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Rampy McRampface

Gauntlet Deck By
johanngrunt

+5

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Type

Faction

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Hello, it's been some time since I last posted a deck. I'm still on a push to bring up Fire (my least used faction) up to par with my other factions, so I've been focusing on using Fire cards, but generally the gameplay hasn't been my style. So I needed a 2nd faction to pair it with.

I've been working on this deck for a while now, and I think it's finally in a place where I'm confident with it. I've beaten the Sudden Death boss and the Charge boss at least 3 times each with this deck. I did have some trouble with the 5 influence boss if the go Champion of Chaos into Champion of Wisdom into Champion of Cunning, but I suspect that the AI just hates me.

As has been iterated many times before, the keys to victory in Gauntlet are consistency and a low curve. This deck has only 4 4 drops, Sandstorm Titan, because it's just THAT good, and 4 5 drops, Inferno Den, and the rest of it is just 1 to 3 drops.

The concept of this deck is, everything is either acceleration, or card advantage, except for 2 Kairos' Choice, which I find is more flexible than Torch

Acceleration:
Full 8 1 drop ramp cards, Initiate of the Sands and Logistics Expert
Mix of 2 drop ramps, I find Trail Maker is the one I like most, and Powercell, which is pseudo ramp, and also lets you have an extra card to go to market with.
3 drop ramp, Tocas, Waystone Harvester, and Auralian Merchant

Card advantage:
Auralian Supplier, Javan, the Steel Crest, Inferno Den, and technically Sandstorm Titan which usually needs 2 cards to trade for.

Finishers: (aka we hide all the expensive cards in the market to keep the curve low)
East Annex Smuggler, Time Etchings, Auralian Merchant can grab 2 different finisher combos.
Gnash, Desert Prince + Grodov's Burden needs no introduction, a classic combo of Killer and Exalted
Talir, Who Sees Beyond + Kairos, Grand Champion is actually constructed Throne playable.
I have one attachment removal spell in the market specifically for Deepforged Plate, I have lost to that before, but you could decide otherwise.

You don't really need to think much, just get more power, and draw more cards, and you will eventually win.

Some other combos to note:
Javan, the Steel Crest with Charge, or with Killer buffs himself, and with Inferno Den can pump out a lot of charging, reckless Elementals which get boosted.
Javan, the Steel Crest + Praxis Blueprints can pump the charging quickdraw Mystics.
Bottoms Up on the Razortooths from Gnash, Desert Prince can help you clear the way for an attack, without the Burden.

Please give your comments and suggestions, are 11 market cards enough? More removal or less removal? More ramp or less ramp? Hope to hear your thoughts.

Details

Shiftstone Cost
Does not include campaign cost
49,500

Premium Cost
264,000

Influence Requirements
3 3

Power Sources
20 24 19

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Deck Rarities
10 30 14 4 16

Card Types
39 1 11 4 25

Contains Cards From Campaigns
Trials of Grodov [Set1006]
Shadow of the Spire [Set1087]
Buried Memories [Set1105]

Archetype
Tempo

Added
August 19, 2021

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2,049

Eternal Version
Hour of Glass

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