THE IMMORTALS
by Tom Kassel
Submitted by Gregor Torrence

4  Back for Seconds
4  Chinese Doctor
1  Dragon Adept
4  Everyday Hero
5  Friends of the Dragon 
4  Golden Comeback
2  House on the Hill
1  Jack Donovan
3  Kiii-YAAAH!          
1  Marisol              
1  Netherworld Vet      
2  The Golden Gunman    
1  The Prof             
1  Thunder on Thunder
2  Ting Ting            
2  Victory for the Underdog
1  Brain Fire           
1  Claws of Darkness   
5  Darkness Priestess      
2  Enchanted Sword     
4  Ice Diadem          
3  Ice Healer              
2  Mark of Fire         
1  Sibling Rivalry      
2  Soul Diver              
1  Thunder Sword       
3  Family Home
2  Monkey House              
5  Pocket Demon    
3  Proving Ground
3  Ring of Gates             
2  Sacred Ground 
1  Sacred Heart Hospital
3  Whirlpool of Blood        

= 82 cards

Analyses
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by TYPE
32  Characters
23  Event
17  Feng Shui
 2  Site
 8  State

by FACTION
38  Dragons
22  Monarchs
22  Neutral

by FOUNDATION
11  Dragons
 8  Monarchs

by RARITY
14  Very Common
48  Common
11  Uncommon
 9  Rare

by PERCENTAGE
23%  Foundation
21%  Feng Shui
 2%  Site
 2%  Chi
16%  Magic
 1%  Tech

Notes
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This is the deck that won Flashpoint London winning 4 out of 5 games
outright - all with at least 4 players.  The key theme is the
combination of the top Dragons with lots of healing (Chinese Doctor,
Ice Diadem, Ice Healer and Sacred Heart Hospital).  Back for Seconds
and the Prof can also be used for more healing during an attack.

The deck has two Ting Tings and two Golden Gunmen but is otherwise a
fairly cheap deck to build.  These two characters are also a bit too
popular and playing them risks Uniqueness auctions.  Tom nominated
Jack Donovan as his MVP and he is much safer in this respect.  The
combination of his 8 Fighting, Guts and lots of healing can make him
very hard to stop.

Tom only added Let's Book from the Flashpoint preview draft but didn't
get a chance to play it.  Johnny Badhair is now a good alternative to
Jack Donovan, being even easier to resurrect.

Tom used to play a similar deck with Architects instead of the
Monarchs, using Cellular Re-invigoration in place of the Ice Diadem.
He became tired of having his Architect events Brain Fired and so
decided to switch to the Monarchs for this tournament.

Tom came to the UK from Chicago in 1972 but still has a distinctive
deep drawl.  He looks somewhat like Jack Donovan, as pictured by Liz
Danforth - well-built and bearded with a touch of grey.  Unusually for
players here, he likes to smoke foul cheroots (but don't tell his
wife!) - hence his subtitle "Smoking Man".  His play style is what
might called Snapping Turtle - conservative at the outset but swift to
seize an advantage.  He is indeed a worthy champion.