An exercise of your imagination.

What will SE be like if the defender ALWAYS strikes first, no matter the combat is hero vs. hero, hero vs. ally or ally vs. ally?

Basically everyone has...

Suicidal Majiya also loves these crazy girls(?).

Why wait for opponent to kill them? Use SL to kill them yourself. That's 3 cards and then potentially another 1 with Majiya's ability. To draw more...

Yep, Portal DMT is a cool trick to kill FT. It can also clear 2 3cc allies with the help of LS.

Another solution is Portal PB, just enough to kill FT. If PB eats a MC, it is only 3 damage. And you...

I agree with most of the analysis above. However, I disagree with the advice in the last sentence.

MA is a lot vulnerable to FT than IG. Unless you can Portal in a MA, MA is going to be killed by...

Maven, you are not alone. I run a similar Majiya build and also struggle around 240 rating.

I think Majiya Portal build is significantly weaker since DP is out for many reasons. I will share a...

All heroes have access to either Diplomat or MA. So although annoying, all passive abilities can be disabled.

Also would like to discuss which cards are simply better than existing cards.

Elite version

Elite Light Infantry
1/3/3cc
Ambush. Protector. When Elite Light Infantry is summoned, target opposing hero or ally takes 1 damage.

* Not as strong as DMT, but he is not unique....

PB is not a golden move even in the era of CotC. Retreat! + Jasmine is a very common answer. If you replay PB, either another Retreat! + another ally or Aldon + attack from WS + attack from Jasmine...

Armor - All damage is reduced by 1 (basically IG's passive ability)

Light Infantry
1/3/2cc
Ambush. Protector.

* Cheap protector who tries to stay out of hand-to-hand combat.

Heavy Infantry...

What is a bluff? Let's first have a look at Poker, where the term comes from, shall we?

In the card game of Poker, a bluff is a bet or raise made with a hand which is not thought to be the best...

It turns out that you were right. In order to stay focused, AotH has to go. :(

Here's the Gravebone version I am testing.

Gravebone

4x SbO
3x MA
3x Kairos

On a second thought, an all-out suicidal Majiya can be fun too.

Majiya

4x IK
4x IG
4x SbO

4x Fb
4x LS

Back to the deck I am building. I think I will avoid an all-out horde rush for the time being. That means I will not use IK on T2.

As a result, the T2 choice will be either ToK or CF on opposing...

You are right, to some extent. But you can only have 4 IGs in your deck, right? However, with WoI and AotH, you can have a lot more.

Also why not use both IG and IG equivalent from WoI? :p

WoI needs SE and Scrying Eye needs SE. Will there be enough SE to use both? I do agree EA probably is not a good card in this deck.

Not sure about Bazaar. My original intent is NOT to flood the...

@MacLeod,

Thanks for the info.

In that case 4x ToK + 3x SL should be enough draw.

As for the hero, Gravebone probably is better than Majiya due to the ping damage and SE generation from...

Just an idea which doesn't even work on live server due to the WoI + TI bug. :(

Majiya or Gravebone stall/control

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4x Wand of Izikus
4x Tome of Knowledge
4x Ascendant of the Horde
4x...

No good hunter will enter a battle without arrows and traps, and Baduruu is no exception.

Arrow choices:
Poison Arrow - was the no.1 choice in CotC, disable is very valuable
Flaming Arrow - was...

Although not as universal as weapons, most of the Baduruu decks out there utilize some resource destruction cards.

Card choices:
Here Be Monsters - great when going 2nd. gives card advantage....

Baduruu's ability needs a weapon in hand. So almost all Baduruu decks include some weapons.

Weapon choices:
Soul Seeker - was the no.1 choice in CotC
Guardian's Oath - was the backup choice in...

Okay. So Chess may not be the best example since so far Chess is still not solvable due to its complexity.

But for all deterministic games, including Chess, once it is solved, it is either white...

I do believe, just in theory, a game such as SE where luck is involved tends to have a smaller FTA than a full deterministic game such as chess.

The reason is simple. In chess, once an opening...

Funny. I was going to suggest another table for all non-hero cards in SE. Again two numbers for each card, one is number of times included in a deck and the other is number of times enters play in a...

Yes, it will affect the meta. But why is it a bad thing?

The database is simply a 20x20 table, T(m,n), where m,n=1-20, 1 will be Boris and 20 will be Zaladar. T(1,20) means Boris going 1st, whereas T(20,1) means Zaladar going 1st.

Each entry of the...