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Xenan Witching Burden (Master)

Throne Deck By
LordPerth
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Team Not-Tavrod

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This is the deck I used to get from diamond 3 to master (27:8). Its a grindy midrange deck built around Grodovs Burden, Eremots Machinations and Witching Hour. The gameplan is relatively flexible and can be adapted based on your opponents deck. The deck has a lot of small synergies that can be used in different ways (e.g. Defile and Temple give you Machinations Tragets; Machinations gives Seedling overwhelm, with Burden you can start overwhelm killer chains; Burden and Witching Hour is completly ridiculous; Tasbu and corrupted shades, Devour, killer units and Nahids Faithful to draw cards; Azindel and overwhelm units from Machinations; sacrificing units with summoning sickness while having Burden to transform them into instant damage; resummoning Nahids Faithful to profit of the 2/2 buff several times etc.).
Against aggressive decks you want early interaction like Defile, Blightmoth and Desert Alchemist. Try to get control of the board before your health drops to low (usually around turn 4-5). Pesky Seedling can really help with that because he can kill smaller 1 or 2 drops and stay on the board for more blocks after that (even providing a shade that can jump-block or be sacrificed for Devour or Nahids Faithful later). The best market options in those matchups are usually Tasbu if you just need a big unit (depends on if your opponent has removal) and Temple, if the board is already stabillised. Azindel and Burden can close out those games, but they are usually worse in the early game. Cards to Market away are usually Witching Hour and Nahids Distillation and sometimes Eremots Machinations.
Against other Midrange decks you can be a bit more relaxed and value Alchemist and Banish over Defile. Merchants and card draw become more important, but you also need to try to keep the board in check. All market cards are potentially good, but it depends a bit on the exact matchup. Tasbu is worse against primal decks because of TTS, and Burden is worse against decks that run relic removal. Azindel and Temple depend on the board state (Azindel is best on a board with free attacks for you, Temple is best on a empty or stabilised board and a bit worse against decks with Jekk or shadow Icaria). Temple is also really impotant against Xenan Reanimator, so try to get it down early and stall from then onwards until you can get Burden and either Witching Hour or Eremots Machinations going. Cards to market away are usually Defile and sometimes Banish, Witching Hour or smaller units.
Against control you try to put some pressure on while not overcommiting (always keep in mind which mass removal they can have (e.g. AAC Feln has Hailstorm on 3, Malediction on 4 if they played Transpose and 6 damage Hailstorm if they have it and Prodigious Sorcery; FJP has Hailstorm and Harsh Rule etc.), and what they likely have (based on specific play patterns you can sometimes deduct if they have Hailstorm or Harsh Rule). Your market and high value cards like Nahids Distillation, Eremots Machinatons and Witching Hour are really important in this matchup. Try to use them to outgrind removal and boardclears. Azindel is also really good if you are able to keep 2 or 3 small units on the board (Smuggler with Ambush is always already 1). Cards to market away are Defile, Banish (sometimes you need it for small relics) and sometiems blightmoth or Seedling.
Good luck and have fun!

Details

Shiftstone Cost
Does not include campaign cost
41,900

Premium Cost
200,000

Influence Requirements
3 6

Power Sources
17 24 16

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Deck Rarities
14 28 21 8

Card Types
25 1 28 1 25

Contains Cards From Campaigns
Into Shadow [Set1004]
Whispers of the Throne [Set1085]

Archetype
Midrange

Added
August 18, 2020

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4,169

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jokerxy Eternal Version: 20.10.06
I don’t own either of these campaigns can I get some replacement suggestions please?
LordPerth Eternal Version: 20.10.06
Right now every player has access to every card in the game (until the 1st of November), so Id recommend to try the full version and see if you like the deck. If you still want to build the deck after the event is over, Id recommend to get Whispers of the Throne, because the cards of that mini-set (Blightmoth and Peesky Seedling) are hard to replace and Whispers of the Throne is one of he better campaigns to get (second best after Shadow of the Spire in my opinion). But you can replace Azindel (the only card from Into the Shadow) with another 5 cost card like Striking Snake Formation or Makkars Stranger.
jokerxy Edited Eternal Version: 20.10.06
I’ve been running into a lot of relic removal and considering changing ark of sol to disjunction or unearth the past but wanted to get your thoughts first
LordPerth Eternal Version: 20.10.06
Yes, you can replace Ark of Sol with a Disjunction. But you might have to play 1 or 2 more Seek powers then to prevent not drawing enough power. You can try it with 1 more Seek Power and 1 less Temple Scribe first and see how that works. Also, try to get the grasp of what kind of relic removal the decks you usually see play to play a bit around it (e.g. dont play Grodovs Burden on turn 5 if you expect that your opponent plays Garden of Omens). And if you know that your opponent most likely plays several relic removal cards you should take other market cards over Witching Burden early.
jokerxy Eternal Version: 20.10.06
Ok thank you for being so responsive, ive actually been managing to avoid relic removal recently.
Macsen Eternal Version: 20.09.03
This deck looks OP as fuck.
psycopat Eternal Version: 20.08.10
I would guess ur getting Grodov's Burden most of the time out of market but what about Xenan Temple ? I would like to give this deck a try but im currently missing the core of the deck (4 The Witching Hour) and the temple. Any replacement for the temple ? thx
LordPerth Eternal Version: 20.08.10
There isnt really anything that can do what Temple does and Temple is really important in slower matchups. You could still try it with some other high value 5 cost cards like Striking Snake Formation, Xumucan, Oblivion Strike, Braun or Etched Monolith (charge for Witching hour)..
psycopat Eternal Version: 20.08.10
I gave it a few try and decided to spend another 3200 SS for the temple and i'm really happy with the outcome =)

This deck offer so many possibilities that i was a bit lost at the begining, didn't really know which card to play or to market. So thx for posting all the guidelines and sharing the deck ofc =)
BadDecksPlayedPoorly Edited Eternal Version: 20.08.10
I've played a lot of your decks and I enjoy the way you do what you do. Great lists, usually very competitive with a fun twist that makes them entertaining to ladder with.

I've also played a LOT of Witching Hour decks, cuz its easily my favorite eternal card. This is just a great use of Witching Hour, it does absolutely absurd things with burden, it lets you get back into games where you've lost some ground in the mid-game, and it just feels good. Very resilient gameplay leading up to when you slam a ton of value and completely crush your opponents spirit. Great work.

I've yet to see a situation where slamming Azindel doesn't just immediately cause a concession. Same with the big long killer chains, where you're opponent can just see you working through the math to optimize how you're going to shred through their board.