Ruralfriend's Urban Rivals Blog

The La Junta clan's good beginner cards are as follows:

Let us begin: the first card to get is Winston, since he's cheap and effective. He has good damage reduction for a 2-star card and he'd be a fantastic card if it weren't for the high minimum.
Next, Dean is an excellent card and likely the second-best 2-star in the La Junta clan (after Wardog). He can take down a lot of cards that are at a higher level than him and still pack a decent punch of 4 damage.
Following this, you should focus on the strength of the La Junta clan: damage. You should buy either Dacote or Chiro, and my pick goes to the latter due to her very high power in a clan lacking 8-powers. You will find Dacote to be a one-trick pony: if you're up against a deck of SOAs, great; otherwise...not so much. You can pull a one-hit knock-out (OHKO) on your opponent with him if both his ability and bonus go through, and thus can keep your opponent on his toes even if you lose the first round or two. However, Chiro is much more solid because she does not depend entirely on her ability or bonus as much as Dacote does.
Finally, Tank's base stats are pretty weak, but he's the only one in the clan with the SOA ability, so if you are finding yourself needing one, go out and get him. Otherwise, go for Burger, a more expensive option, but another card with high power (albeit courage-based) and damage.

As it stands, the greatest strength of a La Junta deck comes when you have eight of them together (so that their support abilities are used to the fullest). Unfortunately, you will be hard pressed to find 7 (+ a leader) or 8 cheap La Junta cards that are also competitive. Thus, you can really only make a La Junta half-deck, which is not too strong by itself (4/10).
However, if you are extremely patient and are able to save clintz for a long enough time (I would advise against this, since in the end, you could get significantly better decks for the price you'll end up paying), you can make a full-deck of La Juntas and release their full potential (6/10).