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Crafty Nomad (Rank 1 Masters)

Expedition Deck By
Antha1on

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Cost Curve

Type

Faction

Information

I was trying out a new FTJ deck and thought “Man, I really wish I could play Crafty Infiltration in this.”

Fortunately, 4-faction builds are very forgiving thanks to the current power-base, so… I did. This thing rocketed straight up from Diamond 3 to Masters rank 10 in a single evening.

Gameplay-wise, you’ve got 3 themes; evasion, tempo, and relic tricks. Most of the deck flies, which ideally leads to continuous card draw through Masterpiece, and eventually big flying monsters to close out a game.

What you can’t fly over, you can hopefully silence or stun. Your 2-3 cost units aren’t going to be stronger than Patrice, but they’ll have a few turns to swing before she and her friends arrive, and with luck you can disrupt their plans long enough to deal 25.

Lastly, both Veena and Lystia have the ability to double your honey and masterpiece activations, which can be a great way to stretch your resources. If you have both heroes, for example, you could get 2 masterpiece triggers for 1 power on your turn, AND activate it again on the opponent’s turn for 2 more triggers.

Edit: just cracked rank 1. Wasp is probably the best card I’ve ever cut from a deck, but turn 5-6 is just too late for what this deck wants to do. Added Commando as a card that can accelerate the flyer plan, and is fetchable by Crafty Infiltration. As always, I’m open to suggestions on things to improve!

Expedition Information

Expedition #29
October 18, 2023
Behemoths of Thera [Set14] Battle Lines [Set15] The Devouring [Set1145] Separate Ways [Set1155] Behemoths of Thera Reprints Battle Lines Expedition Vault Battle Lines Reprints Grand Excursion Save the Day Gareth, Veteran Lantern Colossal Rodent Altin, Bird Whisperer Surveying the Rift Morbid Deal Patrice, Outcast Queen Protective Crow Dran the Farmer Tripwire Trap Coerce Back to Back Nomnom, Epic Epicure Monarch Cloak Citycrusher Gekkota Menace Furious Accusation Aggressive Meeting Bounty Board Finneas and Finneas The True-Sight Map Eris Beastbane One Eye, the Huntress Unlikely Pack Tight-Lipped Ziat's Crackdown Defy Authority Steelwarren Noble Enormous Anura Corrupted Croaker Squash Belief The Hive Falls Invitation Eyes of The Hermit Krogar, Unburdened Rift's Edge Telia, Perfect Timing Altruistic Bonepicker The Beast Slicer Working Together Injustice Seek Refuge Steelwarren Rebel Lystia, Flighty Mistral Sky Race Gareth's Advice Scared Beetender Vara, Decisive Action Svetya, Demand Justice Talir, Looking Forward Eilyn, Battle Ready Queen Corrupted Riftborn Riftbreak Aeda, Heretical Forgemaster Ageless Knight Icy Scrying Listening Bug Marvelous Imperion Master Archivist Mogen, Demagogue Ooze Tower Unstable Hellion Zadia, Fearsome Outcast Zephyrus, Unparalleled Youngblood Guide Boundless Hunger Cuno, Localized Rewind Camrin's Sniper Rifle Deathless Lurker Led Astray Zora, First Responder Ancient Agreement Sparring Session Conscriptor General Rite of Purification Daisuke the Imposing Shade-Drinker Subdue Veena's Masterpiece Tenacious Heron Veena, Rising Queen First Shipment Murgo, Reluctant Councilor Fundraiser Sightless Tunneler Friendly Discount Feral Centipede Crisis of Faith Akalur, Hecaton's Chosen Akalur's Ravager Lost Traveler Proof of the Journey Paranoid Sheriff Well-Traveled Waystone Commander Ironthorn Evelina's Insight Ghodan's Takedown Velok, the Witherflame Alliance of Convenience Untapped Rift Mouth of the Hermit Omniscience The Rending Squall Abhorrent Revival Sky Hive Protector Winter Tomb Protective Embrace Phila, Honey Chef Marrow Cutter View All

Details

Shiftstone Cost
Does not include campaign cost
62,700
Premium Cost
235,200
Influence Requirements
2 1 2 1
Power Sources
5 4 7 5 4
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Deck Rarities
16 11 19 12 12
Card Types
31 12 7 0 25
Archetype
Tempo
Updated
May 14, 2024
Added
May 8, 2024
Views
2,297
Eternal Version
Battle Lines
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Revisions (Since last major patch) May 14, 2024

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Comments

Vincent8307 Eternal Version: 24.10.02
How good is this deck nowadays?
Jeswin Edited Eternal Version: 24.05.01
Thanks for posting. Been having fun with this (and success!) for the last couple of days. Wasn't keen on the reckless Karrina as she kept getting eaten so swapped her for Kid, which has worked fairly well for another masterpiece threat. Other options would be the Justice endurance 2 drop nomad (to dodge save the day later on) or the mistral that can spellcraft inspire. Also running into lots of the Skysplitter hunt 3 endurance flies on opponent's turn so changed a couple of longbows to the big Karrina. Nice deck, and a fun alternative to the repetitive FTJ fayre.

Edit: Running into a lot of heron problems this morning so longbow is back in!
legendaryflames Eternal Version: 24.05.01
I really don't like Master Archivist in the deck. Because you aren't playing any Power Cards that come into play depleted, it's difficult to make it more than a 1/2. You can, but you are giving up gas to do so. Every time I had the card in hand it felt bad. Some decks have plenty of card draw and units that are a bad matchup, so it doesn't feel bad to give up units to make it grow. That's not the case here. It's not even great for mana fixing for Primal because you play zero primal units.
Antha1on Eternal Version: 24.05.01
I actually found the same thing, I just replaced him with a playset of Dran the Farmer. Another 2-drop that can start drawing T3 with masterpiece is a much better fit.