r/ExplodingKittens • u/BusyCalligrapher1953 • 1d ago

Question Cat card replacement!?

I’ve been experimenting with shrinking my deck by taking the cat cards out and replacing them with bad decision card. I also paired it with reveal and steal.

My only question is how do I make up for the 3 of a kind where people can ask for a card aka a defuse, or 1 of each for 5 to get a card from discard pile?

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u/No_Mouse_3891 1d ago

You don‘t make up for it

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u/BusyCalligrapher1953 1d ago

Oh!? So you just never get cards back from the discard pile? Other than using hipcat no other way! I kinda really like that

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u/Medium_Barber_3087 1d ago

Ive never used any of the pair rules of 5 of a kind. Works great without if your deck is good. Best decks have at most 2 duplicates in the deck and use custom cards

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u/BusyCalligrapher1953 1d ago

Haha medium barber! I see you all over! Thank you! I am in the process of creating home made cards! Might take up the home made process to save money!

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u/Medium_Barber_3087 1d ago edited 20h ago

Nice, youve discovered the way EK veterans play! Cat cards are bad for the game, they take massive space that could be filled w much more interesting cards.

I personally replace them with 1-card steal effects like Trade and Raid from my custom expansions.

Speaking of which, if youre not using custom cards youre missing out, theyre better than official expansions.

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u/BusyCalligrapher1953 1d ago

You’re actually the best! I have so many extra so saving the money and printing my own cards isn’t a bad idea. I just need to use the correct paper, I see m31 linen card stock, as well as using your template!

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u/SomeGuyOnReddit000 18h ago

so worth it printing your own

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u/BusyCalligrapher1953 18h ago

Have you printed on your own!? Have you had to use different paper like m31 linen? I really am gonna do this!

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u/BusyCalligrapher1953 18h ago

It would only increase the gameplay! And it would make it fun for me creating them