Marion Takes a Gunbit

Ok, there's no real high profile, intellectual, crazy concept behind this deck. Just pure, unadulterated fun. And by fun I mean "shooting a gun a funload of times". Yeah, you opened a List, what did you expect? Carolyn?

So, Remington Model 1858 (from here on, The Gun) shoots fro free when it comes and when it goes. So we need to make it come and go as many times as we humanly can. Prepared for the Worst helps us finding and playing The Gun, Act of Desperation gets rid of it (while punching once more!), or simply playing another copy of The Gun (this arguably makes the fact that Marion only has one hand slot a benefit more than a deficit, which is also very cool). Pushed to the Limit lets you shoot The Gun from the discard pile while reshuffling it in our deck. All three of these cards can be nicely stuffed under Stick to the Plan, so there's your engine. Oh, Hand-Eye Coordination lets you shoot some more, so there's also that. You're very welcome.

Why did I choose Gambit for this Marion? Easy. Practice Makes Perfect is fast, lets you fish out a nice Overpower or Vicious Blow and triggers Marion's ability in a tight spot. Imagine this: you play The Gun, shoot as a reaction, play PMP, find Vicious, trigger Marion, draw, play Fang of Tyr'thrha, fight with base 7 (+), deal 4, fight with base 8 (+2+Vicious), deal another 3-4, possibly move wherever you want. This is your first action of the turn, you've just dealt 7-8 damage to one or two enemies wherever you want. You can shoot The Gun two more times. You're free. You're having fun. Life is good.

Other cards aim to make good econ and card draw(Madame Labranche, Emergency Cache), healing (Hallowed Mirror, Ready for Anything), finding enemies (Kicking the Hornet's Nest) and in general triggering Marion's ability with consistency (Improvised Weapon) and most importantly fast (Hunter's Mark, Hand-Eye Coordination).

A fun, simple, great deck. Straight as a line, a blast on your enemies, a joy to see it perform well. Let's talk some nuts numbers before saying goodbye, shall we?

Scenario: The Standoff

The Gun is in hand. You have Hand-Eye Coordination, Practice Makes Perfect, Fang of Tyr'thrha and Hunter's Mark in hand. Act of Desperation is either in hand or under Stick to the Plan.

You play The Gun. Before shooting, you play Hunter's Mark (not triggering Marion). Bang 1. You play Hand-Eye (again, don't trigger Marion). Bang 2. You shoot. Bang 3. You shoot (last bullet). You Play Practice, find Vicious, trigger Marion, play Act, discard The Gun, reaction shot. On the last attack you discard Hunter's Mark. Bang 4 and 5 + Act (also called, ButtBang, which sounds equally gross and fun).

Every Bang is at base 7, the last one is at 9. You deal a total of 15 damage over the course of one turn. You're probably ready to go again the turn after that. Do you feel it? It's a breath of fresh air. You're running in a field full of bullets. You're alive. Now go play, have fun, shoot things.

Take a Gunbit with Marion.