i tried this deck against the AI in expert and win 9/10, reach industrial age in 10 min, and always have enough exp for 1 shipment for units available. the monk can easily take down canons and cavalry. A better alternative then the chinese ancient armies rush.
welcome back big Widge, hope the move went well. always loved buffing old army so they were better than changdao and arque. pretty good too since the price increase doesnt affect the unit cards