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"Unitless" Menagerie Gift Control

Expedition Deck By
secretplans

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How to play


1. Give your face an Aegis.
2. Play Poacher's Menagerie and/or Gift of the Auric Bank + Stormhalt Plating. (For extra value, play Gift of Xulta first.)
3. Win.

Some tips:
You should use Seek Power and the Favors to draw a Sigil to turn your Seats on as soon as possible. Play your Sigils last to keep your Seats undepleted for as long as possible.

Influence requirements are JJJJPPPSS - keep this in mind when deciding what to fetch with Seek Power. Early on, unless you're getting beat down and really need undepleted Shadow to turn Shrivel on, you should generally prioritise fetching Primal Sigils to hit PP for Wisdom and PPP for Display of Survival. You don't need JJ until turn 4 at the earliest for Nothing Remains and will have time to find JJJJ for plating in the late game.

Face Aegis is really important with all the relic hate floating around. Remember that you can use the third mode on Display to give yourself an Aegis in response to removal. If you don't have an Aegis, Mystical Shackles or Lunar Claw can act as sacrifice fodder in response to Minotaur Lighthoof or Display of Will.

Against an opponent's face Aegis, you can use Lunar Claw to pop the Aegis so you can transform their Menagerie with Display or kill a unit with Shackles.

Against Stonescar, Syl, No Regrets is the biggest problem. Save Mystical Shackles, Lunar Claw and Call The Hit to deal with her to minimise taking extra damage.

Expedition Information

Expedition #27
May 11, 2022 to January 18, 2023

Details

Shiftstone Cost
Does not include campaign cost
38,650
Premium Cost
212,000
Influence Requirements
4 3 2
Power Sources
16 15 12 18 2
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Deck Rarities
13 28 16 11
Card Types
0 17 31 0 27
Contains Cards From Campaigns
Valley Beyond [Set1125]
Archetype
Control
Updated
May 18, 2022
Added
May 17, 2022
Views
1,700
Eternal Version
Unleashed
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Comments

neonharvest Edited Eternal Version: 22.05.18
I just looked this up because I ran into this deck 4 times in a row on the ladder. Usually that means a new deck has been released.

Anyway, I beat it each time but that's not fault of the deck or players. I am playing a mono Justice deck with Aegis units and Orene's Scepter, which make for a hard counter to spell based control. I expect that unit based decks without aegis would have a much harder time. *Sigh* I hope this doesn't shape up to be another control meta where you have to play Aegis to counter it.

Also, watch out for Rain of Frogs.
secretplans Eternal Version: 22.05.18
Aegis units are potentially an issue. Something like Hidden Garrote could be considered if that became more common, or I'd just start playing aggro again.

And honestly, as much as I prefer metas where combat matters, I'm having fun with this deck and the current meta. It's not too oppressive, and I've found it is definitely possible to go under this deck. Rakano in particular with its charge units, the 2/1 Dino that can draw another copy and Bullseye as such an efficient answer to relics seems pretty well placed to do just that. Stonescar, with its discard options and Syl in particular to punish spells is also a challenge.

So basically, I think there's enough out there to keep control decks honest.