Dark Prophecies Baduruu Deck

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Total Cards: 41 (including Baduruu)

4 Flaming Arrow (possible replacement with Morbid Acolyte once the bugs are fixed)

2 Shriek of Vengeance

2 Ley Line Nexus

4 Wrath of the Forest

4 Soul Seeker

4 Ironhide Karash (shadow ally) - 2cc - 2 attack - 2HP - If combat damage dealt to Ironhide Karash is 2 or less, that damage is reduced to zero.

4 Disciple of Aldmor (shadow ally) - 4cc - 2 attack - 6HP - Immune to abilities activated with shadow energy

4 Morbid Acolyte (shadow ally) - 3cc - 2 attack - 5HP - (passive ability - 2R) Target opposing ally loses all passive abilities until the start of your next turn

4 Darkwood Wraith (shadow ally) – 5cc – 2 attack – 5HP – When summoned, target ally with a cost of 3 or less is returned to its owner’s hand.

4 Perfect Shot (hunter ability) – 4cc – Target opposing ally is reduced to 1 health.

4 Grundler's Double (Hero Item - Weapon, Bow) - 6cc - 2 attack - 5 durability - Ignores stealth when attacking. If there is exactly 1 friendly ally in play when you end your turn, draw a card.

Explanation of Card Choices

First off, this deck is just a blast to play. Between Soul Seeker and Grundler's Double you can vary the strategy quite a bit. GD is anti-stealth and can serve as a draw engine at times. Soul Seeker is good if you need the health. Both weapons have a lot of durability and an attack of 3 when you play them with your ability (which you should always do). The deck has a solid amount of drawing power between Wrath of the Forest and sometimes GD (possible Ley Line). I don't play any Shadow Font, because unless your weapon is destroyed, the high durability of each weapon tends to balance with the time needed to collect 4 shadow energy. The 4 Perfect Shot help with taking down any big HP allies (Flaming Arrow can finish off Sandworm following a Perfect Shot if you aren't loaded up with a weapon on deck). My ally choices are set up to give you options (ideally) on T2, T3, T4 and T5 and maintain board control.

[Jao]

so if you have WotF out, Prowler gets unused? or do you just switch it out to put Prowler in play?

[Counterexample]

so if you have WotF out, Prowler gets unused? or do you just switch it out to put Prowler in play?

I would keep WotF in play if I still had allies on the board, however, it's a bit of a judgment call each time. If they have 1 or 2 cards in their hand, and you want to get them top-decking, then swapping shields could be a good move. It's very much a "kick-em while they're down" card. Out of all the cards in this deck build, I would have to say this card is the most circumstantial. I only play 3 for that reason and I'll always sac at least one if it's in my first draw.

EDIT - I replaced 3 Night Prowler with 4 Flaming Arrow.

[iClipse]

You definitely have not enough 3cc cards. Now, you'll have to skip your turn 3 in 50% of the games.

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You definitely have not enough 3cc cards. Now, you'll have to skip your turn 3 in 50% of the games.

Great observation. Thank you. I'm going to try 4 Flaming Arrow (3cc) instead of 3 Night Prowler. I had some real trouble contending with a couple Sandworm + attachments on the board.

[iClipse]

Or you could try Morbid Acolyte to deal with Sandworms as well.

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Or you could try Morbid Acolyte to deal with Sandworms as well.

Ahhh, very true. Good idea. I will definitely give that a try once Morbid Acolyte functions normally (hopefully on the next test server update). I would prefer an ally over a one-turn ability as means to the same end.

[Natethegreat]

I would use some PotM if not completely replace WotF with it.

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I would use some PotM if not completely replace WotF with it.

That's a good idea. My logic for choosing WotF is that I will always play allies every game so it should be more consistent over the long run. In a game against a no-ally deck or only a few allies PotM would lose effectiveness. But possibly a mix like you suggested would work well. Playing a PotM in combo with Baduruu's ability could create a draw-engine the opponent can't stop from happening (not always the case with WotF).

EDIT - They should rename WotF to "Tidal Wave Insurance". That's when the card really comes in handy. At a minimum it delays the Tidal Wave if they use up a turn playing Focused Prayer.