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New player here. Is the stirring sand worth it without leveraging the explorer synergy and is the kiln titan worth it without leveraging the relic synergy
yes to both. Stirring Sands just gets you a sentinel on turn 4 and its other text is just a bonus. Same goes with Great-Kiln Titan. These two cards are just insanely powerful and of course you can go out of your way to build a deck with more relics or more explorers but you'll be sacrificing something to "win more." A bit of a hyperbole but I'm sure you understand what I mean. There are a lot of cool content creators who have taken advantage of the extra text and have made some really fun decks that I've seen on YouTube and the forums (sadly never run into them).
The problem is that after the quality of Sandstorm Titan, Heart of the Vault and Great-Kiln Titan, the quality of the rest of the sentinels drops dramatically. Lavablood isn't even super amazing but there just isn't another sentinel you could play to replace him so play any janky sentinel for fun. Sometimes I use Emerging Colossus, sometimes I use Royal Guardian, sometimes I use Stonescar Leviathan, but in the end, I'm just waiting for the to print another amazing sentinel.
The llavablood brings something really good to the table in terms of damage as it doesnt require to go throught enemies and has little that can be done against it clearly, but i do believe Tomb Protector should cover the hole decent enough. Quick note i am NOT the creator of the deck, just a passerby