This deck is 30 cards and was heavily influenced by the
Zaladar Mega Rush deck. (Many thanks, Raphael, for inspiring and encouraging me!)
My favourite thing about that
Zaladar deck is that it is designed to always be able play one good card per turn (never a crap draw at any point), which means that you can establish and maintain board control, to eventually kill off a defenseless Hero.
The other great thing I noticed was the regular pain dealt out by
Zaladar's ability.
I then wondered whether
Banebow's similar but cheaper (and weaker) ability might be good for achieving quicker board dominance. My reasoning is that it kills a
Blake and hurts Aldon on your turn 3 if you go second (finish
Aldon with an arrow), and it can kill off a
Blake and an
Aldon when combined with your Gargoyle or
Deathbone on your turn 4.
The biggest hole in the deck, when you swap
Zaladar for
Banebow, is the lack of Mind Control. I decided to put in 4 Soul Seekers instead as they cost the same and do damage on the same turn you play them. Yes, the SS doesn't necessarily kill anyone but, when it does, it can give you some healing, which also makes up for the lack of
Soul Reaper. To supplement the lack of
Mind Control, I put in 4 arrows, which are cheap enough to allow you to play a creature or use Behemoth's ability if you have 5 or more to spend.
Without further ado, here is the deck (currently 10-1 on Quick Matches):
Banebow
3x
Deathbone (good to play early and his death hurts mages)
3x
Keldor (his self-pumping makes him tough enough to kill Aldon or
Jasmine)
4x Gargoyle (he takes at least 5 damage to kill, so tends to stay alive)
4x
Plasma Behemoth (5 HP makes him tough to kill and his built-in
Fireball is fantastic)
3x
Chimera (another with 5HP, so tough to kill, and his self-pump is sometimes worthwhile)
2x
Poison Arrow (stick it on early allies or
Raven and
Aeon later)
2x
Flaming Arrow (see above)
4x Shriek (save it for their best weapons and armors)
4x
Soul Seeker (mostly for healing or surprise kills)
If you search my replays (GondorianDotCom) there are some good matches there: Nitrify (40 card
Majiya) and MazehMazeh (50 card
Amber, with Dimension Ripper that stole my Soul Seeker and used it with
Dual Wield - I staged an amazing comeback).
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