Link to Day 1 (worse) version:
Masters 21 May 2021
Changes:
Adding:
4x
Raging Jackal: Much better card than expected, especially when compared with
Midchief Salus. Makes the curve smoother by running more 1-drops.
3x
Barricade Basher: Good 3-drop, a big enough body to protect
Málaga Amphitheatre. Discard can sometimes be an upside for
D'Angolo Houndmaster. Also good synergy with
Powercell. 3-of because we don't really want to see 2 in the same hand.
2x
Scythe Slash: Pushes insane amount of damage, has great synergy with
Passionate Stonehammer,
Barricade Basher and
D'Angolo Houndmaster. Plunders.
Dropping:
2x
Cast Out: A tempo play that is synergistic with soldiers (and
Powercell). However, it is dropped when 5 other soldiers are also dropped from the deck.
1x
Praxis Blueprints: 2 copies are enough. You aren't going to trigger the effect anyways.
4x
Midchief Salus: They seemed unimpressive against regen blockers and removals. Double fire is also tough for the deck.
1x
Flash Fry: You really really don't want to have 2 copies in your hand, but it is one of the only efficient removals against
Whispering Wind,
Vine Grafter and
Lynax, Moltenwing.
1x
Speed Grafter: With
Blazing Salvo out of expedition, markets are generally very tempo negative for an aggro deck like this. That said, the charge sometimes come into handy and it is not impossible to get the power to market with
Málaga Amphitheatre,
Kanya, Ironthorn Envoy and
Logistics Expert.
Market seems fine and there are uses for each card there. However, I think giving a unit charge is much more valuable than actually marketing for a card.
Other considerations:
Entrancer: No, just don't. It does nothing.
Open Way Supplier: I don't think my luck is good when it comes to topdecks. The card is also too slow for what the deck wants to do.
Crafty Occultist: Hilariously I think crafty may not be bad for the deck, but I am aiming for a straight praxis deck right now.
Char:
Blitz Stone is better.
Rally: Seems like win-more to me. In general, this deck is not aiming to grow a super-wide board, but to gain insane tempo from a combinations of ramp, bounces, exhausts, efficient removal and free units.
Cast Iron Furnace: Considerable market choice (in place of
Seek Power). There is a non-zero chance to have 5 factionless cards in the void if you run
Seek Power maindeck instead of
Praxis Blueprints.
Onoris Roa: Good against
Overloader, mediocre against other decks.
The Last Carnosaur: Not playable maindeck, awkward with charge if grabbed from market.
Arcanum Monitor:
Behold the Truth is better in the terms of immediate impact and tempo.
Phoenix Stone,
Urn of Choking Embers: Considerable.