- Having one or more board wipes in the opening hand is important.
- Card draw can help supplement if the the draw is not on your side.
- Play as few units as possible until you are out of board wipes.
- Save the
Tranquil Scholar for a
Champion of Order
- Mass copying of
Svetya, Orene of Kosul and Aniyah, Artic Sheriff can win games by itself.
- Playing
Sudden Schism on Aniyah, Artic Sheriff in reaction to a removal spell for the Aegis & +2/+2 on the copied unit is awesome.
- If the opponent has cards in hand try to save
Champion of Order till you can immidiately copy it with
Mirror Image or
Sudden Schism.
Still not sure just how good it is but It's got a ~50% win rate in low master's with about a 40 game sample set. Mass copying is definitely fun though.
Edit: Removed Scholar for
Spiritward Shaman for more consistent protection for
Champion of Order and Aniyah, Artic Sheriff. I also swapped
Seek Power for
Vanquish as I haven't had issues getting to 5 sigils or staying on power curve and the Vanquish is a much needed tool against Vara.
I am considering pulling the seeks for vanquish though. It's very rare I don't have the influence I need by the time I play champion.
I haven't tried building it but it seems like you could run 8 merchants and 4 Spiritward Shaman to get a Aegis champ on turn 5 pretty consistently. Not really sure how to build that deck but it seems like it might be worth trying.
My problem with shaman is she doesn't have Aegis herself. She usually just eats removal and I'm not really a fan of the green merchant.
I'm thinking you'd play a lot of units for more Shaman hits and to bait out removal before the important units. Basically it'd be a midrange deck with a lot of units that are good with Aegis. I don't think you actually want Champ in a control deck because IMO the best way to not have your 5 cost unit survive is to force them to use all their removal before you play it. You could also wait until 7+ to play it with protection but I think that's less reliable than just building your curve so it uses up their removal.