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Any thoughts to running Gloaming Wisp instead of Temple Scribe? It doesn't draw immediately, but its a lot easier on the influence and also has flying. This also seems like the kind of deck that will be able to leverage Nightfall much better than the average opponent. Or are there too many 4+ cost cards?
i would add x2 arcanum monitor, 1 rally, and 1 alluring ember. I would also cut the seek power for a trail maker. makes your deck go a little lower to the ground while keeping the same tokens concept.
Congrats on being featured on the RNG Eternal tier list! I'm gonna try climbing with this deck next season. How would you recommend tweaking the deck for the ladder instead of tournaments? I saw you mention Crimson Firemaw and Flamestoker in some comments, but curious about the quantities of each and any other changes you'd make!
Thanks Jakecard! This deck was tuned on ladder and the sideboard was tuned for tournament play. I haven't tinkered with too much other than the few suggestions i've had. I am currently working on testing reliquary raider in the main deck. It's a nice choice if you're planning on playing the mirror a lot (which has been happening on ladder). I'll also be streaming some tuning tomorrow night in preparation for the Eternal tournament series. Hope you can make it! twitch.tv/lolmagikarp
hey thanks! Firemaw seems like a nice replacement for ladder. slow is a card that's INSANE in sideboards but pretty underwhelming for ladder due to decks like skycrag aggro being very popular. it's almost a dead card in those matchups unless you can hit something like a mortar.
flamestoker is an interesting card to potentially play as a 1 of on ladder. i could also see adding the fourth ember just for those "all in" games that this deck has sometimes (stay on 3-4 power and just smash with little dudes and rally).
I took your advice and the results have been great. The ability to dive under board sweepers and then regenerate the board the moment they sweep is lots of fun. I feel like Praxis Tokens has a better time fulfilling the aggro role in the current meta than Stonescar or Skycrag.
Heh, played against this deck 3 times in ranked. Won each match. Harsh Rule followed by Amilli and/or Colony Matron. The weakness of this deck is a lack of removal. Any half decent token deck with some removal will beat this deck outright.
Hi Nefarious! Thank you for the comment on the list that I played. comparing ladder and sideboarded matches is very different and if you look at my board i am playing 3 flamestoker to be able to be a little more resilient vs board wipes. slow is also very great vs harsh rule and it saved me once or twice. while ladder is a good indication of g1 matchups, sideboarded tournaments are a whole different ball game. Thanks!
What a sample size... Not sure what you are referring to as a "half decent token decks," but this is the most consistently powerful token strategy available. Yes maybe it has a bad matchup with another token deck running harsh rules, because of your element of surprise, but that deck doesn't really exist in the current meta.
Actually, I posted the deck that won against this deck 3x in ranked. It is named Beatdown. The biggest fault in this deck is removal. My statement still stands. Although we may define token decks much differently.
I'm not sure if you're calling your deck a token deck, but the deck you posted would be classified by most people as a midrange deck. Honestly the idea is pretty neat, and you'll win a lot of games mainly because people have no idea what you're playing. I fully support playing your own creation in ranked, it's more fun that way. However, your understanding of this praxis deck seems limited. This deck is a "proactive" aggro deck with a game-plan that plays out similarly every game. This is very different from a deck with lots of "reactive" and "situational" cards like removal, caltrops, inspire, and wanted poster. The lack of removal is what makes this deck strong, because you're never sitting there responding to your opponent. Instead you are maxing out your power every single turn. The deck you posted would have a terrible win-rate against this deck if your opponents simply played around harsh rule. I've been playing this deck in top 100 ranked most of the season and it's winrate against most midrange decks is very high.
oh thanks aether! awesome deck. i cut the two shogun for the two monitor early in testing. I felt like it gave the deck a little more power when games go late instead of the one punch explosive potential of shogun. I shaved praxis displacer down to 1 for 1 more obliterate. they are effectively both good vs titan while oblit gives a little more reach and i feel like oblit is one of the most underrated cards currently.
Hello :) It's a combination of what Vitalez said and the fact that the deck is surprisingly color hungry in the early, mid, and late game. needing double fire and time for a 1 drop warp had me shave something and just add that 1 of seek. it was a combination of wanting another way to fetch colors while not being "as" susceptible to effects like vara's favor.
It could be completely wrong, it just felt like a good inclusion after having some power issues throughout my testing on ladder during the week leading up to the tournament.
Would you make any other changes? Slow looks attractive but I am not sure what to switch for it.
flamestoker is an interesting card to potentially play as a 1 of on ladder. i could also see adding the fourth ember just for those "all in" games that this deck has sometimes (stay on 3-4 power and just smash with little dudes and rally).
It could be completely wrong, it just felt like a good inclusion after having some power issues throughout my testing on ladder during the week leading up to the tournament.