Hi All! Long time lurker and first time poster.
This deck was initially inspired by "What the Muck?!" by Makash. The interaction between
Moldermuck and
Counsel of Heroes is awesome. However, I felt that deck was a bit slow to set up and still not consistent enough for Gauntlet. Then come
Tarra, Ever Loyal
The best creature to play Tarra on is Moldermuck, but
Ghostblade Outcast or
Crownwatch Paladin are just as good.
Deathwing is there for early defense with the side benefit of warp.
Unseen Commando works so well with many creatures in the decks that have two or more skills and also provides early defense.
Sediti, the Killing Steel is for extra card draw and also a big butt for the AI to deal with.
Spiritweaver fits naturally well in the deck to smooth power early on and provide lifesteal for your enhanced creatures.
For Market, I added
Lay Siege to deal with the many permafrost or stun effects in Gauntlet and usually the first card I draw off the market.
Harsh Rule is also included just in case you need some emergency reset.
Counsel of Heroes is still in the market for fun and paying homage, but I rarely need it.
I have been using this deck and completed multiple 7-0 sessions in high MMR Master Gauntlet. As always, please let me know what suggestions to improve this deck further. Hope you enjoy this deck as much as I do.
Thanks.
I use Slay instead of smite.
The Upvote is because I created a very similar deck to yours, just didn't post it, because it's still in testin, but since you posted yours I'll name the diferences to mine:
- I don't like Crownwatch Paladin, but that is just personal opinion i believe. I just don't consider it worthy, when compared to Ripknife Assassin. Of course this is argueable, since CP has Aegis, but it's still an awful defending unit, whereas Ripknife scares off the AI because of its deadly and almost always trades better.
- Vanquish... There's very few situations where you need a Vanquish instead of just using Desserts, thus making it substitutable. My preferance here is Smite, because it takes care of statwaise unbalanced stuff (where Just Desserts fails when it goes the wrong direction)
- Beseech the Throne, Plunder and Card draw... I prefer Petition, no Plunder but definate Power draw and when pulliny a Cylix it's indirect card draw too. I'd call it personal preferance too.
- Sediti, straight forward, but I don't own him thus carry Rolant, Iron Tyrant instead and also the value you can get out of Rolant is absolutely insane. Since you own Sediti, you shouldn't sub him, but maybe take out 2 winchest Merchants, as 6 Market cards should do the job easily too.
All in all I really like your deck and what it's doing. My suggestions are personal opinion so don't take them too critical ;)
Good job and keep up the work
My aim is to consistently attack with at least a warcry 2 unit on my turn 3. Aegis is there to help that plan. If Crownwatch Paladin attacks once and die, he did his job to grow both Tarra and the next units.
In the case of Rolant, Iron Tyrant, who is a powerhouse in Gauntlet, I feel that he fit more in reactive, control decks. You'd still win, but it takes longer.