Shadowfist Deck: Chinese Money Laundry by Tony Adams

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[posted 4 June 2003; updated 2 Jan 2005]

Tony Adams made it to the final round of the GenCon UK 2003 Final Brawl (constructed, multiplayer) tournament and won the GenCon UK 2004 Final Brawl tournament with this deck. The two versions are a little different; both are posted here (most recent first).
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2004 version originally posted to the Shadowfist-UK group on Yahoogroups on 24 Oct 2004 by Tony Adams. Republished with permission. You can read the original post in the archive.

CHINESE MONEY LAUNDRY (GenCon UK 2004 winner)
by Tony Adams (107 cards)

  5x Golden Candle Society
  5x Little Grasshopper
  5x Buddhist Monk

  2x Yen Fan
  2x The Iron Monkey
  1x Tranquil Persuader
  1x Sun Chen
  1x Hung Hei Kwon
  3x Derek Han
  1x Billy Chow

  5x Confucian Stability
  1x Shaolin Surprise
  4x Wind on the Mountain
  1x Positive Chi

  2x Shield of Pure Soul
  4x Chinese Connection

  3x Orange Senshi Chamber
  2x Yellow Senshi Chamber
  1x Green Senshi Chamber

  2x Wing of the Crane

  4x The Pledged
  2x Student of the Bear
  2x The Suits

  1x Serena Chase
  1x Bleys Fontaine

  5x Bull Market
  5x Operation Killdeer
  2x Bite of the Jellyfish
  5x Shadowy Mentor

  4x Family Estate
  1x Nuclear Power Plant

  1x Cassandra
  1x White Ninja (promo)

  1x Secret Headquarters

  5x Puzzle Garden
  4x Perpetual Motion Machine
  1x Tangram Alley
  3x Whirlpool of Blood
  1x Heaven's Peak
  1x Temple of Celestial Mercy
  1x Temple of the Angry Spirits
  1x Kinoshita House
  2x Fox Pass
  1x City Square
  1x Turtle Beach

Basically the same deck as I ran last year, except that Little Grasshopper and especially Buddhist Monk meant I could make the deck more reliable by cutting back on Ascended stuff. Now only 2 cards plus the Bull Markets need more than one Asc resource.

Clearly the deck doesn't need to be this big, probably should be around 80 or 90 cards. There is basically no search (2x Shield of Pure Soul, Cassandra), and I don't get close to decking even in a long game. This would mean running 3x and 4x instead of 5x. I don't understand the game well enough to know what should go. Any opinions?

Thanks to everybody who came - it's good to have people playing for enjoyment of the game instead of $$$ - any MtG players will know what I mean.

Cheers, Tony

[typing by Tony Adams]

2003 version originally posted to the Shadowfist Forum on Yahoogroups on 27 Apr 2003 by Steve Bailey. Republished with permission. If you're a member of the group, you can read the original in the archive.

CHINESE MONEY LAUNDRY (GenCon UK 2003 finalist)
by Tony Adams (108 cards)

  5x Golden Candle Society
  2x Shaolin Student
  2x Wandering Monk
  1x Rightous Fist

  3x Yen Fan
  2x Iron Monkey
  1x Sun Chen
  3x Derek Han

  5x Confucian Stability
  3x Shaolin Surpise
  5x Wind on the Mountain
  3x Iron & Silk
  1x Into the Light

  3x Shield of Pure Soul
  2x Chinese Connection

  3x Orange Senshi Chamber
  2x Yellow Sensi Chamber
  1x Violet Senshi Chamber
  1x Green Senshi Chamber

  1x Temple of Boundless Meditation

  5x Student of the Bear
  1x The Pledged
  3x The Suits

  2x Serena Chase
  2x Bleys Fontaine
  2x Eastern King

  5x Bull Market
  5x Operation Killdeer
  5x Shadowy Mentor

  5x Family Estate
  1x Nuclear Power Plant 

  1x Secret Headquarters
  1x Lusignan's Tower

  1x The Fox Outfoxed

  5x Puzzle Garden
  3x Perpetual Motion Machine
  2x Tangram Alley
  2x Whirlpool of Blood
  1x Golden Mile
  2x Smiling Heaven Lake
  1x Temple of Celestial Mercy
  1x Temple of the Angry Spirits
  1x Gambling House
  1x Kinoshita House
  2x Fox Pass

[typing by Steve Bailey]

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