Cizzle's Shadowmart

Welcome to the greatest gauntlet deck ever created. Oh, and it works fine in Throne too.
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The plan: t2 or t3 merchant for Spire Shadows, then go crazy.

Why is this deck so good? Well, Colony Matron getting fetched by Press-Gang is bonkers strong. The majority of "broken" units after getting their cost reduced (and power improved) all can return with Memory Dredger - most notably all the merchants. The market is incredibly powerful and has an answer to every AI deck. The Machinations just goes nuts since it can get back Dredger, Katra, or Press-Gang - I designed the deck with the idea of ensuring after the Spire Shadows hits it makes a incredibly strong Machinations. Oh... if all that isn't enough - if you happen to not get one of the 12 merchants for Spire Shadows, the deck still functions just fine as a "fair" deck. I think this last point is one of the traps a card like Spire Shadows can be for deckbuilders.

I streamed a little of it on Emoney's discord today and some of the strongest AI decks were popping off with their god draws and just embarrassed by the raw power of this deck.

Where can you tweak things? The early game removal package can be tweaked to what you like. I tend to favor Defile because it can combo w/ Dredger (especially when you don't get a merchant), but sometimes suffocate or a killer spell may be better depending on matchups. Eric likes Flamebathe in here over one of the Devour, but I didn't want to go too tempo negative and there's not an overabundance of recursion for the exalted. I really like having Devour when I run Katra so it doubles as a combat trick or silence protection.

Why aren't you running XXXX in this list Cizzle? First, ask yourself is that card better than a 1 cost 5/5 flyer that makes bats every turn for Katra and can get recurred by Memory Dredger or fetched by Press-Gang... The only card I'm a bit sad to not have is some way to recur the Mach, but I think by that point almost all the games will be solidly over already. Once you're doing something already more powerful than every AI deck the plan becomes to make it as consistent as possible.

I'm currently testing -1 Hidden Road Smuggler +1 Archive Curator.

This deck is so strong - how do I make it work in Throne?!?! EASY - add 4x Stand Together into the main and cut some number of Memory Dredger and Katra for it, whatever your preference. Depending on what you're seeing in the meta, adjust the removal package accordingly.


Have fun, leave comments on all the silly stuff you do with this deck!