but there is a downside -- it's somewhat slow.
however, it's
VERY fun! there's rarely a moment where you don't feel completely in control.
our top end units (
Direwood Pack and
Champion of Cunning) are not only super hard to kill due to aegis but they also scale incredibly hard, making games end very quickly when reaching turns 6+.
and the newly released
Tenacious Heron is absolutely bonkers. it's a 4 strength aegis flyer that
never stops weakening/killing enemy units... it's wildly powerful.
Iadria, Twisted Brewer is the all-star. the AI have absolutely
no idea how to deal with this card and will 2 or 3 for 1 themselves constantly with double or triple blocks. however, the AI do recognize she's a huge threat (despite seemingly not to understand how her effect works) and will often remove/silence her immediately.
Haven Augur is our newest arrival from one of the weekly chapters; she's really, REALLY good... her static ability is very strong, giving our entire deck the anti-aegis
Ice Bolt ability. however, being a 1/1 makes her susceptible to removal initially but after 2 or 3 spells she grows out of most removal range and often scales harder than
Direwood Pack. some noteworthy cards for her are
Icy Scrying as it provides 2 spells in 1 card and
Feln Cylix which creates a treasure trove so even our power can buff her!
the deck also
rarely suffers from power issues due to the plunder of
Exploit, the cheap draw spells, and the inscribing
Direwood Packs.
now, one of the keys to making the deck run smoothly is reaching a critical mass of
damage dealing spells to capitalize on our unsung hero --
Grenahen. a 1/3 life steal for 2 is an amazing body that slows down early game aggro and survives our lightning storms while we stall to the late game. on top of which she provides amazing card advantage -- she can hit
over 1/3rd of our deck ranging from units and hard removal to draw spells and board wipes. granny gives us access to
literally any type of card we need; she's the backbone of the deck.
this deck is also quite modular. any card that has the word "kill" or "draw" on it can be replaced with anything else that has those words on it. there are lots of other options that won't drastically affect the deck's performance. however, i do recommend keeping as many damage dealing spells in the deck as possible.
replacements/alternates:
At Any Cost -- the only legendary card in the deck and is absolutely not required. can be replaced with other removal like
Desecrate,
Dangerous Gambit,
Stormblast,
Backlash,
Display of Survival,
Hailstorm,
Cover From the Storm, etc.
other viable draw spells --
Wisdom of the Elders,
Trailblaze,
Strategize,
Read the Stars, or
Forbidden Research
market talk:
Thicket Trap -- good anti aggro card that also weakens weapon/equipment decks
Heavy Hail -- emergency boardwipe
Mirror Image -- extremely powerful with our scaling cards and is almost always my go-to pick
Prodigious Sorcery -- super fun card that helps close out games. double damage
At Any Cost or
Furious Accusation can nuke our opponent
Omniscience -- the single most powerful card in eternal, i can't overhype it enough. absolutely insane card that WILL get nerfed so use it while you can
icy scrying is part of the community bundle, it's 25k gold in the bundles section of the store.
I really like this deck, it's solid and fun. i just cut stealth strike (because of powerbase) and added x2 in cold blood.
Thanks for sharing
and i assume by "because of powerbase" you mean you don't have all the of dual powers like cylix and crest? instead you can play Mark of the Den, Feln Banner, or add 2x more painting/tome. Or just run a few Shadow Symbol (i had these in originally but cut them because i pretty much always had 6S by the time i was playing stealth strike). also, stealth strike is basically a Deathstrike that has revenge AND can be picked up with grenahen; it's super solid. BUT it's not entirely necessary so it's a fair cut. might i recommend Desecrate as an alternative to cold blood? it's cheaper, fast, and deals damage to you so grenahen will be able to grab it. just a thought...
thanks for playing the deck!