I decided to post this to give people some idea's for a different approach with Raikka and some of the new Lost Lands cards - This is similar to MiddleAgedNerd's Maj deck and between the 2 decks there may be something you like.
Hero: Raikka Spellseeker
Allies (24):
4x Carniboar ~210g
4x Ironhide Karash ~220g
2x Cinderborn Fatebreaker ~120g
4x Sword Gobbler ~200g
2x Death Mage Thaddeus ~200g
4x Rampant Krygon ~300g
4x Armored Packbeast ~200g
Abilities (14):
3x Sacrificial Lamb ~400g
4x Bad Santa ~460g
2x Groundshift ~900g
3x Overwhelm ~120g
2x Widespread Decay ~300g
Items (7):
4x Frying Pan ~120g
1x Flameforged Scepter ~990g
2x Dagger of Unmaking ~600g
Locations (4):
4x Arthyle's Pass: Dead Man's Breach ~400g
= 50 cards ~ 15430g
You can be very aggressive with this deck since you can fill your hand with cards and no allies cost more than 3cc to get out. Under the right conditions turn four you can swing at the board for up to 8 hasted ambush damage out of your hand (any 2cc ally + a Gobbler with a weapon in play and Raikka's ability) Might be the best chance to make use of all your foil Frying Pan's. DoU can help get you back and Packbeast can help you stay in the game longer, that +1 heal every turn can really change the math on your opponents side. Overwhelm even with 2 allies on your side of the field is quite good, especially with Raikka and the cantrip is nice. You should never really need more than 8 resources for a long game so be selective as to what and when you sac, try to get to four and then hang on and go to 5 only when you need to Overwhelm (unless you can sac without worry in which case go for it). After that at 7 you can overwhelm and play a critter. Krygon can always be good and helps turn Packbeast and DMT into attackers, also since it is fragile a good candidate for sac lamb which is very useful for cards since the curve is pretty low.
Most likely not top tier but will be fun and may even confuse a few opponents since it is not what they see a lot of. You may also be able to trim it down and or tweak it to your liking and get to 40 cards or so. GL&HF
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