Astrid- My PotM Deck

[ShadowDragon 0]

Ok, this is my Astrid deck, it got 10th place at the Path of the Master, 9th if you count diversity. This deck is solely off of Order, and in retrospect is missing a couple things, but I’m still happy with how it did regardless.

1x Astrid

2x Olcadan’s Mentoring 0/6 +0L
2x Valkynsverd 4/5 +3M Unique, Weapon
3x Reaver’s Axe 2/4 +2H Unique, Weapon
3x Assassination Arts 3/5 +2H Unique

4x Weak Slash 3/3 3L3 +0L Weapon
4x Pommel Smash 3/3 2H1 Stun:1, Weapon
4x Chobi Jishi 4/3 3L4 +1H Weapon
4x Tyr’s Warding Smash 4/3 2H4 +1H Weapon
4x Astrid’s Wolf Strike 5/3 4M4 +1M Weapon

2x Hope for One’s People 0/5 +3H
4x Aquakinesis 1/5 +3H
4x Forethought 1/5 +1M
4x Envoy of the Queen 1/5 +3L Weapon
3x Makai High Noble 1/6 +1H
4x Relentless 2/4 Weapon
4x Resourceful 2/4 +3M Weapon
2x Familial Loyalty 2/5 +2M
3x Blooded but Unbowed 2/4
4x Blood Runs True 2/5 +1H
4x Lord of the Makai 2/6 +1M
4x Paying Respect to Your Ancestors 3/5

Side:
2x Olcadan's Mentoring
2x Distractable
2x Amy's Assistance
2x Cutting Edge

37 Weapons, 10 Assets, 20 Attacks, 42 Foundations, 0 Actions, 73 cards in total. Not your usual deck. This started out as basically an Astrid theme deck based off of Fire, but after a couple games I felt that I didn’t have enough defense, or blocks, since I was running Ruthless, Shield Breaker, Backhanded Axe Slash and so on.

Switching to Order gave me BRT to push my attacks through, Forethought for spammage and a nice block (and occasionally a hack), Aqua for draw power, and LotM for its stats and quick momentum generation for whenever I played Wolf Strike as a Reversal or was going to respond with Resourceful. LotM also made great Owlface bait, since I didn’t use it that much and people often targeted that first. It gave me AA to stay alive in the face of pumped attacks and multiple copies, and Chobi to get back some vitality.

I didn’t run Odin’s at all, because it isn’t necessary. For the 2-5 foundations I have to commit to make a single Odin’s pass (barring desperation), I could throw out several cheap attacks and pay for Astrid’s E a couple times. Plus, Odin’s can be hit with Bitter Rivals, which is something I wanted to avoid happening a lot in this deck. I considered running Lunar Slash, but decided against it because it can be hit with Bitter Rivals, its 6df and its 1cc. The last thing I want to do with trying to throw out 3-5 attacks a turn is hit a 1cc. I’ll probably experiment with it in casual games though... I also didn’t run Tag Along or Holding Ground, and that was simply because I didn’t have any on me the day of the tournament (forgot them in the hotel, go me >_> ). I’ll probably see if I can fit in a couple Tag Along, simply because I tend to check my Pommels more often than I draw them and I need them to tell Chun-Li among other things to shut up.

Anyways, any thoughts or comments would be appreciated. Thanks!

~Dani
 

[Ryken2 0]

I love this deck as is. Kicked my ass first round twice. Ow.

Felicia is still Astrid's *****.

[Eithinis 0]

I absolutely love it, im running a similar build in mine now, and Fire Shadow is one thing i'd suggest maybe looking at, as it's another 3/3 attack, 3L3, with a great block, and it isn't bitterable. (+0H block).

 

My build is still off fire, mostly for the ability to run bitter, and I really like personal style for astrid.

 

I'm totally in love with astrid

[ShadowDragon 0]

I completely spaced on Personal Style... probably b/c it wouldn't have worked that much in my original Fire build, and I have no idea where mine are at the moment >_> I'll have to find those... and maybe that Hilde Foundation that gives you a damage bonus for having an asset out and a Desperation E that would probably do a lot in this deck. I did consider Fire Shadow, but I went with Weak Slash instead since I already have a crapton of High blocks (and I can bait out their Low blocks with Chobi and then pump Weak Slash).