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Rat Relics

Throne Deck By
Ravager

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Type

Faction

Information

Took Big Brain Rats and made it TJS instead of TPS.

This didn't sacrifice much other than Elvish Swindler, but gives us access to the best relic in the game, Avigraft, plus Slay to remove big threats we can't really block and Stand Together to protect us from board wipes. We also get to use some cool cards like Golem Press.

The gameplan remains the same; get a board of rats and buff them with either Katra, the Devoted or Xenan Obelisk.

Shepherd's Horn + Porcelain Mask means every unit you play will gain you 3 life. If you can get Rat Cage, Katra, Porcelain Mask, and Shepherd's Horn all out, you have a sick combo.

If the opponent is playing Fire, try to get Corrupt from the market and keep two power open the turn after they play a merchant for the incoming Bore that will completely wipe all your pretty relics.

End of the Story is a reset card against big midrange decks, Slay is cheap emergency removal, Sword of Unity buffs all your tokens and shields them, in addition to giving you a way to sustain and trigger Katra. Azindel is your late-game wincon, hopefully with a board of rats to draw you plenty of resources.

Details

Shiftstone Cost
Does not include campaign cost
37,850
Premium Cost
186,400
Influence Requirements
2 2 2
Power Sources
18 18 16 22
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Deck Rarities
29 12 36 3
Card Types
16 27 11 0 26
Contains Cards From Campaigns
Into Shadow [Set1004]
Archetype
Combo
Added
January 4, 2019
Views
2,155
Eternal Version
Defiance
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Revisions (Since last major patch) January 4, 2019

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Comments

Maser Eternal Version: 1.42
This version is pretty cool, but it gives up Display of Knowledge over the TPS version, which you didn't mention. The consistency that card brings is invaluable. Maybe splashing blue just for that card might be worth it...
Ravager Edited Eternal Version: 1.42
Yeah, I totally borked mentioning that. That's what I get for deckbuilding at 4AM :)

I concur with zilfran though, I had to use display as removal 90% of the time, so I still think this version is better even giving that up.

There may be a 4-color optimal build somewhere. However, it's worth remembering that both decks are absolute trash and complete meme tier. They'll lose 90% of games regardless.
zilfran Eternal Version: 1.42
I played the other version quite a bit last night and while what you say is very true, I found myself more often than not using my Display as removal (because of the lack of other removal or blockers). So, while I'd occasionally get to pull out my final piece of the combo, it ended up being a worse slay a lot. I'm excited to try this version but you're right, having no way to reliably assemble the combo is a bit scary. My gut instinct is neither version is the ideal version... yet.