The BattleTech Collectable Card Game has a special place with the Strikers group of players. We played this game first before making a storyline with the tabletop strategy game. Playing for a couple of years hardcore, we later played it again briefly in college with Todd. Finally, a new group of players are playing the game regularly again in Japan. We would like to share with you some of our decks that we have constructed. As the original rules go, each deck is 60 cards. We have built these decks around specific themes, including teams and varying strategies.
Card Types:
Supports and Resources- these are used for building & constructing, with special resource cards used to build specific things quickly or cheaply
Commands-these are used for a variety of options and are important for a variety of gameplay; include pilots, enhancements, mercenaries & more
Enhancements-these Command cards are used to make Mechs, Vehicles, or other Command cards more valuable by giving them additional abilities
Mercenaries-these Command cards represent existing mercenary units of the BattleTech universe; they can be 'hired' through Resource payment
Pilots-these Command cards represent Mechwarriors who have special talents or are important people in the BattleTech universe
Missions-these cards are 'paid' for with Initiative points; they can be used in various ways to boost attack, damage, armor and other values
Mechs-these are the primary Units in the game; they are used for attacking enemies and defending
Vehicles-these are the secondary Units in the game; they are used for attacking enemies and defending; they are weaker than Mechs
Classic Decks:
These were designed in high school days- well balanced deck combining all aspects of gameplay for maximum flexibility
- includes mercenaries wolf's dragoons (plus Mechs) and snord's irregulars
- pilots provide variety of options, moderately balanced for flexibility in most situations
- includes mercenaries kell hounds and black thorns
- block attacks immediately with fast attackers, luck, overpower with large mechs
- includes mercenaries gray death legion and 21st centauri lancers
subterfuge, delaying or trapping enemies, controlling or redirecting enemy attacks, units capable of high damage values
- includes no mercenaries
- double-time offensive abilities, missions, moderate balance of card types for flexibility in most situations
- includes no mercenaries
- anti-clan tactics, enhancements, minor c3 networks, Missions
- includes generic mercenaries and mercenaries northwind highlanders
- delaying or controlling enemies, double-time construction abilities, bombing and aerospace support
- includes no mercenaries
- pilots, pilot support system, moderately balanced for flexibility in most situations
- includes mercenaries hansen's roughriders and eridani light horse
- rapid deployment, cheap construction costs, double-time offensive abilities
- includes no mercenaries
New Decks:
these were designed recently in japan- subterfuge, resources, luck
- this is the inner sphere half of strider's strikers mercenaries
- aerospace naval support, resources, pilots
- this is the clan half of strider's strikers mercenaries, composed of steel vipers and nova cats
- missions
- this is the complete team of acer's hueys mercenaries
- focused for direct assault, overpower with large mechs, pilots
- this is the complete team of the crusaders mercenaries
- mutually-assured destruction, subterfuge, double-time damage abilities
- this is the toyama faction of the word of blake
- mutually-assured destruction, subterfuge, units capable of high damage values, trapping or sabotaging enemies
- includes no mercenaries
- well balanced deck combining all aspects of gameplay for maximum flexibility
- this deck is the steel viper clan under khan perigard zalman
- overwhelming quantity of mechs, focused for direct assault
- this deck is the wolf clan under khan vlad
- focused for direct assault, resources
- this deck is the ghost bear clan under khan bjorn jorgensson
- overwhelming quantity of mechs, focused for direct assault
- this deck is the jade falcon clan under khan marthe pryde
- focused for direct assault, resources
- this deck is the smoke jaguar clan before their destruction by the inner sphere
- missile options
- this deck is the wolf clan under phelan allied with house steiner in the arc royal defense cordon