75 - 2 (9 successful runs, 2 incomplete)
***This got hit hard with the recent nerf to
Defiance and
Vanquish. I'll update this once I've tested options. For the meantime, if you want something that plays the same way, you may want to try this one:
Sediti Goes Dark.
Name is based on the faction of tech-paladins from Black Isle's Fallout game. I don't know why but I can see
Sediti, the Killing Steel,
Minotaur Platemaker and
Telut, Queen's Hand wearing Power Armors and Vindicator Miniguns / Gauss Rifles as they trudge through the Shattered Lands in search of the Enclave.
FLAMES OF XULTA UPDATE:
*
Intrepid Longhorn is amazing here. The sigil is undepleted so it ramps us better.
*
Aamri's Choice gives us overwhelm which seals the deal faster for your "single spear!" Plus it fulfills
Desert Marshal's role so our card selection got more compact. This +
Defiance also helps avoid damage during the opponent's turn, which can then trigger Sediti's curse.
*
Shen-Ra Speaks replaces
Pristine Light in the market, then added
Qirin Ascendant as attachment removal + a creature that can activate
Sediti, the Killing Steel or target for
Telut, Queen's Hand. Again, dual roles!
*
Cleansing Rain replaces
Reclaim in the market. It removes
Permafrost + protects our units from removal (FAST!!!). I sometimes switch this with
The Great Parliament.
TIPS:
* Go face or get to 8 power.
* You don't need
Svetya, Merciful Orene to win. The aggro units do just fine, and
Telut, Queen's Hand is still a bomb.
* It's not difficult to make something stick for a
Telut, Queen's Hand activation since you have a lot of low-cost units.
* It's fine to play
Sediti, the Killing Steel without the onslaught if it stabilizes your board.
*
Minotaur Platemaker is an absolute team-player - enables aggro tactics and/or stabilizes your board.
LOSSES:
1st loss: 7th run boss = Company of Exiles
- Stuck at 2 power for 3 turns.
- Just figured out that normal STUNS are no longer removed by Silence. Effects like
Permafrost and Ice Sprite can still be removed by Silencing the source. (from patch 1.45, prior to Homecoming). It was just awful when I ambushed in
Desert Marshal and silenced a stunned unit for an additional block, and then failed horribly, which stumped my "supposed" comeback LOL.
2nd loss: 10th run boss = Sudden Death
- My first drop was a 3-cost
Valkyrie Enforcer....and I have 12 2-cost units! LOL
- AI started dropping grenadins since T1 and went very wide. I just couldn't recover even after setting down 2
Minotaur Platemakers.
BOSSES:
1st boss: Svetya, Orene of Kosul (units get +1/+1 when you play a spell or weapon on them) - 9 turns
2nd boss: Tavrod, Auric Broker (units with multiple factions has +1/+1) - forgot to track.
3rd boss: Defender of the Spire (5 influence per faction) - 7 turns
4th boss: Power of Progress (2 power per turn) - 6 turns
5th boss: Defender of the Spire (5 influence per faction) - 9 turns
6th boss: Power of Progress (2 power per turn) - 6 turns
7th boss: Company of Exiles (spells into units) - I lost in 7 turns
8th boss: Defender of the Spire (5 influence per faction) - 9 turns
9th boss: Mindless Aggression (charge) - 9 turns
10th boss: Sudden Death (double damage) - I lost in 5 turns.
11th boss: Kairos, Grand Champion (on summon, put Sword of Judgement on unit) - 10 turns
Defiance
x4
1
Lingering Influence
x4
2
Aamri's Choice
x4
2
Icaria, Valkyrie Captain
x4
2
Intrepid Longhorn
x4
2
Vanquish
x4
3
Pearl Abbey Smuggler
x4
3
Unseen Commando
x4
3
Valkyrie Enforcer
x4
4
Minotaur Platemaker
x4
4
The Great Parliament
x2
5
Sediti, the Killing Steel
x4
7
Telut, Queen's Hand
x4
Justice Sigil
x10
Combrei Banner
x4
Combrei Insignia
x4
Crest of Progress
x3
Seat of Progress
x4
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Stick a sword of unity in the market for sure! The lifesteal is great, the overwhelm can get past token decks, and a Stand Together too for a couple power more!
Found good results with adding 2 xulta since we often have only one unit attacking (buffing say a commando or a little Icaria)
Will keep playing . Thx
I've also played with Xulta before and I loved her except for those 2 or 3 times where I wished she was Telut and cost me the game. I think that's why I didn't consider her, but then that was a different deck so I'll see how she plays out in this one! Curious though, what did you replace?
Btw, thanks for the input!
I've got two decks I'm working on, that if you have the time maybe you'd wanna try out and give me some feedback?
One is an Ixtun mid-aggro deck https://eternalwarcry.com/decks/d/ybd2raOhaJ0/ixtun-madggro-1-1
The other is mostly for Gauntlet but works for both, using equalizer, tavrod, and Minotaurs! https://eternalwarcry.com/decks/d/0joDImcoLr8/experimental-equaltaurs
Anyway I like your deck this one and the last, tho I didn't have as much success with your last one.
Well when I see a deck worth trying I import it twice. I label the first one "template" or "stock", and leave it as is, then the second one I play around with.
I swapped reclaim for the sword of unity, since stand together is still worth having, and for main deck I took out the harsh rules.
I'm usually 100% a fan of harsh rules but not in this maindeck. Maybe in market even with pristine but for now just replaced harsh with xulta.
What I'm gonna try today is see if I can't improve on Awaked Student. I pretty much always run Finest Hour in any Gauntlet deck (or Spiteful strike if I have shadow influence) because the AI takes the bait/bluff every time. So maybe then swap the Awakened for Hojans and fit some Finest hours somehow, gives us the potential for that sweeeet turn 3 empower+hour 9 lifesteal damage, but also some ramp potential to get us all the justice influence we need.
So TLDR:
Swapped reclaim for sword of unity, harsh rule for xulta, and now thinking of Hojan+Finest your for Awakened student and something.
Not at all to say your deck is flawed, it's great, I just don't like playing someone else's deck without
Making it my own!
If I end up with a worthy alternate version I'll post it .
Reclaim with Awakened Student is a nice double buff too.
Now about Hojan - I have another Combrei deck that has him, but it plays differently from this one because I'm trying to get this deck to play control if I face an AI deck that's a better aggro than me and I'm not sure Hojan does a good job at that because he requires 2 cards to get full value (power + buff) compared with Student who can simply grow and allow me to stall just with power which we have a lot of.
That said, I'm excited to playtest your changes and see if it does great for me :)