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The Waystones Hold Great Power (Diogo combo)

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Sunyveil
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Diogo Málaga, Elonze + Invoke the Waystones

Diogo combo! Plenty of people have been talking about this strategy since Diogo was spoiled, and I've fleshed it out here to a surprising amount of success. Is it good? Ehhhh, I'm not convinced it is once people figure out how to play against it, but it's fun and does have the OTK. I tried a few win conditions but Lumen Reclaimer felt like the best way to not die after drawing through the deck. I also tried Talir's Unwinding with Icicle Marksman but both cards were awful on their own and didn't end up doing a ton of damage together either.

How the Combo Works
Diogo gives Invoke the Waystones Destiny, which creates the following loop:

1) Invoke the Waystones is played.
2) The top 4 cards of your deck are discarded.
3) The next card is played for free.
4) Effects from the free card are put on the stack (for cards like Eilyn) or happen immediately (Temple Scribe)
5) A Destiny'd copy of Invoke the Waystones is drawn
6) A card is drawn (from Destiny). Repeat from step 2.

So in essence for every 6 cards in your deck, 4 cards are discarded, 1 card is played, and 1 card is drawn until the deck is exhausted.

How to play the deck

Redraw for a hand with preferably with Pledge + Diogo. With this configuration of the deck it is imperative to have the Pledge online, and I would even go down to 6 cards looking for it. The first order of business is to find Diogo Málaga, Elonze and amplify for at least one. Once you have amplified Diogo, you need to either draw Invoke the Waystones naturally (the hard way) or find a Jennev Merchant for Celestial Omen Then, you draw your deck, and are left with no cards in deck and a warning that you're about to lose the game! Fear not, for a Lumen Reclaimer from the market restocks your deck complete with the Destiny'd Invoke the Waystones. From there, you can play units until you have a full board and sacrifice the Lumen Reclaimer to put additional copies in your deck so that you don't just lose. With a full board and the ability to replenish it every turn, you frequently overwhelm your opponent's resources, but you can also win with a huge Temple Artisan with Savagery or with multiple Eilyn shots to your opponent's face.

The backup plan of Temple Artisan, Eilyn, the Rising Storm, or even just Invoke the Waystones turn after turn can work if the opponent isn't applying ample pressure.

The Market

Diogo Malaga, Elonze and Celestial Omen
Combo Pieces

Equivocate
Removal for when you need it. Could potentially be replaced by Display of Instinct if you're not worried about Deepforged Plate

Lumen Reclaimer
Main wincon, makes it so that you don't just die.

Savagery
Alt wincon, when paired with Temple Artisan.

Odds and Ends
-Always pledge turn 1.
-Be patient before going for the Omen -> Invoke; if you don't have power up after the Celestial Omen, it is possible to fizzle. The more time you have to set it up, the better.
-Bear Guard Bayonet on Temple Artisan is pretty good as an alt wincon.

Details

Shiftstone Cost
Does not include campaign cost
49,050

Premium Cost
216,800

Influence Requirements
1 4 3

Power Sources
10 16 14 15

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Deck Rarities
13 21 27 9

Card Types
40 8 7 0 25

Contains Cards From Campaigns
Dead Reckoning [Set1003]
Homecoming [Set1005]

Archetype
Combo

Added
March 29, 2019

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3,593

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Knighthawke Eternal Version: 1.45.2
shouldn't you only need perhaps 2 copies of waystones just to hedge against drawing the only copy before you can get the combo going?
Sunyveil Eternal Version: 1.45.2
That's totally reasonable, though after you play diogo it decreases the number of "good hits" if you don't already have the merchant handy. I haven't done the math on it to figure out which is better though if you're playing smugglers as well as merchants it's probably the way to go
Knighthawke Edited Eternal Version: 1.45.3
my gut reaction when theory crafting the deck was to do double smugglers but the lack of other spells makes howling peak smuggler rather lack luster so perhaps jenev merchant + hidden valley smuggler would do it? It would increase the odds of being able to get celestial omen and clear up two more slots in the deck, perhaps a fourth trail maker and something that im not thinking of?
SottoSopra666 Eternal Version: 1.45
Sorry for being so stupid, but I can't understand how to give invoke destiny, can you please explain?
m1ck3ykn0x Eternal Version: 1.45
Diogo’s amplify ability gives the top spell of the deck destiny. Invoke is the only spell in the deck.
SottoSopra666 Eternal Version: 1.45
Shirt, didn't noticed that it was the only spell 😫 Thanks 😅
Kidsoldja Eternal Version: 1.45
This is aweasome literally as i was about to do my write up on my version i saw yours.... I had a different approach on it let me know what you think https://eternalwarcry.com/decks/details/s1sMNt_FeZ8/diogo-witching-the-aid-of-the-hooru-combo i didnt want to go all in on invoke the waystones but decided rather to cheat out broken spells like AoTH and Witching Hour.