* Edit: Deck has been tuned up. Working much more efficiently. Take a look. *
So here is my Banebow Deck, I've seen some other decks that employ the Bounty Hunter with Banebow idea. But I'm pretty proud of this deck, especially with the win I pulled out minutes before this post. I had a pretty bad draw against a Moonstalker, ended up with 1 HP while he still had 22 or so. Thanks to the way this deck's chemistry comes together, lots of poison, and a few lucky draws I got the win. So here we go. This is my Banebow Resource War Deck
Cards: 46: (45 + Hero)
Hero: Banebow
Allies: (16)
3 Cobra Demon
2 Darkwood Wraith
2 Death Mage Thaddeus
3 Furrion Terror
2 Infernal Gargoyle
2 Kairos Doombringer
2 Morbid Acolyte
Abilities: (23)
1 Bad Santa
4 Bounty Hunter
2 Net Trap
3 The Perfect Shot
4 Poison Arrow
1 Sever Ties
2 Shriek of Vengeance
2 Surprise Attack
Items: (7)
3 Grundler's Double
2 Soul Seeker
3 Wrath of the Forest
One thing we can all agree on: Not a 100% Orthodox deck. But I've edited a lot and this is what I've enjoyed using.
Something you'll notice that was not in here before the edit: Wrath of the Forest. Frankly, when I build the deck I wanted it and they were out of stock at the Merchant (Same problem I'm currently having with Bad Santa. Separate Issue). But this deck has been a lot of fun to play. It uses Surprise Attack as a more creative draw engine. With The Poison Arrow + Banebow ability combo or Poison + The Perfect Shot, it's easy to knock out a few allies on the board quickly, and if one of your Bounty Hunter cards is in play you'll also pick up a few resources.
A couple other cards that are excellent in here are Cobra Demon, who has two methods of poisoning enemy allies, as well as defender and a great 5 HP. This card saved me in a few matches. When you can't save up or don't care to use BB's ability, you can direct your Shadow Energy through your Cobra Demons, who'll deliver poison as well as a point of damage. And if they only have one point of health left it poisons before killing so that it counts as a Bounty Hunter kill, rewarding you with yet another resource.
Added DMT because, as the savvy gentlemen from ETC pointed out, he is a perfect fit for this deck.
A card that wasn't in here before the edit was Furrion Terror, and now I just want to know where it's been all my life. I love this card in this deck. Great at helping wipe the board, immune to Novas, just a great card all around.
Also, when your deck is created to give you a ton of resources, you can afford to enjoy the use of Shriek of Vengeance.
I hate choosing between Morbid Acolyte and Infernal Gargoyle for this deck, so I run 2 of each, but if I had to choose I would go MA. Removing passive abilities, Stealth provided by a hero, whatever effect you need removed: he's clutch.
The last piece of genius in this deck is running Darkwood Wraith, who provides great card control, whether you're removing enemy allies from the board, or putting one of your own allies back in your hand to redeploy him unscathed (think Crippling Blow, Captured Prey, Consuming Fear). This however, was not my idea. I saw the idea to use DW in a comment from adawg45601 on a Victor Deck Post. Which you can read (and find his other comments) here:
http://www.shadowera.com/showthread....ope-for-Bounty
I didn't keep track of streaks, but before the season ended last month this was the primary deck I ran, and I stayed in the High 290s to low 320s for most of the month. I've been letting it rest, but after that win today, I'm thinking I'm gonna take this dog for a walk.
Tweaks I would recommend besides leaning it out would be switching out Pride for Wrath of the Forest (Which I did). The only thing I would say is this isn't an ally loaded deck, so Pride has the advantage of letting you draw when you kill the opponents allies. However, since a lot of allies also die on the opponents draw due to poison, you don't always get draws for kills (Pride only rewards combat kills). It's up to you. Also you can choose Infernal Gargoyle or Morbid Acolyte, switch up your Bows, and switch up Kairos for the Fatty of your choice.
It can handle most decks pretty well. However, this deck is more about building resources up by poisoning and killing allies. Therefore a mage rush that focuses on burning and doesn't use many allies can go poorly for you. The same for some rather fiendish Darkclaw decks. Most other types of decks are really a fair matchup here. Just take some time to get the hang of how it works before you charge in and trash your rating.
Hope you guys enjoy the deck. Happy Hunting.
Jack
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