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Icaria Blue (feat. Channel the Tempest)

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Xelbie
Xelbie+3986

+3

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Information

Huge shout-out to evanescent for the list I used as the foundation for this one:
https://eternalwarcry.com/decks/details/S2RyQG7GGvM/icaria-blue-top-10-in-ranked

Channel the Tempest is probably my favorite card in the game, Icaria is my favorite unit in the game. I present to you the Hershey's Peanut Butter Chocolate of Eternal decks (we cracked Top100 Masters on stream tonight with it!)

Rise to the Challenge / Celestial Omen
Celestial Omen allows us to look for key cards that Rise doesn't hit, such as Channel the Tempest, and Harsh Rule. Celestial Omen has performed fantastically thus far, but I don't think you can justify playing a second copy.

I also think it's worth noting that the more Fast Spells you're playing, the better Celestial Omen becomes. The synergy between Celestial Omen and Eilyn's Choice is fantastic. Against Feln Control, you'll often find yourself holding both. You then have the option of countering an opposing Channel, or searching for your own if your opponent passes.

Sword of Icaria / Auric Runehammer
I feel that the relative power-level of the Runehammer is very swingy in this meta; it's a terrible draw against hyper-aggressive decks (because they go too wide), and also against Time-based midrange (because they go too big). Runehammer truly shines against smaller midrange decks like Combrei, Argenport, and, to some degree, Xenan. These lists still see some play on ladder, and so justifies Auric Runehammer's continued inclusion in this deck.

A single copy of Sword of Icaria is played over the third Runehammer because you can get it down earlier to hedge against the aggressive match-ups, is still relatively as impactful as Runehammer (which you usually lose next turn anyway), and gives you another incremental advantage via Warcry. This has also been performing well, and I'm considering a second copy.
I was considering Talon of Nostrix for this slot, but thought the Sword was better (you are usually casting Strategize on turn 2 if you can anyway).

Power
We're playing 28 Power and 2 Seek Power instead of the 26:4 split.
Against aggressive decks, especially when you're going second playing on curve matters.
More Sigils means we can reliably play our answers on curve without awkwardly playing off-curve to cast Seek Power to meet our early-to-mid game Justice requirements.

Details

Shiftstone Cost
Does not include campaign cost
35,350

Premium Cost
162,400

Influence Requirements
3 3 4

Power Sources
15 14 15 16

Power Calculator
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Deck Rarities
15 26 19 6

Card Types
7 6 34 0 28

Contains Cards From Campaigns
Dead Reckoning [Set1003]

Archetype
Control Midrange

Updated
June 6, 2018

Added
April 9, 2018

Views
1,999

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Revisions (Since last major patch) June 6, 2018


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Comments

Razfrost Eternal Version: 1.31
Hi.. I did a slight change... I dont have a 4th Harsh Rule and i just have 2 Icaria, the Liberator. I also added 2 Sword of Icaria and 1 more Hailstorm for the replacements and its doing very well.. im facing lot of aggro and control as well so againts aggro decks running 4xHailstorm is going well, 3xSword of Icaria is great because it kills a lot of early units and also grants buff units/weapons.

Great decklist Xelbie :)
evanescent Edited Eternal Version: 1.31
Rip my computer, can't play or watch stream for a while. Deck is sweet. The split between swords of icaria and hammers helps smooth out the curve. Channel does a good job punishing time-based decks that lack interactions.
synack Edited Eternal Version: 1.31
I was thinking about this over the weekend I like your build, though I've tweaked it a bit to make it 3x Sword of Icaria, by dropping a Starsteel Daisho and Rise to the Challenge. I think the sword is worth more as it's great against control and still acts as early game removal vs agro decks. Will do some testing and report back how things are going.
Xelbie Eternal Version: 1.31
I look forward to your findings! Not sure how I feel about cutting a Rise to the Challenge though D:
synack Edited Eternal Version: 1.31
Just went 6-3 during my lunch break. The last loss was dumb though, because I kept a bad hand with no blue and then messed up a play which would have saved me 5 life on the following turn. The swords worked out really well and with all the draw spells in the deck, if I wasn't drawing the card I was looking for, I was drawing a Rise to the Challenge. 3x Channel the Tempest might be a bit much, I think you only really need to be casting 1 a game, as Icaria is mostly closing things out. I think I might try dropping a power for another Seek Power, I think running more than 25/26 power is correct, but I think 28 is pushing it too far. There is a lot of card draw in the deck and hitting power most games wasn't an issue, so long as I had the draw spells. Also, I think getting another blue source is a good idea, as I was so often only on 1 blue, with Hailstorm or Wisdom of the Elders in hand not able to cast it.

I've made some more changes and created a list and linked to yours here, let me know what you think: https://eternalwarcry.com/decks/details/C56NBtyeQSc/icarias-tempest.
synack Eternal Version: 1.31
I've seen any number of lists running two and sometimes even 1, so I think with your inclusion of Celestial Omen, cutting 1 seems like it should be okay. In theory anyway...