Zodiac Monkey

This trades better than the Ambush force, and gets through at least as good. A bit less damage, but it kills bears.

it trades just as well on the attack, and we want to be attacking as much as possible. Forestwalk is really unreliable evasion.

My point exactly. It is almost strictly better than the Ambush Force. Both die to one-power blockers, and I don't think we should count on Ambush Force going unblocked, so the extra power on attack is mostly irrelevant.

I think we can count on it going unblocked sometimes. it can also swing into a 1/3 whereas monkey can't. or a 2/3, or a 3/3, or, you know, any blocker with three toughness. the problem with a bear offense is that it gets shut down by the first 2/3 that rears its ugly head. having some guys that can swing into that and offer a trade means we can still push damage through.

Yeah Wei Ambush Force.

Ambush force.

Ambush force, mainly because we will be doing a lot of trading, we have removal, and we have cards like Famine and that overcosted [c]Lure[/c[ which make our dudes that can swing in for 3 slightly better.

Pack 1:

Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed
Corrupt Eunuchs
Wei Strike Force
Barbarian Horde
Stalking Tiger
Spoils of Victory
Southern Elephant
Wei Ambush Force
Wielding the Green Dragon
Deception
Zodiac Monkey
Virtuous Charge
Return to Battle
Zodiac Rat
Straw Soldiers

Pack 2:

Overwhelming Forces
Ghostly Visit
Famine
Wei Infantry
Three Visits
Wei Elite Companions
Wei Ambush Force
Stalking Tiger
Zodiac Monkey
Forest Bear
Young Wei Recruits
Wei Scout
Desert Sandstorm
Wu Light Cavalry
Spring of Eternal Peace

Pack 3:

Imperial Edict
Taunting Challenge
Wei Ambush Force

Next...

Trained Cheetah
Mystic Denial
Broken Dam
Shu Defender
Deception
Straw Soldiers
Meng Huo's Horde
Trained Jackal
Extinguish
Shu Foot Soldiers
Riding Red Hare

Trained Cheetah looks good.

Horde. We need big dudes.

I think horde is a little better

Chester Cheetah. We're an aggro deck, after all.

we only have one three-drop creature right now. I don't love cheetah, but it's hard to block and it fills a gap in our curve that I'm more worried about than the 5 slot.

Horde. These packs are just full with 2/3 swingers that will be shut down after we play this or the elephant. It doesn't die to femine.

Pack 1:

Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed
Corrupt Eunuchs
Wei Strike Force
Barbarian Horde
Stalking Tiger
Spoils of Victory
Southern Elephant
Wei Ambush Force
Wielding the Green Dragon
Deception
Zodiac Monkey
Virtuous Charge
Return to Battle
Zodiac Rat
Straw Soldiers

Pack 2:

Overwhelming Forces
Ghostly Visit
Famine
Wei Infantry
Three Visits
Wei Elite Companions
Wei Ambush Force
Stalking Tiger
Zodiac Monkey
Forest Bear
Young Wei Recruits
Wei Scout
Desert Sandstorm
Wu Light Cavalry
Spring of Eternal Peace

Pack 3:

Imperial Edict
Taunting Challenge
Wei Ambush Force
Meng Huo's Horde

Next...

Wu Spy
Volunteer Militia
False Defeat
Yellow Scarves Cavalry
Zodiac Rat
Wu Light Cavalry
Return to Battle
Three Visits
Shu Defender
Wielding the Green Dragon
Yellow Scarves Troops

Three Visits to cast that Meng Huo's Horde on turn four.

another three seems fine here

ok so the question is if we're running forces. it's wildly out of curve and if we wanted to we could have a solid aggro deck without it and the ramp. on the other hand, we just took a 5-drop for no reason when the 3-drop would've filled a vital spot in our curve, so apparently we don't want a solid aggro deck, which means we apparently do want to just play the janky single-win-con deck. for that, Visits is good, because we need to hit 8 mana as fast as possible to stand a chance. but then we also need to draw the one card capable of actually winning, so I'm still hesitant on that plan.

on the other hand, there's no better option in this pack. we already have too many Green Dragons, and I don't think we want a second Return to Battle. so I guess take the Visits on the off-chance that our deck suddenly transforms into one that needs ramp, because we've committed to not having one that curves.

Well, visits over the non sense in this pack.