Control Rod

Hi guys!

Today I bring you a list using Divining Rod, a very interesting card that was used in one of the TGC eSPorts Weekley on September 28th by Shookum who was second in the tournament, losing to a Burn Queen in the final.

Deck list: Surprise Rod

With the release of the new cards and the modifications on certain cards I decided to set up a list more focused on the Control, I gave up some creatures that did not bring benefits when targeted by the Divining Rod, although they are useful in the composition of the list, they are not useful as target for our key card.

Of the cards removed from the list the only one I find very interesting, regardless of coming from the Divining Rod is the Heart of the Vault, who knows with more tests I can find space for 2 or 3 copies, for now they remain as possible additions.

A quick glance at the list already shows that it differs a lot from its predecessor, the presence of more cheap removals like Vanquish, Purify give the necessary to hold the initial several aggros that infest the goal, in the MidGame we have the popular Harsh Rule added the Valkyrie Enforcer versatility to stay alive and get to the late game where our Divining Rod can shine , we still have two copies of Silverwing Familiar, a good target for our rod, why besides putting almost all the units of the list in the field (possibly) still leaves us with a flying 4/4 lifesteal in the field.

Breaking the strategy:

The deck behaves like a control practically throughout the match, only leaving this line when we will execute the combo with the Divining Rod, these are the tools for this control:

Single Removals - Torch, Purify and Vanquish
Mass Removals - Harsh Rule
Silence - Valkyrie Enforcer

The combo:

It is clear that the best interaction for the deck is Divining Rod + Alluring Ember, but we have good combinations with Silverwing or Valkyrie, both give a good chance of putting cards like Icaria, the Liberator and Soulfire Drake in play, as well as more copies of them, only Kaleb, Uncrowned Prince does not it benefits the rod in this situation, but even so this move can be of great help.

Good for now is that, I hope you have enjoyed the list and that mainly test and leave feedback if possible, the list is still more aimed at Casual, I do not know if one day it will be competitive but if it depends on me to test it and we'll have a tier 2 at least.

PS: Side Into Ranked

Some changes to the list are necessary to take on the Ranked infested with aggro decks, like Burn Queen and Skygro, in the tests that I did these modifications help a lot to survive in the initial turns and still maintain the consistent list for the late game:

Out - 1x Seek Power, 3x Vanquish, 3x Amber Acolyte
In - 3x Copperhall Bailiff, 2x Sword of Icaria and 2x Combrei Healer

These are changes for you to make in the side in of the championships, counting that you have the courage to take this list to one, but may well help if you are facing a lot of Burn Queen like me.

Until the next guys, sorry for the bad english, blame google translate!