Thanks to Genzoman for the art.
Sinbad and Porter
by Restoration Games (Rob Daviau and Justin Jacobson)
So this is my favorite kind of deck, the build-over-time attack that Tim Wutke uses in his Zuko & Iro deck for Avatar the Last Airbender, and that I tried to get going in a Kit Fisto deck. Sinbad, with his 17 talent cards, does it better than any of them, plus he gets the bonus to his movement. I value movement and therefore find Sinbad’s ability to start moving 4, 5 and 6 per turn to be a bit ridiculous.
Sinbad
15 HP
Melee
Porter
6 HP
Melee
Move: 2
Special Ability: When you maneuver, you may move your fighters +1 space for each VOYAGE card in your discard pile.
Sinbad – 13 cards
4x TOIL AND DANGER
A3D3. AFTER COMBAT: Move Sinbad up to 3 spaces.
BOOST: 1
2x RICHES BEYOND COMPARE
Scheme
Draw 3 cards.
1x VOYAGE TO THE CREATURE WITH EYES LIKE COALS OF FIRE
A2. DURING COMBAT: This card’s value is +1 for each other VOYAGE card in your discard pile.
AFTER COMBAT: Your opponent discards 1 random card.
1x VOYAGE TO THE ISLAND THAT WAS A WHALE
A2. DURING COMBAT: This card’s value is +1 for each other VOYAGE card in your discard pile.
AFTER COMBAT: Sinbad recovers 2 health.
1x VOYAGE TO THE CITY OF THE KING OF SERENDIB
A2. DURING COMBAT: This card’s value is +1 for each other VOYAGE card in your discard pile.
AFTER COMBAT: Draw 1 card.
1x VOYAGE TO THE VALLEY OF THE GIANT SNAKES
A2. DURING COMBAT: This card’s value is +1 for each other VOYAGE card in your discard pile.
AFTER COMBAT: Look at your opponent’s hand.
1x VOYAGE TO THE CITY OF THE MAN-EATING APES
A2. DURING COMBAT: This card’s value is +1 for each other VOYAGE card in your discard pile.
AFTER COMBAT: Deal 2 damage to the opposing fighter.
1x VOYAGE TO THE CANNIBALS WITH THE ROOT OF MADNESS
A2. DURING COMBAT: This card’s value is +1 for each other VOYAGE card in your discard pile.
AFTER COMBAT: You may move Sinbad up to 2 spaces.
1x VOYAGE HOME
A2. DURING COMBAT: This card’s value is +1 for each other VOYAGE card in your discard pile.
AFTER COMBAT: Your opponent discards 1 random card.
AFTER COMBAT: Take all other VOYAGE cards from your discard pile and add them to your hand.
BOOST: 1
Porter – 3 cards
3x BY FORTUNATE AND FATE
A3. AFTER COMBAT: Draw 2 cards.
BOOST: 1
Any – 1 card
1x COMMANDING IMPACT
A5. AFTER COMBAT: Draw 1 card.
Basic – 13 cards
3x FEINT
A/A 2. IMMEDIATELY: Cancel all effects on your opponent’s card.
BOOST: 2
3x REGROUP
A/A 1. AFTER COMBAT: Draw 1 card. If you won the combat, draw 2 cards instead.
BOOST: 2
3x MOMENTOUS SHIFT
A/A 3. DURING COMBAT: If your fighter started this turn in a different space, this card’s value is 5 instead.
BOOST: 1
2x EXPLOIT
A/A 4. AFTER COMBAT: Draw 1 card.
BOOST: 1
2x LEAP AWAY
A/A 4. AFTER COMBAT: If you won the combat, choose on of the fighters in the combat and move them up to 4 spaces.
BOOST: 1
Notes:
– Sinbad’s VOYAGE cards don’t have a BOOST value. Why would you ever use them as a BOOST anyways?
– EXPLOIT definitely looks like a card that anyone could use as part of their basic deck.
– LEAP AWAY is essentially a stronger form of SKIRMISH. It doesn’t seem you’d have both cards. I wouldn’t give it to just anyone.
Got the BoL set in the mail today!
Sinbad seems to be the best designed and most effective deck in this set. He is the King of the Comeback, and I’ve used the hand limit of 7 with Riches Beyond Compare to get rid of 2 Voyages I didn’t need just to get stronger faster.
Sinbad is my fave! I love the “attack increases in strength as you use it” mechanic that Tim Wutke employs in his Zuko & Iroh deck, but it’s done better with Sinbad since it can utilize more cards.
So, I don’t know why I only just now noticed this: Sinbad and Arthur both have Feint and Regroup cards that are only a boost value of 1 in my copy. Is this the same in your copy or am I just the victim of an unlucky printing error?
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2. Hey yeah, you’re right about Arthur and Sinbad and the Feint and Regroup cards. I don’t know why they’d be different than the others, but they are. For Arthur, maybe they wanted to limit how easily he could BOOST his attacks. For Sinbad, though, I don’t get it at all.