Dark Return
x4
1
Infinite Hourglass
x2
1
Swear Vengeance
x2
2
Blistersting Wasp
x3
2
Devour
x4
2
Dreamsnatcher
x3
2
Ephemeral Wisp
x4
2
Mitotic Wisp
x2
2
Xenan Initiation
x4
3
Mirror Image
x3
3
Scorpion Wasp
x2
3
Xenan Cultist
x4
4
Archive Curator
x2
4
Crystalline Chalice
x4
4
Lumen Reclaimer
x1
5
Colony Matron
x2
5
Lumen Defender
x2
5
Waystone Infuser
x2
Shadow Sigil
x4
Time Sigil
x4
Crest of Cunning
x4
Crest of Wisdom
x4
Elysian Banner
x1
Feln Banner
x1
Seat of Cunning
x1
Seat of Mystery
x2
Seat of Wisdom
x1
Xenan Banner
x3
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but i can see few major problems in this deck.
number 1: no green means no harsh rule. difficult board control. chalice decks play tempo and the best tempo swing card is harsh rule.
number2: your wisps etc do not have much strong "presence" like the traditional chalice deck eg "summon with an effect for value, then chalice-buff, double use". wisps and cultists they don't do much by themselves. their values come from dying and resurrecting. you have quite a number of non-chalice targets hence feel clunky. worldjoiner and lumen reclaimer feel very clunky hence i am not sure if they are needed in this deck.
number3: silence. thank goodness meta nowadays have less and less void-hate cards like stewards or maidens. but there is a rise on silence and transform. it significantly beats the resurrecting ability, but at least still can leave a body behind as your chalice target, a compromise but not that bad actually. but because your those cards suffer from no strong "presence" of utility after summoning, hence it is still weaker.
honestly though, i do like your idea of ephemeral and mitotic wisps and radiants. i will copy your this idea and try my best improve it if you allow. thumbs up for you. :-)
In regards of your (very valid) critizisms:
number 1: I was playing a Chalice deck with Justice (plus Time, Primal ofc and then a single Fire Sigil so I could splash Knucklebones as Plan B) before this one, but I got bored of it, that's why I built this one in the first place. Though I gotta admit I miss Harsh Rule and sadly Stray into Shadow would wreck Ephemeral Wisp.
Number 2: I'm actually not quite sure what you mean with this one, since I never played traditional Chalice decks. I thought giving Wisps Killer with Xenan Initiation would be an effect for value...(Edit: Was still sleepy when I read it, now awake I know what you mean, things like Combrei Healer giving health and stats, Desert Marshal Silencing etc. and then on top of that being a Chalice target, right?) I get your point about playing Units that aren't "chalicable", but I'm not that sure three Units in a 75 card deck qualify as quite a number ;)
Worldjoiner I added as a tutor target for Mitotic to break (very) late game stalemates by dropping her, giving her Killer right away and going for the biggest threat on the enemy side (preferably Gearcrunchers, feels SO good), which she did a number of times... but if I'm honest to myself, much more often I draw into her without the game ever getting to the point to play her, so I'll probably end up cutting her again.
Lumen Reclaimer though is a real MVP in the deck. She fulfills a multitude of tasks and gives very flexible options: She's my Void hate, counters Means to an End, Solitude and reanimation decks. She's my insurance, putting destroyed Chalices and Units after excessive trading or boardwipes (usually with healthy buffs from Chalice and/or Cultist, maybe even Killer, Revenge or Destiny) back in my deck, significantly raising the percentage of "gas" I draw into. She kills face Aegises so Dreamsnatcher can do his thing. She provides a respectable body from the getgo for the cost, without the need to get buffed before she can trade. Yes she doesn't go along with Chalice, though the better she works with Xenan Cultist's buffs, and especially with Xenan Initiation, drawing into bigger and bigger getting 4 cost Killers often takes over the game... and with Revenge, later Destiny on her and her copies things get really wild... Chalice or not, I really wouldn't want to miss her in the deck.
Number 3: You're right, with both... Silence is a problem if I can't "rescue" with Devour, but also I barely ran into any recently. Eternal meta is always shifting, so I hope it doesn't get to a point where the deck can't compete any time soon.
I'm really glad you like the idea, and yes, please, do your own take on it and feel free to link me to a decklist once you did.
GL&HF, Dish