Improved Germany Starter Deck and Crafting Guide

Complete guide to a new player friendly Ger/US Tank focused deck with upgrade path to a solid late game deck.
Time Stamps
0:00 Intro
5:01 The Base Deck in Detail - No Crafting or Packs needed
25:14 About Afrika Korps and how to use it
39:09 Tactics and Summary
40:15 The Upgraded Deck In Detail
52:52 Late Deck Tactics
55: 13 Crafting Guide
1:06:32 Final Thoughts
Deck Import Codes
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To Aim For List: %%15|3m4r4s3N3OcW;2S4tbqo6nw3QoP4B;4poUbK;4v4q
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[@HoangTran-ng6vx]

After watching the video, I have a question about the late-game version of this updated Germany/US mid-range tank deck: Some players (including me) obtain the level 12 decks before the “Covert Operations” update and therefore don’t have “Afrika Korps” as well as any 2 costs elite “choose 1 of 3 random elite units to add to your hand” cards. Do we need to craft them? If not, what are some good substitute cards in place of “Afrika Korps” in this deck?

[@Bear_Gardner]

I would not craft Afrika Korps as its not a hugely often played card. Any of the Elites I discuss are very good substitutes. If, as will be true for many you don't have Elite cards to use the answer will depend on your collection, but tanks like sd KFz 222, Panzer III-F or Flammpanzer are good includes to consider

[@Greebneaque]

thanks for the guide. unfortunately its unplayable past 8th rank, but its ok!

[@Bear_Gardner]

I am sorry you are having that experience, especially as it has not been the case for others. Blitz Doctrine and tank based decks is generally being very heavily played even in the top 100 at the moment, so the late game deck should be more than able to hit FM with time. I will say though that at some ranks micro meta's do appear at times and can sometimes be made up of very hard matchups for certain decks, which is why I advise using more than one deck as you climb, plus it gets you a larger collection.

[@Greebneaque]

@@Bear_Gardner thanks for your reply, mate! I am sure it can be a skill issue, but I lost almost every game from like 30 yesterday, can't even assume, what I did wrong, but I was absolutely slaughtered :D I'm more than confident in drafting for example, so I can't say I'm just terrible, but who knows...

[@Bear_Gardner]

@@Greebneaque As I say it may also be the decks that are around when you played those. Hard to say without detailed information/game film but I do hope it improves for you. Losing hard can be very tough, I generally take a break as soon as I lose 2 games in a row

[@Greebneaque]

@@Bear_Gardner ah, ok, good to know! :D thanks

[@danielneal264]

I don't have either of the two "starter elites" Nachshub or the 15cm. But I do have Greif. With my first elite wildcard would it be sensible to do 15cm first on theory Greif can kind of sort of stand in for some kredit efficiency given lots of tanks in deck? Or still should I get Nachshub first?

[@Bear_Gardner]

Took me a moment to realise you meant the advanced deck when referencing starter elites, but. Grief is a very effective tool for sure. The only risk is that it’s harder to keep around than Nachshub as it lacks smokescreen. But if you are firing out units and getting value from Grief this would be a reasonable switch of timing.

[@danielneal264]

@@Bear_Gardner Cool. Appreciate any advice on playing this deck into Commandos. Just gets absolute wrecked every time because there is zero removal or only two suppress options which plausibly are at bottom of deck, so the No.10 guys just go down and snowball hard into mass non-combat damage.

[@Bear_Gardner]

@@danielneal264 Interesting question. If you are running into commandos a lot you may benefit from running more M10A1, as we do indeed lack direct removal in this deck. Pathfinders is great ofc as if you can get the first No10 and the Veteran off they will struggle to keep board presence. They are a tough matchup for us, rather like pin. If it is a really regular match for you a change on the German ally side to any of the German direct damage cards like Through the Breach can also help. But it will leave you a little lower into other matchups Hope that helps at least a little

[@danielneal264]

@@Bear_Gardner Makes sense. Been toying with Stars and Stripes, since this also works against air to a degree.

[@theunknown1666]

I do not have the panzer II-A. Is it truly available?

[@Bear_Gardner]

The Panzer II-A is a standard rarity German card. If you joined before the 11th of June 2024 your base collection may look different. But it is indeed available. If you open your collection, click the show unowned cards toggle and check German tanks you will find it.

[@theunknown1666]

​@@Bear_GardnerI was just dumb. The panzer was in the USA level 12 deck for some reason. Thank you tho

[@theunknown1666]

One question, how do you import decks? I cant seem to do in on Android

[@Bear_Gardner]

So if you copy the code as text and then start a new deck it should ask you if you want to import it