Shawn Michaels
by Joseph McGreechin
Revolution Format

BACKLASH (12)

Pre-match (6)

A New Plan x3
For Many Are Called But Few Are Chosen
The Degenerates
The New Breed

Strategy Notes: A New Plan will very rarely be played as the other three Pre-Match are very important to the deck's build.For Many Are Called But Few Are Chosen is what this deck is based around,letting you play your Antics at possibly 0F and playing Ashley’s an Awesome Asset and making your opponent lose up to three cards every time you play an Antic.Do not be afraid of the aggression rule as it will only get maneuvers into your ringside until you get Hail to the Chairman into your ring.The Degenerates was included because Shawn Michaels' logo is on the card and all of your Superstar-Specifics give the cards extra bonuses.The New Breed is there to give your Extreme maneuvers bonuses,to give you access to Overexposure and because you have some great Antics like A Bloody Nightmare and Prepare for the POUNCE.

Mid-match (6)

Before This Gets Out of Hand x2
Caution:You're Entering the O-Zone
Keep Your Eyes Open or It's Game Over x2
Maryse's French Finish

Strategy Notes: Before This Gets Out of Hand should be staples in any deck and in this deck the fact that you overturn three cards is a good thing as it will only lower the fortitude cost of your Antics.Caution:You're Entering the O-Zone is probably the best Mid-Match reversal out there right now and really helps this deck as your if your opponent has a Storyline you can get rid of it and Hail to the Chairman will take full effect and if you get three of them you can just play Antics.Keep Your Eyes Open or It's Game Over is mainly to stop other decks like this one which play a lot of Antics and even though the two cards you discard may be Antics or Reversals if they are not then that is just really good for this deck.Maryse's French Finish has the potential to be played at low fortitude and can end a game by itself and because you have a hand size of nine at the start of the game and many Antics put cards into your hand you should have lots of cards to discard for its effect.

ARSENAL (60)

Superstar-specifics (8)

H—B—K
Headliner Clothesline
Heartbreak Elbow Drop
Iconic Kip-up
Main Event Flying Forearm
Sexy Boy Atomic Drop
Showstopper Sweet Chin Music
Triumph

Strategy Notes: H—B—K is an incredibly cheap Antic reversal that will get you lots of fortitude and lets you reuse some cards in your ring and recover some.The only downside is that you have to lose one card from your hand but hopefully you can put something like Iconic Kip-up from your hand to the bottom of your arsenal to become a useful card.Headliner Clothesline does lots of damage for little fortitude and lets you get one card back.Look Under the Ring is there to bring back your important Antics so this card should be used to shuffle back reversals that only work on the overturn.Heartbreak Elbow Drop is one of the cheapest colossals in the game which can get rid of one of your opponent's important cards while yyou are getting to look at his arsenal ad if he is low on cards but has a colossal reversal left in his arsenal you can remove it to make sure you gain the pinfall.Iconic Kip-up is probably the best reversal in the game as it can stop almost anything and altough it only works on the overturn Shawn Michaels has enough recursion cards and some Antics which allow recursion to let you use it at least twice.A card that does ten Damage for 2F sounds like a good card to me and that is exactly what Main Event Flying Forearm,not only that but you can also pick up one Maneuver from your ringside although in this deck you may not want to unless it is a powerful Superstar-Specific as you want Antics to be as cheap as possible but this card can also reverse Follow-Ups and there are loads of them in Revolution Three and is especially useful against Jeff Hardy decks and other decks packing lots of Follow-Ups.Sexy Boy Atomic Drop is anothr mean which can be quite cheap if you have a lot less fortitude which you might considering this deck is mostly based around reducing fotitude but you are not concerned with getting much as if you can get all three Hail to the Chairman into your ring you can just play Antics and this card can pick up three antics from the ringside which could be three vital Antics.Showstopper Sweet Chin Music is a great card which can be a great reversal or can be used as a Trademark to get rid of cards from your opponents ring and does a sweet 30 damage.Triumph will get you early fortitude if you can draw it and of course lets you play Triumph straight onto Main Event Flying Forearm with Momentum and you will already have twelve fortitude.

Antics (13)

A Bloody Nightmare
A Spirted Turn of Events x2
Ashley’s an Awesome Asset x3
Eat Spit
Go Candice, Come to Daddy x2
Look Under the Ring x2
Prepare for the POUNCE

Strategy Notes: A Bloody Nightmare makes all of your Core Maneuvers incredibly difficult to reverse,making your opponent's Not What We came to See cards useless and as this is a Storyline Shawn Michaels deck it can be played on 0F quite easily.A Spirited Turn of Events can quite easily change a game in your favour as between the two copies of A Spirted Turn of Events in this deck you can recover almost a third of your arsenal and your opponent loses loads of cards especially if you have three Ashley’s an Awesome Asset in your ring.The reason Ashley’s an Awesome Asset is such a good card in this deck is that it has the potential to be played at 0F and means that every time you play an Antic to help you you are also hurting your opponent.Because Shawn Michaels is a member of The Degenerates faction you will get the incredible bonus for Eat Spit which makes your opponent lose four random cards from their Backlash Deck if you have enough Superstar-Specifics and your storyline card will contribute towards that and the other effect of Eat Spit is that you draw 3 and your opponent randomly discards one card which makes it a great card for this deck overall.Go Candice, Come to Daddy is a powerful Antic as you are getting eight cards back and then you can search for two cards which could be a strong Trademark or another key Antic in this deck and while the fortitude is normally quite high Shawn Michaels should be able to reduce it to a better amount.Look Under the Ring is one of the cards that will always keep you in the game as you will almost certainly be able to play it for 0F and you can recover some Maneuvers into your hand meaning you should always have a chance.Prepare for the POUNCE makes up for no hybrid reversals as your Extreme reversals become much stronger and are able to stop more,especially Showstopper Sweet Chin Music which will be able to stop any non-Unique maneuver and your opponent will always be worried about playing a Maneuver when you have this in your ring and 30F.

Antic-Reversal Hybrids (3)

Hail to the Chairman x3

Strategy Notes: These cards are great all rounders as they provide a great Antic reversal while reducing the number of cards you have to overturn to the Agression rule.They can also be played as Antics if you just want the overturn reduction but I would normally use them as reversals.Once you have three of these in your ring you can play Antics without worrying about whether they will be reversed and you have to overturn six as with this you will never need to overturn if they are reversed.

Maneuvers (18)

A New Breed Unleashed
Caught in the Ropes x3
Eye Rake x3
Hand Smash x3
Homicidal Lunge x3
Microphone Cord x2
Toe Smash x3

Strategy Notes: All of these Maneuvers except for Microphone Cord are 0F and so are designed to stop you from ending your turn without playing a Maneuver until you can play your Superstar-Specific Maneuvers which should never be hard as most of them are cheap or until you have three Hail to the Chairman in your ring.A New Breed Unleashed is the best card to get in your opening hand as you will almost have guaranteed fortitude in the first turn.Caught in the Ropes is good to play early on as if it is reversed it counts towards your Antic discount and lets you draw one card and if not you get 1F so either way it is good.Eye Rake is in here because it is 0F and can be used to help gain you fortitude enough for Into the Barricade and as with all these Maneuvers you hope to have A Bloody Nightmare out early to make these maneuvers much more difficult to reverse.Hand Smash will be able to do four damage to your opponent but it will not count as that much in your ring so you may want to drop these in the ringside as they give half as much fortitude towards Antics without any chance of being reversed.Homicidal Lunge is probably one of the maneuvers you will definetely want to play as it gives you a lot of fortiude and the main aim of this deck is to get enough fortiude in your ring to be able to use your discount to play your more expensive Antics.Use your Microphone Cord to boost your ability giving a possible -3F extra to your first Antic every turn while making your opponent lose cards from his hand which should give you an advantage.While many of your Superstar-Specifics are Follow-Up Maneuvers the point of this is not to allow you to play your Superstar-Specifics but to get fortitude for your key Antics which can slowly start to destroy your opponent's arsenal.

Maneuver-Reversal Hybrids (3)

Only One Solution:Revolution
Strategy Notes: These give you extra protection against these Core Maneuvers and you should never have a problem getting to four fortitude with this deck.

Reversals (15)

Assisted by the Dirtiest Player in the Game
Heartbreaker
Here's a Lesson Plan
Masochist at Heart
Not What We Came to See x3
The Second Solution x3
Outmaneuver x2
Overexposure x2
You Telegraphed It

Strategy Notes: Assisted by the Dirtiest Player in the Game is one of the few cards in the game which can stop Trademark:Cores and it can also stop A New Breed Unleashed plus if you have three or more Suprstar-Specifics you can pick up almost any of yoour Maneuvers but you only want to do that if you can pick up A New Breed Unleashed to get you almost guaranteed fortitude.Heartbreaker saves alot of space in this deck as it covers means and Colossals so you need fewer reversals to both and is one of the few Colossal reversals which doesn't have a negative effect and it does four damage.Here's a Lesson Plan is another reversal that when combined with Prepare for the POUNCE can reverse any non-Unique Maneuver and without it it is still one of the best Extreme reversals in the game,it makes sure that this deck should be completely covered against Extremes.Masochist at Heart is the only non-Unique in this deck that lets you stop Colossals on 0F but fortunately as your Antics get a fortitude discount you should be able to use some Antics to put it on the botttom of your arsenal more than once.Not What We Came to See and The Second Solution are similar in that they reverse lots of Cores and let you draw two cards meaning you can get to your key Antics quicker and they will get you early fortitude.You will never gain the benefit of Outmaneuver because you have no non-Unique non-Extremes in your deck but it is such a good reversal that you almost have to include it.With all the new abilities in Revolution Three,Extremes become much more dangerous as so many Superstars will be able to play them easily so you need as many reversals against your opponent's Extremes as you can get.Overexposure is another card in this deck that saves space is it can stop most Means and Colossals and most cores.It cannot stop the Extremes but there are plenty of reversals in this deck that can.You Telegraphed It should give you enough Momentum reversal power in this deck

Final Strategy / Other Notes: This deck has two main themes,playing lots of Antics until using Ashley's an Awesome Asset your opponent overturns his whole arsenal.The other main theme of this deck is recursion as the total number of cards which can be put from your ringside into either your hand or arsenal is an amazing 48.That's almost your entire arsenal which if in your ringside can be used again.So with this Shawn Michaels deck you can keep going in the match until you've got all of your key Antics in the game and from there you should be able to pick up the win.