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Deck Rarities
4 33 20 13
Card Types
11 11 29 4 25
Archetype
Control
Updated
February 13, 2020
Added
February 12, 2020
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9,243
Eternal Version
Echoes of Eternity
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Revisions (Since last major patch) February 13, 2020
Well, I hit Masters in February with this deck too. I find the experience to be a bit frustrating with this list: you absolutely destroy any poor aggro or midrange deck if you draw the right half of your deck, but because this particular list is so reactive it can be difficult to match up well against control and sometimes the aggro decks just go under you. The influence requirements have often kicked my arse as well, usually because of bad luck from Display of Purpose.
I think my biggest complaint is the market - the five cards are all individually good but none of them propel you into a proactive state if you weren't there already; you need to have drawn a relic weapon already to get one out of your graveyard with Smithing and the other cards are all removal-based (Dysjunction offered a second re-buy option). I'd like to find room for a Seek Answers - it helps get you over the annoying crest of your power base if you need to get to bigger numbers, or it just exchanges for a non-power card and, hopefully, gives you something to do.
I'm still going to keep playing it but I do feel there's something more than it wants to be. I'm just not sure what that is.
The relic removal is the main reason I run Stones melt Dragon, since it's the only tutor able one and there are quite a few relevant relics around. Sword of Icaria is a 1 of since it allows you to use Dragon forge on turn 5 to draw it and play it in the same turn after you play Traveler. You don't want to spellcraft keepers shield, so it's mostly a worse sword.
I love this deck.. It does have a fighting chance against FTS Sac deck.
- Midias, Leyline Dragon do come to my mind. But, based on my small experience, I do appreciate relic removal more.
- I do agree that the Sword of Icaria is kinda meh at some point (in this deck). My suggestion is, if you want to replace Sword of Icaria,
try to replace it with the Magebreaker.
I do have a single Victor's Feast which does bail me out a couple of time (credit: WhyISalty)
I don't have Naoki yet and not enough shiftstone to craft her, so I put in 1 Magebreaker, 1 Edge of Prophecy, 1 Stonescar Maul against Mirror and 1 Stronghold Visage for funsies and they feel great
This deck is abusive, it's throne level of control in expedition, just hit masters with it.
I personaly found myself drawing into to many power cards so i cut 1 Display of Creation and 1 Seek Power i also cut 1 Ageworn Vestige because i found 4 copies make my deck to clunky and 3 attack parries badly with a lot of 4 health creatures that i was facing.
I added few diffrent weapons to give myself more options, but I didn't make my mind which one are good yet.
I think my biggest complaint is the market - the five cards are all individually good but none of them propel you into a proactive state if you weren't there already; you need to have drawn a relic weapon already to get one out of your graveyard with Smithing and the other cards are all removal-based (Dysjunction offered a second re-buy option). I'd like to find room for a Seek Answers - it helps get you over the annoying crest of your power base if you need to get to bigger numbers, or it just exchanges for a non-power card and, hopefully, gives you something to do.
I'm still going to keep playing it but I do feel there's something more than it wants to be. I'm just not sure what that is.
- Isn't Midias, Leyline Dragon a better dragon then Stonesmelt Dragon ? Unless relic removal main board important in Expedition meta.
- Does Keeper's Shield compete for 3 slot Relic Weapon with Sword of Icaria ? It seams that Shield will benefit more especially with cards like Soldrain Smithing, Strange Blacksmith, Disjunction. Could be wrong thou.
- Midias, Leyline Dragon do come to my mind. But, based on my small experience, I do appreciate relic removal more.
- I do agree that the Sword of Icaria is kinda meh at some point (in this deck). My suggestion is, if you want to replace Sword of Icaria,
try to replace it with the Magebreaker.
I do have a single Victor's Feast which does bail me out a couple of time (credit: WhyISalty)
I personaly found myself drawing into to many power cards so i cut 1 Display of Creation and 1 Seek Power i also cut 1 Ageworn Vestige because i found 4 copies make my deck to clunky and 3 attack parries badly with a lot of 4 health creatures that i was facing.
I added few diffrent weapons to give myself more options, but I didn't make my mind which one are good yet.
Thanks for deck!