[s_ramme]

Hi Guys,

I made this deck because I wanted to try something new with the Borg. One of my favorite decks is my 80+ cards Borg solver, but I've never tried playing Borg Assimilation (well, aside from one casual game against Peter Møller) and I've never build a small(ish) Borg deck. This deck is both.

I played it at this tournament. Overall I'm satisfied with it's performance (I hadn't play-testet it prior to this tournament), although Flaw in the Plan really screwed me over against Will (Tournament report).

Deck notes: I dont know why I don't have a copy of each of the rituals in there. I'll probably add those. Also, I want to add a copy of Regeneration Alcoves. Otherwise, I'd like to cut it just a bit down in size. Perhaps to 40 cards.

Any comments on the deck are appreciated.

/Soren

[jakob]

I really love that deck.

- but maybe you should cut it down to 44, by taking out those two tactical drones,- so I can borrow them

jakob

[s_ramme]

A few additional notes: One of the reasons why I want this deck as slim as possible (I'm sure mos of you are well aware of this, but for those who aren't) is that as soon as you've emptied your draw deck, you can get any card from your discard pile and back into your deck using Three of Nine. For this reason I also want to add Seven of Nine, Part of the Greater Whole. With Seven and 3of9 in play (and no draw deck left) you can attempt a mission play you KandE from hand. If you complete you can use 3of9 to return all your KandE's from the discard pile to your deck and use Seven to return a drone to the bottom of your deck to draw your KandE's again and go attempt the next mission. Assuming you have the bonus points for it, you can play KandE 6 times on one turn this way.

/Soren

[ZodoJats]

You can do that with 2of9 too, allowing you to free up Seven to protect your K&Es. But either way works.

[s_ramme]

...Seven to protect your K&Es.

She'd definitely be good in there too and yeah 2of9 works for drawing too.

[Triumph]

Given the small size and your ability to download or get stuff back, could you do without a copy of Surprise Party, one of the ships (one of the cubes, maybe?), and a copy of Unrelenting? I don't know Borg super well so these could be horrifically ignorant suggestions ( ) but I thought I'd make them just in case.

[ZodoJats]

Given the small size and your ability to download or get stuff back, could you do without a copy of Surprise Party, one of the ships (one of the cubes, maybe?), and a copy of Unrelenting? I don't know Borg super well so these could be horrifically ignorant suggestions ( ) but I thought I'd make them just in case.

You could maybe get rid of a SP, but you want both cubes in there just in case, and really you'd want 10 Unrelenting's if you could.

[s_ramme]

Given the small size and your ability to download or get stuff back, could you do without a copy of Surprise Party, one of the ships (one of the cubes, maybe?), and a copy of Unrelenting? I don't know Borg super well so these could be horrifically ignorant suggestions ( ) but I thought I'd make them just in case.

You could maybe get rid of a SP, but you want both cubes in there just in case, and really you'd want 10 Unrelenting's if you could.

Hmm, I already thought I had removed the one SP, so yeah that one is going. Like Zodo said, I want to keep both cubes (you can discard it with Six of Ten anyway to get something else) and I definitely want to keep all three Unrelenting. When the assimilation is up and running I often play three on one turn.

Another thing; what do you guys think is the best way to go regarding dilemma pile? I didn't want to use a TT pile because there's no dilemma support in the deck and that makes it a bit hit or miss. I went with a random stop pile, to hold my opponent at his mission the longest possible while I assimilate his guys, with Secret Identity to make me choose a personnel to put in the discard pile and pick up when I complete Assimilate Resistance. I put three Not Quite Domesticated Pets in because they went well with the theme, but I'm going to remove them again as I don't have that many events in my core anyway.

Anyway, thanks for the input, guys!

/Soren

[Peukon]

I made this deck because I wanted to try something new with the Borg. One of my favorite decks is my 80+ cards Borg solver, but I've never tried playing Borg Assimilation (well, aside from one casual game against Peter Møller) and I've never build a small(ish) Borg deck. This deck is both.

Who are you and waht have you done with my good friend Søren?... I know you are an imposter becasue would never make a deck below 50 cards
Overall it looks pretty good though... I little like the small assimilation deck I tried to make (only better). The deck a little vulnerable to to event and interrupt counters, but there isn't much you can do about it in a small deck.

I do really like the idea of cycling cards back with Three of Nine. It looks pretty solid... and I fear facing in the near future

[TyKajada]

Beautifully designed Borg assimilation deck. I was always trying to build a small Borg deck but never dared to cut anything from my 80 card monsters that always give me a headache after two rounds...

I played this deck at my last tournament and actually won it with two wins and one close loss.

Only changes I made were.. I left out Surprise Party and added Two of Two and an Information Drone. I also switched one of the ships to the Sphere that adds attributes at Borg missions.



Next a small working Ferengi deck please

[s_ramme]

Beautifully designed Borg assimilation deck.

Thanks, Alex!

I played this deck at my last tournament and actually won it with two wins and one close loss.

Awesome!

Only changes I made were.. I left out Surprise Party and added Two of Two and an Information Drone. I also switched one of the ships to the Sphere that adds attributes at Borg missions.

Yeah, I've been moving a few cards in and out of the deck recently too. A lot of these tweaks depend on your meta. Sounds like you got it right. The latest version has only one SP and I'v added a Regeneration Alcoves instead. Also, I've added Seven of Nine, Prodigal Daughter for interrupt cancellation (damn you, Flaw in the Plan! ).

Next a small working Ferengi deck please

Well, I do like a challenge...

/Soren

[Foreman]

Also, I've added Seven of Nine, Prodigal Daughter for interrupt cancellation (damn you, Flaw in the Plan! ).

Um what does seven of nine have to do with flaw in the plan?

[BaronMorrath]

Also, I've added Seven of Nine, Prodigal Daughter for interrupt cancellation (damn you, Flaw in the Plan! ).

Um what does seven of nine have to do with flaw in the plan?

I'm going to assume someone used flaw in the plan to kill the people that had been asimilated. If he had 7 of 9 he could have prevented that.

[Maelwys]

I'm going to assume someone used flaw in the plan to kill the people that had been asimilated. If he had 7 of 9 he could have prevented that.

Umm... not really?

I guess if he was able to counter the FitP, except that somebody countered his counter, then 7/9 would win the counter-war (by blocking their interrupt from countering his interrupt from countering flaw in the plan). But she won't counter flaw in the plan by herself... she protects interrupts, she doesn't prevent them.

[BaronMorrath]

I'm going to assume someone used flaw in the plan to kill the people that had been asimilated. If he had 7 of 9 he could have prevented that.

Umm... not really?

I guess if he was able to counter the FitP, except that somebody countered his counter, then 7/9 would win the counter-war (by blocking their interrupt from countering his interrupt from countering flaw in the plan). But she won't counter flaw in the plan by herself... she protects interrupts, she doesn't prevent them.

oh wow... would you look at that... i sure have been thinking she did something else.