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Andrik's Pledge bois

Throne Deck By
rapicho

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So I haven't played a lot of games with this deck obviously, but I've been planning it for almost a month, I just want to start this pledge deck train as soon as possible, because I think Glasshopper is an amazing card.

While I'm sure better deck builders out there will take this idea and execute it better here is my current list and the idea behind it.

there are 18 pledge cards in the deck, I did not feel like figuring out the math on odds of having them in hand so I did a montecarlo simulation i found online. That found the odds of having at least 1 pledge card in your hand and 2-3 sigils at around 50%, and you are going to want to use that pledge.

Why you ask? well read the cards my friend we are here to capitalize off strong pledge cards and Glasshopper, and if for whatever the odds you don't draw a Glasshopper all game it also helps to make an indestructible Silverwing Courier.

Now to attempt to explain all the cards in the deck and why.

Cargos and seeks: cuz power fixing and they're the only card draw not off put by Andrik, Renegade Priest.

Annihilate: cuz removal, it's fast it's nice maybe you want to switch out a vanquish for it? I don't judge.

Glasshopper: The cornerstone of the deck, it's card draw it's ramp it's a body! it's everything fun and creative and a body, depending on who u pledge you might be playing this deck very differently!

Vanquish: again removal, it's a little slower, but it helps us deal with big threats without worrying about their factions.

Vanquisher's Blade: same deal as Vanquish, but also graveyard hate and a lil extra damage.

Display of Vision: mana fixing that maybe you'll get to use the other 2 modes on who knows what the meta is gonna be?

Hidden Road Smuggler: cuz smuggling, only running 4 smugglers because they don't synergize with Andrik, Renegade Priest very well.

Valkyrie Enforcer: a silencing 3/3 flier in a primarily justice deck? yes please! also it's good with Andrik, Renegade Priest, and Telut, Queen's Hand

Andrik, Renegade Priest: my boy and my inspiration, cuz his primary ability hates on merchants and control, and his secondary ability synergizes with Telut, Queen's Hand for extra big face damage (assuming you aren't swinging with Andrik himself)

Cykalis, the Burning Sand my other boi, aces face hates on sites and Glasshopper makes him cost 3!

Moonstone Vanguard: cuz card draw and life and pledge, be careful with him if Andrik, Renegade Priest is on the board too.

Silverwing Courier: cuz flying indestructible pledge! he's a hard to kill boi making him great with Telut, Queen's Hand, he's still weak to plenty tho, but he'll pull out their harder removal.

Reyna, the Unwavering: Ms. hard to kill ya can't Permafrost me! good at staying on the board as a blocker and a body with Telut, Queen's Hand. I honestly might increase the # of her because she's fun and u don't see her often.

Telut, Queen's Hand: cuz wincon.

quick market rundown: power cuz power, slay cuz removal, tomb cuz good card, sword cuz life steal and occasionally aegis, and lastly chains cuz extra wincon.

I really think this deck could be competitively viable, and if not it sure as heck is fun, because as long as you draw your Glasshopper the deck is going to play different depending on what you pledged. Also this deck might switch, market power for Burglarize

Details

Shiftstone Cost
Does not include campaign cost
50,150

Premium Cost
258,400

Influence Requirements
2 4 1

Power Sources
13 15 10 12

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Deck Rarities
5 15 33 13

Card Types
34 4 15 1 26

Contains Cards From Campaigns
Into Shadow [Set1004]
Homecoming [Set1005]

Archetype
Unknown

Added
March 29, 2019

Views
2,540

Eternal Version
Homecoming

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Revisions (Since last major patch) March 29, 2019


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Comments

Lunessence Eternal Version: 1.45.7
I'm definitely not a great deck builder and came here to learn more about building and playing 3-faction decks. Came across your deck as I was looking to figure out what worked well with the new 3-faction Homecoming units.

I took your list and updated it with some of the cards from the comments to replace some of the cards I don't have. I don't have Vanquisher's Blade or Cykalis, the Burning Sand. The deck still ended up being really close to your original list with the replacement suggestions. I only have one Howling Kurtarr and one Reyna, the Unwavering, unfortunately.

I tried it out in Gauntlet to learn how everything interacted together and how easy it was to play around an extra draw. I took your idea of removing the smuggler package since that was causing some big issues in Gauntlet. Ended up removing Kerendon Cargo completely because I didn't want to worry about playing around the extra draw, even though I love all the Cargo cards. I think Burglarize would be a great addition to this deck, but I only have one of them so without a Market, it wouldn't do much for me.

I didn't really want to get rid of Valkyrie Enforcer, but I sort of subbed it out for Peacekeeper's Prod after running across Imperial Loyalist in my card collection. She's working really well in avoiding extra card draw while still gaining some tempo by directly playing a card to the board. I added Valkyrie Wings so I could pull anyone from Reyna, the Unwavering on down.

I also put Acantha, the Huntress in the deck for some extra Pledge and for her removal ability but I'm finding she's not consistently playable so I may swap her out with Valkyrie Enforcer.

I switched out Annihilate and Vanquish for Slay and added Avigraft for extra removal. Against some decks, I'm finding that my beefy, powerful units keep getting blocked by boards full of chumps and tokens so I added Porcelain Mask to allow all of my units to have Overwhelm since I only have two Serene Meditants.

I wasn't trying to completely upend your list, but I hope I've still kept its spirit alive since this is really fun to play and definitely seems to be competitively viable! Just moved up to Gold rank with it, so we'll see if it can carry me to Diamond...and beyond!

Here's my current list:

4 Seek Power (Set1 #408)
4 Glasshopper (Set1005 #5)
3 Porcelain Mask (Set5 #47)
3 Display of Vision (Set5 #249)
3 Slay (Set2 #236)
4 Andrik, Renegade Priest (Set1005 #25)
4 Avigraft (Set5 #95)
1 Howling Kurtarr (Set5 #212)
4 Imperial Loyalist (Set5 #98)
3 Peacekeeper's Prod (Set2 #86)
2 Serene Meditant (Set5 #189)
4 Silverwing Courier (Set1005 #10)
1 Reyna, the Unwavering (Set5 #109)
3 Valkyrie Wings (Set1 #181)
4 Telut, Queen's Hand (Set1004 #12)
3 Acantha, the Huntress (Set5 #185)
4 Time Sigil (Set1 #63)
8 Justice Sigil (Set1 #126)
4 Shadow Sigil (Set1 #249)
3 Crest of Progress (Set4 #247)
3 Crest of Mystery (Set4 #266)
3 Crest of Vengeance (Set3 #264)
Rainhall Eternal Version: 1.45
I put Stormhalt Knife in the market. Grab it only when you can play it for free.
Aesthetic Edited Eternal Version: 1.45
Great idea. This deck is a ton of fun to play. I do think that the Moonstone Vangaurd slot needs to be filled with Serene Meditant instead, though. The card draw with Andrik out is very awkward for me and Meditant has a huge payoff with Telut.

edit: Howling Kurtarr is also an option despite the potentially problematic influence. I also play 4 Seek power and 2 Cargo instead of the opposite.
rapicho Eternal Version: 1.45
I think you're right and those are great changes! Meditant also synergizes well with andrik thanks to overwhelm.
urzathran Edited Eternal Version: 1.45
I landed here searching for Telut, because I wanted to use the new Svetya card. Cycled in 2 copies of Svetya, 2 Bleak Basin Guide, and 4 Stonepowder Alchemist, to take better advantage of Svetya's summon. I took out 2 Moonstone Vanguard, 2 Reyna the Unwavering, and 4 Cykalis, the Burning Sand. Even with those, out I've rarely missed a pledge. A bigger problem that deserves looking into is Andrik hitting your own draws off Kerendon Cargo and your Hidden Road Smuggler, and even glasshopper (exacerbated in my build by Revenge).

I think Svetya's ultimately not real great, but she can fit alright in here because of the consistent mana. To go pure pledge, I think yours is a good kicking off point, but I'd look for ways to get card advantage/selection that don't require drawing. I'll also note, the only card I've tended to really need off smuggler is more removal.
rapicho Eternal Version: 1.45
Lol so I'm definitely not criticizing your deck, but with all those changes that creation is entirely your own lol. I'm glad I had any roll in inspiring it though! I'll also say in the long run I'm not totally sure about Andrik in this deck at this point he seemed like a good Idea for reasons I described above, and I felt you could probably play around the card draw problems, but I'm ultimately inconclusive at this point. Feel free to link that list of yours in a comment tho and I'll go throw it a like!
ThatsTasty Eternal Version: 1.45
Excited to try this out. I too think glasshopper is an amazing card. Looking forward to updates!