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Praxis Burst Aggro - T3 Win Potential

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TemporaryWitness

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Information

An aggressive praxis deck aiming to generate a lot of power and overwhelm the opponent. The t3 win to demonstrate what the deck is capable of:
T1: Praxis Adept
T2: Gemblazer Cannon on Praxis Adept -> swing -> East Annex Smuggler grabbing Aspect of Destruction (3 damage)
T3: Swing all (11 damage) -> play Aspect - Swing all again (25 damage)
If you have power, then you can even fit a different 3 drop on T2, like Ramba.

Deckbuilding decisions:
I'll start off with Praxis Adept as much of the deck is built with this card in mind. The card is really only good on T1, and playing it then consistently is a little tricky. There are 3 power cards which can do so by themselves: Praxis Painting, Praxis Insignia, and Seat of Impulse. Many of the power cards should be sigils for seat, but most of those should be Time Sigils to play Logistics Expert. So, I'm also running 4 Shavka Evangel to help fix influence when I only have sigils.
There are also 10 cards intended to buff Praxis Adept.
Malaga Amphitheater: If you play adept -> theater -> daring maneuver on adept and swing and hit, you'll end up with 4 power after on T2. If you're lucky enough to have three fire influence, you can play Jekk or Yushkov. If not, Powercell -> 3 drop is also good.
Gemblazer Cannon: Allows you to play another 2 drop or 3 drop afterward. If you manage to get the second attack in, you can play the rest of your hand, or Aspect of Destruction, as above.
Ornate Katana: If you can get a hit in with this on T2, great. The card replaces itself, the power replaces itself, and you got two more damage in. A hit on T3 as well puts you potentially up to 6 power, but it's still fine even if you can't.

The curve:
The deck wants to play a 3 drop on T2, and/or a 4 drop on T3. Praxis Adept, Logistics Expert, and Powercell are all aimed at making that happen. Typically, you should only keep hands with one of those cards. That being said, the deck gets power from many sources, so how it plays out depends on your hand and the opponent's interaction.

The rest:
The rest of the deck is all good, aggressive units and should be mostly self-explanitory. Yushkov helps our units get in, and both Yushkov and Riva can help power out an Aspect.

The market:
Dissociate helps handle board wipes and problem relics if need be.
Aspect of Destruction helps win the game from a long way off.
Inferno Phoenix is a powerful threat if you have no units or only 5 power.
Purify is an efficient answer.
Behold the Truth is an efficient pump spell for hitting lethal that turn.

Feedback is appreciated, especially on the market, or if there is a good alternative to katana.

Details

Shiftstone Cost
Does not include campaign cost
33,150

Premium Cost
242,400

Influence Requirements
3 2

Power Sources
19 22 16

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Deck Rarities
11 26 12 8 14

Card Types
42 6 3 4 25

Contains Cards From Campaigns
Shadow of the Spire [Set1087]
Buried Memories [Set1105]
Valley Beyond [Set1125]

Archetype
Aggro

Added
July 12, 2022

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1,390

Eternal Version
Unleashed

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Comments

quellspeller Eternal Version: 22.07.01
I'm just going to craft and test this - but I wanted to say thanks for the detailed write-up before I do!

It's hard to test someone's decklist when you don't know how they came to the choices they made, so it is much appreciated.
TemporaryWitness Eternal Version: 22.07.01
Glad you liked the deck and found the write-up helpful!