Jericho Resource Denial

Hi

Being sick of getting turn 5 mind controlled and not wanting to resort to robbery to stop the recursion. I have tried to create a deck that will stop that mind control (and all the other horrible 5 cost spells) from ever hitting me.

1 Jericho Spellbane - I find his ability more usefull than healing. Especially agains Warriors and Wolves

4 Puwen Bloodhelm - love Puwen, he's just fat enough
3 Blake Windrunner - love this slim fellow not so much, but he has a good punch
4 Aldon the Brave - Yummy!

4 Plague - The core of the deck
4 Wizen't Staff - Core to the deck as well, as it is needed to speed up recovery after Plaque,
2 Cobraskin Wraps - Support resource removal

2 Destroy Arms - mainly for Bazars and Study
2 Tidal Waves - To have a chance to catch up to an opponent who has gotten the lead

1 Resurrection - I find that I almost always have to use all my cards and sometimes I miss that extra punch in the end-game, despite having a "lock" with the Plagues

2 Curse - Making my guys last longer

2 Smite - for getting rid of too large allies or for that final killing zap. Unsure about these though, they seem to be resourced most of the time.
1 Retreat - useful in combination with Plague because it is cc 2 and will send back fat enemy. Unsure about it, as that ally can then be resourced

32 cards altogether.

The strategy is to get a (sometimes tiny) board advantage and then lock down with plaques and nibble away at the opposing hero.

Suggestions?


P.S. I did consider Sandra Trueblade, but she is way to expensive and the "if they have more resources than you" clause makes her as good as useless in this deck. If my opponent has more resources than me I am in way more trouble than an overpriced Puwen can get me out of. Suggestion: get rid of the "if they have more resources than you" and make her destroy one resource on each side.

1 Jericho Spellbane

4 Puwen
4 Blake
4 Aldon
4 Jasmine

4 Plague
4 Wizen't Staff

2 Destroy Arms
2 Tidal Wave
2 Curse
4 Retreat

34 cards

Thanks! I think you might be right, I'll clean up the deck to get it more consistent and add the Jasmines for extra push/punch.

If have noticed (the last couple of hours) that the deck does much better if I leave the opponents Bazar out. Maybe I should add a couple.

Adjusting and back to testing.

I tried a similar deck to yours once and found cobra did not fit at all mostly because of it's cost and the fact that as soon as you play it they just resource something anyway and potentially end up ahead of you. Killtrend's deck is more tuned and will help you much more. Don't underestimate how good retreat is and don't overestimate how bad bazaar is (if you have it I'm your deck that is)

I agree with Killtrend here, but even your original deck was put together pretty well, so good job!

I'm not sure you'll be pulling off mad ratios with this deck, but I've played variations of it and they're fun to play.

I agree with Killtrend here, but even your original deck was put together pretty well, so good job!

I'm not sure you'll be pulling off mad ratios with this deck, but I've played variations of it and they're fun to play.

Yeah. The extra 4 cards won't effect it once wizent is dropped. Your opponents likely won't be able to catch up to the early rush. You have no heavy hitters with my build, so a timely tidal wave will prove crucial.

Enjoy! (I didn't copy/paste that if your wondering. I just threw it together and tested it in my head. Lol.)

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Originally Posted by Killtrend

Yeah. The extra 4 cards won't effect it once wizent is dropped. Your opponents likely won't be able to catch up to the early rush. You have no heavy hitters with my build, so a timely tidal wave will prove crucial.

Enjoy! (I didn't copy/paste that if your wondering. I just threw it together and tested it in my head. Lol.)

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Decks like this have been discussed extensively. Basically it's godly going first and crap going second.

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Originally Posted by crazygambit

Decks like this have been discussed extensively. Basically it's godly going first and crap going second.

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Every card, build and scenario had been discussed to death. But ya can't just shut down the forums till 1.26

I am curious if any plague players have suggestions on beating Boris. I was winning about 50/50 with my plague deck, with all the losses coming against Boris who I seem to play constantly. Even if I get board advantage, his ability will negate it before I can kill him and eventually his big guns get out. I added a few Ravens to help, but I feel like the more big cards I add I am just getting away from the theme of the deck.