The Stone Stands

Starting Hand: Rand al'Thor II (Tear) High Lord Meilan Tear Lancers Into the Fight Characters: High Lord Weiramon High Lady Alteima High Lord Aracome High Lady Estanda High Lord Geuyam High Lord Torean Juilin Sandar Loial The Dragon Revealed Troops: Tear Levies x 3 Tear Spearman x 3 Tear Skirmishers x 3 Light Cavalry x 3 Catapults x 3 Challenges: Gather Allies x 2 Events: Lucky Find x 3 Fireball x 3 Distractions x 3 Connections x 2 Into the Fight x 2 Advantages: Momentum Saidin Angreal Tear Bodyguards x 2 Battle Hardened x 2

OVERVIEW This deck is fun. That's all there is too it... it's not complicated or sneaky, just fun. In the beginning, recruit High Lord Meilan using into the fight and Pattern if necessary. If unopposed, he will most likely win, either giving you dominance or replacing the token used to play him (if you used Pattern to recruit him). If you're only going to have one character in a challenge, he's the one to have. Next turn, recruiting Tear Lancers should be no problem. If you don't like the draw of your deck, no problem: use Alteima to shuffle it. Play Bodyguards and Battle-Hardened (different characters makes the most sense!) to ensure that your characters will get to roll their dice at that crucial moment. Anyway, once you get Tear on the table, you have a few different options, depending on your opponent. If he has no Tear forces, he cannot oppose you in the challenge for Tear. Did you get that? This applies to all Nation Contested Advantages (Rulebook, pp. 14), and almost guarantees you Tear once its out (giving you AUTOMATIC DOMINANCE). But what about the Pattern? Use Momentum to give you your necessary two support each turn when you win the Pattern. So, if you win the Pattern, you win Tear (if you declared it as your challenge!), and never have to send your forces into that Challenge. Once you get Tear, you'll keep it due to the addition of one token per turn to its controller. Of course, if your opponent has the Tear allegiance, you'll have to fight for it, but what's new about that? Loial and Connections speed up your card drawing, Juilin can reduce your opponent's card-killing ability a bit, and Thom constantly threatens your opponents cards, keeping him off-balance and hasty each time he draws a good card. Tear Skirmishers can slip into a challenge, do their stuff, and duck out (making them untouchable) if they roll a Troop symbol. Nothing is overly strong or domineering about this deck, but it should prove to be an enjoyable edition to your collection. Total: 50 cards; 4 Opening hand, 46 deck.