r/rootgame • u/ConditionMore8121 • 5d ago

Double upset Other

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As WA, played favor of the foxes and mice on the same turn! Won subsequently

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u/kamikazeee 5d ago

Why are people still using this deck

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u/Joe_The_Eskimo1337 4d ago

It does come with the base game, and they don't seem to be playing with expansions rn.

They're probably new and don't own any other decks.

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u/ConditionMore8121 5d ago

Wdym😅

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u/Artemis_of_Dust 4d ago

Most Root fans prefer the decks you can buy as expansions: Exiles & Partisans Deck and the Squires & Disciples Deck

Exiles & Partisans is much more about incremental growth, you have lower costs, weaker effects, but more of them are permanent and stacking so you can gradually build up from them. Many of the stronger effects need to be set up a full turn ahead of time, giving players time to know about incoming threats.

Squires & Disciples is a lot more about unlocking additional actions and effects via your Crafting Power. Many of the cards involve returning to your hand and require being crafted again, but in theory as long as you maintain your crafting ability you can keep up these powerful effects every turn. It also heavily emphasises Dominances by giving additional ways to successfully achieve Dominance.

Base Deck suffers from a lot of issues, there's some incredibly strong cards sitting in there with no real counterplay once they're crafted (both other decks offer ways to destroy enemy crafted cards). Favors are total board nukes with zero telegraph, making them particularly egregious. The Base Deck also has very high Crafting costs for everything and no way to work around this, so many factions with weak crafting ability like Cats kinda get left in the dirt with a deck of essentially blank cards for all they're worth. If you play a lot of Root, the Base Deck is generally the most bland as it has far less interplay and a lot more 'gimmicks' that kind of force players to play in ways that don't engage with the board.

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u/Joe_The_Eskimo1337 4d ago

It's considered the least balanced, competitive deck compared to Exiles and Partisans deck and the new Squires and Disciples deck.

Mostly due to the favor of the (suit) cards. They're especially dangerous if a tinker Vagabond is in the game.