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Even more even AP

Gauntlet Deck By
ElmoLesto

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Evenhanded Golem still remains a very strong card, and one would be a fool not to take advantage of it. This deck does that, and abuses other very OP (in my opinion, at least) cards to make the most out of every unit played.
We are dangerously close to that point where every power slot has a decently statted unit that does something as soon as it is played. All units here, except for Rolant, Iron Tyrant do that, and are also flexible enough that there is almost no Gauntlet deck that provides a challenge (outside of the bosses, obviously)


Small overview:
Units:
Evenhanded Golem: duh
Steyer's Eyes: fairly statted unit that mostly helps you thin the deck, get your next power, discard an unneeded card (reducing the chance of flooding), and check your next card. Occaionally, the other two options prove more valuable (some revenge decks are crippled beyond recovering with Adjudicator's Gavel, for instance).
Vine Grafter: most broken card IMO, great against aggro, spell damage, and provides market access, which 90% of the time gets you Dizo's Office). Cornerstone of the deck.
Rolant, Iron Tyrant: works amazingly against a ton of decks. He is really resilient against most forms of removal, and once it triggers, stops aggresive decks dead on their tracks.
Vara, Vengeance-Seeker: is a solid, reliable, unexciting card, that gets the job done.
Silverblade Menace: great against spell-based decks, decent otherwise. There may be better options, but she does enough.
Spells
Collapse: catch-all removal. You'll never run out of cards, so there is no drawback to it.
Exploit: Fixer, and peeper of the opponent's hand. You don't really want to draw 3 copies of it, but the deck has enough discard and market access to mitigate it's late-game uselessness
Just Desserts: Reactive removal. Really good against certain bosses (charge and double damage, I'm looking at you). Decent all other situations.
Privilege of Rank: I love this card (more than I should, certainly). Ideally, you want to discard it, convert it to power or send it to the market. It hasn't really disappointed me yet.
Finishers
The Speaking Circle: It's always good to have a site somewhere, and this deck has 3 (1 in market). The site is really flexible, and will always give you something useful.
Backbreaker: Awesome X-for-1, with enough justice influence. 4 of, no questions asked.
Market
Cast into Shadow, Vara's Authority and Dizo's Office are the only cards I've used, and haven't bothered to change the rest. Any suggestions are welcomed.


Piloting:
As always, the key is to know thy enemy. A slow starting hand against a slow enemy is ok, but should make you redraw otherwise. The deck deals with flood and screw really well, so 2 power will more often than not be enough. Look for something to do in turn 2 (or two somethings) and something for turn 4. Don't be afraid to toss power to the void or market if you think you have enough. The deck wants to get to 6/7 power, but it can stall for a long while if it needs to.
The only real potential losses are the two bosses: charge and double damage. You'll need a decent hand to win against those. Against the other common decks (company of exiles, burn scars, sibling rivalry, power of progress) you are definitely favored.
Sites are great against CoE (and the deck also packs a lot of spells), Burn Scars is slow enough that you can actually wait for a bit before getting access to Vara's Authority or Rolant, Iron Tyrant, and that's GG. Sibling Rivalry requires you to hold one removal and that's it and power of progress is also vulnerable to Rolant, Iron Tyrant, removal and relic weapons (if played early enough)


The deck is not very fast, but not very slow either, and (to me) it feels like you always have an answer to everything. I believe it is well-tuned, but I'd love to hear your thoughts.

Details

Shiftstone Cost
Does not include campaign cost
41,750

Premium Cost
235,200

Influence Requirements
4 2

Power Sources
23 20 18

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Deck Rarities
9 27 21 5 11

Card Types
24 4 24 3 25

Contains Cards From Campaigns
Into Shadow [Set1004]
Shadow of the Spire [Set1087]
Hour of Glass [Set1115]

Archetype
Unknown

Added
December 6, 2021

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1,042

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Cold Hunt

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