Monday, November 12, 2012

Oracle Think Tank Defeats the Crossride

I know very little about Oracle Think Tank but I do know that it is impossible for Silent Tom to threaten a 13k Vanguard without a trigger to boost it. Tsukuyomi doesn't hit 18k without a 7k boost behind it but Coco  can hit 18k with a 5k boost and 23k with a 10k boost.

You want to call Lulu behind Coco when you ride it to have a essentially free 18000 Line. To make further 18000 lines you could use 10k Grade 2 boosted by 8k grade 1. Oracle Think Tank have no big boosters aside from their 8k Vanilla. Meaning only a 10k or higher unit can ever hit high enough numbers. You still will run Silent Tom simply because he's Silent Tom.

The only way the deck can hit big numbers is running those 8k Grade 2's that gain 3k for certain conditions. All of which are Battle Sister's. Meaning the Battle Sister build has an easier time hitting 18k than the others due to the plethora of big Grade 2's and 3's. Tsukuyomi builds don't struggle either though because of the trigger stack the deck can always keep up.

Souffle and Nana when boosted by a 6k and a 7k respectively can hit 18k.

You have 2 Grade 2 Vanilla now which honestly doesn't help at all because you still only have 1 8k boost if you had another the deck would be perfectly fine.

Your Rearguards will have to focus more on sheer numbers than on effects and pressure to threaten 13k vanguards. While your Vanguard gets the Alfred treatment with any pullback Rearguard making you not need to call a unit behind the Vanguard. As long as that Vanguard can hit 13k. Meaning you want Sky Witch Nana in your Coco deck because it's a great Backup Vanguard when it comes to hitting 18k. Battle Sister Souffle also works very well because it only needs a 6k boost as a rearguard.

Against a 12k Vanguard or any Shamshiel deck though Oracle Think Tank can excel due to the ease of hitting 17k in OTT. Hitting 13k though requires good field set up and against DOTE's Kimnara's will be aimed solely at your good rearguards. Meaning you want Lines that don't require a 8k boost to hit 18k so else your opponent will just Kimnara or Tejas or Heat Nail all your boosts. You don't want any Grade 1's with less than 7k Power but you want all your Grade 2's sans Silent Tom to be able to hit 18k with a 7k boost. If your opponent misrides Silent Tom is your go to clean-up batter because after that you treat it like any 11k deck. The only threat at that point is their offensive options are about equal to your defensive options.

That's the best I can do with Think Tanks. There should be more ways for Think Tank to deal with Crossrides in set 9 along with them getting a Crossride anyway.


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