Budget Rakano Aggro Starter Deck Upgraded West Disgrace

Hello EWC Members!

this is an budgety approach upgraded version from the Rakano Investigation Techniques Starter Deck that you get when you start playing the game.
i took some inspiration from https://eternalwarcry.com/decks/d/FSKdHl_gyNI/marvin-the-imps-decklist-top-16 and tried find budget cards for of it.
the legendary cards combrei lawmage are out of reach as a starter, since you have no nearly shiftstone to create those cards, so we replaced it with Crownwatch Paladin, a alltime-classic 2/2 Aegis, Warcry.


NOTICE
if you are planning to buy the starter bundle for 10 USD - great deal btw - buy it directly from direwolf store ( https://www.direwolfdigital.com/eternal/store ) on their webpage not ingame, on their webpage you get bonus stuff like 300 gems and one free draft ticket. #ilikefreestuff
NOTICE


what you will need:
- Catch-Up Bundle for 2500 gold or 250 gems
- Enter the Arcanum campaign for 25000 gold or 1000 gems (the gem rate is much better value than the gold, i would rather jam drafts for that gold)
- Valley Beyond campaign for 25000 gold or 1000 gems (the gem rate is much better value than the gold, i would rather jam drafts for that gold)

how you catch up on gold and cards in F2P:
- play forge to diamond rank
- play gauntlet to master rank
- play at least every day the first ranked or casual win of the day to get a free pack and up to 9 wins each day for more free gold or cards
- play the monthly league at try to get at least one match, thats you basic income of new cards
- save 12,5k gold for the monthly sealed league
- if you got 5k gold leftover jam drafts, that is the way where you get your cards for growing your card collection pretty fast that you want for your future constructed decks.

= IMPORTANT NOTICE =
do NOT buy packs, they have worst rate than drafting, since in draft you are able to pick the card you wish for.
= IMPORTANT NOTICE =

card choices:
* battlefront dasher - give one of your late drawn units charge and +1/+1
* char - cheap fast speed removal or final direct damage to face
* finest hour - one mana +3/+3
* breach the defenses - cheap fast speed removal or final direct damage to face and sometimes you could remove a pesky curse
* crownwatch paladin - classic staple 2/2 aegis warcry unit
* west, on the trail - endurance flyer that scouts and sometimes kills a pesky 4+ power unit
* chizue, silver hilt - card advantage, provides weapon, overwhelm
* collision curse - power fixing and removes pesky units
* rickety ramcart - feels like a direct damage unit since when it attacks it spawns a 1/1 that your opponent needs to block
* barbarian guerillas - there are a lot of curses and relics thats needs to be destroyed
* scalesworn patrol - pumps the next unit in your libary with empower
* furious magniventris - stuns a unit and tempory pumps itself
* riva, crimson blur - excellent charge finisher that shoots two damage

alternative card choices:
* Argenport Noble - lifesteal, silencer like in the old days Valkyrie Enforcer. it wrecked my whole deck, since nearly everything is 3 power or cheaper. thats a really very good card, dont miss it to take it during your forge/draft runs. if you got lucky in packs you should play those 4 instead of Crownwatch Paladin or any of the campaign units you dont have yet.
* Centaur Warleader - budget replacement for Riva, Crimson Blur
* Granite Acolyte - budget replacement for Chizue. Silver Hilt
* Helena, Sky Guide or Parliament Elder - budget replacement for Scalesworn Patrol or Rickety Ramcart
* Offbook Officer or Curfew Patrol - budget replacement for Furious Magniventris
* Mystical Shackles - removal for bigger or lifesteal enemy units
* Bullseye - does the final two damage to finish a unit off, lucky killing a site, get rid of a relic weapon
* miner's musket - removes x/2 units and makes all your units cheaper in your deck, since unleash nerf from 2022-12-07 musket is not as powerful as it was with Unleash ed Barbarian Guerillas or Parliament Elder. could be replaced with Oni Inciter
https://news.direwolfdigital.com/eternal-balance-update-12-7-2022/
* Oni Inciter - another relic hate and sometimes if you got the spare power for an warcry charge unit

decklist you see is for bronze and silver ranks, in gold rank your will rapidly see tournament decks, where char gets worse and where are most of the enemy units have x/3 like Combrei Lawmage or Raniya, Miviox Maniac or Feln Adept or Field Medic; so Solfire is a necessary 4-off -4 char +4 solfire

in gold rank do following replaces:
-4 char +4 solfire
-1 finest hour +1 battlefront dasher
-1 miner's musket +1 battlefront dasher
+2 parliament elder
+4 scalesworn patrol
+4 furious magniventris
+1 stormhalt plating from Ijin's Army Deck or from 10 USD Starter Bundle

here are some theme decks for 3k gold or 250 gems, that you should consider to buy to easily complete the common/uncommon/rare/legendary sets for your constructed decks:

The heart's Awakening
1 Bullseye - UC
2 Praxis Adept - UC
1 Grumba, Tota Legend - R
2 Endangered Quivin - UC
2 Barbarian Guerillas - UC
1 Homesick Yeti - UC
1 Rockfort - R
2 Solfire - UC
1 Arcanum's, True Heart - L

Eilyn's Fury
2 Trick Throw - C
2 Sleight of Hand - C
2 Solfire - UC
2 Windscreamer - UC
1 Skycrag Adept - UC
1 Eilyn, Hand of the Tempest - L

Finneas's Revels
2 Endarngered Quivin - UC
1 Hexavore - R
1 Finnea, Still Here - L

Shen-Ra's Wits
1 Parliament Elder - R
2 Windscreamer - UC
2 Boundless Knowledge - UC
1 Shen-Ra, Peacemaker - L

Black Book's Security
2 Slay - UC
1 Poacher's Menagerie - R
1 Black Book, Pit Poss - L

Ijin's Army:
2 Breach the Defenses - C
2 Battlefront Dasher - UC
1 Oni Inciter - UC
1 Stormhalt Plating - L

Curiox's Search
2 Pteriax Mount - UC
2 Kickflip Monk - UC
2 Torgov's Wares - C
1 Curiox, All-Seeing - L

Alessi's Teachings
2 Alchemy Student - UC
2 Kickflip Monk - UC
1 Helena, Skyguide - R
1 Alessi, High Arcanist - L

Xo's Dominion
2 Stonebreaker Bow - C
3 Toxic Wisp - UC
2 Victimless Crime - UC
1 Inferno Phoenix - L

Iadra's Brew
2 Pteriax Mount - UC
2 Toxic Wisp - UC
2 Victimless Crime - UC
1 Discover Talents - L


Chapter March 2022 - Valley Disturbed - 2500 gold or 250 gems
4 x 4 Promo Cards
1 Cora's Protection Theme Deck
incl
3 Pteriax Mount - UC
4 Cora Thundering Steps - P
1 Evelina, Valley's Guardain - R
1 Defeaning Stampede - L
this chapter is really worth to buy since you get 3 Pteriax Mount, that are used in nearly every primal expedition deck


what i am currently grinding for - in order of importance:
Xultan Conclave * 2022-10-01 playset completed after using 10 draft tickets
Battlefront Dasher * 2022-10-01 playset completed after using 10 draft tickets
Solfire * 2022-10-01 playset completed after using 10 draft tickets
Argenport Noble * 3
Parliament Elder * 2022-10-01 playset completed after using 10 draft tickets
Barbarian Guerillas * 1
Jeering Yeti * 1
Mystical Shackles * 1
Tinker Unionist * 2022-10-01 playset completed after using 10 draft tickets
Icicles * 2
Pteriax Mount * 3
Searing Fist * 2
Torq * 3
Chriganth * 3
League Explorer * 4


what you currently left out, since they are just a minor bonus:
Star Charts


grinding for throne staples in Order of Unlocking:
- Hour of Glass Campaign - for Varbuk, Hand of Anarchy and League Explorer and Steyer's Eyes and Auren Condemnation
- Shadow of the Spire Campaign - for Auralian Supplier and Mother of Skies and Jekk, Mercenary Hunter and Silverblade Intrusion and Open Contract
- Whispers of the Throne Campaign - for The Throne Room
- Dead Reckoning Campaign - for Icaria, Valkyrie Captain and Tripwire Grenadin and Bore and Hailstorm and Equivocate
- Awakening Campaign - for Kira Ascending
- * Etchings
- * Smuggler
- * Grafter
- Valkyrie Enforcer
- The Fall of the Spire
- Harsh Rule
- Autotread
- Exploit
- Pristine Light
- Sword of Unity
- Katra, The First Seal



if you have any questions leave your comments below.

regards