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Astarrot · 20
Is Mauser Tankgewehr M1918 actually playable? (Hot Take in progress)
The main purpose of the deck is to make the Mauser Tankgewehr M1918 work.
In my opinion, this is a not good weapon. But maybe it will be possible to make up for its shortcomings by bringing strong investigator and strong pool of cards. Leo Anderson is the one who can play all necessary cards. Namely, Bulwark, Haste, and Leo de Luca. But even so, for 5 exp, we get 4 damage in two turns. Machete is still better. Therefore, we take Custom Modifications and upgrade Quicksilver Bullets.
Main combo is simple. Shoot Mauser, then pay cost of reload (exhaust Mauser) , take AoO, use bulwark to ignore it and untap Mauser (rules reference about AoO :An attack of opportunity is made immediately after all costs of initiating the action that provoked the attack have been paid, but before the application of that action's effect upon the game state).
Ideally, you need to have 2 enemies on location and at least 1 of them should be in your threat area. Don't be afraid to engage one of them if all enemies on teammates (add riot whistle instead LCC) .You shoot your teammate's enemy , then perform reload and shoot your enemy (don't forget to seal a token on Bulwark). If you have only 1 enemy,that's easy life.
Ideally, you need to buy 11 exp worth of cards after 1st scenario (Mauser + Bulwark + Black Market x 2 or backpack (2) x 2), so we start with Obol (and our teammate grab delves). Main cards were listed above, so the rest of deck is just actions generation, draw and quality of life stuff. Out goal is to find Mauser and bulwark and setup as fast as we can. Thompsons is our insurance.
You can add vicious blows or some fight events for your liking, backpack, backpack (2) and Friends in Low places for card selection.
This is a very exp hungry deck, so be aware of that if you plan to take 2 Mausers, upgrade Custom Mod, take Stick to the Plan, haste ,etc. I'm admit that this is a junk deck since things can go south in case of a bad luck (and don't forget about our weakness since we have only 2 allies), so teammates with card draw or card selection are welcomed.
Thanks for your time and don't draw autofail!
Cool deck, I had thought of this exact combo myself (but found it prohibitive in terms of XP when you add in things like Stick to the Plan and Quick Silver Bullets on Custom Modifications. But but Charon's Obol is a good solution to that problem and one I hadn't really considered, so that would make the deck more viable vs. the XP curve).
In terms of things to do with your final action in the face of an enemy (assuming Leo De Luca is out and/or you've purchased Haste) you could use Occult Reliquary for an extra hand slot for The Hungering Blade or Blessed Blade. Or you could use Robert Castaigne and some level zero guns so get a shot in. Or the third option is fight events like One-Two Punch, etc.
I guess a further consideration is making use of Leo's ability by putting a Charisma or two on the deck and some cheap allies (Guard Dog, etc.). Again this all drive the XP cost up higher though (but Obol will cover enough ground in that regard).
The only other way to ready Mauser Tankgewehr M1918 is Dexter Drake or Mateo transfiguring into Pete, but that feels more convoluted than this. You could also shoot it from your discard pile with Pushed to the Limit (e.g. on Zoey), but then Sledgehammer outclasses it in that regard (as you don't have to pay the extra ). Overall I think this is the best version of that idea as you say, good stuff!