[SF] Gwen – The Stripper

[Preybird]

(Kudos to Caitlyn for the name )

Okay, so this is my first deck post for Shattered Fates, and it’s for an old favourite of mine, Gwen.

Gwenneth Truesight

2 x Champion of Irum
3 x Puwen Bloodhelm
3 x Jasmine Rosecult
3 x Aldon the Brave
3 x Layarian Seductress
3 x Woodland Spotter
4 x Tainted Oracle

3 x Poison Arrow
3 x Rapid Fire
2 x Ley Line Nexus
4 x Raven's Gambit

3 x Soul Seeker
4 x Thoughtripper's Cutlass

40 cards including hero

How’s it work?

This deck is designed solely to abuse Thoughtripper’s Cutlass. With Gwen’s durability and damage buffs she can get immense value out of each one. You want to draw out your opponent’s allies and weaken them enough (through attacks, PA and Raven’s Gambit) to prepare for the Rapid Fire powered chaos. Once you get one pair of swings in your opponent is usually in trouble. And it’s quite common for me to pull 4-5 discards off each weapon (sometimes more).

So this is not a deathracing Gwen like most people are used to. This is a shutdown deck. You aim to starve your opponent of answers so you can attack them with impunity. And the best part is that with Rapid Fire you generally stand a good chance of discarding any Item D they may have, even if their hand is almost full.

The Spotter

Gwen is now way more consistent with the inclusion of Woodland Spotter. This guy is great because he’ll generally survive turn 4 (particularly if you have an ally presence out), paving the way for a buffed weapon swing a turn earlier than expected. And when you shut down your opponent’s hand chances are much better that he’ll survive until you get a more permanent solution in Rapid Fire. Still, keep spares of him around because he will die.

Draw

All burst draw here. It’s something that I’ve found really works with human hunters since my experiments with Victor. Raven’s Gambit is money and I am foreseeing all hunters will run a full set of these because the draw and control they provide is priceless. Tainted Oracle is the other ubiquitous draw card here, and is useful as always.

Conclusion

This thing is brutal when it gets rolling, and can really tear down decks that don’t have strong draw. Even warriors can have trouble dealing with the constant discards.

Well, with the changes to Thoughtripper's Cutlass (Hunters are losing access) this deck is redundant.

Sorry Gwen, time to get a real job

[Buqs]

This is a nice deck PB.

Do you have any pictures of Gwen the stripper for examples ?

[Jo3yb0i]

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i was expecting something more exciting...if you know what i mean

[Peithoson]

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Just a thought, since Rapid Fire and Woodland spotter have the same ability, would it be better to replace one with some other card? Or is the redundancy useful?

[Veles]

So when did your Gwen get divorced and became a stripper?

[pjoe0211]

yeah, i havent tried it, but the turn 4 spotter and turn 5 cutlass feels broken, but there are just so many turn 4 combos now lol, SF is going to change the game alot, im not sure yet if it is for the better because its pretty great right now

[Preybird]

Just a thought, since Rapid Fire and Woodland spotter have the same ability, would it be better to replace one with some other card? Or is the redundancy useful?

It's all about redundancy. Gwen without being able to attack twice is really painful, so 6 methods of getting her to that point is much better than 4. And given the decks goal it needs to happen in a timely manner in every game.

So when did your Gwen get divorced and became a stripper?

Marriage and stripping are not mutually exclusive

[Scout]

Just a thought, since Rapid Fire and Woodland spotter have the same ability, would it be better to replace one with some other card? Or is the redundancy useful?

The redundancy seems useful

[Veles]

Marriage and stripping are not mutually exclusive

Touche

[Daemon Rayge]

Nice job beating Caitlyn to the chase for this one.