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Without the possibility of a quick sweep on Turn 4 or 6, it made me rely much more heavily on card-negative soft removal, which ultimately just wasn’t a winning proposition even if I do have more card draw in my deck. Let’s be clear: I don’t think fair midrange is particularly good right now since it loses horribly to combo, but it’s still something 1 will see plenty off on ladder.
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That being said, tacking an additional 5 power to that effect caused me to struggle quite a fair bit against the more midrange decks in the format. Truth be told, the card is very situational and doesn’t do anything without a Strike effect or Overgrowth in hand since very few of my units have Overwhelm, or Quickdraw, or any battle skills really that work well with Deadly. Now, I am packing a Time Market (more on that in a bit), so there was an iteration of this deck where I had the Touch of Battle in the market instead. I ultimately went with Torrential Downpour as my 4-of after the ‘without Flying’ on Tamarys came back to bite me a couple of times, but I could certainly see it going either way. On the other hand, Tamarys does give you a 4/6 flier in 3 turns, and also gives you something to do on your off-turns with this being an Even deck at all. It’s also a spell to pick up with Jarrall which has negligible upside, but is still upside. Now, which of the 2 ‘Reverberating Strike’ effects should you go with? Torrential Downpour costs less and doesn’t miss flying units, but the floor on the card is incredibly low. Granted, between Silverblade Intrusion and the various Regen units, it isn’t quite as potent as previously, but it can certainly still pack a punch against an opponent who isn’t expecting it. By giving Torrential Downpour deadly, you’ll be able to generate a 1-sided unit boardwipe that’ll leave your opponents very sad. (Gosh, the more you think about it, the more you realise how completely broken a card Huntress was.) In any case, that’s where the Torrential Downpour/Touch of Battle combo works. As such, Elysian typically has a lot more issues dealing with units than its Feln counterpart, particularly without Huntress. You don’t have the Huntress and Icaria in Feln either due to the nerfs, but you’re also down Annihilate and Defile, on top of the conditional removal and sweepers that you get out of the market. One of the biggest weaknesses of dropping Shadow from your Even decks is that you lose access to a lot of fantastic unit removal. Torrential Downpour/Touch of Battle/Tamarys, the Earthshaker:
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And do you know what Feln as a faction pairing are terrible at answering? Relic hate is certainly not something that all faction pairings have access to, and I feel that dipping into Elysian gives the deck more tools to deal with all the powerful relics that are currently perched at the top of the metagame. I’ll address the obvious question first: why Even Elysian over Even Feln? One common thread that sticks out about all the decks that I’ve mentioned are the powerful relics that all of them are playing. So today, we’ll see if the introduction of Wump and Mizo, Helio and Jarrall Ascending in recent sets give this once potent archetype the boost it needs to be competitive again. Whilst the deck has been hit with nerfs in the form of Teacher of Humility to Sodi’s Spellshaper to the Even-Handed Golem themself, the original ‘Battle’ 1-2 punch is quite intact.
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Initially popularised by camomilk at the 2020 Throne Winter Championships, it soon exploded into popularity on ladder and quickly adopted the potent combination of Torrential Downpour/Touch of Battle to sweep the boards of opposing Even decks. When pondering what options we had for taking these down, the Even Elysian deck stood out as a viable option with an interesting mix of value, tempo and interaction. Now, the Throne metagame has been a little stale as of late – since the nerfs to Huntress and Icaria, First Reaper, there hasn’t been any new infusion of cards into the format, which means Combrei Relics, Menace Trove, and Skycrag Sling have been dominating the Throne ladder for quite a while now.Ĭertainly, these decks are incredibly strong and potent, but they’re certainly still vulnerable to being targeted or hated out. Good day everyone, it’s stormguard798, and welcome to the 2 nd Edition of the Proving Ground.