Hey all, this is my attempt at updating the Stonescar Beatdown decklist that you can purchase in the store for 2000 gems. I've made sure not to add any cards above common/uncommon rarity, so if you purchase the deck then you should be able to make this ^^
I've made a lot of small adjustments, but here are some of the major changes:
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2x Scraptank We're an aggressively slanted midrange deck with only
The Rat King for sacrifice synergy, so Scraptank is out of place here.
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2x Cremate There is much better removal available to Stonescar atm, and the power cost makes this too slow.
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1x Face of Betrayal This card is similar to Scraptank in that it requires a lot of sacrifice effects to get full value out of it. This one can be used to end the game so it's not quite as sketchy, but I think there are still better things to spend your power on.
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2x Wrong Turn As much as I love this card, it's very slow for an aggressive deck like this, and invoke is much more relevant if you can afford to use power inefficiently to gain value (which we don't want to do here).
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4x Stonebreaker Bow This card is extremely aggressive against slow decks, letting you potentially deal four damage to the opponent before they remove it or play a unit. It also has synergy with
Voprex's Choice, since you can keep recurring bow with the attack it's gained from contracting.
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3x Bullseye I'm not exaggerating by saying that 90% of competitive decks play
Dinosaur Nest, so you kind of need relic removal to have a chance at beating this card when it's played early. If you can afford it then I would run 4x
Oni Inciter instead of
Bullseye and 1x
Jeering Yeti.
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2x Shadow Sigil, +
2x Fire Sigil I'm simplifying a bit, but this is essentially what I changed about the powerbase. There was a lot of depleted power and too many shadow sources, making 2 drops (especially
League Explorer) uncastable. You still have 17 total sources for shadow after this, so it should be enough to consistently play four drops like
Impending Doom and
The Rat King, but now you will be able to play a unit on t2 as well.
Anyway, if people like this type of content then I can make adjustments to the other decks as well. I think this is a relatively viable ladder deck that should easily be able to make it to Masters :) I hope this helped, and enjoy!
Stonebreaker Bow did quite a lot damage in my games with your list.
Did you consider adding Oni Forgesmith, maybe instead of the blueprints?
Would you also add Jawbone Greatsword with the recent buff of overwhelm if you don't won't to keep it budget?
Would you add something else if gems are not limited?
I have the impressions that many player bring slow (face aegis) control decks where relic weapons plus aggro could be good.
Best regards
BIGnatius
Never mind about the great sword. I thought it was expedition legal.
But Miner's Musket seems to be fitting this deck.
What do you think
Best regards
BIGnatius
I think the blueprints are somewhat necessary to be able to support League Explorer while also reaching double shadow for Impending Doom and The Rat King, but forgesmith would be a decent card if you wanted to build towards midrange/control. Like you mentioned, greatsword isn't currently legal, but fwiw I think it's not the worst idea as an answer to magniventris. Miner's Musket is pretty situational, I think that it's great if you're facing a lot of low health units (especially ones with aegis like Plunk or Paladin), and not so good if you're mostly using it to deal 2 damage to the opponent.
I'm glad you're enjoying the deck!
I'm not a big brewer, and I have a big enough collection that I don't need "starting point" decks like these, but I'm really glad you're giving semi-new players some suggestions to help make their first steps into competitive Expedition a ton better!
I hope to see this for the other two Expedition deck bundles, assuming you feel like it.