EE Battle Maidens/Paragons

1 Plains of the Maiden

# Dynasty (41)

# Events (1)
1 Times of Strife

# Celestials (2)
1 Shinjo's Guidance - exp
1 Benten's Blessing

# Holdings (16)
2 Ageless Shrine
1 Border Keep - exp
1 Chugo Seido
1 Recruitment Officer
2 Traveling Peddler
3 Stables
3 Silk Works
3 Small Farm

# Personalities (22)
3 Utaku Tsukiko
3 Utaku Ryoko
3 Utaku Mai
1 Utaku Liu Xeung - exp
3 Utaku Ji-Yun
3 Utaku Eun-ju
1 Shinjo Ki-Chang - exp
1 Moto Xiao - exp
1 Moto Naleesh
3 Tadatsugu

# Fate (40)

# Strategies (39)
1 A Game of Dice
1 Creating Order
3 Grateful Reward
3 Iron Will
3 Cast Aside the Weak
3 A Paragon's Strength
3 The Perfect Moment
2 The Lion's Charge
3 Surety of Purpose
2 The Compassion of the Unicorn
2 A Yojimbo's Duty
2 Brawl
2 Effortless Counterattack
2 Know No Fear
3 Strength of Purity
2 Sundering Strike
2 The Height of Courage

# Rings (1)
1 Ring of Water

Cards I'm considering
3 x Mage-Yari + Imperial Gift
3 x Utaku Elite Guard
Above 2 : I would like to have a way of slapping on some force for easier early game takes in those scenarios where you buy 1 lady turn 2. The follower helps with The Lions Charge and Height of Courage. The Mage-Yari attaches for 2 gold, adds 3 force and Could open up Imperial gift to help further facilitate the switch idea.

This deck is pretty nice since it can run ALL paragon cards and Definitely has switch potential. I'm looking forward to testing this one out and seeing what can be changed or made better. Of course, comments are welcome.

You're running 9 people with out abilities, have you considered the Topaz Championship yet? it would affect almost half your people, and if it hits Ji-Yun she becomes a 6F/5C personality that negates her first destruction each turn, negates other players' attempts to dishonor her, and has a kill action.

Good question. Initially Topaz was in the deck due to the same thoughts you have. However, while awesome when it hits it only did very infrequently. The most important part is consistency with decks and I found that extra slot more useful elsewhere. I haven't tested it in a week but so far its been fun to play and could play better then you'd expect from the list. Also remember that your SH can "trigger" twice if you destroy an army and the province. I find myself frequently in the high 20s low 30s without focusing more then just buying one for full and attacking. A lot of your actions gain honor so this deck should auto-win the dishonor matchup and play well vs honor. Military will depend on your cavalry and ability to take provinces early and eait for The Perfect Moment. Hope this has been helpful!

Meh... It's good, no question, still absolutely hate the deck.