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[Top 5 Masters] Hermit Hate Pile

Expedition Deck By
DonCoyote

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Type

Faction

Information

I've seen a lot of versions of this deck posted, everyone has their own pet cards they like to include, but I think what sets this deck apart from the others is the faster mana base.

The whole deck can be cast with one Fire pip and one Shadow pip. The only multiples you need are Primal, so the power base reflects that. Over half of it is plain, old sigils plus a couple copies of Seek Power and three of Eilyn's Favor to increase the chance of getting your Seat of Cunning and Seat of Fury out on curve undepleted. Mark of the Den can often be used without paying the power tax for the extra pip.

Cylixes slow the deck down and are straight-up bad, especially in any deck that has Omniscience in the game plan. When your hand gets refilled after every turn, creating a Treasure Trove is an absolute waste of two power that can cost you the late-game.

It kind of plays more like a midrange/tempo deck than control. It's a simple gameplan.

Turns 1 and 2: Mana fix
Turns 2, 3, and 4: Kill stuff and draw cards.
Turns 4, 5, and 6: Drop sticky minions.
Turns 6+: Swing the board in your favor and attack for lethal.

I'm still experimenting with the brew of removal and late-game cards, if not the power base. It's still a work in progress, but it's close. I also run a version with a Shadow market, so I included those cards in the sideboard.

Expedition Information

Expedition #29
October 18, 2023
Behemoths of Thera [Set14] Battle Lines [Set15] The Devouring [Set1145] Separate Ways [Set1155] Behemoths of Thera Reprints Battle Lines Expedition Vault Battle Lines Reprints Grand Excursion Save the Day Gareth, Veteran Lantern Colossal Rodent Altin, Bird Whisperer Surveying the Rift Morbid Deal Patrice, Outcast Queen Protective Crow Dran the Farmer Tripwire Trap Coerce Back to Back Nomnom, Epic Epicure Monarch Cloak Citycrusher Gekkota Menace Furious Accusation Aggressive Meeting Bounty Board Finneas and Finneas The True-Sight Map Eris Beastbane One Eye, the Huntress Unlikely Pack Tight-Lipped Ziat's Crackdown Defy Authority Steelwarren Noble Enormous Anura Corrupted Croaker Squash Belief The Hive Falls Invitation Eyes of The Hermit Krogar, Unburdened Rift's Edge Telia, Perfect Timing Altruistic Bonepicker The Beast Slicer Working Together Injustice Seek Refuge Steelwarren Rebel Lystia, Flighty Mistral Sky Race Gareth's Advice Scared Beetender Vara, Decisive Action Svetya, Demand Justice Talir, Looking Forward Eilyn, Battle Ready Queen Corrupted Riftborn Riftbreak Aeda, Heretical Forgemaster Ageless Knight Icy Scrying Listening Bug Marvelous Imperion Master Archivist Mogen, Demagogue Ooze Tower Unstable Hellion Zadia, Fearsome Outcast Zephyrus, Unparalleled Youngblood Guide Boundless Hunger Cuno, Localized Rewind Camrin's Sniper Rifle Deathless Lurker Led Astray Zora, First Responder Ancient Agreement Sparring Session Conscriptor General Rite of Purification Daisuke the Imposing Shade-Drinker Subdue Veena's Masterpiece Tenacious Heron Veena, Rising Queen First Shipment Murgo, Reluctant Councilor Fundraiser Sightless Tunneler Friendly Discount Feral Centipede Crisis of Faith Akalur, Hecaton's Chosen Akalur's Ravager Lost Traveler Proof of the Journey Paranoid Sheriff Well-Traveled Waystone Commander Ironthorn Evelina's Insight Ghodan's Takedown Velok, the Witherflame Alliance of Convenience Untapped Rift Mouth of the Hermit Omniscience The Rending Squall Abhorrent Revival Sky Hive Protector Winter Tomb Protective Embrace View All

Details

Shiftstone Cost
Does not include campaign cost
36,950
Premium Cost
173,600
Influence Requirements
1 3 1
Power Sources
7 19 7 8
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Deck Rarities
13 15 21 14 4
Card Types
17 6 32 0 25
Contains Cards From Campaigns
Separate Ways [Set1155]
Archetype
Control Midrange
Updated
October 24, 2024
Added
October 22, 2024
Views
1,216
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Separate Ways
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Comments

thewamts Eternal Version: 24.10.02
6 non Primal sources is not tenable if you want to cast Severin on 5, cut it down to 2.
DonCoyote Eternal Version: 24.10.02
I mean, this is what I use to climb to top 10. I've been hitting the Hermit on 5 consistently enough for that, at least. More important to me is that I'm hitting the undepleted power requirements to cast my two-drops on curve. Execution Pit or Futility on turn two is fucking clutch.
astronautis28 Eternal Version: 24.10.02
Nice analysis. Personally, I find it sad that this is a top tier deck since it's the most fun-killer deck in this meta 100%. I sincerely doubt even the people playing it enjoy a mirror match.
DonCoyote Eternal Version: 24.10.02
To each their own.

I'm a control player at heart, so I love interaction. If I lose because someone pings my face aegis with a snowball and Ruins my Omniscience, or they nuke my Heavy Hail with a Beastly Disruption, it's a bummer, because I like to win, but I tip my hat to my opponent and move on to the next game. "Good game. Well played."

The fun-killer for me is un-policed battlecruisers ramping for three turns to see who can get a better top deck with their Patrice, Your New Home or Boar Riders.
astronautis28 Eternal Version: 24.10.02
I very much agree that the Boars are also lame, they take second place for me. But IMO this deck isn't very interactive. Snowball+Ruin is scycrag only, any other faction has to pay dearly to remove your Omni which has likely already paid for itself, and as for beastly disruption, it's only played by other primal decks which are basically only this one or a similar Feln decks, plus you have an insanely strong counter to it with Corrupted Riftborn. And in fact, this entire deck's lineup is unreachable both with weapons and with spells due to high stats and aegis, which again to me, is the opposite of interactive, though maybe it feels interactive to the one playing because they have all the answers. I wouldn't be surprised if the only decks it loses to are itself and a lucky draw from the afforementioned boars. But anyway, clearly I am biased and as you said, to each his own.
No hard feelings, enjoy the game!