My Best Deck for 1.27! Raphael Majere's "Hyper-Amber"!

[Raphael Majere]

Ok, guys...!

I am REALLY EXCITED about this one! This one's the bomb! You'll love it!

Check out my winning streak! 17 wins in a Row! I got into arebelspy's Hero leaderboard!

Link: http://www.shadowera.com/showthread....l=1#post103911

(Side notes: You'll see my name at the Boris board, 23 win. It was done in 1.26. WAY EASIER THEN. Ivara got a 37 win streak with Amber. It's just not possible now due to increased card pool, greater room for unpredictable losses.)


A little history:

(Extracted from my own thread "1.27 Tournament Winning Deck - Boris")

Link: http://www.shadowera.com/showthread....t=winning+deck

I came up with a deck called "Hyper-Amber" shortly when 1.27 arrived. It's at A1.

Blanketeffect modified it and it became better, switching out Amber in favor of Boris.

Blanket and I played a few games. He won.

We discussed. We had a few different views on several cards. We agreed on what's good and working.

I added my own tweaks and it helped me win the 1.27 Tournament.

Fast-forward to yesterday...

I felt that I must have missed something about Amber. JD + Jas = 6 dmg. 6 dmg can kill raven, garg, PB, and a lot of credible allies, even going 2nd.

Am I missing something?

I started from scratch, theorycrafted, did 1 tweak. (Removed Enrage) and it's done!

I've tuned it. Nirvana achieved!

A peek at how I build decks: http://shadowera.gondorian.com/interviews/raphael.php (Special Thanks to GDC!)

The deck:

1 x Amber

4 x Kristo
4 x Raven
4 x Jasmine
3 X Aldon
2 x Aeon

4 x Retreat
4 X JD
3 x Santa
4 x BF

Total: 33 cards.


Strategy discussion

1. JD, your best friend - Use it to do board control, inflict damage on allies and hero!

2. Bad Santa - Super card, use it often, get that BF you need so badly. Use it when BF is out! Get a JD so you can do more damage!

3. Raven - Another startling discovery and the reason of this deck's success! Do a T5 Raven, always. Just do it!

4. Retreat - to be used with JD, Raven and Jas. So sweet. One of my favorite Human card!

I quote myself: "If you cannot master Retreat, you'll never master Humans."

4. Kris - The Super-sub!

Super sub: Player who performs his best in shorts periods of time, usually as an entering substitute

from: http://www.expertfootball.com/gossip...r_glossary.php

Combined with Aldon, JD's release of 2 resources at T4. Super Sweet. I'll won games because this puny guy!

Combos!

1. Obvious ones are with JD, at T4, 2 extra resources!

- Jas's Distraction!
- Kris Hasted attack!
- BF!
- BS!
- Retreat!

2. JD, T5!

- Cast Jas and Aldon on the same turn!
- Raven + Retreat!

3. Raven + Aeon

4. Aeon + weenies! (Opponent cannot target weenies under the Protection of Aeon, including Boris's ability!)

Games Record

IGN: Raphael Majere

30 Games. 26 WINS, 3 Loss, 1 draw. Bloody good.

Why?

All the 3 losses were due to super good draw by opponent.

This is my best 1.27 deck. Period.

Will leave all my games alone for the next 2 days.

So if you wanna see them, do it within next 48 hours.

You must excuse my EXCLAMATION MARKS!!! I am that excited!

[Gondorian]

I love the colours on your post. The deck looks lame though.

[Carbon_911]

lol tryina meta change before the tournament? that's low of you raph :P

[Raphael Majere]

Hey!

I have proof that it's good!

You try building a deck that has a 17 Win streak!

I'll eat my shorts and put it on youtube if you can!

(Sh't! Am I on a high? Had no sleep for 24 hrs due to this project.)

[Kramil]

Mmm let me guess...you are playing jericho?

[Gondorian]

Hey!

I have proof that it's good!

You try building a deck that has a 17 Win streak!

I'll eat my shorts and put it on youtube if you can!

(Sh't! Am I on a high? Had no sleep for 24 hrs due to this project.)

My Banebow's Big Bad Beatdown had 17 wins in a row. It's not a 1.27 deck though. How can I trust your shorts-eating will not be a magic trick though?

Sorry for the off-topic, but I know your threads get a lot of reads, and these videos are too fun to miss:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYxu_MQSTTY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTqsV3q7rRU

Enjoy!

Good luck making it to 18 wins with LAMbEr Lame.

[Raphael Majere]

My Banebow's Big Bad Beatdown had 17 wins in a row. It's not a 1.27 deck though. How can I trust your shorts-eating will not be a magic trick though?

Sorry for the off-topic, but I know your threads get a lot of reads, and these videos are too fun to miss:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYxu_MQSTTY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTqsV3q7rRU

Enjoy!

Good luck making it to 18 wins with LAMbEr Lame.

Read the OP! I already said it was WAY easier in 1.26. Sheesh! :-)

I have a 23 win streak in 1.26. Beat that!

PS: i like the "LAMbEr Lame" joke. very sweet. LOL. hahahaha.... good one.

[Carbon_911]

lol want me to get a 17 win streak with one hero? ill do it. im on a 4 win streak with amber right now.

If you look up my ign youll see i have a loss to yakan 220 rating but i was using boris so doesnt count towards amber win streak -.O

edit: not this Amber deck youve posted, I made a better one hehe. Which beat Blanket's machine pretty handily too, but he didnt have BF until T6 I believe

[Brontos]

Looks like the Crazygambit deck.

I'm not sure about the Ravens, but I'm gonna try it. At worst, I will gain some of the rating I lost with Darkclaw. At best, I'll be back with some interesting conclusions.

[Vocus]

Mmm let me guess...you are playing jericho?

Haha exactly what I was thinking :P