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Makto, the Student

Throne Deck By
Nomad
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So, this was an idea I came up with for grins, that is actually particularly effective against greedy decks like Chalice and such. It also was something I felt like doing after the Hooru cards in Horus came out. Nostrix, Lord of Visions would be INSANE in this, if you wanted to be even greedier yourself, but I don't have him and think the early game control is probably too important to drop cards for him. My first writeup included even sillier cards, like Hooru Teachings, which I cut because by the time it would be any good, it isn't really needed anymore, and it was only a 1-of, and Mirror Image, which didn't work because I didn't have enough draw.

All of the Mentor cards in the deck are supposed to be used on Inquisitor Makto, and so is Tranquil Scholar, especially since you can get skills you can't mentor. Tranquil Scholar and Aerialist Trainer are the primary anti-aggro cards to stall until Harsh Rule or Inquisitor Makto. Obviously your worst nightmares are Silence/void-hate, though if you have an aegis up on him, he'll dodge Steward of the Past's effect, and you can block a Steward and Protect him to prevent the silence.

I've thought about running one less Eilyn's Choice for one more Harsh Rule but that specific choice seems to come down to meta; are you facing more aggro or heavier late-game decks? I really like Eilyn's for any match-up with Parliament/Aid, since I've had it massively help against either.

Details

Shiftstone Cost
Does not include campaign cost
31,200

Premium Cost
153,600

Influence Requirements
3 3 2

Power Sources
18 12 12 17

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Deck Rarities
18 31 12 6

Card Types
21 0 29 0 25

Contains Cards From Campaigns
The Tale of Horus Traver [Set1002]

Archetype
Control Midrange

Updated
October 30, 2017

Added
October 24, 2017

Views
3,485

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The Pale Riders

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BadBug Edited Eternal Version: 1.26.3
Thanks for sharing, I think 1-2 Hero Of The People can be really great in this deck
deadlypandaghost Eternal Version: 1.26
Rolant and Strength of the Pack both seem a bit greedy. Perhaps swap them out for the flying silence 3 drop or the 4 drop flying tutor?
Nomad Edited Eternal Version: 1.26
Skyward Seer would be really nice if you had a reliable way to get damage into your opponent's face sans-Makto, but the deck really doesn't have a way to ping the enemy's face. Ironically, Rolant, the Iron Fist is actually being run like an Infinite Hourglass,a 1-of way to counter Permafrost without killing Makto off.

Strength of the Pack is mainly a cheesy/fun way to take all your mentored buffs on one Makto for a second with the same keywords. It's not necessary, I just threw it in because I happened to pull one forever ago, and this deck is actually a viable one to run it.
Solafide Eternal Version: 1.25.1
awesome, ty!!!
Solafide Eternal Version: 1.25.1
What would you take out for the Nostrix?
Nomad Edited Eternal Version: 1.25.1
The main ones that I'd probably think about taking out would be 1 Master's Lesson and/or 1 Protect, though Protect did save me from an Azindel's Gift in my last game. You don't really want to take out any of the other Mentor cards as they're already 'numbered' appropriately.

If you did take one of the others out, it'd probably be Spellshield Architect