Pheromones Khan

Millennium 104

Just derez or bounce everything

6 comments
7 Sep 2016 FarCryFromHuman

Needs more Bhagat! Probably impossible but would be bonkers good here.

7 Sep 2016 Millennium

It would be nice, but can't find any influence for it :(

could be includes also: stimhack, vamp tbh

7 Sep 2016 FarCryFromHuman

-1 SMC, -1 Gordian Blade, +1 ZU.13 Key Master would get you there. You've got 3x Pheromones and 3x Special Order so the SMC likely isn't necessary.

Stimhack would be pretty great with your big breakers and Khan's ability, but I think that might be a different deck.

I would also absolutely go up to 3x Temüjin Contract. That card is your best earner outside maybe Desperado.

7 Sep 2016 Millennium

maybe -1 Daily Cast for +1 Temüjin Contract would make sense.

For the others changes keep in mind that smc is the only card able to fetch or install Pheromones in this deck, but could be good to swap Gordian Blade for Zu.Key to gain son influence

7 Sep 2016 FarCryFromHuman

Right, but you don't need four shots at Pheromones in a 40 card deck; that's 10% of your deck devoted to a single, narrow card. Just having three copies is enough IMO. Your odds of getting a Pheromones in your opening hand are 30% with no SMC, and about 36% with the SMC. If you don't get one in your opening hand, your odds of seeing one soon climb absurdly fast (40 card decks are great). Essentially you are spending a card slot, a quarter of your influence, and 2 for a 6% increase in chance of seeing Pheromones in your opening hand; a card that helps your deck play well but doesn't directly contribute to winning.

A card like Bhagat will give you free (or nearly free) accesses, which can be pretty directly mapped to increasing your odds of winning, not just increasing your efficiency. This is how I see it at least.

7 Sep 2016 Millennium

This actually make a lot of sense, so yeah, I agree on:

-1 Daily Casts

-1 Gordian Blade

-1 Self-modifying Code

+1 Temüjin Contract

+1 Bhagat

+1 ZU.13 Key Master