Preconstructed Deck Design Challenge

Back in July 2018, we added 7 new tuned 40-card pre-constructed decks for Boris, Eladwen, Victor, Zhanna, Serena, Darkclaw and Elementalis, which you can find in the Merchant under Pre-constructed Decks (they are 275SC each now, as opposed to 500SC, without the foil hero and sleeves).

It's about time that the other 25 heroes got their own decks that are of similar power/interest level to help new players! But rather than NikVeles devising them like last time, I think it should be a community effort ... and you should be rewarded accordingly.


HOW THIS WORKS

1. Check out the existing 7 decks to have an idea of the mixture of cards required and power level. We don't just want 9 cards with 4 copies each and 3 copies of another card and a hero. It's OK to not be the most perfectly tuned deck ever. There is an argument for having a little flexibility in anyway!

2. Design your deck for one of the 25 heroes that doesn't have one of these already and EXPORT it from the in-game deckbuilder (which will copy the decklist and import code into your clipboard for you) and then paste it here. Or you can still use the web-based deckbuilder to do similar: http://www.shadowera.com/deck/#/build

3. You will receive 500SC for each deck you share that at least one person thinks is a decent effort at this. You can only do one entry per hero and max 4 heroes.

4. Be sure to check out other people's entries and say if you think they are decent to help everyone earn some SC.

5. The "best" deck for each hero will be chosen some time in May (maybe by the Design Team?) for a bonus 500SC, then a thread will be made in the New Players section with all the deck lists and import codes to get hold of them.

6. Any questions, post them below!

Thanks in advance for your efforts.

This I can get behind.

Ok I tweaked this from the original list to hopefully make it fit the precon vibe a little better.. anyway this is what I came up with. In a1 chat we were talking about making a deck that features arthlyte pass. anmors call has anti synergy with the location as it exiles your two cost and you don’t get a resource �� but I’m rolling with it anyway because reasons.


Hero: Banebow (40 cards)

Ally (17):
2x Sword Gobbler
4x Krugal Trapper
3x Krugal Braggart
1x Rampant Krygon
2x Sneerkrug
1x Krugal Quickshot
3x Shadow Knight
1x Drangis, Lord of the Hunt

Ability (5):
3x Hunter's Gambit
2x Anmor's Call

Item (14):
1x Death Trap
2x Ricochet Trap
4x Camouflaged Foe
2x Pathfinder's Machete
3x Wrath of the Forest
1x Spirit Shuriken
1x Soul Seeker

Location (3):
3x Arthyle's Pass: Dead Man's Breach

Deck Code: 833882B

I have a set of decks for weapon based heros:

1. Logan

Hero: Logan Stonebreaker (40 cards)

Ally (12):
4x Braxnorian Weaponsmith
4x Yari Marksman
2x Yari Plunderer
2x Nanaya, Yari Conqueror

Ability (15):
4x Crippling Blow
2x Smashing Blow
4x Blood Frenzy
3x Rest for the Weary
1x Enrage
1x Rampage

Item (12):
1x Boooomerang
4x Pithing Spear
1x Spectral Sabre
2x Helm of Saymeht
2x Gemstone Javelin
2x Dragon's Tooth

Deck Code: 644025B

A control/weapon based Logan which is good in an ally heavy meta.

Try to use weapon damages to slowly chip out opponent’s health.

2. Gwen

Hero: Gwenneth Truesight (40 cards)

Ally (20):
4x Layarian Knight
3x Masked Bandit
3x Aldon the Brave
4x Layarian Seductress
4x Snowland Spotter
2x Viska, The Scarlet Blade

Ability (13):
3x Pack an Extra
3x Retreat!
3x Bad Santa
4x Hunter's Gambit

Item (6):
4x Weevil-tipped Crossbow
2x Soul Seeker

Deck Code: 2693225B

A tempo based Gwen which is good at all levels of playing.

3. Baduruu

Hero: Baduruu (40 cards)

Ally (13):
4x Krugal Trapper
3x Sneerkrug
4x Snowland Spotter
2x Drangis, Lord of the Hunt

Ability (8):
4x Here Be Monsters
4x Hunter's Gambit

Item (14):
4x Camouflaged Foe
2x Night Prowler
2x Soul Seeker
3x Grundler's Double
3x Emore Crossbow

Location (4):
4x Gaderi: Braxno Citadel

Deck Code: 744756B

Gaderi needs some love. It is a very strong tempo swing on the turn it is played. Timing it preciously will steal a lot of wins from strong opponents.

4. Amber

Hero: Amber Rain (40 cards)

Ally (18):
3x Yari Bladedancer
3x Layarian Knight
2x Masked Bandit
3x Aldon the Brave
3x Priest of the Light
4x Layarian Seductress

Ability (12):
4x Retreat!
4x Bad Santa
2x Desperate Tactics
2x Smashing Blow

Item (9):
4x Jeweler's Dream
1x Reserve Weapon
4x Dimension Ripper

Deck Code: 1793465B

Super aggro based Amber with bilateral draw and desperate tactics

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Originally Posted by Nijjis

This I can get behind.

Ok I tweaked this from the original list to hopefully make it fit the precon vibe a little better.. anyway this is what I came up with. In a1 chat we were talking about making a deck that features arthlyte pass. anmors call has anti synergy with the location as it exiles your two cost and you don’t get a resource �� but I’m rolling with it anyway because reasons.


Hero: Banebow (40 cards)

Ally (17):
2x Sword Gobbler
4x Krugal Trapper
3x Krugal Braggart
1x Rampant Krygon
2x Sneerkrug
1x Krugal Quickshot
3x Shadow Knight
1x Drangis, Lord of the Hunt

Ability (5):
3x Hunter's Gambit
2x Anmor's Call

Item (14):
1x Death Trap
2x Ricochet Trap
4x Camouflaged Foe
2x Pathfinder's Machete
3x Wrath of the Forest
1x Spirit Shuriken
1x Soul Seeker

Location (3):
3x Arthyle's Pass: Dead Man's Breach

Deck Code: 833882B

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Nice deck! Thanks for sharing!

They were all designed with gold limit of 11300-11370g

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Originally Posted by Veles

They were all designed with gold limit of 11300-11370g

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Ah yes.

The web deckbuilder shows the total gold cost when you view the deck with the menu button third from left or fourth from left. It's easy to import the deck with code and see.

For example, the Banebow deck list page (http://www.shadowera.com/deck/#/deck...e185x1:ll189x3) shows this:

Hero: Banebow

Allies (17):
2x Sword Gobbler
4x Krugal Trapper
3x Krugal Braggart
1x Rampant Krygon
2x Sneerkrug
1x Krugal Quickshot
3x Shadow Knight
1x Drangis, Lord of the Hunt

Abilities (5):
3x Hunter's Gambit
2x Anmor's Call

Items (14):
1x Death Trap
2x Ricochet Trap
4x Camouflaged Foe
2x Pathfinder's Machete
3x Wrath of the Forest
1x Spirit Shuriken
1x Soul Seeker

Locations (3):
3x Arthyle's Pass: Dead Man's Breach

= 40 cards ~ 14680g

Here's my Amber
Hero: Amber Rain (40 cards)

Ally (19):
3x Yari Bladedancer
3x Layarian Knight
2x Aldon the Brave
2x Layarian Seductress
4x Yari Marksman
2x Yari Plunderer
1x Braxnorian Soldier
2x Viska, The Scarlet Blade

Ability (14):
3x Crippling Blow
2x Retreat!
3x Bad Santa
2x Smashing Blow
3x Blood Frenzy
1x Enrage

Item (6):
4x Jeweler's Dream
2x War Flail

Deck Code: 1303210B

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Originally Posted by seedog

I have a set of decks for weapon based heros:

1. Logan

Hero: Logan Stonebreaker (40 cards)

Ally (12):
4x Braxnorian Weaponsmith
4x Yari Marksman
2x Yari Plunderer
2x Nanaya, Yari Conqueror

Ability (15):
4x Crippling Blow
2x Smashing Blow
4x Blood Frenzy
3x Rest for the Weary
1x Enrage
1x Rampage

Item (12):
1x Boooomerang
4x Pithing Spear
1x Spectral Sabre
2x Helm of Saymeht
2x Gemstone Javelin
2x Dragon's Tooth

Deck Code: 644025B

A control/weapon based Logan which is good in an ally heavy meta.

Try to use weapon damages to slowly chip out opponent’s health.

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I dig this deck, it provides a solid basis for new players and it falls squarely within the cost criteria.

I don't know how to save the others without compromising their concept(s), as they fall outside the financial constraints. I like this version of your Gwen, but perhaps it and the Amber deck can be modified based on the versions in your aggro guide?

Thanks for all the contributions so far. Hope everyone is staying safe and at home unless strictly necessary to leave.

I think that sc transfer has been suspended for n unknown time due to some players abusing the transfering system. You should check on that cause you wont be able to give away the prizes. It started with a cap of 1k sc but now is total i think.

Hi ! This is a preconstructed deck for Praxix.

Classic meat wagon stuff. So my efforts were focused on meeting the price in gold without sacrificing much efficiency. Some directions are possible from this point, like more homunc, more discard, more control...

As it is, it's pretty efficient and easy to play, ideal for beginners : I used to play something very close to this when i began 3 months ago. I scored like 250 rating, but advanced players would do much better for sure, with a few tweaks and good game knowledge.


Hero: Praxix (40 cards)

Ally (30):
4x Plightbred Runt
4x Harbinger of the Lost
2x Rust Weevil
3x Brimstone Devourer
4x Reactorary
4x Stardust Actualizer
2x Gravemonger
4x Falseblood Cultist
3x Stardust Extractor

Ability (5):
2x Permeate
1x Energy Discharge
2x Mind Control

Item (4):
4x Meat Wagon

Deck Code: 783379B
(Cost 11 300 gold)

The strategy and the card choices are quite obvious, so i won't develop this much... as always with meat praxix, flood the board, keep it and go face ! With all the synergies and prax ability, it's a lot of fun to play :)

Other attempt, this time with Ter Adun.

Classic ravager build with several cards that are not core but worth a try, like brute, besieger, demolitionist, brakkong, location, shackles, mantle combo...

It's a bit hard to master, but really fun to play. As the previous one, in the hands of a pro and with a few tweaks, i do think this deck would perform very well.

Hero: Ter Adun (40 cards)

Ally (14):
4x Spitfire Hound
2x Cleric of the Asyn
4x Ravager Zealot
1x Towering Brute
1x Thriss Demolitionist
1x Hellfire Besieger
1x Brakkong, Menace of Thriss

Ability (7):
2x Lythian Shackles
1x Melt Down
4x Blood Frenzy

Item (17):
2x Crown of Ages
4x Chaos Engine
4x Thriss Assault Plinth
1x Cleric's Mantle
4x Thriss Crucible
2x Dragon's Tooth

Location (1):
1x Asyn: Mount Kazarr

Deck Code: 783208B

Cost : 11360 gold

Edit : a few changes to make it more efficient and open a few more options ;)

My third preconstructed deck : Moonstalker

Once more, nothing original - it's not the goal here - but something that could be pretty decent to start from. You can turn it into a full ballista deck, or more hasty minions, or more control, with different ways to get rid of opp allies explored.

Hero: Moonstalker (40 cards)

Ally (20):
3x Bloodpack Shaman
4x Dread Wolf
4x Wulven Tinker
2x Lightning Hunter
1x Soothjaw
2x Griptooth
1x Howlfang, Terror of the Vale
2x Crusher of the Weak
1x Riphide

Ability (13):
2x Midnight Howl
2x Sacrificial Lamb
4x Blood Moon
2x Death from Above
2x Captured Prey
1x Acid Jet

Item (6):
2x Dreadclaw Totem
2x Eye of the Dark Forest
2x Heavy Ballista

Deck Code: 714422B

Cost : 11 350 gold

The glue for this Nishaven deck is the Entagled Wisp that gives an Aldon-like feel when he drops into a board with other homunculus already in the mix. There's actually one other combo with the Thunsderstike Goliath but it is a costly one.

I have actually won matches with this deck however, it could do with a faster start.
Kristoffer Wild works for that, sorta.
A more thematic finale than Viska would be good so if anyone has suggestions let me know and I will try it.

Hero: Nishaven (40 cards)

Ally (15):
4x Cinderborn Fatebreaker
4x Entangled Wisp
3x Thunderstone Goliath
2x Thunderstrike Construct
2x Viska, The Scarlet Blade

Ability (21):
3x Bad Santa
4x Fireball
2x Subdue
4x Lightning Strike
2x Transmogrification Curse
3x Supernova
2x Ley Line Nexus
1x Dawn Raid

Item (3):
3x Amulet of Conjuring

Deck Code: 522920B

Hero: Bloodfang

Allies (24):
4x Bloodpack Shaman
3x Wulven Scout
3x Dread Wolf
3x Wulven Tinker
2x Wulven Tactician
2x Soothjaw
2x Griptooth
1x Den Mother
3x Crusher of the Weak
1x Riphide

Abilities (13):
2x Now You're Mine
1x Sacrificial Lamb
2x Bad Santa
4x Blood Moon
2x Captured Prey
2x Acid Jet

Items (3):
2x Eye of the Dark Forest
1x Stun Turret

= 41 cards ~ 11140g

Deck Code: 704252B


Won quite a few matches with this and it is very cheap.