One Shot, One kill... SERE Leo Strikes Again!

Hello Everyone,

This is a modification/continuation of a deck I was building a ways back trying to take advantage of Leo Anderson's amazing card pool to mitigate his bad Agility with Cat Burglar. This then could take advantage of Marksmanship and Telescopic Sight (not in this deck) to do damage without being in danger.

What I found through testing is that you really don't need to be able to do damage at a distance most of the time, but instead in key moments and with maximum damage.

This led to some serious changes:

1st - The M1918 BAR is the most effective gun with Marksmanship because you test at at least 9 Combat score (with Leo Anderson) and do 6 damage, even to an Elite not at your location.

Dream scenario you could do 12 damage out of your M1918 BAR (loaded up by Contraband and two Marksmanships) and an additional 3 damage from Dynamite Blast in one turn, totaling 15 (16 or 17 with Vicious Blow) damage... without engaging a boss.. that is in an adjacent room...

2nd - Because that 15(17) damage scenario above is so unlikely, you want to put Marksmanship and Contraband under your Stick to the Plan. This almost guarantees you will at least get one big shot off with your M1918 BAR at distance and have plenty of ammo to spare.

This is critical to the deck's success - Eliminating a strong enemy in one action without risk can create a ton of tempo that can propel a team ahead of the encounter deck, allowing for an easy win and/or plenty of time for your clue collectors to clear clues for victory points. Because of this, Snipe actually has a home in this deck if continuing to upgrade to further guarantee your aim is true on the big shot.

3rd - Cat Burglar is not be the priority play unless you have Mitch Brown in your hand to mitigate Bought in Blood. Using Calling in Favors to swap Leo De Luca out for Cat Burglar in the midgame or when you know a lot of fighting is coming is the right way to go.

With that wall of text behind me... here is your standard operating procedure:

• Prioritize Leo De Luca and Machete early.

• Great early combo to find - Sleight of Hand + .45 Automatic (or M1918 BAR if you don't play taboo lists).

• Use Faustian Bargain as early as you can and then save the resources for later. You don't want to pull curse tokens when you are taking your Marksmanship shots and you will need the resources later for the M1918 BAR and Dynamite Blast depending on the situation.

• You are not a tanky guardian, so use Elusive and Cat Burglar to avoid taking damage and increase your movement speed.

• Don't waste your Marksmanship shots, but don't be stingy either. When you get a good feel for when to take the shot this deck becomes really strong.

And that's what I got - let me know what you think i.e. improvements and if you give it a test drive give me some feedback in the comments.

Cheers,

gudstuff