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Deadly Pings

Throne Deck By
Zac_DeCroix

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It's a fun deck relying on deadly units pinging direct damage to other units:
Xultan Brushfang, Desert Alchemist, Scorpion Wasp, Marisen's Disciple, Twinfang Cobra, Venom Rider and Lumen Defender are direct sources of Deadly damage, that can get activated through Icebow, Ghastly Perfume and Parry.

The 4 Stormcaller, the killer units Dilphex Stalker and Trumpeting Warhowler get activated by either Cobra Gear or Touch of Battle. Excellent Touch of Battle targets for table sweeps are Crystallize, Yetipult and Bottled Storm.

The deck needs further optimization as it often cannot deliver enough damage when being dominant leaving room for combos to play out. Even having a 4/5 Logistics Expert or 3/3 Venom Rider out pushing the damage per round is too low.
The deck is weak against aggro pushes, controls with many kill cards, and combo decks that don't rely much on units.
There is opportunity to re-focus this deck on 2-3 key combos and replacing weaker combos such as the killer units with something that can deliver damage. I'd appreciate feedback on how to improve this.

Details

Shiftstone Cost
Does not include campaign cost
10,650
Premium Cost
122,400
Influence Requirements
3 3
Power Sources
17 16 8
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Deck Rarities
17 32 9 3
Card Types
30 6 14 0 25
Contains Cards From Campaigns
The Tale of Horus Traver [Set1002]
Dead Reckoning [Set1003]
Into Shadow [Set1004]
Buried Memories [Set1105]
Archetype
Control
Added
May 7, 2022
Views
1,246
Eternal Version
Valley Beyond
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Comments

alamat01 Eternal Version: 22.03.04
You can drop killer and focus on Touch of Battle type effects. Blitrok and Ulixa are value generator and control respectively that can sweep the board via ping.
Zac_DeCroix Eternal Version: 22.03.04
Great ideas. I'm wondering if there is something else that does the same as Touch of Battle?
alamat01 Eternal Version: 22.03.04
Waxing Moon is a better and recursive Touch of Battle but its shadow. If you go with Primal and Shadow, it will give you access to Iadra, counter spell, card draw, Champion of cunning for damage, and optional baby vara on market against pesky aegis.
Zac_DeCroix Eternal Version: 22.03.04
I'll take a look into Shadow Primal. It's a different flavor. I'm still at lvl ~30. So many cards I only have once or twice which forces me to improvise a lot - but that's fun, too.
BTW, I like your Super Cow deck. Love to see more such crafty ideas.