0 cost Unleash [screens inside]

This started to be an experimental deck, but somehow turned into a real decent Gauntlet grinder.

With Unleash hitting Eternal, i have been testing a lot and this is actually some sort of a broken combo i came across, yet it has still a lot of space to improve, since the deck is not optimized.

What we are looking at is:
Valley Whisperer + Xenan Obelisk + Sand Warrior
(it must not be Obelisk, it can be anything that gives atleast +1 atk when hitting the board).
What it does is, it keeps Sand Warrior at 0 cost, since its still technically 3/3, yet it triggers Unleash when hitting the board, because it turns into a 4/4 (or 5/5)
The best start:
Turn1: +1 Maximum power + power
Turn2: Auralian Merchant + power (grab Obelisk)
Turn3: Xenan Obelisk + power + whatever
Turn4: Valley Whisperer + Sand Warrior
Turn5: gg

Obviously the above mentioned would be perfect starter hand or perfect draw, but even if that doesnt happen, the deck will outperform almost every AI deck in midgame and can even pose a big threat in late game.


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In the screen above you can see, that the Unleashed copy of Sand Warrior is still at 0 Cost when getting popped into your hand. This is because the Unleash is getting triggered by Valley Whisperer and since Sand Warrior (in your Hand) will still be a 3/3, it will not get targetted by Valley Whisperer, thus will also not be affected by the normal unleashed minimum cost of 1.

Yet the Copy that is ON the board will show cost of 1, because it is above 3 atk and therefore counts a target for VW.

(my max power is reducing because i'm sacrificing some mana dorks to show a almost full board of Sand Warriors without them cost anything)