Royal Garth

is a solid new ally to play. She could have Ambush, Defender, Steadfast, Haste, Protector, and most importantly Shroud which is mostly a good counter against Mages and Zaladar

. This deck uses a lot of artifact to trigger her Shroud and also other tools to trigger her abilities. There's a lot of combos and synergy, and I think the deck is quite competitive at 250ish rating

Notable combos :
- Royal Guard

+ Lyra Blackrose

+ Gaderi: Braxno Citadel. Royal Guard will have protector, shielding Lyra

from damage, much better if she also have shroud. The opponent will be forced to pay 1SE to get rid of the location but at the same time they have to sacrifice one of their card.

- Royal Guard

+ Poison-Laced Gloves. Royal Guard will have Defender and most often the opponent overlook this. Good against 4 health ally, use gloves ability to bring their health to 2, and since she has defender at least she could survive the next turn unless the enemy use special ability.

- Royal Guard + Reconnaissance

. It's actually a nice combo but I didn't add in this deck since most often I didn't get the chance to use. You get a hasted ally with 3 attack and card draw for only 4 cc. If you have 2 Royals you could hasted 2 allies for 6 cc.

Some other notable combos:
- Aldmor Artisan

+ Aldmor Artisan

to summon Ill-Gotten Gains

or Clockwork Soldier

for zero cost

- Lily Rosecult

or Aldmor Scavenger

to recycle your artifact in the graveyard back to your hand

- Black Adder + Poison-laced Gloves, increasing their poison damage

- Covert Operative

with Night Owl

or Spirit Shuriken

, well you get the idea