The Budget Gauntlet Grinder [potential upgrade path]

Potential upgrade path for The Budget Gauntlet Grinder. I've been playing Gauntlet for a bit with Boukish deck and it's been nice, but it hasn't been updated since v1.29 - Dead Reckoning - and that's a long time.

I've added more units that can gain lifesteal for even more resiliency. I've removed the Awakened Student as although it was good to start with, I've found that it would often die without providing life against aggressive decks.

Hojan, Crownbreaker is not only a good card to open up with and fix potential power issues, but it also gives lifesteal and is a good investment for standard play. Vanquisher's Blade is another card that can serve multiple purposes - either provide that extra bit of heal needed to survive vs early aggression or as removal in the late game.

Market
The only important card in the market is Martyr's Chains, which sees a lot of play in ranked and is worth the investment of 2,500 gold to buy the theme deck Hojan's Oathkeepers (also contains 1 Hojan, Crownbreaker). Golem Press is useful to get when you are short on units and the opponent keeps spawning a ton of them (saved my run a couple of times). Harsh Rule is a last resort card with the rest being random fillers that I haven't really used.

Other notes
With Martyr's Chains it's very easy to complete Overheal achievement for an extra 2,500 gold - just wait till one of the lifesteal units can hit for 999 and then finish (you can only gain ~999 per match, as any extra heal over the top doesn't count).