Drainbow [1.503]

[Keaven]

Current Deck (40):

1 x Banebow

3 x Carniboar
4 x Infernal Gargoyle
4 x Bad Wolf
4 x Death Mage Thaddeus
(15 allies)

4 x Poison Arrow
4 x Here Be Monsters
4 x Shriek of Vengeance
4 x Evil Ascendant
2 x Shadow Font
2 x Sever Ties
(20 abilities)

4 x Cobraskin Wraps
(4 items)

The second in my series of Banebow decks. The card pool does not yet make this complete, however victory and fun can be had albeit slowly.

Playlist video demonstrations:

Vs Serena



Vs Lance:



Vs Boris:

[wreon]

So... Next up in the series:

Drainbow
Rainbow
Painbow
LowBlow
Hobo

[Keaven]

Updated for DP (Now Solo):

1 x Banebow

(0 allies)

4 x Here Be Monsters
4 x Shriek of Vengeance
4 x Evil Ascendant
4 x Shadow Font
3 x Rain Delay
2 x Sever Ties
2 x Melt Down
4 x The Perfect Shot
(27 abilities)

2 x Battle Plans
4 x Cobraskin Wraps
4 x Feathered Longbow
2 x Crescent of Doom
(12 items)

[Keaven]

Going first or second can heavily influence your resourcing so I will just post a brief strategy about each card. The deck is about resource destruction so almost never resource Here Be Monsters or Cobraskin Wraps. Without fatties, rapid damage, or healing in the deck you will probably get overwhelmed come T6 anyway if you think you need to resource these early.

Allies are the most resourced cards. Believe it or not you can actually win through ability damage alone, however slowly, depending on your draw and match up if you have to.


Shriek of Vengeance is a great combo card with Here Be Monsters and must be kept Vs Heroes with typical draw engines such as Priests, Mage, Rogues, and the Bazaar lovers Wulven and Elementals. The first one or two can typically be resourced Vs Warriors.

Evil Ascendant is most crucial to survive. When able tank weenie damage and save your SE for the really painful fatties (along with Poison Arrow). If they get uncontested draw early only use SE when hitting two allies if possible. If you are able to starve them enough you can resource more Poison Arrows and Evil Ascendants (if you are keeping a spare Vs a hero with common item destruction such as Rogues)

Shadow Font is another card that can be resourced if you are able to ping weenies and conserve SE

Sever Ties is most essential for removing Blood Frenzy. Without it BF can mean auto-lose.

Spelleater Bands can be necessary to finish off a mage, or Shadow hero relying on Death Mage Thaddeus or Plasma Behemoths (typically Moonstalker)

[Preybird]

As usual, a fresh take... looks good man!

As Banebow stuggles with fatties, resource destruction pairs well with him. Keep their resources down, keep the fatties off the board

[Keaven]

Oh, and I forgot to mention. Every card in the deck is usable so never resource unless you need to. Once you have the resource lead mix up Cobraskin Wraps with Here Be Monsters as you can still draw without being card blocked by using the armour.

[Garmon Silvergloom]

So... Next up in the series:

Drainbow
Rainbow
Painbow
LowBlow
Hobo

and where's rambo?

[Keaven]

So... Next up in the series:

Drainbow
Rainbow
Painbow
LowBlow
Hobo

Stole Drainbow. Much better for this one.

[Keaven]

Updated OP with current build and first demonstration video.

[skipntampa]

I love the concept behind this deck, however, to really drain thier resources this deck is not a viable option IMO. It does the job, but not well enough to stop them without using Banebow as a meat shield (which is very hard for me to do, without a way to regenerate)

One thing I absolutely cannot stop with this deck (help me if you've got a decent solution) is KP. I just played against a Jericho and he dropped KP on T9, then and Erika on T10, then a Aeon on T11 and just when I was ready to take out KP, he refreshed it, then finished me off with Erika.

You were right in saying this deck was slow, but with a great hand, its T7 winner. I love the synergy in this deck. EA with BW & IG gives you allies that stand and fight...I was thinking about adding in BA just to give the BW a larger bite, but am debating on what to trade it for. With Shriek and Cobraskins, I am always fighitng for resources so an LLN (which would help with the big armor/weapons) is out of the question. Maybe just maybe, I am playing this deck all wrong, as I have yet to watch your demo vids.

My ideas for a bit of tweaking to this deck are:
Remove
- 4 Cobraskin Wraps
- 4 Shriek
- 4 HBM
- 1 EA
Additions
+4 Crimson Vest (gives you the late game regen)
+4 Suprise Attack (great synergy with the EA/BA combo + draw)
+3 Bloodstone Alter (synergy with EA)
+2 Ley Line Nexus

After these modifications this would now be the Rambo deck...thoughts?