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Dark Chalice

Throne Deck By
Maser

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Type

Faction

Information

Inspired by https://eternalwarcry.com/decks/details/OGum9B9oL4g/hand-destruction-dark-chalice, this deck uses two of the main reasons to go into shadow as chalice: Vara's Choice and Colony Matron. Vara's Choice is an amazing silence and tempo spell that can allow you to stabilize in the mid game, and from there on, if you stick a Colony Matron with a Crystalline Chalice on board you most likely have already won the game.

Vara's Choice can also act as hand destruction, sometimes giving easy wins versus combo decks. Using it or Rain of Frogs after a merchant is usually very strong. If your opponent has face aegis, Derry Cathain, Ripclaw Rider is your main way of dealing with it, so save that card until you want to use your hand destruction spells.

The deck has several removal options that can be mixed and matched depending on matchup: Permafrost, Annihilate, Equivocate and In Cold Blood are some of the best ones, apart from the already mentioned Vara's Choice.

The market is mostly filled with tech cards:
Sandstorm Scarf is necessary vs Hooru Fliers and TJP Alessi, allowing you to use your non-flying units to chump. It's also a counter to Icaria, the Liberator.
Infinite Hourglass is very strong versus aggressive decks, allowing you to start chaliceing your minions much earlier in the game than you otherwise could. It also destroys anyone running permafrost, or other exhaust or stun cards.
Disjunction Is necessary versus Azindel's Gift, but can also allow for blowouts versus Xenan Obelisk and Bloodrite Kalis decks.
Equivocate gives the deck additional fast speed removal when you need it, and Crystalline Chalice should just always be available.

The power base maximizes crests to give the deck a lot more consistency. It also fits in 4x Cobalt Waystone for face aegis which is really useful in some games.

Details

Shiftstone Cost
Does not include campaign cost
28,650

Premium Cost
141,600

Influence Requirements
2 2 2

Power Sources
13 14 12 14

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Deck Rarities
13 20 34 4 2

Card Types
25 6 24 0 25

Contains Cards From Campaigns
Dead Reckoning [Set1003]

Archetype
Control

Updated
July 23, 2018

Added
July 19, 2018

Views
968

Eternal Version
The Fall of Argenport

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Revisions (Since last major patch) July 23, 2018


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Comments

camomilk Eternal Version: 1.36
I feel like Entrancer should find a home in a Chalice deck, and it seems like a good fit here.