Axiom + Hornbeam seems an unlikely pairing. It is an easy and underrated combo.
Brimstone is a vanilla 3-cc 2/5 ally. Not! Being a Homunculus ally, it can grow with
Plightbred Runt discard. But, seriously, it does reap most value when discarded into an opponent's ally rush. This deck is very early game centric and in a high health allies meta, it is 4x.
Thought about going higher cc with
Forgotten Horror and/or Vull the Insatiable. They can work and are impactful in some scenarios. But swarming with
Meat Wagon is the name of the game.
Stardust Extractor skews the curve to mid-range. For swarming, I stuck to 3-cc or less and high-impact 5-cc allies. In effect, drawing 2 cards with Hornbeam almost always guarantees either dropping 1 x 5-cc or 2 x 2-3-cc. Also, consistency with 2x Axiom the Soulless and 4x
Resolute Hornbeam is great. Topdecking Extractor is suboptimal because
1) it only has 2(+1) damage as a 4-cc. In stark comparison,
Stardust Actualizer brings 3(+2) damage to the field as a 3-cc. The 3(+1) damage of the 5-cc allies hits the threshold against the many 4 health allies. and
2) its active ability is not game-changing and lowers its board presence with health decrease which is key against weapon decks.
This deck definitely has many allies you can play around with which is the fun part about it. Some additions make the deck harder to pilot with a definite gameplan. This deck is what I optimised to fit the gameplan of FTA ruthless ally rush. With the unique benefit of comeback potential, albeit luck-based, by tapping into
Praxix's potent ability.
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