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Skycrag Aggro Anti Control

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konan

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Skycrag Aggro running 4 Mirror Image and 3 Backlash? Are you crazy?
I know you have probably seen many different variations of Skycrag Aggro, but I hope this is "creative" enough to warrant a new deck.

When I was mostly facing Feln Control and other really greedy 3F decks (FJP, FSP, FSJ, Armory variants), I wanted to optimize the standard Skycrag deck to tackle those decks better. So what do you need against Control decks? Aegis and Charge. So I knew I would need 4 Snowcrust Yeti and Censari Brigand, which is what a lot of other Skycrag decks run anyways, but Mirror Image basically acts as multiplier for all the Charge and Aegis cards in the deck. Also curving Champion of Fury into Mirror Image for can be quite nasty. It has also saved me multiple times to mirror image Cinder Yeti to remove a blocker or aegis.

I also run Rampage over Mortar, which I found to be more reliable against control. Also Backlash is awesome against control decks and takes many people by surprise. I think it has gotten much better now that people run Hailstorm (costs more) and In Cold Blood (is a slow spell).

The last choice was to remove Pyroknight and replace them by Grenadin Drone. They are better against Vara's Favor and Temple Scribe and also against single big blockers.

I know the powerbase might be overly conservative by running 8 depleted dual powers, but when you only run 25 power the worst thing that can happen is not having 2 Fire influence and with this powerbase this rarely ever happens.

Happy beating those control decks, but be aware of Argenport Midrange as well as Time based Midrange decks.

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Shiftstone Cost
Does not include campaign cost
26,400

Premium Cost
140,800

Influence Requirements
2 1

Power Sources
17 16 12 4

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Deck Rarities
30 29 12 4

Card Types
31 6 13 0 25

Contains Cards From Campaigns
The Tale of Horus Traver [Set1002]

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Aggro

Added
March 30, 2018

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FafaPapa Eternal Version: 1.31
Hi, nice take on Skycrag aggro.

Did you try Daring Pioneer instead of Backlash?

They kind of do the same thing, win you a turn, but the pioneer is less situational. Of course it's worse at countering, but it's better at dealing damage.
konan Eternal Version: 1.31
I actually tried Daring Pioneer exhaustively in Elysian Mid. It basically says turn your opponents worst spell into vanquish. The biggest drawback is that your opponent gets to choose. With Backlash you simply have the surprise factor in your side. When you counter a Harsh Rule or Hailstorm you often win on the spot.
SageinStrides Eternal Version: 1.31
I second this. Especially since Backlash isn't likely to actually deal any damage. It's your only face effect, so it's basically always going to just hit an Aegis.

Although the surprise factor is lost, and it turns what spell they play into a Vanquish, which isn't the worst thing for them.