Okay, here’s the other deck I’m going to share with you today. I’m really proud of this one, it’s fun, fast and powerful.
(Props to Rivozz and Super Grover for helping me put the finishing touches on this one)
Zaladar
4 x Frostmare
4 x Rampant Krygon
3 x Ravager Zealot
3 x Slingblade Demon
3 x Shadow Font
3 x Mind Control
4 x Shard of Power
2 x Energy Discharge
2 x Ley Line Nexus
4 x Bad Santa
4 x Loom of Fate
3 x Living Armor
39 + hero
Alternate version:
-1 Slingblade
-1 Ravager Zealot
+2 Shadowvein
Ready, Aim, Fire
Basically this deck is designed to abuse haste in conjunction with an often overlooked card, Shard of Power. Shard gives you a massive +2 attack per ally permanently for a measly 3 resources. The problem is that Shard reduces health to one, generally making anything easy prey. However with hasted allies this is a problem no longer
Your goal here is to set up Shard as quickly as possible, and from there start throwing hasted allies at your opponent’s face. You’ve got plenty of crowd control options for when your opponent builds a board presence, and Energy Discharge is gold with Frostmare when you’re outnumbered. In addition the 5 damage to you is partially counteracted by the 3 damage your buffed Frostmare will (generally) deal before you kill it.
Slingblade
The only non-haste ally in the deck, the Slingblade Demon is a utility ally, there to recycle hasted threats and send them back to your hand to “double tap” the enemy. It’s also very useful for returned a converted Living Armor to your hand to be recast as an armor (yes, this does work!).
Draw
Yeah, it’s all bilateral. The thing is it’s all controlled by you, unlike say Bazaar which hands out cards regardless. Loom is really good in the deck as well as it’s essentially a portal for Ravager Zealot. There’s enough there to keep you ticking over and allow you to prepare your hand for the Omega Strike (which is usually quite brutal )
Conclusion
I love this deck, it’s an entirely new way to play Zaladar and is one of the reasons I feel Shattered Fates is such a good set. We all crave new playstyles and Fates has delivered, this being just one example.
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