Elementalis Homunculus with Rankett - Proving Grounds

[sardonyx47]

Designed to get use out of unused locations. I've not seen a deck use Rankett - Proving Grounds so why not try.

I've had mixed success, but when it gets rolling it can be damaging. Ideally, save your SE for when you have Proving Grounds on board and more than one ally to get good use out of it. You can easily have a 4/9 Arachnid on the board on turn 4 with a 3/3 Rotling and 4/2 Runt. Almost all the cards help with boosting attack or defense, so they grow fast with the location ability, and you get a nice bonus draw too.

Rankett can boost your allies very quickly. And 3 SE to do damage to them is a big hit on your opponent if they choose to do the damage.

Suggestions always welcome!

Hero: Elementalis

Allies (22):
4x Rotling
4x Plightbred Runt
4x Voracious Arachnid
4x Gravemonger
4x Falseblood Cultist
2x Stardust Ampliflyer

Abilities (15):
4x Spontaneous Growth
2x Soul Reaper
3x Bloodthirsty
2x Energy Discharge
4x Mind Control

Items (8):
4x Antimatter
4x Splicer's Crown

Locations (4):
4x Rankett: Proving Grounds

= 50 cards

[ledrahan]

Looks like a fun deck. Good draw for 50 cards. My concern is the hard counters like Nishaven, Boris, Tidal Wave, Assassination, Crippling Blow, Heavy Armors and such. Do u think it would be viable if i make below changes to ur deck:

+ 2x Sever Ties
+ 2x Blackened Heart
+ 1x Ley Line Nexus

- 1x Fasleblood Cultist
- 1x Splicer's Crown
- 1x Spontaneous Growth

[The MiddleAgedNerd]

My concern is with the opp ability on ranket. How donyou counter that. Your allies lose health and then they get thenlocation.

[ledrahan]

My concern is with the opp ability on ranket. How donyou counter that. Your allies lose health and then they get thenlocation.

I agree I tried but couldnt utilize it vs bots too. It already seems a bit overkill of +1 buffs. What do u think of -4x Rankett , +3x Exaltation for a sudden burst chance ?

Also filling table with allies will not be possible all time, so sometimes a single ally play might work better.

EDIT: Tried changing Ranketts with Exaltation, now works much better. A Rotling can hit 8dmg easy.

With an average luck of draw T8 vs bots look like this:

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[The MiddleAgedNerd]

Yeah exaltalis is like magic with ele. I agree. Ibhavent seen a location yet that really seems tonwork well. The best was the one the exiled cards go to your hand but that got nerfed and kinda needed to because of into the forrest. Anyways inthinknyour on the right track.

[sardonyx47]

My concern is with the opp ability on ranket. How donyou counter that. Your allies lose health and then they get thenlocation.

Typically, the boosts that I gain hopefully will outweigh the damage done. If not, there is always Soul Reaper

Looks like a fun deck. Good draw for 50 cards. My concern is the hard counters like Nishaven, Boris, Tidal Wave, Assassination, Crippling Blow, Heavy Armors and such. Do u think it would be viable if i make below changes to ur deck:

+ 2x Sever Ties I don't particularly like this. Cost is just too much.
+ 2x Blackened Heart Definitely could have a place. Prevents land damage to ally.
+ 1x Ley Line Nexus Might fit, but with so many allies, armors usually fall quickly.

- 1x Fasleblood Cultist I can see reducing this too. But it does help put ally in graveyard for crown and gravemonger use.
- 1x Splicer's Crown Too critical for ally boost and land use.
- 1x Spontaneous Growth Could reduce this, yes

And as far as getting rid of Rankett altogether, the point of the deck was to use the lands. Trying to make some new decks and use new ideas.

[Spieler]

Unused locations?
My Gravebone use proving grounds since few days after its release & even after the nerf it is still a powerful card

[Spieler]

Btw...
Shriek of Revulsion > Sever Ties