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Mystics starters include a selected three-Rite package, recommended Rite order, and card choices that support that package.", "construction": { "minimumCards": 30, "maximumDeckbuildingValue": 60, "territoryCount": 3, "maximumArenas": 1, "uniqueCopyLimit": 1 }, "optimizationPolicy": { "primary": "competitive-strength", "secondary": "leader-expression", "tiebreaker": "title-diversity-and-starter-pool-coverage", "mysticsRiteOfEchoesPairException": false, "cardPoolCoverageQuota": false, "status": "active-for-v0.7.2-candidate", "predecessorAudit": "docs/Gauntlet_v0.6.3_Strong_Starter_Decks_Second_Pass_Audit.md", "predecessorFinalization": "docs/Gauntlet_v0.6.3_Starter_Deck_Finalization.md", "cardAdditions": "docs/v0.6.4-card-additions.json", "mysticsRitePackageSupport": true }, "decks": [ { "id": "military-general-forward-doctrine", "factionId": "military", "leaderId": "general", "name": "Forward Doctrine", "recommendedFirstLeader": true, "summary": "Offensive tempo, repeated attacks, 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"name": "Shock and Awe", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Supplies", "quantity": 2 }, { "name": "Unbroken Ranks", "quantity": 2 }, { "name": "War Witch", "quantity": 1 } ], "cardCount": 30, "deckbuildingValue": 60 }, { "id": "military-commandant-holdfast", "factionId": "military", "leaderId": "commandant", "name": "Holdfast", "recommendedFirstLeader": false, "summary": "Make controlled ground brutally difficult to take, convert defensive wins into retreat distance and counterattack pressure, and create prepared retreat traps.", "strategy": "Make controlled ground brutally difficult to take, convert defensive wins into retreat distance and counterattack pressure, and create prepared retreat traps.", "signatureCards": [ "Landslide", "Court Martial", "Hold the Line", "Resistance" ], "territories": [ "Garrison", "Training Grounds", "High Ground" ], "cards": [ { "name": "Contingency Plan", "quantity": 2 }, { "name": "Countercharge", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Counterintelligence", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Court Martial", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Encampment", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Entrenchment", "quantity": 2 }, { "name": "Fealty", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Field Command", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Foothold", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Fortifications", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Hold the Line", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Landslide", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "New Recruits", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Palisade Wall", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Protracted Siege", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Rallying Cry", "quantity": 2 }, { "name": "Rearguard", "quantity": 2 }, { "name": "Reserve Force", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Resistance", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Second Line", "quantity": 2 }, { "name": "Stand Ground", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Supplies", "quantity": 2 }, { "name": "Unbroken Ranks", "quantity": 2 } ], "cardCount": 30, "deckbuildingValue": 60 }, { "id": "diplomats-ambassador-open-channels", "factionId": "diplomats", "leaderId": "ambassador", "name": "Open Channels", "recommendedFirstLeader": true, "summary": "Make acceptance attractive, ratify six different Proposals quickly, draw from Good Offices, and retain enough combat leverage that refusal is dangerous.", "strategy": "Make acceptance attractive, ratify six different Proposals quickly, draw from Good Offices, and retain enough combat leverage that refusal is dangerous.", "signatureCards": [ "Trade Concessions", "Good Faith", "Détente", "Sanctions: Censure" ], "territories": [ "Refuge", "Supply Depot", "Command Tent" ], "cards": [ { "name": "Clemency", "quantity": 3 }, { "name": "Counterintelligence", "quantity": 2 }, { "name": "Demilitarized Zone", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Détente", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Diplomatic Divination", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Diplomatic Latitude", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Good Faith", "quantity": 2 }, { "name": "Gunboat Diplomacy", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Neutral Observers", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "New Recruits", "quantity": 2 }, { "name": "Nonbinding Resolution", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Rallying Cry", "quantity": 2 }, { "name": "Reinforcements", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Sabotage", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Safe Conduct", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Sanctions: Censure", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Second Line", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Stand Ground", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Supplies", "quantity": 2 }, { "name": "Tactical Planning", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Trade Concessions", "quantity": 3 } ], "cardCount": 30, "deckbuildingValue": 60 }, { "id": "diplomats-senator-procedure-endures", "factionId": "diplomats", "leaderId": "senator", "name": "Procedure Endures", "recommendedFirstLeader": false, "summary": "Risk substantial Stakes, preserve Influence through Political Capital and Safe Conduct, and make refusal create lasting institutional costs.", "strategy": "Risk substantial Stakes, preserve Influence through Political Capital and Safe Conduct, and make refusal create lasting institutional costs.", "signatureCards": [ "Sanctions: Blockade", "Sanctions: Embargo", "Safe Conduct", "Neutral Observers" ], "territories": [ "Refuge", "Garrison", "Fortified Pass" ], "cards": [ { "name": "Clemency", "quantity": 2 }, { "name": "Counterintelligence", "quantity": 2 }, { "name": "Decoys", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Détente", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Diplomatic Latitude", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Fealty", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Neutral Observers", "quantity": 3 }, { "name": "New Recruits", "quantity": 2 }, { "name": "Nonbinding Resolution", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Plenipotentiary", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Rallying Cry", "quantity": 2 }, { "name": "Sabotage", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Safe Conduct", "quantity": 2 }, { "name": "Sanctions: Blockade", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Sanctions: Censure", "quantity": 2 }, { "name": "Sanctions: Embargo", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Scouting Report", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Second Line", "quantity": 2 }, { "name": "Supplies", "quantity": 2 }, { "name": "Tactical Planning", "quantity": 1 } ], "cardCount": 30, "deckbuildingValue": 60 }, { "id": "financiers-banker-sound-investment", "factionId": "financiers", "leaderId": "banker", "name": "Sound Investment", "recommendedFirstLeader": false, "summary": "Build Treasury value, exploit Line of Credit, accelerate Deed purchases, and use Corner the Market to threaten Controlling Interest before ordinary Capital pacing would allow it.", "strategy": "Build Treasury value, exploit Line of Credit, accelerate Deed purchases, and use Corner the Market to threaten Controlling Interest before ordinary Capital pacing would allow it.", "signatureCards": [ "Corner the Market", "War Bonds", "Margin Loan", "Property Dues" ], "territories": [ "Supply Depot", "Ruined Storehouse", "Arena: Spoils of War" ], "cards": [ { "name": "Capital Gains", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Conscription", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Corner the Market", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Counterintelligence", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Divestment", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Fealty", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Leveraged Buyout", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Liquidation", "quantity": 3 }, { "name": "Margin Loan", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "New Recruits", "quantity": 3 }, { "name": "Property Dues", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Rallying Cry", "quantity": 3 }, { "name": "Second Line", "quantity": 3 }, { "name": "Speculation", "quantity": 3 }, { "name": "Supplies", "quantity": 3 }, { "name": "Tariffs", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Underwriting", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "War Bonds", "quantity": 1 } ], "cardCount": 30, "deckbuildingValue": 60 }, { "id": "financiers-executive-hostile-expansion", "factionId": "financiers", "leaderId": "executive", "name": "Hostile Expansion", "recommendedFirstLeader": true, "summary": "Win on enemy ground, immediately convert Occupation into Deed/control swings, and use finance cards as battle-linked acquisition tools rather than as a passive economy engine.", "strategy": "Win on enemy ground, immediately convert Occupation into Deed/control swings, and use finance cards as battle-linked acquisition tools rather than as a passive economy engine.", "signatureCards": [ "Corner the Market", "Leveraged Buyout", "Foreclosure", "Speculation" ], "territories": [ "Smuggler's Run", "King's Road", "Arena: No Quarter" ], "cards": [ { "name": "Advance Guard", "quantity": 2 }, { "name": "Capital Gains", "quantity": 3 }, { "name": "Corner the Market", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Counterintelligence", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Fealty", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Forced March", "quantity": 3 }, { "name": "Foreclosure", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Leveraged Buyout", "quantity": 2 }, { "name": "Liquidation", "quantity": 2 }, { "name": "Margin Loan", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "New Recruits", "quantity": 2 }, { "name": "Rallying Cry", "quantity": 2 }, { "name": "Reinforcements", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Second Line", "quantity": 2 }, { "name": "Speculation", "quantity": 3 }, { "name": "Supplies", "quantity": 2 }, { "name": "Tariffs", "quantity": 1 } ], "cardCount": 30, "deckbuildingValue": 60 }, { "id": "intelligence-ranger-field-operations", "factionId": "intelligence", "leaderId": "ranger", "name": "Field Operations", "recommendedFirstLeader": true, "summary": "Use Fieldcraft and card effects to operate asymmetrically on hostile terrain, preserve Intel for Surveillance/Interference, and complete field-oriented Missions while dismantling enemy commitments.", "strategy": "Use Fieldcraft and card effects to operate asymmetrically on hostile terrain, preserve Intel for Surveillance/Interference, and complete field-oriented Missions while dismantling enemy commitments.", "signatureCards": [ "Pathfinders", "Treason", "Spies", "Subversion" ], "territories": [ "Quicksand", "Difficult Terrain", "Poisonous Gas" ], "cards": [ { "name": "Advance Guard", "quantity": 2 }, { "name": "Assassins", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Counterintelligence", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Disinformation", "quantity": 3 }, { "name": "Disruption", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Exfiltration", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Fog of War", "quantity": 2 }, { "name": "Forced March", "quantity": 3 }, { "name": "Intercepted Orders", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "New Recruits", "quantity": 2 }, { "name": "Operational Reassessment", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Pathfinders", "quantity": 3 }, { "name": "Reconnaissance", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Sabotage", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Spectral Surveillance", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Spies", "quantity": 2 }, { "name": "Subversion", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Supplies", "quantity": 2 }, { "name": "Treason", "quantity": 1 } ], "cardCount": 30, "deckbuildingValue": 60 }, { "id": "intelligence-spymaster-mission-network", "factionId": "intelligence", "leaderId": "spymaster", "name": "Mission Network", "recommendedFirstLeader": false, "summary": "Keep a Mission active, complete Missions in sequence through Mission Control, recover completed Mission cards, and use Sleeper Network for a high-ceiling action burst.", "strategy": "Keep a Mission active, complete Missions in sequence through Mission Control, recover completed Mission cards, and use Sleeper Network for a high-ceiling action burst.", "signatureCards": [ "Sleeper Network", "Contraband", "Disinformation", "Extraordinary Rendition" ], "territories": [ "Refuge", "Ruined Storehouse", "Field Hospital" ], "cards": [ { "name": "Assassins", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Contraband", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Deep Cover", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Disinformation", "quantity": 3 }, { "name": "Exfiltration", "quantity": 3 }, { "name": "Extraordinary Rendition", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Fog of War", "quantity": 2 }, { "name": "New Recruits", "quantity": 3 }, { "name": "Rallying Cry", "quantity": 3 }, { "name": "Reconnaissance", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Scouting Report", "quantity": 2 }, { "name": "Second Line", "quantity": 2 }, { "name": "Sleeper Network", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Spies", "quantity": 2 }, { "name": "Subversion", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Supplies", "quantity": 2 }, { "name": "Tactical Planning", "quantity": 1 } ], "cardCount": 30, "deckbuildingValue": 60 }, { "id": "mystics-alchemist-first-principles", "factionId": "mystics", "leaderId": "alchemist", "name": "First Principles", "recommendedFirstLeader": false, "summary": "Deliberately move cards from Hand to Graveyard, turn the first sacrifice each turn into replacement card flow, and then reuse the Graveyard as a second tactical hand.", "strategy": "Deliberately move cards from Hand to Graveyard, turn the first sacrifice each turn into replacement card flow, and then reuse the Graveyard as a second tactical hand.", "signatureCards": [ "Necromancy", "Black Covenant", "Rend the Veil", "Witchcraft" ], "territories": [ "Poisonous Gas", "Old Battlefield", "Ruined Storehouse" ], "cards": [ { "name": "Arcane Knowledge", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Black Covenant", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Counterintelligence", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Dark Omens", "quantity": 3 }, { "name": "Fate's Toll", "quantity": 3 }, { "name": "Fealty", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Grave Ward", "quantity": 2 }, { "name": "Necromancy", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "New Recruits", "quantity": 2 }, { "name": "Rallying Cry", "quantity": 2 }, { "name": "Redemption", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Reembodiment", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Rend the Veil", "quantity": 2 }, { "name": "Scouting Report", "quantity": 2 }, { "name": "Second Line", "quantity": 2 }, { "name": "Soul for Soul", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Supplies", "quantity": 2 }, { "name": "Threefold Vision", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Witchcraft", "quantity": 1 } ], "cardCount": 30, "deckbuildingValue": 60, "selectedRites": [ "echoes", "blood", "equivalence" ], "recommendedRiteOrder": [ "equivalence", "echoes", "blood" ] }, { "id": "mystics-spirit-walker-unbroken-circle", "factionId": "mystics", "leaderId": "spirit-walker", "name": "Unbroken Circle", "recommendedFirstLeader": true, "summary": "Begin and preserve Rites, protect Ritual progress through defensive wins and high-value Arcane sacrifice, then survive long enough to initiate the required winning battle.", "strategy": "Begin and preserve Rites, protect Ritual progress through defensive wins and high-value Arcane sacrifice, then survive long enough to initiate the required winning battle.", "signatureCards": [ "Nature's Altar", "Circle of Bones", "Grave Ward", "Spirit Hollow" ], "territories": [ "Garrison", "Training Grounds", "High Ground" ], "cards": [ { "name": "Circle of Bones", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Counterintelligence", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Dark Omens", "quantity": 3 }, { "name": "Fate's Toll", "quantity": 2 }, { "name": "Fealty", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Grave Ward", "quantity": 2 }, { "name": "Nature's Altar", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "New Recruits", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Paths of Shadow", "quantity": 2 }, { "name": "Rallying Cry", "quantity": 2 }, { "name": "Redemption", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Rend the Veil", "quantity": 2 }, { "name": "Scouting Report", "quantity": 2 }, { "name": "Second Line", "quantity": 2 }, { "name": "Spirit Hollow", "quantity": 2 }, { "name": "Stand Ground", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Supplies", "quantity": 2 }, { "name": "Witchcraft", "quantity": 2 } ], "cardCount": 30, "deckbuildingValue": 60, "selectedRites": [ "crossing", "shattering", "consecration" ], "recommendedRiteOrder": [ "consecration", "shattering", "crossing" ] }, { "id": "inquisition-grand-inquisitor-final-judgment", "factionId": "inquisition", "leaderId": "grand-inquisitor", "name": "Final Judgment", "recommendedFirstLeader": true, "summary": "Win battles, turn those wins into discounted Final Judgment Purges, and accelerate opposing-card depletion toward Purification.", "strategy": "Win battles, turn those wins into discounted Final Judgment Purges, and accelerate opposing-card depletion toward Purification.", "signatureCards": [ "Attrition", "Act of Faith", "Hellfire", "Martyrdom" ], "territories": [ "Poisonous Gas", "Toll Bridge", "Arena: Grand Melee" ], "cards": [ { "name": "Accusation", "quantity": 3 }, { "name": "Act of Faith", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Anathema", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Attrition", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Burning at the Stake", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Counterintelligence", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Divine Mercy", "quantity": 3 }, { "name": "Excommunication", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Fealty", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Hellfire", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Martyrdom", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "New Recruits", "quantity": 3 }, { "name": "Penance", "quantity": 2 }, { "name": "Rallying Cry", "quantity": 3 }, { "name": "Scouting Report", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Second Line", "quantity": 3 }, { "name": "Supplies", "quantity": 2 }, { "name": "Tyranny", "quantity": 1 } ], "cardCount": 30, "deckbuildingValue": 60 }, { "id": "inquisition-witch-hunter-relentless-pursuit", "factionId": "inquisition", "leaderId": "witch-hunter", "name": "Relentless Pursuit", "recommendedFirstLeader": false, "summary": "Make attacks fail, convert the failed attack into Relentless Pursuit, and turn the opponent’s lost turn into immediate positional pressure.", "strategy": "Make attacks fail, convert the failed attack into Relentless Pursuit, and turn the opponent’s lost turn into immediate positional pressure.", "signatureCards": [ "Confession", "Court Martial", "Malleus Maleficarum", "Retribution" ], "territories": [ "Garrison", "Training Grounds", "High Ground" ], "cards": [ { "name": "Accusation", "quantity": 3 }, { "name": "Confession", "quantity": 3 }, { "name": "Contingency Plan", "quantity": 2 }, { "name": "Counterintelligence", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Court Martial", "quantity": 2 }, { "name": "Divine Mercy", "quantity": 2 }, { "name": "Fealty", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Hellfire", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Illegal Occupation", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Malleus Maleficarum", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Martyrdom", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "New Recruits", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Palisade Wall", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Penance", "quantity": 2 }, { "name": "Rallying Cry", "quantity": 2 }, { "name": "Resistance", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Retribution", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Scorched Earth", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Second Line", "quantity": 1 }, { "name": "Supplies", "quantity": 2 } ], "cardCount": 30, "deckbuildingValue": 60 } ], "approval": { "status": "approved-for-v0.7.2-candidate", "predecessor_pr": 573, "peace_treaty_pr": 736, "card_additions_pr": 765 }, "publication_unlocked": false, "release_version": "v0.7.2", "source_version": "v0.7.2", "source_authority": "/packages/game-data/current-game.json", "frozen_authority_set_id": "ab0125ae280accfb03d53bdadf5b6ae006f98aeab897e20a4b2269d89ed9eb84" }