Thoughts on a Serena Deck idea?

**CombatPastor** · 09-02-2013, 05:46 PM

I'm considering building a Serena

deck, based around weapons (of course) and recycling on-summon abilities.

Figured I'd run a few Retreat

, 3-4 Vozitian Orders

...
...then using Layarian Seductress

and Priest of Light as my 3-drops, Lily Rosecult

for my 4-drop, and support with other cards. Aside from that I'd use Aeon Stormcaller for my 6 drop, Raven Wildheart

for the 5-drop, and Nightshade

for my 2-drop.

I came up with the idea after facing a few Wulven and Warrior decks. I was trying to come up with a way to get around Captured Prey

and Crippling Blow

, and while Sever Ties works well, I could just bounce the monsters back to my hand - and get use of their abilities again. Using Seductress allows me to maintain tempo, despite constantly removing things from my side of the field (although it's not like I have to activate Vozitian Orders just because it's there). She also helps to protect Raven

from attacks until Aeon shows up - which should give Raven

time to act as a second, slightly more powerful Anklebreaker. I'll also be able to constantly recycle Priest of Light, to continue adding pressure to my opponent by healing and removing Shadow Energy - which should help against anti-Ally abilities like Majiya

, Boris

, Nishaven

, etc. Raven

should also break those recurring chains, like Shadow Knight

(don't kill it, it doesn't recycle). So I guess the following is the proposed deck (haven't built it yet):

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Serena Thoughtripper

x4 Nightshade

x2 Champion of Irum

x2 Layarian Seductress

x3 Priest of Light
x3 Lily Rosecult

x2 Raven Wildheart

x2 Aeon Stormcaller

(18 Allies)

x2 Retreat

x3 Assassination

x4 Stop Thief

(9 Abiltiies)

x4 Ill-Gotten Gains

x4 Anklebreaker

x2 Fan of Blades

x3 Vozitian Orders

(13 Items)

40 cards + Hero

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Tell me what you think?

**Zvirbliukas** · 09-02-2013, 06:00 PM

Lovely deck. But I'd replace Retreat

with Black Garb

.

**Zvirbliukas** · 09-02-2013, 06:04 PM

Night Owl

is also a great rouge ally.

**CombatPastor** · 09-02-2013, 06:13 PM

I used Retreat

because it can target both my opponents and my own allies. I'll try to fit Black Garb

and Night Owl

in somewhere. They're both great.

**CombatPastor** · 09-02-2013, 06:55 PM

Think I should try to fit in Throwing Dagger? Since I don't have Black Garb

at the moment, I can't use the FoB + Garb combo. Maybe using Dagger to start my opponent discarding sooner would help? If it's done right, this deck may be able to control most of the game - my opponent's hand and their field presence.