So, hey, Icaria's back! Which means--let's dust off one of our favorite archetypes--Icaria Blue! Now with better interaction, and more merchants! As this is a control deck, a lot of the interaction will be "season to taste". More heavy midrange in your pocket of the ladder? Trim some copies of defiance for more ice bolts or pristine lights. More aggro in your pocket of the meta? Trim the 1-of chains and a copy of Icaria possibly for a fourth knife or some copies of Rizahn.
Market I'm not quite certain of either. Sediti is a very real concern (though I've beaten him when he appeared in combrei shells, though Rakano might be a different story), so molot might be better as royal decree just to pick him off before things get out of hand.
In any case, nothing in the maindeck needs double primal, and the banner in the market allows you to round out your influence because you play 4 privilege main. Also not sure if palace or peak is the better pull from the market, but I think Icaria is better than either as a wincon in the maindeck.
Anyhow, this is just a tentative list, but feel free to use it as a jumping off point if you feel like picking up this archetype again. Enjoy :D
Edit 1: Rekenner complained about not enough primal. Fixed that issue. Privilege is a little worse now though.
Defiance
x4
1
Seek Power
x4
1
Torch
x4
2
Ice Bolt
x3
2
Privilege of Rank
x4
3
Jennev Merchant
x4
3
Pristine Light
x3
3
Rime Conclave Smuggler
x2
4
Honor of Claws
x4
5
Harsh Rule
x4
5
Jotun Hurler
x3
6
Stormhalt Knife
x3
6
Xo of the Endless Hoard
x3
7
Icaria, the Liberator
x4
9
Martyr's Chains
x1
Fire Sigil
x3
Justice Sigil
x5
Primal Sigil
x1
Crest of Fury
x4
Crest of Glory
x2
Crest of Order
x4
Seat of Fury
x4
Seat of Glory
x2
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For example, strategize is essentially a draw one for the same cost, with primal influence, and thats one of the better draw spells in primal, which is really saying something.
Banner, Hailstorm, Vision, Peaks, Decree.
Molat was never good, and perma was fine, but I wanted access to another Hailstorm because I saw only aggro.
-2 Smuggler, -3 Knife, -3 Xo, -1 Pristine, -3 Hurler, -1 Privelege
+4 Wisdom of Elders, +2 Hailstorm, +1 Daisho, +2 Rise from Challenge, +4 Eclipse Dragon
Went 16-2 to make it to Masters. I felt that I was buffing the bad creatures with Icaria too often, and wanted to smooth it out. Every creature in my version has evasion or charge, and the one weapon is game winning. Rise has been an all-star. You should try my list and let me know how it goes! Any help is appreciated.
3F + Privilege power bases just don't work - you either highroll or play 0 cards. I highrolled all last night, then reality came crashing down for me playing it today, with game after game of 5 primal cards in hand, 0 primal sources.
then I looked at the math and realized that you're more skewed to the playing 0 cards half of that.
Only one other change -- I put Royal Decree in the market instead of Molot & Nakova. What situation do you use them for?
I was trying to run Paladins earlier, and "Reyna, but blanks even more removal!" sounded fun.
At first I ran into a lot of situations where buffed Vargo was literally impossible for opponent to remove or surviving board wipes mattered.
But over more games his weaknesses are more apparent. Not having endurance is another.