Deckbot 2 player variant by Jeff Kuta  -- jeffkuta \\ at \\ pacbell.net


This occasionally happens on deckbot where there are only two people
who want to play. If that's happens, we often play with three
modifications to the rules:

1) Transfers start at 2.
Player A has 2 transfers on turn 1, then 4 on all turns thereafter.
Player B has 3 transfers on turn 1, then 4 on all turns thereafter.

2) The Edge doesn't give you pool.
Sometimes in a 2 player game, one person can just grab the Edge and sit
on it because they only have one opponent. This can be an unfair
advantage. Of course, the flip side is that there is sometimes no
incentive for your opponent to act to steal the Edge from you if you
would otherwise be gaining pool. They might just sit back and cycle
into their ideal hand before acting.

3) Bounce cards count as a "reduce to zero" for bleeds.
Bounce cards are automatically dead in your hand in a 2 player game.
This rule is mainly used because deckbot decks are designed for a
mulitplayer environment and it takes a fair bit of time and effort to
cull them from your deck. If you were to run a tournament that was
intended for pairs, you should probably stress people fixing up their
decks ahead of time, or just have them pull out all the Deflections
from their decks before the games start.