So the new deck is a Jericho, with the grounding philosophy as Denial.

The first match proved that this deck can be a contender, despite the loss.

First Round vs Zaladar

The board was well under control by the middle game, but I had forgotten one critical fact about Elemental decks: they have a board wipe. That wipe destroyed my position, although in the final hands I was actually in a good position to fight back.

I just ran out of time (i.e. Hero Health).

Until that wipe, however, the deck moved solidly. The opHero was constantly denied his shadow ability, my peeps were well hidden behind a barrier of protective allies, and anything he ran out was immediately shot down and destroyed.

But when the wipe came, I was left holding literally no allies who would survive to the next turn. The struggle afterwards was long and bitter, with my Book of Curses sapping his attack power and me trying desperately to get a reserve of allies in hand to push out all at once. At this point the shadow denial failed, if only because I could not spare any time to stop it.

In the end a Shadow Font ability and enough opAllies on the board to destroy my armor were enough to clinch a defeat.

But he had to work for it like no one's business. Burned through most of his deck to do it.

Round One vs Zaladar - 0-1