The White Harbor Times: Dominance—The Fourth Challenge

by Lauren Fitch Hi everybody, and welcome to another installment of The White Harbor Times. This week we’ll be talking about something near and dear to my heart: House Baratheon! Specifically, we’ll be looking at the new dominance-focused cards in …

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The Seer and the Snake, Part 3

Hi everyone, I’m Steven Cantrell and I play Thrones in the Atlanta, Georgia area. After reading The Seer and the Snake Parts 1 and 2, I built my own variation of the deck, and despite not having played Baratheon much since Worlds, I enjoyed the deck enough to run it through the rigors of a Store Championship tournament.

And I’m Alex, I’ll be interjecting periodically (in italics to distinguish myself from Steven) because I’m editing this report and can’t help myself. Also, I want to continue The Snake and the Seer article with Steven’s Top 4 performance. Let’s continue looking at our iterative process for deck building and begin another round.

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The Seer and the Snake, Part 1

Hello! My name is OKTarg, and I’m an AGoT vagabond. I’ve recently transplanted into a whole new region of the world, leaving behind my meta (Team Covenant in Tulsa, OK) and striking out into the brave new environment of the Bay Area. When I’m not playing AGoT, which is most of the time, I work two jobs, work on my PhD research, and take care of my four little boys. So…. I’m busy. That means when it’s tournament time, there’s not any spare minutes to waste in gearing up for the destruction of my opponents. That’s why I wanted to pop back onto the internet and share with you a bit about my pre-tournament preparation and deck testing process. Maybe I can help you microwave a bit of success as well. I’d like to thank JCWamma for the great idea that exploring the process of refining a deck can be as interesting as envisioning it, so this article will be in that vein: How do I envision a tournament deck and then tweak and craft it so that it can actually do work in a competitive environment?

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