I haven't been going through the topics here yet so it's entirely possible that this deck uses a similar strategy from other players as it's not very complicated being my first attempt at a 1.503 death-race deck.

Current Deck (40 cards):
1 x Zaladar

4 x Keldor
4 x Infernal Gargoyle
4 x Brutalis
4 x Death Mage Thaddeus
2 x Ogloth the Glutton
(18 allies)

2 x Soul Reaper
4 x Mind Control
4 x Shadow Font
4 x Sacrificial Lamb
2 x Shriek of Vengeance
2 x Ley Line Nexus
(18 abilities)

3 x Dimension Ripper
(3 x items)

The deck started with a full compliment of Shadow Knights and Molten Destroyers, but these fast became my early draw auto resource, and were not working very well late game and getting in the way of better combos that were replaced by Keldor and Sacrificial Lamb. The deck can happily sit on 3/4/5 resources for a few turns with better control.

The concept is pretty simple being a death-race deck based around board control. There are a couple of strategies that are worth explaining which relies on a great synergy Zaladar has on T4 with Brutalis, Keldor, Sacrificial Lamb, Shadow Font, and Death Mage Thaddeus.

T2 Brutalis
T3 Keldor
T4 Keldor ability + Sacrificail Lamb on Keldor

This combo is particularly effective against human opponents as a buffed Keldor can kill any T3 human ally, and can draw Mind Control to keep fatties at bay. Whilst Infernal Gargoyle or Death Mage Thaddeus can be a better choice for Shadow Heroes depending on what is on the board with Brutalis. Without drawing a Sacrificial Lamb before T3 Keldor can be resourced unless no other 3 cost ally is drawn.

There are also the other usual control combinations at Zaladar's disposal.

Mind Control is never sacrificed unless the opponent's deck is identified as a solo deck. Shadow Font is another card that should be resourced very rarely.

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-3 Molten Destroyer
+1 Keldor
+2 Ogloth the Glutton

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-1 LLN
-1 Dimension Ripper
+2 Shriek of Vengeance

Demonstration play list

Vs Majiya



Vs Zhanna Mist



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