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[Top 30 master] FTJ Mid 2.0

Throne Deck By
KeithPelig

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This is my take on FTJ mid post Echoes of Eternity.

I started on D2 with Sardaukar99's list, changing it while playing it. First thing I modified was less Displays ; that card isn't that great in my opinion ; every mode is pretty weak and the fact that it's a wisdom for power that fetch random influence for a deck that greedy is pretty bad. I left one because sometime it helps but it isn't set in stone.

Next I wanted to fight the Keelo deck that invaded the meta, so I looked at Naoki and tried her ; very good idea. Insane against skycrag in particuliar, and a very powerful midrange unit overall that helped pushing through board stalls. Then, I looked at the power count ; it didn't seem right to have this many sources if I added a pledge card, so I took out power.

And then I realised I was gonna build the exact same shell as my previous FTJ build so I added the cards that I thought were the strongest in that archetype and I ended up with Power Stone and Knife, and a power in the market. Distillation didn't seem necessary from the start as 4 mana to not impact the board is only good against control, a matchup the deck already destroys, so I felt good about cutting it.

I feel the deck is well positionned against the meta at the moment, but If the Keemo decks are overrepresented, I would change the list, as the matchup is slightly worse for us.

Don't hesitate to leave a comment and a good day to you !

Details

Shiftstone Cost
Does not include campaign cost
88,250
Premium Cost
320,800
Influence Requirements
3 3 3
Power Sources
15 13 14 16
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Deck Rarities
5 16 28 21
Card Types
33 8 12 1 26
Contains Cards From Campaigns
The Tale of Horus Traver [Set1002]
Homecoming [Set1005]
Trials of Grodov [Set1006]
Archetype
Midrange
Added
April 7, 2020
Views
1,971
Eternal Version
Whispers of the Throne
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Comments

svrQQ Edited Eternal Version: 1.51.4
Hey Keith,

This is svrQQ. I made the big combrei list that Miol29 won Winter Throne tournament with. Here's my take on this archetype which is pretty close to yours.
https://eternalwarcry.com/decks/d/LDxmYVwd0uA/svrqqs-greedy-ftj-midrange

I think Naoki makes sense with a more active gameplan. You want board presence before 5 to threaten to exalt her weapon. Tocas and Ramba are both great units that block 1 and 2 drops early game and can be power sinks mid-late game and act as pseudo card draw. It might be worth experimenting with both Sirafs also. Last month my list was even greedier, the desert marshals were Great Parliaments and still managed to hit master.

Don't have much time this month to play or deck build but definitely agree that Naoki is strong enough for Throne.

Also I alternate between 2 and 4 of the smugglers since the deck doesn't run any cheap removal/hate/whatever in the market and I usually find I am unhappy if I am drawing more than 2 or 3 merchants in a game.
efertik Eternal Version: 1.51.4
With all due respect, this deck did not impress me at all. I literally just lost 10 games in a row with it. You just consistently draw the wrong parts of your deck (Icaria vs. Aggro, Pristine Light vs control) and while you can ramp, you have no card draw so you have nothing to do with said ramp. Sunyveil recommended this deck on his podcast ... I would think twice before you enter this in this weekend’s tournament.
KeithPelig Eternal Version: 1.51.4
I'm sorry to hear that but you cannot say that this deck ramp into nothing ; you have Arcanum, Kairos, Xos, Grangers and Icaria. So what if they don't draw you cards, they win the game if you untap with them. And for the consistency issues, yeah, they're here, but It work most of the time, I think you just hit a bad run pool.
htraos Eternal Version: 1.51.3
Is Naoki worth the craft?
KeithPelig Eternal Version: 1.51.3
I think so, it's an excellent expedition-legal midrange unit
SingerVampire Eternal Version: 1.51.4
What if you don't play expedition? Still worth it?
KeithPelig Edited Eternal Version: 1.51.4
That depends where you're at with you shiftstone, there are different crafting priorities. Would i craft these before Grodov's Stranger ? Absolutely not. But if you like that faction combination, you'll want to have her eventually. Pledgers that are very good units are extremely rare and valuable.
Maor23 Eternal Version: 1.51.3
Hey man! your version of this deck is interesting. you've cut power and card draw. don't you find yourself out of useful cards or lacking in power? Drawing enough power and valuable cards seems very important with this mid control deck
KeithPelig Edited Eternal Version: 1.51.3
With the 4 pledge units and the 8 merchants that are effectively an additionnal power source, and the Power Stones, no, I don't think this deck is lacking in power.
SingerVampire Edited Eternal Version: 1.51.4
I ran a deck with Reclaim in the market that helped me sneak out early Icarias somewhat consistently. Thoughts on that card? Love this deck, BTW.
KeithPelig Eternal Version: 1.51.4
Thanks ! I find this card really powerful but in this deck you want the 2 types of influence provided by the banner, and you only have 8 units that can attack on turn 4 so enabling the onslaught on time is pretty rare.
Maor23 Eternal Version: 1.51.4
thanks! And what do you think about card draw in this version?
KeithPelig Eternal Version: 1.51.4
I think it's pretty unnecessary to have more ; the first 2 merchants could be a Kairos and an Arcanum so that's 8 draw spells right here, and the deck is packed with units that generates card advantage so again, you don't need to draw more cards, And in this list, spending your turn durdling is so pricey ; you don't have much removals and your game plan is directly correlated with your board presence.