CotC Nishaven Hybrid-I'm better than Elad

[Shadowborn]

So I started out as most people did with Elad Rush and climbed high enough to 230. But as we all know Elad Rush is overreliant on getting a good starting hand. Bad hand= Defeat screen. So after a spree of bad hands that saw me lose 6 games in a row, I set about to build a deck that rushes as well as Elad but doesn't immediately gets rolled over by a bad start.This Nishaven rushes damn well while being able to dish out powerful mid-game pain with both abilities AND allies, something that all-out rush Elad couldn't do.

Nishaven

ALLIES(19)
Kris x4
Puwen x4
PotL x4
Aldon x3
TO x4

ABILITIES
Fireball x4
Lightning Strike x4
Supernova x3
Bad Santa x3
Honored Dead x3
LLN x2

WEAPONS
DoU x2

Nishaven's ability use is very rare. Most games I only use it once, sometimes not at all. When it is used however, it's a gamechanger. When to use his ability is more gut-feeling than anything else. I've used it when my opponent only has 1 ally on the board, I've used it when I have a board full of my own allies all based on gut-feeling and I've came out victorious. When you use it you'll want to make sure you can play some allies to retake the board on the same turn or at least make it a real boardwipe by combining with LS or Supernova. Main reason why I chose Nish over Elad was because of Sandworms, the moment 2-3 Sandworms come into play against Elad and she can't double nova them, she's dead. Check out

AA1 ShadowBeast vs TranscendingSoul
Lots of nice plays. There was a point when he had three Sandworms and an Aldon on the field. I don't usually worry about Sandworms but coupled with Aldon and a potential second KP to come, they can be quite painful. Hence Nish's ability+ Supernova really saved the game and allowed me to take back the board. That's what I mean when i say Nish is a gamechanger. Just remember that his ability isn't meant to be spammed or to kill as many allies as possible(though that would be nice too.

ALLIES
Your standard Human rush that can be quite effective combined with Nish's boardwipe since you'll be dropping them on an empty board, it's almost the same as starting the game all over again and rushing with your weenies. Casting TO just before a boardwipe is rather risky since ill rather use him as a meat shield but if your really running low on cards then why not. Aldon is a really key ally being able to put a lot of hurt with sufficient allies

BURN
Again watch my match against TranscendingSoul when I used a Fireball against T3 Jasmine, something that Elad would be rather reluctant to do. However since you can also rely on your allies to do late game damage(Elad goes face burn without allies), using your burn on allies isn't a really big problem.

DRAW
Incredibly powerful draw here, all of their draw power combined equates to 20 cards pretty much half your deck. You should be drawing twice per turn on average. Bad Santa is more risky but pulling of a Santa Bomb can really put you ahead in terms of card advantage, also can be used to fish for your burn finisher

DoU is more for stall and safeguarding your weenies so you can mass them on the board.

Overall this deck is more slower than the usual Eladwen but its more stable and safer and will probably win you more games

[Frantic]

looks similar to mine but i dont run weapons or bad santas i got 4x blakes 3x portal andpoor quality for LLN
also Nish abality gets used alot more to make the most of portal and TO

all in all great deck

[Shadowborn]

Blakes are too risky dies to DMT and Kris. Portals are too slow and LLN is more tech against Spelleaters however unlikely they are to appear, used to run Poor Quality too but it's too slow and doesn't handle Spelleaters

[qaz92zaq]

Blakes are too risky dies to DMT and Kris. Portals are too slow and LLN is more tech against Spelleaters however unlikely they are to appear, used to run Poor Quality too but it's too slow and doesn't handle Spelleaters

It depends going second t4 portal t5 ability blake aldon turn 6 blake PotL or Jas is often gg. Its all really a matter of taste though.

Nice deck though I'm always a fan of allied Nish.

[mitterneyer]

Yes, this is an adjusted version of "Storm" set.
Any idea with DP cards?

[Shadowborn]

Testing it out. So far I've swapped HD for Treasured Heirloom. Do you mind linking me to the "Storm" deck?

[mitterneyer]

Testing it out. So far I've swapped HD for Treasured Heirloom. Do you mind linking me to the "Storm" deck?

It's in Chinese. Great minds think alike. 8-)

[Shadowborn]

The whole of SE forums are great minds then :P. 谁说我不懂怎么讲话语？我是从新加坡。我当然懂得华语

[Zhou86]

I think without any DP cards, this deck will still do well in the current Live Server.
Maybe, just maybe, 2CC split to Puwen2/CoI2. And as you said, include some Treasured Heirloom.

But without the change, still strong in my opinion.