# Ultimate Evil

by Alex Wargacki
April 4, 1997

1 Banish
1 Big Brother Tsien
2 Destroyer
2 Evil Twin
1 Infernal Temple
2 Purist Sorcerer
1 Shifting Loyalties
5 Sinister Priest
2 Thing with 1000 Tongues
3 Tortured Memories
1 Vassals of the Lotus
1 Avenging Thunder
2 Blanket of Darkness
2 Brain Fire
5 Darkness Priestess
2 Fire Assassin
1 Ice Courtier
1 Ice Healer
2 Queen of the Ice Pagoda
2 Alchemist's Lair (Magic)
1 Birdhouse Cafe
1 Discerning Fire
4 Fortress of Shadow
1 Fox Pass
2 Larcenous Mist
2 Monkey House
5 Pocket Demon
5 Proving Ground
2 Shattering Fire
1 The Rackets
= 63 cards

## Stats:

BY TYPE
26 Characters
3 Edges
18 Events
13 Feng Shui Sites
3 Sites
BY COST
10 0 cost
15 1 cost
13 2 cost
5 3 cost
2 4 cost
4 6 cost
14 variable cost
1.80 average cost (excluding variable)
BY FIGHTING
13 1 fighting
3 2 fighting
2 4 fighting
2 9 fighting
2 10 fighting
2.95 average fighting (by character)
1.03 average fighting (by card)
BY FOUNDATION
8 Eaters of Lotus
8 Monarchs
PERCENTAGES
25% Base resource
21% Feng Shui
5% Site
35% Magic
BY SET
30 Limited
26 Netherworld
7 Flashpoint
BY RARITY
6 Very Common
29 Common
16 Uncommon
12 Rare
BY FACTION
21 Eaters of Lotus
16 Monarchs
26 Neutral

## Notes:

This is the deck with which Alex won Flashpoint Finchley VIII. It is based on the classic Proving Ground/Pocket Demon combo for power generation and uses the big hitting Things, Queens and Twins to win. The Lotus faction provides plenty of denial to shut down the other players while the Monarchs provide good defensive cards to protect the big hitters. Tight, fast and very effective.
Alex is our youngest tournament winner. He is a descendant of the Prussian Junker aristocracy and this gives him a natural confidence which comes across as arrogance in his posts here. In the flesh, he is cheerful and inoffensive - his personality is a diplomatic asset not a liability. In the past, he has played only Architects and this made him a bit too predictable. Now that he is developing strong decks of this kind for the other factions, he will be a player to watch ...

Last modified: January 16, 1998.
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