DJ Katralessi

https://clips.twitch.tv/AmazingCrypticMangetoutLitty

a combination of two lists:
https://eternalwarcry.com/decks/details/zkpaMuwOH2g/beats-by-katra
https://eternalwarcry.com/decks/details/LwovZOJ6UfE/tjs-alessi



at a glance:
※ Sword of Unity on Auric Interrogator will trigger Katra, the Devoted by itself
※ mainly excited to play Water of Life, Katra, the Devoted, and Alessi, Combrei Archmage in the same deck


09/18 update:
i brought a list to the casual friday, this is the list i played.
(one of our matches was featured on stream, and game 2 kind of shows what this deck gets to do in magical christmasland)

we went 2-2 in the swiss (with a pretty close match against bruisedbygod).
i basically tried to hedge our choices on the spell package running 2 of each Sabotage/Cull the Deck/Vanquish/Vara's Choice
at that point, we were running 6 1 drops but i decided to cut a Xenan Lifespeaker and Ayan, the Abductor at the last minute for 2 Trail Maker, which i'm sort of alright with.
the makers serve to smooth out our influence while actually increasing the likelyhood of playing a sword of unity/katra on curve.
but now that i've played more with this deck, Katra, the Devoted just feels like a bad Xenan Obelisk most of the time and i'm starting to realize how much of a meme this deck really is.
i think the superior TJS Alessi route is to go with something like Mail has been cooking up of late with Tavrod, Auric Broker


09/17 update:
so i've had a little time to reflect and i'd like to chat about what's up with this list.
the goal and challenge of this deck is to successfully blend two strategies: TJS alessi and katra lifeforce beats.
as it is, i think this list still needs a little more tuning to achieve that goal.

one concern i'm facing is the density of 1 drops. we currently run 9, which also ties into the 2 Shadowlands Guide (which i wouldn't want to run more of). this density of 1 drops aligns more with paradox's 'beats by katra' list which simply wanted to mash face as hard as possible and keep digging up the corpses. but with alessi, you generally are trying grow your units and make a board state that is insurmountable. we're gathering battleskills and power and eventually overwhelming our opponent with most likely a sword of unity.

now, if we were to lean more towards that TJS alessi plan, i could see trimming the 1 drops down to probably 6 (and nixing the shadowlands entirely). that deck wants to be more spell dense and interactive with things like Slay/Annihilate/Vanquish, digging with Cull the Deck, and utilizing self-sufficient growers like Awakened Student

the issue that can arise is having spells for alessi, but no lifeforce for your katra and Cult Aspirant. in theory, Water of Life a.k.a 'memewater' a.k.a 'jankjuice' is perfect, but there can be situations where you don't have either of the relevant lifeforce cards and they're total duds. Sword of Unity on the other hand fits perfectly into that mold, being a threat on its own while advancing both strategies.

anyway this is more of an unfiltered blog at this point but yea, right now i'm trying to identify what i see as the core of the deck and then just trying to bridge the gap as best as i can with the remaining flex spots. glad to hear any suggestions and thanks for reading! ；ｗ；ｂ