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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Wolf Rising: The Winterfell Kennel Master

Travis Pinter (14Shirt) is that one guy you’ve seen at tournaments but did not realize was him. He has been an AGOT player since 2012, is a wolf at heart, and always tries to keep his sense of humor even while in the throes of a humiliating defeat. 

Every now and then in this illustrious game we all love, a card is introduced into the pool that sort-of sneaks past the numerous podcast pundits and the community at large, and ends up making a rather large impact on either the way a particular faction functions, or even the meta-game as a whole. Those of us who’ve been around long enough should know better. We’ve got over 2,000  first edition cards in our attics and myriad battle scars to prove it. But every once in a while . . . some tricky little card slips through the collective community and then just, well . . . kicks some serious ass.

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