Lowdown on Pentex

External Since: Jan 10, 2007 Posts: 870

So, I'm pretty convinced that Pentex Subversion is good
(Thank you Matt Morgan and the continent of Europe). But I
need some coaching on it's placement in decks, and when/how
to use it.

For instance, should PS go in every deck? Blood Brothers
Combat? Enkidu combat? Guruhi ani/pre toolbox?
Pot/For/Dom? I mean really, every deck?

And in terms of usage, one thing that seems to always happen
is Pentex ends up in my hand (opening hand, gee thanks!).
And then I hold it and hold and hold it, waiting for the
"correct moment". That clogs my hand, but you never want to
discard it unless you might contest with someone else
(defensive contesting of Pentex could be a whole other
paragraph/thread). Or, I never see the darn thing all game.
I guess card cyclers like Ashurs and Hearts and Dreams
could help with that, hmmm.

The other thing, it seems whenever I'm holding Pentex, my
prey and pred are playing weenies, where PS is well-nigh
useless.

Anyway, I would love to hear folks expound on the all-mighty
Pentex Subversion. I know it's a game winner, I just need
to wrap my mind around it.

best -

chris
(considering just dropping a copy into every deck I have
running right now to see how it will work for me)

External Since: Jul 14, 2009 Posts: 5

On Nov 24, 12:18�pm, librarian <aucti... DeleteThis @superfuncards.com> wrote:
> So, I'm pretty convinced that Pentex Subversion is good
> (Thank you Matt Morgan and the continent of Europe). �But I
> need some coaching on it's placement in decks, and when/how
> to use it.
>
> For instance, should PS go in every deck? �Blood Brothers
> Combat? �Enkidu combat? �Guruhi ani/pre toolbox?
> Pot/For/Dom? �I mean really, every deck?
>
> And in terms of usage, one thing that seems to always happen
> is Pentex ends up in my hand (opening hand, gee thanks!).
> And then I hold it and hold and hold it, waiting for the
> "correct moment". �That clogs my hand, but you never want to
> discard it unless you might contest with someone else
> (defensive contesting of Pentex could be a whole other
> paragraph/thread). �Or, I never see the darn thing all game.
> � I guess card cyclers like Ashurs and Hearts and Dreams
> could help with that, hmmm.
>
> The other thing, it seems whenever I'm holding Pentex, my
> prey and pred are playing weenies, where PS is well-nigh
> useless.
>
> Anyway, I would love to hear folks expound on the all-mighty
> Pentex Subversion. �I know it's a game winner, I just need
> to wrap my mind around it.
>
> best -
>
> chris
> (considering just dropping a copy into every deck I have
> running right now to see how it will work for me)

Maybe every deck. I was just looking through the TWDA checking on the
usage of Pentex (*), and in the last 20 decks, there are 24 copies of
Pentex Subversion. 8 decks didn't have it, many others had multiple
copies. It seems like you might have the best luck running multiple
copies, so you don't have to worry about discarding it if it seems
like the wrong time. Often the decks running it also have one or more
copies of Anarch Troublemaker AND one or more copies of Misdirection

You can always use it to destroy someone who (foolishly) plays a
rockstar deck, or to powerbleed.

-Dave Clooney

* - Looking, because I hate Pentex, and wanted to see if it really had
become a "Must Play" card, as TTC claims -
http://ttcmaster.blogspot.com/2009/04/mercy-for-weak.html [I thought
must play cards were bad for the game..]

- Pentex subversion: the must-play card, present in a lot of modern
Jyhad decks. This card presents the advantage of not being restricted.
This is a master so cannot be blocked. This is possible to break it
but combat decks do not have so many friends. Also, playing pentex
subversion is strong because it can handle many different type of
decks at the same time. What does Pentex manage best:
star vampire combat (Una, count germaine, Enkidu, Beast...)
What does Pentex does not help against? weenie combat