Sabu
by Alex Jerry
Revolution Format

BACKLASH (12)

Pre-match (6)

A New Plan x1
Even Good Guys Do Bad Things x1
Suicidal---Homicidal---Genocidal x1
Tomorrow's WWE Legends x1
Underestimate the Competition x1
You're Drafted x1

Strategy Notes: Pre-Match will generally be Tomorrow's WWE Legends, You're Drafted, Suicidal---Homicidal---Genocidal, and Underestimate the Competition. New Plan is for use only if you're on the verge of an autoloss with your current hand and Even Good Guys Do Bad Things is just kind of...there.

Mid-match (6)

Before This Gets Out of Hand x2
Caution: You're Entering the O-Zone x1
One For the Money... x1
Talk is Cheap x2

Strategy Notes: The Extra Talk is Cheap is to stop the ever popular Antic wave decks since you yourself have little use for Antics late game. The One for the Money... is there solely to get Live Fast---Fight Hard from the Tomorrow's WWE Legends faction that can let you play one of the deck's 6 Colossals at 0F.

ARSENAL (60)

Superstar-specifics (0)

Strategy Notes: Sabu has no Superstar Specific cards that can be packed in the Arsenal.

Antics (4)

Double Your Value, Double Your Fun x3
Live Fast---Fight Hard x1

Strategy Notes: The theme here is getting to Colossals quickly. Live Fast can accomplish that in one shot and the copies of Double our Value, Double Your Fun serve mainly to bridge into a Colossal after your first Maneuver.

Antic-Reversal Hybrids (0)

Strategy Notes: I saw no reason to include any Antic/Reversal Hybrids in this particular build.

Maneuvers (10)

A New Breed Unleashed x1
Back Fist x3
Rapid-Fire Punches x3
Superkick x3

Strategy Notes: New Breed is a complete luxury. If you draw it, it's amost 6F for free but if not, don't worry, you'll live. Back Fist is an interesting new Core that searches for Maneuvers with Target Head which is all of the Maneuvers in the deck (save the Hybrid Reversals) and it most importantly will search out Rapid-Fire Punches which is the key to the deck. Rapid-Fire Punches picks up two other Maneuvers of Target Head from your Ring when played. Now assuming you play a Rapid-Fire Punches and then another, it picks up the first and you throw it again causing a chain of Colossals until your opponent can stop one, then you start the chain up next turn. It's very nasty. Superkick just serves as another big move, really.

Maneuver-Antic Hybrids (0)

Strategy Notes: I saw no reason to include any Maneuver/Antic Hybrids in this particular build.

Maneuver-Reversal Hybrids (26)

Big Boot x3
Body Slam x1
Chop x2
Collar & Elbow Lockup x3
Double Leg Takedown x2
Full Nelson x1
Headlock Takedown x3
Only One Solution: Revolution x3
Running Elbow x3
Slap x3
Wrist Lock x2

Strategy Notes: The Big Boots are you main offense to begin when combined with the effect of Suicidal---Homicidal---Genocidal to get thm back from Ringside every turn. The Running Elbows serve a dual purpose as backup Maneuvers and as Hold reversals. The rest is all pretty fleshed out and simple I believe...not much else to say.

Reversals (20)

Inertia x1
I Won't Be Beat Tonight x2
Masochist at Heart x2
Not What We Came to See x3
Outmaneuver x2
Overexposure x3
That's Extremely UN-Original x3
Try to Get Away x2
Why Don't You Kiss My A%$? x2

Strategy Notes: More staples really. Overexposure does a bulk of your reversing for you, you've got a good bit of Extreme hate and really have all your bases covered.

Final Strategy / Other Notes: So the main idea of the deck is to hit One For the Money... to get live Fast---Fight Hard and play it to get Rapid-Fire Punches out ASAP and create the Colossal chain with 2 or 3 copies of Rapid-Fire Punches and Suicidal---Homicidal---Genocidal. The deck is solid enough and aggressive enough to win by just throwing Maneuvers, but I figured you guys might appreciate this little trick and give it a try. It's probably one of the simpler decks I'll be submitting articles for, so there's not a whole lot else to say about it except...try it out, see what you think, and most importantly...HAVE FUN!