LL - Templar Boris (Kos)

[Kosmiker]

updated v0.1.3

***HERO***

Boris Skullcrusher

***Allies (16)***
4x Zealous Mystic
3x Unaxio Bannerman
4x Sabreen, Hand of Unaxio
3x Knight of Unaxio
2x General of Unaxio

***Abilities (17)***
3x Strength of Conviction
4x Spirit of Devotion
2x Crippling Blow
2x Ellos' Resolve
4x Confluence of Fates
2x A Legend Rises

***Items (4)***
2x Dragon's Tooth
2x Justicar Cape

***Locations (4)***
4x Sosilo: Brothers' Landing


TOTAL: 41 cards + Hero



This is my version of templar deck for Boris for the new set of LL.
A quick run down on the following cards:

Zealous Mystic
To be played with haste (not t2) by stealing your own allies attachments, also useful to bounce back some opponents crippling blows/consuming fear.

Unaxio Bannerman
Needs some careful planning, doesn't work very good as t3 because preferably you'll want to blood frenzy or use zealous+attachment. It's better summoned with a clear board/controlled. Can be sac early on.

Sabreen, Hand of Unaxio
Solid t4 drop to control board, even t3 if you feel the rush or twilights coming, using t4 for blood frenzy+spirit/conviction. Extra copies can be sac, same later on.

Knight of Unaxio
Your late game monster.

General of Unaxio
Mainly there for his ability and good to pick that cripling blow/legend/whatevah.

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Strength of Conviction
Sac, discard, summon. Whatever feels best at the moment.

Spirit of Devotion
Same as above but if no blood frenzy don't sac.

Crippling Blow
Once you have board and with your hero ability you can usually discard it, especially against humans.

Ellos' Resolve
For discard or summon.

Confluence of Fate
Decided to go with confluence instead of frenzy because once you have location the damage from blood hurts and you already have full hand most of the time.

A Legend Rises
Necessary.

Dragon's Tooth
Those fatties that LL brought... this is their nemesis.

Sosilo: Brothers' Landing
When this rolls, it rolls. Rolls a lot. Your main draw engine mid-late game

Feel free to watch some matches i've made for a better "view" of it's potential. IGN: Kosmiker

[Kosmiker]

Updated.

* Removed "Groundshift" because wasn't seeing much action and you can always use your own lands to cover previous locations.

* Swapped blood frenzy for confluence of fates, this deck gets a ton of cards with sosillo and later on blood frenzy hurts more than helps, with all your attachments, CoF works fine (and pays itself immediately on the turn it is summoned)

* Removed one Knight of Unaxio, it's a late game card.

* Added two justicar capes, this might be temporary, still studying if it's worth it or not (my main doubt is the fact it isn't an ability so sometimes its a dead draw).

So far the stars of this deck are really Sosilo and Sabreen, the combo fills your hand and helps you control the board easily. Very nice.

[Kenny167]

Been testing this deck out and it won all the games so far. This is a pretty awesome deck

[Snowstalker]

I've been testing it with some minor changes too and it's really solid, thanks for sharing!

[Kenny167]

I've been testing it with some minor changes too and it's really solid, thanks for sharing!

what type of changes did you make?

[Kosmiker]

Cool, glad you guys rocking it! I've been testing other stuff from LL so I don't have much to add now but feel free to share any tips or findings you might have.

[Kenny167]

justicar cape hasnt really been that useful so i switched it for 2 crippling blows and i have been winning more games

[Kosmiker]

Yeah I figured it might not work very well, crippling blow is ok but I don't like seeing the allie on board too long so I use it as temporary disable. Been thinking about using lythian shackles instead because it costs nothing so doesn't affect your tempo, it's an attachment and your hero usually can aford the exhaustion. Don't know, gotta try it first. Second on the list is Moment of Acquiescence.

[Snowstalker]

I've been experimenting with:

2x Mystic + 2x Unaxio Squire, I'm going to test Avenger of the Fallen as well.

I've removed Bannerman completely - didn't find much use for him...

added 2x Zailen Crusader

2x Blood Frenzy + 2x Confluence of Fate - it's kind of cool when you get both of them.


Strange, i've made the best experience with Justicars's Cape... buff Knight of Unaxio once or twice and BAM, BAM... You can use the Cape the turn you summoned it, so it's completely unexpected...

[Ghibo]

Rod of Smiting instead of Dragon's Tooth?