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Hero of Expedition

Expedition Deck By
Sirtroymoon

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Information

I went from Diamond II to Masters with this deck. I'm 14-6 my last 20 games of which 8 were Xenan Cultists (5-3). This is an aggro deck that can pressure Xenan Cultists before they can get their game plan together. It has decent life steal to race against Oni decks too. Hero of the People is a good turn 4 or 5 play with an exalted unit or Crownwatch Paladin. It's fairly budget friendly as well with only 3 legendaries (I don't have any Shen-ras and they don't work well with Hero either).

Expedition Information

Expedition #3
October 7 to November 19, 2019

Details

Shiftstone Cost
Does not include campaign cost
27,450
Premium Cost
151,200
Influence Requirements
1 2
Power Sources
14 19 8
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Deck Rarities
17 34 17 3
Card Types
37 3 15 0 25
Archetype
Aggro
Added
November 18, 2019
Views
2,389
Eternal Version
The Flame of Xulta
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Comments

ForTheEternals Eternal Version: 1.47.8
What do you look for in your opening hands?
Sirtroymoon Eternal Version: 1.47.8
Generally I am looking for a 1 and 2 drop, or several good 2 drops. Double justice influence is more important than time because of xulta loyalist. However, if I have hero in the opening hand, I want to play her on turn 4 with an exalted unit, or turn 5 with crownwatch paladin if possible. In this case, I will play any duplicate units or non-battle skill units on turns 1 through 3. The curve maxes at 3, so if all your units are 3 drops in your opening hand, I would mulligan.
ForTheEternals Eternal Version: 1.47.8
If Hero is so important why only run x3 ?
Sirtroymoon Eternal Version: 1.47.8
Hero isn't necessary to win, it's just a different way to win. You only need 1 or 2 heroes to win anyways, and I want to reduce the chances of having multiple heroes in hand, which are basically dead cards by themselves. You can play an aggressive start and try to close out with pump spells and/or unblockable xulta loyalist without using heroes.
Ouroborosi Eternal Version: 1.47.8
I tried it and it works really well for me. Some things are not so obvious - like that Hero gets +1/+1 also when she gets a combat skill through other means like a relic. Or the shenanigans you can make with killer / exalted.

What I really like is that the games are interesting and fun. The board looks often weak on my side, but due to the many tricks, it is not.

Thanks for posting it!
Sirtroymoon Eternal Version: 1.47.8
Yes, playing the tricks well is what really helps this deck win. There isn't any direct removal, so being able to chain killer on exalted units is huge, or ambushing with scorpion wasp with a hero in play to basically get a double ambush block.