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Gauntlet grinder - Dark Azindel the evenhanded devourer of wisps

Gauntlet Deck By
Simkeoda

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Type

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Information

Hello everyone.
This is my first successful (consistent) gauntlet grinder and I would appreciate everyone's feedback. I started Eternal a little more than two months ago, so my card collection is very limited, hence no Sandstorm Titan and such.

Main inspiration came from Even Azindel and Evenhanded Azindel Gauntlet Grinder

Main idea was to increase card draw but not just via Evenhanded Golem, so I included Dark Wisp, Temple Scribe, Devour (works wonders when played on Dark wisp) and Cull the Deck.

Through so many draw engines we should be able to have decent answer to most of the situations gauntlet throws at us.
Best case scenario is to get a Memory Dredger going with any of the 2 drops (except voidbound golem).
AI doesn't handle this mechanic well---for example, If I have Dredger and Scribe attacking, since blocking is resolved first, Scribe gets blocked, goes to void and if Dreger lands a hit gets instantly played getting us 1 life and card. Same goes for both wisps.

Ripknife Assassin and Blistersting Wasp are included as deadly defense that can be pulled out by dreger, since AI can be hesitant to attack deadly creatures.

Venom Rider is here for dealing with creatures with aegis or any threat that is otherwise unsolvable. This is probably forced choice on my part due to small card collection. I'm open to suggestions.

Gnash, Desert Prince is awesome card but play it with caution (so you don't send your own many, many fliers to bottom of the deck). I usually play it defensively, to get rid of some flying creep.

Azindel, Revealed is pretty self explanatory.

So far I had good results in Gauntlet (not 100%, but pretty consistent runs) and even a few victories in ranked G2.

Details

Shiftstone Cost
Does not include campaign cost
12,600

Premium Cost
182,400

Influence Requirements
2 2

Power Sources
18 17 13 3

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Deck Rarities
12 36 12 8

Card Types
32 2 16 0 25

Contains Cards From Campaigns
Dead Reckoning [Set1003]
Into Shadow [Set1004]
Homecoming [Set1005]
Trials of Grodov [Set1006]

Archetype
Unknown

Added
October 4, 2019

Views
2,477

Eternal Version
The Flame of Xulta

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Comments

cvtran98 Eternal Version: 1.47.9
Thank you for the deck list. I really like the core idea behind it.

When I was piloting the deck, I found myself wanting more Magenta Wisps, Blistering Wasps, and Temple Scribes and less Xenan Obelisk, Venom Rider. I usually preferred any of the deck's 2 cost units over Cull the Deck. Azindel was either overkill or a dead card. So I increased Magenta Wisps, Blistering Wasps, and Temple Scribes to 4 each and trimming the other cards. I replaced Ripknife Assassin with Nocturnal Creeper, which was both a good blocker and another source of card draw. I then added some Xenan Initiations to combo with all the recurring deadly units.

Hopefully some of my tweaks end up helping you as well.
Simkeoda Eternal Version: 1.47.9
Hey, thank you very much. This deck has evolved a bit since FoX and desecrate nerf, but I like your suggestions and will definitely try them. I'll probably write up an update soon.