TWD: Unlicensed Taxi Cab, Denver CO (8 Nov 2019)

Sorry for the delay -- here is my TWD from the first event of the recent Denver VTES weekend. This is just a modified version of a TWD of mine that you can find from earlier this year. I have every intention of winning more tourneys with Emerald Legionnaires until they get nerfed. Enjoy!

Deck Name: Mina Grotius Hybrid Legionnaire...Again — Winner: Unlicensed Taxi Cab, 11 Players, Denver, 8-Nov-2019
Author: Bill Troxel
Description: Updated version of previous Hybrid Legionnaire TWD

Crypt: 12 cards
1x Lia Milliner 3 dom nec Giovanni:3
4x Mina Grotius 6 cel FOR NEC Harbinger of Skulls:3
2x Nicomedes 5 aus for nec vic Harbinger of Skulls:4
1x Nunzio Giovanni 3 nec pot Giovanni:4
4x Thomasso Ghiberti 4 pot NEC Giovanni:4

Library: 90 cards

Master: 20 cards
1x Direct Intervention
6x Jake Washington
9x Liquidation
2x Pentex(TM) Subversion
2x Wider View

Event: 5 cards
2x FBI Special Affairs Division
3x Unmasking, The

Action Modifier: 14 cards
7x Call of the Hungry Dead
3x Freak Drive
3x Shroud Mastery
1x Trochomancy

Political Action: 1 cards
1x Autarkis Persecution

Combat: 3 cards
3x Target Vitals

Ally: 41 cards
2x Carlton Van Wyk
14x Draeven Softfoot
10x Emerald Legionnaire
2x Ossian
10x Shambling Hordes
3x Tye Cooper

Reaction: 6 cards
3x Delaying Tactics
2x Funeral Wake
1x On the Qui Vive

Forgot to mention country of tournament, per template: USA

Bill,

How did you feel about Funeral Wake? Good, bad, never mattered?

I've never considered it for decks that plan on having an army of allies out, but it kinda does untap a pair of legionnaires, so seems promising.

It only really mattered insofar as having one in hand emboldened me to tap out my allies completely. Also untaps Shambling Hordes, which doesn't suck.

Killiam wrote:

It only really mattered insofar as having one in hand emboldened me to tap out my allies completely. Also untaps Shambling Hordes, which doesn't suck.

I've found that Shambling Hordes really love it. If FBI is in play, it can be worth losing a Legionnaire as well (especially if you have the ash heap left to immediately recycle it.

I also have only splashed the card, but the unexpected power of two unlocked allies from nowhere only needs to happen once to give them pause for the rest of the game.