Matt Striker
by Andre Segarra
Revolution format

*all cards are assumed to have the <Revolution> logo*

Pre-Match (6)

Ring Psychology: Leg x3
Man of 1,000 Moves x2
ECW World Championship Title Belt

With this setup, you can play all six of your Pre-match cards in every game, even if your opponent tries to ruin your day by playing Judgement Day. Your first two cards are going to be copies of Ring Psychology: Leg. These allow you to grab more Target: Leg moves from your Ringside and chain into each other at a lovely imaginary 4F for each copy of Ring Psychology: Leg you have in your Ring. Since you'll be playing three copies of this card, you get +12 imaginary Fortitude whenever you successfully play a Target: Leg maneuver. After the first two copies of Ring Psych: Leg, you'll want to play Man of 1,000 Moves. Not only does this card give you the use of two extra Pre-Match slots, it searches out a F:0 Hold (almost always gonna be Collar & Elbow Lockup, but if you don't need one of those, you can also search out a Chancery). If you play two of those in succession, you have more than enough room to play all six of your Pre-Match cards. Once you've made sure you have enough spots to do so, you can play both that third copy of Ring Psychology: Leg and, finally, that ECW World Championship belt. To be honest, this spot can really be filled by a Dressed for Success, but this card provides a much more guaranteed search. What you do is discard two Target: Leg maneuvers (remembering that you can grab these back anytime you successfully play a Target: Leg maneuver) to get both Slap and Headlock Takedown (remembering that you searched for Collar & Elbow Lockup with Man of 1,000 Moves, this makes for a complete set of 0/1 Reversals in your hand every game).

Mid-Match (6)

Before This Gets Out of Hand x2
Indian Death Lock
Layla El: Diva to the Core
Talk is Cheap
You've Got a Lot to Learn

This Mid-Match setup is mostly to compliment your already-good defensive setup, but the combination of Layla and Indian Death Lock can definitely make up for an aggressive game for Striker if the need arises. Layla can easily search out the hard-to-reverse New Breed and Indian Death Lock, on top of being .. well, good .. is a Target: Leg maneuver. That means, if you play it after another Target: Leg maneuver, you'll be playing a 10F/22D Colossal that makes your opponent skip a turn and gets up to three other maneuvers from your Ringside into your hand. You've Got a Lot to Learn is probably the best Mid-Match card in the game right now. Not only does it reverse any Core maneuver (including Unique moves like A New Breed and Space Mountain Punch), it also shuffles in 4 cards, does damage, AND doesn't count toward your Mid-Match slots used. Compliment this with your ability and you've got amazing potential for forcing your opponent to obey the Aggression Rule.

Antics (7)

Out Here All Night x3
Look Under the Ring x2
A Spirited Turn of Events x2

These Antics are pretty much here to compliment your already-amazing Superstar ability. Look Under the Ring gets any of those cards you discarded for your Ability and A Spirited Turn of Events takes care of both mass recursion and deals some damage at the same time, so those are always worth packing. Out Here All Night is one of the best cards in the game, since there's pretty much nothing anyone can do about a first-turn 0F Antic.

This deck doesn't feature any Antic-Reversal Hybrids.

Maneuvers (19)

Figure Four Leg Lock x3
Leg Drag x3
Leg Lock x3
Leg Sweep x3
Steel Chain Shot x3
Toe Smash x3
A New Breed Unleashed

This deck has one of the easiest engines for getting off the ground imaginable. You can discard two cards for Striker's Ability, find out what reversal type your opponent doesn't have in his hand, and throw the apprporiate maneuver. After any of your Target: Leg maneuvers go through, you have an imaginary 12F to play any of the Colossal maneuvers that might be in your hand, since all of them have Target: Leg. Even if you discard a maneuver or two for Striker's ability, you have the option of getting them all back into your hand as soon as you get one of your Target: Leg moves through. You also get all kinds of advantage with the various Colossals in this deck, since Leg Lock gets a good number of cards back into your hand from your Ringside, Steel Chain Shot either does damage or makes your opponent discard cards, and Figure Four gets to kill a card in your opponent's Ring (like Hardcore Hell).

Maneuver-Antic Hybrids (1)

Chancery

Since Chancery is a F:0 Hold, you can search your arsenal for this card every game via Man of 1,000 Holds. The Antic half of the card is what we're looking at in this deck, though. You can simply discard it to bring any of your Target: Leg maneuvers in your Ringside to your hand. Meaning, after you discard two cards and determine what your opponent can't reverse, use Chancery to ensure you have that type of maneuver to throw at him.

Maneuver-Reversals (12)

Collar & Elbow Lockup x3
Headlock Takedown x3
Only One Solution: Revolution x3
Slap x3

These are here to ensure that your opponent doesn't have a fair chance of getting any maneuver type off easily. Since you can search for Collar & Elbow Lockup, Headlock Takedown, AND Slap in your Pre-Match phase, your opponents are going to find themselves having a very hard time getting any maneuver to actually find its way to the Ring.

Reversals (21)

Not What We Came to See! x3
Outmaneuver x3
Off Your Mark x3
Overexposure x2
I Won't Be Beat Tonight x2
Inertia x2
Masochist at Heart x2
Welcome to My World x2
Why Don't You Kiss My Ass? x2

These are here to make sure you stay on top of your game. Off Your Mark reverses any Unique, including Faction cards, Superstar Specifics, A New Breed, and any of the other promo cards, so this deck packs three of those. When you combine this set of cards with your Mid-Match (including Striker's Unique card), you have at least two cards to reverse every type of card in the game.