@trippie, chiara has most definitely been more useful with the release of andy. While yhe ability to take on cards with high power is lethal, 10 might be a bit excessive... Useful, but praxie's 8 power can manage off many. As opposed to all of them, he is nearly immune to dr, depending on if you use fury or
Timber. Personally, I avoid running revenge and confidence, and try to limit it to only 1 in my decks. In my decks, I almost always have a DR, so
Praxie will be useful. Although, assuming that you are a player who can manage to easily avoid DR, I'd agree that chiara,
Sandro, and andy ld would be significantly better. Chiara is more for threat than stability, while
Praxie is more for dr counter(althoigh some would argue the stability upheald by chiara as a wall). In terms of attack countering, I usually try to counter at least 2. If i were to say make a
Jungo half with
Scopica,
Nyema,
Ashiko,
Eduardo, and a fang pi half using
Kusuri,
Heitachi,
Fei, and
Chan, you have many powerhouses and threats, but if you opponent has mono attack clans, that will cost an extra pill for each to win. Assuming you win with 2, it took 2 pillz out of you. Might not seem like much, but it can make or break fights. It's an advantage I try to utilize, but I suppose decks could be very successful without it.