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JPS Midrange - midrange harder (top 100 Masters)

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JernauMorat

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This is a JPS deck that I have been tinkering with for about 3-4 weeks. My best rank so far this season is 63, and my overall win rate from D3 is about 67%.

This JPS midrange deck is fantastic at attacking most meta-games and even the inclusion of In Cold Blood hasn't harmed the deck too much. The major attraction to this deck is the core of it is just exceptionally powerful, this core consists of;

Strategize
Wisdom of the Elders
Valkyrie Enforcer
Shelterwing Rider
Harsh Rule
Inquisitor Makto
Black-Sky Harbringer
Eilyn, Clan Mother

This frame gives you the basis of a deck that can be tweaked to attack any meta-game you encounter. My current build is designed to deal with Feln, Armory and other midrange decks. This is why you see the inclusion of hand disruption in the form of both Sabotage and Devastating Setback with the free win potential of both Rain of Frogs and Azindel's Gift. Alongside this you also play Hooru Pacifier to make like harder for any armory deck with some very good splash damage against Argenport.

However if you're playing against a more aggressive meta-game Sabotage becomes Permafrost, Rain of Frogs becomes Lightning Strike, Devastating Setback and Azindel's Gift become Hailstorm. Depending on how you want to place yourself you can also play Unseen Commando over the Hooru Pacifier or Valkyrie Enforcer, however I have found that this mix of 3 drop creatures to be very good.


In terms of how to play the deck, it rewards a solid understand of positioning in match-ups. You need to understand your role in any given game, whether you are the pure control deck, the disruptive beatdown deck or anything in between. You have the tools to win any match-up but sequencing your threats to line-up against your opponents game place is the key to success.


Have fun, I hope you have as much success as I have.

Details

Shiftstone Cost
Does not include campaign cost
53,550

Premium Cost
210,400

Influence Requirements
2 2 3

Power Sources
14 15 13 17

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Deck Rarities
13 17 24 14

Card Types
22 1 27 0 25

Contains Cards From Campaigns
Dead Reckoning [Set1003]

Archetype
Midrange

Added
March 20, 2018

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7,935

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Dead Reckoning

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Tarms Eternal Version: 1.31.6
So I took out both rain of frogs and put in 1 celestial omen and 1 sword of the sky king and oh man it's so good!
Tarms Edited Eternal Version: 1.31.6
Hey! I LOVE this deck! It has a jund feel for me from when i played mtg, do you have a tournament version with a sb or something similar you could link me?? Thanks!
Lawgiver Eternal Version: 1.29
I like the deck, but I dont like it in the actual meta.

100% of the games I've played with this deck (about 20) I go behind my rival, when I reach 5-6 sigils I can counter my rival and win or simply loose, even games I controled the board so hard I've lost the game playing top deck vs my rival
JernauMorat Eternal Version: 1.29
The current meta is very hostile to this deck tbh, when I posted up the deck list there were a lot more Praxis/Combrei/Argenport/Rakano decks running around which is what this deck preys upon most heavily. However there is now an upswing in feln control, and Skycrag, both of which beat up on this deck pretty hard.

The deck is not well positioned right now, I'm probably rather be on a time-based midrange deck or Argenport atm.
Lawgiver Eternal Version: 1.31
I will try reckoning instead i think
Murder420 Eternal Version: 1.29
Hi, thanks alot for the list, is there anything i can substitute for Eilyn clan mother until i get the dust for her? Thanks.
JernauMorat Eternal Version: 1.29
I played with Nostrix in that slot for a while, however you need to tweak the power base a little to accomodate that.

You can play a few other things in that slot. Basically anything that hits hard, ideally in the air, and also ideally can affect the board.

The new Draka Works, or even Sword of the Skyking. I can drop you a list of potential replacements if you want :)
Murder420 Eternal Version: 1.29
Thanks alot for your quick reply! Yes a replacement list would be great if you wouldnt mind, i have draka but only 1 skyking. I should have the dust to make eilyn soon but i am eager to play this list :) thanks again!
Murder420 Eternal Version: 1.29
Actually looking at my collection i think i will sub in 2 draka or 1 skyking 1 draka and build the dust for eilyn because otherwise i would be wasting dust elsewhere haha. Thanks again though cant wait to try this list!
SecondBlue Eternal Version: 1.29
Me like
JernauMorat Eternal Version: 1.29
Thanks! Glad to hear it :)
Nefariousdolly Edited Eternal Version: 1.29
Dropped Eilyn's Favor . With the extra card slot from Eilyn I also dropped 1 Harbinger to add 2x Amilli, Cloudmarshal's. This deck is similar to decks I use. Thought those would be 2 improvements I would add to a very nice deck.
JernauMorat Eternal Version: 1.29
The Eilyn's Favor is largely for face aegis, before that it was just a seek power, because you really want your seats to come in undepleted.

The idea of Amilli, Cloudmarshal is interesting, however triple justice is a steep influence requirement. See how it goes and let me know :)
Nefariousdolly Eternal Version: 1.29
Usually Amilli is a late game minion. Yes, I can cast him at the min power requirements. But I personally hold back til I feel he can survive more than a turn before removal. He has seen decent playtime. Had very good success vs armory with Amilli on the board. Even a concede or two. Am a strong believer in low cost big body minions. Just Amilli is big body with very good abilities for 5 power.

Aggro can be a issue with this deck. My few losses were incurred directly from aggro decks. As well as getting bad RNG for a match. But overall a really good deck.
JTJag Edited Eternal Version: 1.29
I don't even have the cards to play this deck, but I'm voting it +1 anyway entirely for the thorough meta-based sideboarding guide. Don't see enough of that.
JernauMorat Eternal Version: 1.29
Thanks! Because this is a midrange deck you really need to know how to attack the meta otherwise you'll end up in the wrong position and get crushed by the decks you didn't anticipate.