Banebow - The 2nd

[Airact]

And you never get to see the first. Tough is luck.



Banebow

4x Infernal Gargoyle
4x Brutalis
4x Plasma Behemoth
3x Medusil
4x Death Mage Thaddeus

4x Poison Arrow
4x Shriek of Vengeance
3x Sacrificial Lamb
2x Acid Jet

4x Wrath of the Forest
4x Soul Seeker

Total 41


I probably don't need to explain that much because the deck is quite straight forward: Play some allies, control some board, kill some stuff, control some more board, win.

The first thing you might be confused about is 4x Shriek. Let's see how useful it is against the top contenders:

Majiya - Kills Research and Portal
Zaladar - Kills nothing unless he plays Bazaar
Moonstalker - Kills Wrath of the Forest and Jeweler's Dream
Banebow - Kills Wrath of the Forest
Zhanna - Kills Wizent's Staff and Book of Curses
Amber - Kills Jeweler's Dream
Boris - Kills Jeweler's Dream
Lance - Kills Ill Gotten Gains

So Zaladar(and maybe Boris) is the only matchup Shriek is not useful against. I decided to add Amber/Zhanna/Boris because of the recent WC results. However, the deck is not tested against those decks.


Some people might also prefer Bad Wolf instead of Medusil. However, Medusil has a role against fatties in this deck. If I have board presence and Medusil on-board, I might be able to kill a fatty in a single turn without losing anything.


Plasma Behemoth can be pretty much changed to any other Shadow fatty. Molten Destroyer is probably the best alternative but you can go crazy with Brutal Minotaur or Shadow Knight as well. Those might not work as well tho.



Edit: Well aren't I good at this thread making thing? Move to Hunter strategy please.

[Keaven]

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Edit: Well aren't I good at this thread making thing? Move to Hunter strategy please.

lol

[Raphael Majere]

superb deck. If i were a salesman, this is the kind of product I wanna sell. There's no need to fool/cheat/coerce the customer into buying it. The product speaks for itself. Excellent.

[Keaven]

This makes my Plainbow look fancy

[painful_smile]

1 card too much so i would not buy it

but other than that it looks solid.

[Airact]

1 card too much so i would not buy it

but other than that it looks solid.

Yeah, it's a 41 carder.

Taking one Medusil out shouldn't hurt that much. I prefer 3 but if you want a 40 carder, taking out one Medusil or one Shriek(I prefer 4 but I haven't tested Banebow in the "after-WC meta" so...) shouldn't kill the deck.

[banana George]

I'm using your deck, and I love it, registered on the site just to post in this thread. When I get up on my opponent, its easy but without luck of a great hand, against elementals I just get overrun and over powered. I end up with no cards, and they just keep healing. Any advice?

[Airact]

Zaladar is not really that hard. Keep a Wrath of the Forest up and try to save Sac Lambs. You should be able to outdraw him. Spam stuff out and kill him that way.

Elementalis is really difficult. A 7hp Gargoyle is something to fear and if you can't take him out early, you are pretty much dead immediately. He doesn't have Zal's ability tho so you should benefit from spamming a bit more.

[BlanketEffect]

To me, this is both a very, very good Banebow archetype, and an increasingly common one. That said, mine is very similar, as well.


The addition of the extra (3) drops is a variant, and Plasma B is an interesting pick, given his recurring cost. My Banebow deck, which is similar to this one in structure, but not ally choices, typically runs @ 5-6 resources. Medusil's and PB's abilities being resource intensive would be a struggle to use and still play fresh cards, as well.


At what resource level do you typically stop sacrificing with the deck?


With 4x Wrath of the Forest, and 3x Sacrificial Lamb, I think Acid Jet over Ley Line Nexus is advisable. You have plenty of draw, so you don't need LLN for the sake of the cantrip effect. Acid Jet is cheaper, and can be played alongside a (3) ally on turn 7, which is significant. Also, Acid Jet can target everything Ley Line Nexus can (except Reserve Weapon), and also a multitude of (3) and (4) weapons, all of which are typically destroyed by Acid Jet immediately.

[Airact]

To me, this is both a very, very good Banebow archetype, and an increasingly common one. That said, mine is very similar, as well.


The addition of the extra (3) drops is a variant, and Plasma B is an interesting pick, given his recurring cost. My Banebow deck, which is similar to this one in structure, but not ally choices, typically runs @ 5-6 resources. Medusil's and PB's abilities being resource intensive would be a struggle to use and still play fresh cards, as well.


At what resource level do you typically stop sacrificing with the deck?


With 4x Wrath of the Forest, and 3x Sacrificial Lamb, I think Acid Jet over Ley Line Nexus is advisable. You have plenty of draw, so you don't need LLN for the sake of the cantrip effect. Acid Jet is cheaper, and can be played alongside a (3) ally on turn 7, which is significant. Also, Acid Jet can target everything Ley Line Nexus can (except Reserve Weapon), and also a multitude of (3) and (4) weapons, all of which are typically destroyed by Acid Jet immediately.

The deck was teched against the increase of Moonstalker usage in the meta(which surprisingly didn't happen at the end). Like I said in the OP, Molten Destroyer can be used to similar, or better, effect.


The only reason I used Medusils is simply because I hate losing the game because of a bad hand and with only 8x 3cc allies that will happen often. It has happened multiple times with 11 3cc allies so I guess the problem's still there. Also Medusil > Bad Wolf because Medusil's better against fatties.


11 3cc allies and Behemoth ability costing 3cc makes me really like the 6 resource mark.


The Acid Jet point is valid.