Rankett: Proving Grounds Deck

[sardonyx47]

I'm tired of the same decks, Tala Homunculus, Zal Shards, Garth, etc.

I have the most fun creating new decks, but still trying to be competitive most of the time. I really want to make use of the locations, so I've been experimenting with Rankett: Proving Grounds. I think there is a deck that can make good use of this location and have a successful deck.

I'm asking our fantastic community for help try and build the best deck around this location. I've tried several different heroes and would love suggestions for which might work best.

The general base of most of the decks is which will vary slightly depending on the hero.

4x Rotling
4x Rampant Krygon
4x Voracious Arachnid
4x Armored Packbeast
4x Gravemonger

Items (4):
4x Splicer's Crown

Locations (4):
4x Rankett: Proving Grounds

I've tried the deck with Elementalis, which I think is the most obvious given his ability. Throw in a few exaltation and stardust amplifier and the deck is almost full. I have struggled with the early game with him.

I've tried Bloodfang and Moonstalker. Dread wolf makes the location really work well, and the wulven support abilities are good.

Gravebone is another candidate. Abomination factory make allies huge quickly. I'll include a different set of allies, using plightbred runt and brimstone devourer because of the discard abilities.

I'd love to hear what you all have to say to make this concept work.

Thanks everyone!

[FDL]

Gravebone is another candidate. Abomina-tion factory make allies huge quickly. I'll include a different set of allies, using plightbred runt and brimstone devourer because of the discard abilities.

Before Rankett was moved to T4, there was a pretty fun Raikka deck. Her ability helps get early board control and once that is established, your team can snowball out of control.

It was fairly aggressive with Gremlin, but maybe the move to T4 forces you to be a little bigger. I wouldn't play Packbeast in that deck though.

Maybe this?

3x Rotling
3x Plightbred Runt
4x Fatebreaker
4x Voracious Arachnid
4x Eternal Troll
4x Brimstone Devourer
2x Gravemonger

3x Fireball

2x Bad Santa
2x Spontaneous Growth

3x Splicer's Crown
3x Abomination Factory

4x Rankett: Proving Grounds

[sardonyx47]

I'm happy with how Bloodfang is working out. I rarely use his ability for summoning allies, so I think Moonstalker would also be a very good fit. But in the chance I can get the extra summon, It works out very well.

Hero: Bloodfang

Allies (18):
3x Rotling
4x Voracious Arachnid
4x Dread Wolf
3x Flame Spitter
2x Gravemonger
2x Riphide

Abilities (14):
3x Now You're Mine
4x Blood Moon
2x Relentless Savagery
2x Spontaneous Growth
3x Captured Prey

Items (5):
3x Splicer's Crown
2x Spectral Sabre

Locations (4):
4x Rankett: Proving Grounds

= 42 cards

[Cossack Mamai]

Well, I posted this deck about a year ago: http://www.shadowera.com/showthread....nculi-(v-3-11)

I made some changes since that time and my deck looks like this:

***HERO***
Raikka Spellseeker

***Allies (19)***
3x Rotling
4x Barrenland Gremlin
4x Plightbred Runt
4x Brimstone Devourer
4x Voracious Arachnid

***Abilities (8)***
3x Consuming Fear
3x Stoneskin
2x Supernova

***Items (9)***
4x Abomination Factory
3x Crystal Shards
2x Splicer’s Crown

***Location (4)***
4x Rankett: Proving Grounds

TOTAL: 40 cards + Hero