CardTech: No Mercy! by Clement Cher
Posted: 07th of Nov '01

BackLash Expansion 84/150
No Mercy!
Mid-match Action
Can only be played after a successfully played maneuver and if your Fortitude Rating is greater than your opponent's Fortitude Rating.
If your next card played this turn is a maneuver card, it cannot be reversed.
Unique
F: 20 D: 0

Basically, this is what the card does: It allows an unreversible maneveur to be played after you sucessfully attacked your opponent already on that turn.

The benefits? It frees you from that annoying card Backlash and your opponent cannot reverse your next maneveur! But the question is, what to play? And who can easily gain 20F?

My best bet would be Chyna, Triple H, Undertaker or maybe even Stone Cold. To get it around 2nd or 3rd turn would be great, and it will be beneficial to many decks which aim is to kill your opponent fast. First off, this card cannot be reversed by No Chance in Hell. No Mercy! is a sure played card, unless your opponent is Face and has a Just Bring It! in hand. This card would go through most of the time, without your opponent reversing it.

How to get it played? First off, you got to think. You need a sucessfull maneveur to go through without it being reversed. My best bet (all everyone else's) would be......CLUTCH. Yeap, a 1D almost cannot be reversed maneveur (only if your pesky opponent has a pesky clean break in his pesky hand!) that is almost becoming a staple in most decks. Your maybe a Dirty Low Blow would be great, or maybe even a low damage maneveur like Wrist Lock. Submissions would be my best bet, or cards that cannot be reversed from the hand. ( Such as Claw (Submission) or Dirty Low Blow (Strike, Heel)

The next thing you actually should look out for is his arsenal. Yes, judging by the size and thickness of his remaining deck, you should more or less know how many cards he has left in his arsenal. This is another factor that affects which maneveur card you should play. About 5 or 6 left? A Running Lariat should do the job, or even bigger moves such as Boston Crab. The key of No Mercy! is just to take out your opponent with tha one maneveur, what ever it may be and end the game.

Afraid of using up your precious 3 Backlash mid match slot? Who cares if you are able to finish him within that round! Don't be afraid to use it up, because No Mercy! is really worth it.

Another condition of No Mercy! states that you must have a greater Fortitude Rating, which is not much of a problem. Aggresive decks uses No Mercy! and agrresive decks naturally have a greater fortitude rating!

Remember not just to have fun, show No Mercy!

Clement Cher
08th of Nov' 01

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