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Crafty Nomad (Rank 1 Masters)

Expedition Deck By
Antha1on

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Cost Curve

Type

Faction

Information

I was trying out a new FTJ deck and thought “Man, I really wish I could play Crafty Infiltration in this.”

Fortunately, 4-faction builds are very forgiving thanks to the current power-base, so… I did. This thing rocketed straight up from Diamond 3 to Masters rank 10 in a single evening.

Gameplay-wise, you’ve got 3 themes; evasion, tempo, and relic tricks. Most of the deck flies, which ideally leads to continuous card draw through Masterpiece, and eventually big flying monsters to close out a game.

What you can’t fly over, you can hopefully silence or stun. Your 2-3 cost units aren’t going to be stronger than Patrice, but they’ll have a few turns to swing before she and her friends arrive, and with luck you can disrupt their plans long enough to deal 25.

Lastly, both Veena and Lystia have the ability to double your honey and masterpiece activations, which can be a great way to stretch your resources. If you have both heroes, for example, you could get 2 masterpiece triggers for 1 power on your turn, AND activate it again on the opponent’s turn for 2 more triggers.

Edit: just cracked rank 1. Wasp is probably the best card I’ve ever cut from a deck, but turn 5-6 is just too late for what this deck wants to do. Added Commando as a card that can accelerate the flyer plan, and is fetchable by Crafty Infiltration. As always, I’m open to suggestions on things to improve!

Expedition Information

Expedition #29
October 18, 2023
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Details

Shiftstone Cost
Does not include campaign cost
62,700

Premium Cost
235,200

Influence Requirements
2 1 2 1

Power Sources
5 4 7 5 4

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Deck Rarities
16 11 19 12 12

Card Types
31 12 7 0 25

Archetype
Tempo

Updated
May 14, 2024

Added
May 8, 2024

Views
1,015

Eternal Version
Battle Lines

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Revisions (Since last major patch) May 14, 2024


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Comments

legendaryflames Eternal Version: 24.05.01
I really don't like Master Archivist in the deck. Because you aren't playing any Power Cards that come into play depleted, it's difficult to make it more than a 1/2. You can, but you are giving up gas to do so. Every time I had the card in hand it felt bad. Some decks have plenty of card draw and units that are a bad matchup, so it doesn't feel bad to give up units to make it grow. That's not the case here. It's not even great for mana fixing for Primal because you play zero primal units.
Antha1on Eternal Version: 24.05.01
I actually found the same thing, I just replaced him with a playset of Dran the Farmer. Another 2-drop that can start drawing T3 with masterpiece is a much better fit.