• Patrick Watt

Although it may seem like a straight forward deck of playing cards to reveal cards to gain effects, it is much more than just that. The deck also has cards and ways for setting yourself up to know what you're going to reveal so you can plan your next steps, or choose to let fate decide for you. 

The deck is also not as straight forward of a game plan as most other decks, as it can pivot based on the interaction you opponent may have to go from removing their defenses to right into pushing damage or vice versa, to then also being able to set up your own defenses with cards like Exit The Alehouse and Alehouse Drink - Vodka. 

Mulligan Tips:

• The most needed card in your opening hand is Alehouse Drink - Wine and you ideally always want to start with one to get Helga, The Alehouse Brewmaster. If you have Helga then you don't need Wine.

• The Grand Alehouse is a big need as it is your main counter engine and some cards require you to have it to be played such as fortunes with no having vodka that can get it starting with either is fine or if you don't have them but have wine or Helga she can also now get you the vodka for this.

• Saphina's after mulligan will be very dependent on what's in your opening hand if going second. Strong picks are Exit The Alehouse and Alehouse Drink - Vodka. If you're going first, either of these or other drinks you may want.

Early Tips & Playlines

• Alehouse Drink - Skoal is the main card advantage of the deck. While you mostly won’t play this card from hand for it’s on play effect, its reveal effect is where most of its value comes from by drawing a card every time it's revealed (or 2 if revealed by another drink). This is the card you will always want to see quick so you can start to reveal it to draw cards.

• The Grand Alehouse is the main card that your deck functions around as 1 card can only be used if it’s on field (Alehouse Fortunes And Future) and another gains a bonus effect if you have it (Strategy Room Below The Alehouse). Along with this it's the main card that will generate Ale Counters by its own effect and that of other counter generating effects. The reason for this is if it’s destroyed you can search 1 Alehouse card from your deck for every 2 counters on it, including by your own effects.

• Although the decks main removal is shuffling, it has 2 cards that can destroy your Grand Alehouse: Alehouse Hunting Party and Alehouse Molotov’s so once you build up some counters you can destroy your Grand Alehouse to search any of the cards you may need but be warned, the search is not up to and you must be able to get the number of card required or you won’t get any at all.

Late Tips & Playlines

• The deck has a few different win cons with the most seen one being Ethelhime's herself with her Special Ability being able to boost her Physical Attack significantly based on your Ale Counters to swing for big damage.

• You also have Alehouse Drink - Moonshine's reveal effect to conscript a warrior and give it a big Atk boost based on the Ale Counters you have.

• Mead can also give Atk boost while placing Ale Counters if you have a face up Ethelhime's Alehouse Battleplan that give Atk based on Ale Counters aswell.