Akko, Inspired Artist
x4
1
Condemn
x4
1
Jack's Knife
x4
1
Suffocate
x4
1
Torch
x4
2
Quarry
x4
2
Rapid Shot
x4
2
Teething Whelp
x4
2
Varret, Hero-in-Training
x4
3
Cozin Darkheart
x4
3
Jekk, Mercenary Hunter
x3
3
Kuro, Champion of Makkar
x2
4
Kaleb's Persuader
x2
4
Tota Colony
x3
Fire Sigil
x9
Shadow Sigil
x2
Crest of Chaos
x4
Seat of Chaos
x4
Stonescar Banner
x2
Stonescar Insignia
x4
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I also found Open Contract awkward so I pulled it and put in market in place of Suffocate.I went down 2 Colony's for the Persuaders then added the Kuros and 2 Makkar's Quivers by dropping 1 Endra. I like having her in the deck for ping damage/light removal and I never get to play her anymore :P
-2 Tota Colony, +2 Kaleb's Persuader
Another very fast way to Mastery, plus a way to ruin our deck and get sigils in hand for Jekk. Tota Colony is powerful but it comes down late and we’re hopefully already combo’d off by then.
-4 Endra, +2 Kuro, Champion of Makkar, +2 Burningcore Drake
Endra underperformed. Hitting her Mastery left me with a bad Jekk that didn’t draw any more cards. I went 2/2 here because the void rebuys and treasure cache are useful at different times, and most games you’d much rather have one of each than two of either. Also, Burningcore makes Cozin very slightly better.
-4 Open Contract, +3 Spiteful Strike, +1 Jekk
Most of the time that I was casting Open Contract it was to remove a defender that Strike would have dealt with, and a lot of games came down to a few points of life that Strike can steal back. Plus, more ways to cheat Mastery is more gooder (though Strike does not get Kuro or Drake to Mastery any faster, unfortunately). The extra Jekk is there because 7 felt like a good number of tricks, plus Persuader gives us infinite fuel
Market: -1 Suffocate, -1 Spiteful Strike, +1 Open Contract, +1 Bottoms Up
Contract isn’t a strict upgrade to Suffocate, but it’s generally more versatile. I haven’t actually played a game where Bottoms Up mattered but it looks sweet, and I think it’s the best remaining 1-power attack buff.
I fully agree about endra and kaleb's persuader. I'm not sold on the 3/1 dragon so I'm gonna stick to the tota colony instead of it. About the open contract: I like it's efficiency at removing key pieces that might lead to frustrating scenarios. I'm also running 8 activators (10 now with the persuaders) so I don't want to have too many similar cards in the main deck. Also, Strike gives +2 but we want +4 for most of our explosive masteries. I agree on the life gain thing it's realy sweet but I think it's better to accept the inherent risk and trying to combo off asap before life starts to matter.