Greetings, A Game of Thrones fans! Today, we present our final LCG Days winner’s commentary. Greg Atkinson was the A Game of Thrones: The Card Game Overall Regional Champion. Here are Greg’s thoughts on his decks and the tournament!

My Melee Deck House: Lannister Agenda: The White Book Restricted: Pyromancer's Cache

My Joust Deck House: Martell Agenda: City of Shadows Restricted: Venomous Blade

Plots:  Alliance Summoning Season At the Gates Building Season Snowed Under A Time for Ravens Spending the Winter Stores Maester Aemon (Core) x1  Samwell Tarly x1 Lady Stoneheart x1 Tommen Baratheon x1 Beric Dondarrion x3 Tyrion Lannister ( City of Secrets ) x1 Grand Master Pycelle (Core) x1 Lannisport Steward x3 The Mad Huntsman x2 Qyburn Lannisport Weaponsmith x3 Old Nan x1 Anguy the Archer x3 Leyton Hightower x1 Daven Lannister x1 Varys ( Secrets and Spies ) x1 Ser Arys Oakheart x1 Thoros of Myr x1 Carrion Bird x3 Dissension x2 Ill Tidings x2 Kingdom of Shadows x3 Golden Tooth Mines x3 Abandoned Fort x1 Lion's Gate x3 The Citadel of Oldtown x1 Queen Cersei's Chambers x1 The Goldroad x3 Apprentice Collar x3 Horn of Dragons x3 Copper Link x3 Pyromancer's Cache x2 Devious Intentions x2 Head of a Dwarf x2

Plots:  City of Soldiers City of Sin City of Lies Valar Dohaeris Valar Morghulis At the Gates Loyalty Money Can Buy Kingdom of Shadows x3 Black Cells x3 Summer Sea x3 Water Garden x3 River Row x1 Lord Doran's Chambers x1 Twilight Market x1 Dornish Fiefdoms x1 Alchemist's Guild Hall x1 King's Landing x2 Venomous Blade x3 The Prince's Wrath x3 Burning on the Sand x3 Aerys Oakheart x1 Varys ( Secrets and Spies ) x1 He Calls it Thinking x2 A Game of Cyvasse x2 Lost Spearman x3 Orphan of the Greenblood x3 Carrion Bird x3 Dornish Paramour x3 Ellaria Sand x2 House Messenger x2 The Viper's Bannermen x2 Arianne Martell x1 Red Viper ( Princes of the Sun ) x1 Southron Mercenaries x1 Tyrion Lannister ( City of Secrets ) x1 Pyromancer's Apprentice x1 Grand Maester Pycelle (Core) x1 Syrio Forel x1 Bastard of Godsgrace x1 Qyburn x1 Maester Aemon (Core) x1 Darkstar x1

Minnesota has twice before been the site of a regional victory for me, however, this one came in a slightly different fashion. 

The Melee

For the Melee portion of the event, I played Lannister White Book. My deck was a Brotherhood Trait manipulation deck that used infamy to keep power off my house. The Agenda was another option to keep power off of my house as I was only running one Kingsguard character. Old Nan, Lion's Gate, Copper Link, Carrion Bird, Horn of Dragons, Dissension and Abandoned Fort created a ton of fun and didn't require that I win any challenges to control the board.

I went 3-0 in my three swiss Melee games, although all the games were close. Having an unkillable Beric Dondarrion really helped provide sustainability to my deck. I placed third at the final table in Melee, but had a chance to win the table if I had played Old Nan on my last turn instead of Abandoned Fort with my remaining two gold. Just a heads up to all of you Melee players out there: if someone plays Ahead of the Tide on a turn on which they reveal Valar, they clearly feel they can win that turn. And never make a deal with Kennon, he will break it when it stops serving him.

The Joust

For the Joust portion of the event, I played Martell City of Shadows. The deck uses the typical Martell control (Venomous Blade, Burning on the Sand, A Game of Cyvasse, He Calls it Thinking) combined with the Shadows control locations of The Black Cells and Alchemist’s Guild Hall.  It ran a full assortment of characters that could be used to close the game out (Shadows Tyrion, Southron Mercenaries, Red Viper, Arianne Martell), so I would try to get a control lock in place, then close out the game with a power grabbing character.

I went 4-1 in swiss, losing to Luke Reed in a game that went to time. We cut to top 4, and after winning my first game, I lost in a tough, 12 plot battle to Luke Reed again. I thought I had set up the control lock against Luke with multiple Black Cells in play, but he marshaled the Red Viper and swept to a 7 power turn for the win.

So I won the Overall Regional Championship in total points and came home with the trophy and a first round bye at Gen Con. It was the first time I've ever won an event without winning one of the two major events.

Based on George R.R. Martin's bestselling fantasy epic A Song of Ice and Fire, A Game of Thrones: The Card Game , playable by 2-4 players, brings the beloved heroes, villains, locations, and events of the world of Westeros to life through innovative game mechanics and the highly strategic game play. The Living Card Game format allows players to customize their gaming experience with monthly Chapter Pack expansions to the core game.