the promo cards available in the first Tournament Kit improve their lot.

The Foe Deck is where this deck gets its inspiration. Packed with 3 copies of “Ghost Snake”, 3 copies of “Giant Serpent”, and a single copy of the unique “The God in the Bowl”, this deck contains every Serpent the core set has to throw at an opponent. 15 of the 25 foes are Minor, which is a fairly high ratio. You’ll want to feed your opponent and only feed them 1 minor foe at a time until you can draw into either a Foe Draw FULL of majors, forcing Conan to face one of your big baddies, or a Foe Draw with enough minors to play a Major.

“Conan the Champion” is the spearhead of the deck. He has an incredibly high prowess, so he’ll be doing a LOT of moves, especially with the less expensive moves in this deck. Carousing” and “Storytelling” each run at 3 copies to provide some health recovery, and “I am a Cimmerian!” also shows up three times to boost Conan’s prowess during combat, giving him a little extra push.

The deck is move-heavy, with full play sets of “Coiled Attack”, which Conan benefits from, as well as “Serpentine Strike”, an inexpensive move that doesn’t give Conan any added benefits, but will have your Giant Serpents pounding the opposing Conan even further into the ground. You’ll also find a good mix of low-cost, high-initiative moves that have great synergy with the copies “Atlantean Sword” in the deck.

“Atlantean Sword” and “Lost City of Xuchotl” will add to Conan’s damage output, and 3 copies of “Wineskin” give him that extra boost of Prowess before Pressing On.

If your opponent isn’t afraid of snakes, he soon will be after playing this deck… It’s m*****-f*****’ Snakes in a m*****-f*****’ Deck!

Snakes in a Deck!

Conan:
Conan, The Champion 1UR008 x1

Foe Deck  ( 25 Cards, 105 Total Renown )
Blood-Mad Panther 1VC159 x3
Ghost Snake 1F150 x3
Giant Serpent 1R185 x3
Khitan Bowman 1C168 x3
Khitan Peasant 1VC162 x3
Khitan Warlord 1R187 x1
Kushite War Chief 1U180 x1
Ravenous Wolf 1VC163 x3
The Crawler, Haunter of Darkness 1U183 x1
The God In The Bowl, Hypnotic Stygian 1R189 x1
Thoth Amon, Wizard of the Black Circle 1R191 x1
Zamoran Thug 1VC165 x2

Draw Deck ( 40 Cards )
Atlantean Sword 1R025 x3
Wineskin 1VC016 x3
Lost City of Xuchotl 1R027 x1
Carousing 1VC029 x3
I Am A Cimmerian! 1C037 x2
Storytelling 1C043 x3
Carve to the Breastbone 1C099 x2
Cimmerian Fury 1R131 x2
Coiled Attack TK003 x3
Desperate Lunge 1C103 x2
Headstrong Rush 1C105 x3
Lightning Slash 1VC093 x3
Menacing Advance 1C110 x2
Quick Leap 1U126 x3
Serpentine Strike TK001 x3
Spring From the Shadows 1R143 x2