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FTJ Well Armed Strangers

Expedition Deck By
MooseyJ
Moosi-J+6385

Work in Progress
+2

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Always open for feedback - newer to deck building in general and I'm willing to bet this deck needs a lot of tweaking. For now I'm looking for a fun deck, and I've really enjoying the Strangers decks and wanted to give it a shot. The whole concept may have no legs - if that's the case I'd appreciate that feedback too!

General idea is making big weapons with Rakano Artisan and Strange Gladiator. If the weapons die, that's ok! Strange Blacksmith will get them back. Get a ton of random battle skills with Steely Stranger and Tranquil Scholar and drop them on a Hero of the People.

A lot of the decisions are based on what cards I have (of course) and suggestions for creation goals (more Kodosh's Strangers?) are incredibly appreciated.

Update: Thank you to Cillranchello for taking the time to make
MooseyJ's FTJ Well-Armed Strangers and explaining their reasoning - helped me out a lot.

Took out one of the Nahid's Distillations to add another Aamri's Choice since this deck relies on keeping the Steely Stranger up and often has better uses for 6 power than card draw when you are pulling weapons from the Void regularly.

I've also removed the 'Mostly for fun' from the title as with the changes based on Cillranchello's advice my climb through Gold has sped up - we'll see how that goes!

Expedition Information

Details

Shiftstone Cost
Does not include campaign cost
39,150

Premium Cost
184,800

Match History

Influence Requirements
1 2 2

Power Sources
14 13 14 16 4

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Deck Rarities
17 31 17 4 6

Card Types
27 6 18 4 25

Archetype
Tempo

Updated
February 26, 2020

Added
February 22, 2020

Views
886

Eternal Version
Echoes of Eternity

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Revisions (Since last major patch) February 26, 2020


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Cillranchello Eternal Version: 1.50.7
MooseyJ's FTJ Well-Armed Strangers

I didn't change the deck much, and tried to keep it roughly the same cost. More or less I trimmed some of the single or dual copies of cards that weren't getting you much value and added more copies of some core combo pieces.

There's one slight issue that needs addressing. If you want Steely Stranger to be your main engine of getting battle skills, then take out Nahid's distillation for more Aamri's Choices. Steely stranger needs to attack in order to get his effect, and the rest of your unit's Stat lines aren't enough to leave Steely on the board and just be a blocker/value engine. If you want to use Tranquil Scholar instead, cut the Kairos Choice for Edict of Grodov.

When possible, you want the burden of replaying cards on your opponent, and Edict of Grodov gives you an unconditional bounce that you can play before starting your turn or in response to attacks/blocks. In the market, I'd consider taking out Edict of Shavka for Rampage or Reinvigorate, depending if you want to lean more offensively or defensively.
MooseyJ Eternal Version: 1.50.7
Thank you for taking the time to make that! I get your rationale and the changes are exactly of the type I could feel were needed but couldn't quite see myself. Greatly appreciated!!
Cillranchello Eternal Version: 1.50.7
Np, it was fun. Thanks for the shoutout.