"MUST HAVE" cards for each civ.

[RascalJones]

OK, so with the new HC levelling changes, I was able to finally get some decent-level HC's created. I now have all AOE3&TWC HC's at Level 40. TAD's start at 20.

So, for AOE3 & TWC, what are some "MUST HAVE" cards to put in the deck of each civ? The only 2 civs that I don't have 39 cards waiting to be picked are Dutch and Ports, as I levelled those 2 civs up. The rest are all brand-new level 40 civs with cards to pick.

I want to play more civs, to hopefully expand my enjoyment of the game.

[I__CHAOS__I]

thats a lot to answer all at once...
I'd say, look at my decks
or tell us which civ you're gonna try first

[KingKaramazov]

Hmm, this is a tall order. I'll answer this in full to the best of my ability later.

[Navarone_Guy]

For a few of my favorite civs:


Germans:
Age 1:
2 settler wagons
economic theory

Age 2:
9 xbows + 2 uhlans
3 settler wagons + 2 uhlans
cavalry hitpoints + 2 uhlans
team cavalry attack

Age 3:
Cavalry combat + 3 uhlans
13 jaegers for 1000 gold
8 skirmishers + 3 uhlans
1 fort + 3 uhlans

Age 4:
1 factory + 4 uhlans
1 factory + 4 uhlans
lipazzaner cavalry + 4 uhlans


Japanese:

Age 1:
3 fishing boats (for water maps)
mountain warrior (for treasure-heavy maps)

Age 2:
5 yumi, x2
yumi attack
2 berry orchards, x2
5 ashigaru, x2
ashigaru attack
diamyo

Age 3:
diamyo
naginata hp
bloody harvest
close combat
way of the bow

Age 4:
shogun

[KingKaramazov]

France:
3 Coureurs
Thoroughbreds
Cavalry Combat
Cavalry HP
8 Crossbows
2 Falconets
Factory + Robbers Barons (obviously)
700 Crates (all three resources)
Tirailleurs
Long Range Infantry HP and / or Wilderness Warfare

Russia:
Sevastopol
Boyars
Distributivism
Cavalry Combat
Strelet Combat
5 Cossacks
13 Strelets
Factory + Industrialization
700 Crates (food and wood mainly)
Schooners
Castrematation
National Redoubt
9 Manchu
Refrigeration
Suvorov Reforms
2 Falconets

Dutch:
Bank of Amsterdam
Bank of Rotterdam
Flower Speculation
17 Ruyters
Stadhouder
Colonial Militia
8 Pikemen
700 Crates
Schooners
12 Swiss Pikemen
Military Reforms
Infantry Attack
Infantry HP
Infantry Combat
Factory
Robber Barons
Bank Wagon