"Our Last, Best Hope..."

 

Here we have a Human pure Diplomacy deck that revolves around Babylon 5 votes, the potent Diplomacy conflicts, and the vast power benefits afforded by Peace In Our Time. By playing all the solid Human Diplomacy hitters backed by The Hope of Peace, you can build a very powerful Diplomacy front, and the Back Room Dealings, Machiavellian Politics, and Call in a Marker (as well as the proliferation of alternate Ambassadors) make the B5 vote lock very possible.

 

Opening Hand:

Jeffrey Sinclair
Susan Ivanova
The Hope of Peace
Rapid Growth

Deck (60 cards):

3x Impasse
3x Affirmation of Peace
3x Call in a Marker
3x Affirmation of Power
3x Test Their Mettle
1x Non-Aligned Support

3x Level the Playing Field
3x Machiavellian Politics
3x Support Babylon 5

1x Isolated
1x Shunned
1x Upgraded Defenses
2x Backroom Dealing

1x Into Their Own
1x United Front
3x Older but Wiser

1x Proxima III

1x The Hope of Peace
2x Peace in Our Time

3x Deep Space Fleet (Human)
2x Homeworld Fleet (Human)

3x Human Aide
2x Miagi Hidoshi
2x Frederick Lantz
2x Senator Voudreau
1x Senator King
1x Catherine Sakai
1x Talia Winters
1x Lt. David Corwin
1x Commander Ivanova
1x Captain Sinclair

1x Efficiency Engineers

 

By building a solid Diplomacy block, you can push through your Diplomacy conflicts, gaining influence for both yourself and B5. Babylon 5 can gain influence quite quickly with this deck, but without the threat of Alliance of Races, you might not be picked out as a mad target immediately. The B5 vote lock possible to this deck makes Affirmation of Peace quite potent. This deck can regularly push B5 up to 20 influence when necessary to end the game at a whim (due to the seldom realized "The game ends when B5 hits 20 power" rule). I could clearly use a President Santiago or two, but I don't have one. Catherine Sakai is in there for her obtuse shuffling ability (as I always like to be able to shuffle and don't have enough Shufflin' Zathras. Durned Psi Corps.) That, and between her and Talia, everyone gets to have a date...

 

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