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Clockroach Curtain (only 4 Legendaries?)

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F.A.Q.

***UPDATE/EDIT: Swapped some cards to go full combo and include Dread loops.

What is this?


- Welcome to Experiment #687 with Clockroaches, Revenge cards, and- of course- Crown of Possibilities. Note that it's coincidentally a budget deck, as the only Legendary is Crown of Possibilities.

What's the motivation for the deck's construction?


- Let's try to make a Clockroach deck that uses a Revenge engine instead of that notoriously bad engine where we put cards to the top of our deck.

Is that a secondary engine I see with Glasshopper, Severin, the Mad Mage, and Pledge Units?


- Yes, indeed.

Ok, so what's the strategy?


- Do not settle for an opening hand that does not contain a Pledge unit. (Severin, the Mad Mage is the ideal Unit to Pledge.)
- Glasshopper will fetch you the unit you Pledged every time it is Summoned.
- Get out Crown of Possibilities and/or Glasshopper early, saving 1-2 Power on enemy turns so you can surprise them with a Fast Spell Revenge card or Curtain Call.
- We use Revenge cards to get our units to recur and profit! Note that you benefit from additional copies of Glasshopper and Severin on the field.

What about the Unit selections?


- Maveloft Huntress is amazing at board control. I love this card and it is essential for survival. Killer + Imbue for 2 Power, 2 Primal is insane. (Oh yeah, and it has Plunder!)
- I am unsure about the right ratio of Blightmoth, Ripknife Assassin, and Desert Alchemist.

Have fun!

Details

Shiftstone Cost
Does not include campaign cost
34,650
Premium Cost
180,000
Influence Requirements
2 2 2
Power Sources
21 13 17 25
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Deck Rarities
21 22 28 4
Card Types
34 4 12 0 25
Contains Cards From Campaigns
Homecoming [Set1005]
Whispers of the Throne [Set1085]
Archetype
Combo Midrange
Updated
July 16, 2020
Added
July 15, 2020
Views
1,527
Eternal Version
Argent Depths
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Revisions (Since last major patch) July 16, 2020

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Comments

Kalikulator Edited Eternal Version: 20.09.03
I did not like Desert Alchemist in here. The powerbase would leave me lacking the second {P} needed for Maveloft Huntress, and the only cards I can Plunder to get it are Crown of Possibilities and Severin, the Mad Mage, right? Eh, sorta.

From the spoiler article:
If you Plunder a multi-faction non-power card, it has an equal chance of transforming into a Sigil of each of its factions. Factionless cards will transform into a Sigil of your starting deck’s factions, again at equal chance.

So that means if I plunder Crown of Possibilities, I have a 50/50 shot at {P}, and if I plunder Severin, the Mad Mage, it's only a 33% chance. Well, Maveloft Huntress is a pretty good card, after all, but even without it, I still would adjust the power base.

I have a standard 3-influence power base that I run in all my decks as a baseline that utilize the respective "Chant/Cargo" for the influence trio, and I tweak it slightly depending on the cost curve. This one is low to the ground, so I kept it at the 25 cards with 4 Auralian Cargo. So the power base I use is this:

4 Auralian Cargo
2 Time Sigil
2 Primal Sigil
2 Shadow Sigil
4 Elysian Cylix
1 Seat of Wisdom
4 Crest of Mystery
3 Seat of Mystery
4 Xenan Cylix
3 Seat of Cunning

I determine the mix of sigils and seats based on the overall influence requirements and cost curve.

Anyways, I feel like it's running a lot better like this, and I don't miss the deadly + ambush, because the upside of the cargo turning into a different card is awesome.