Threw together a lyonar swarm deck, didnt test it yet but i think it could work (although the curve looks weird)
Whaddya think?
Brome strategos swarm
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No way this would work. There’s no win-con.
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The wincon is tempo, which is how swarm decks win, abyss is kinda weird with their payoff cards.
Here tempo or no tempo is completely random.
Grand Strategos will struggle here, you need to bring in more minions with 1 attack to ensure it goes off earlier, otherwise it make take too long to get the Trial completed. Jaxi works well as it has a similar effect to Zyx.
Is there a reason you’re not running Celebrant and Warblade?
Stratego is a wincon. Just sit on the tile and use Legion to walk an unending, growing army towards them. Maybe drop an Ironcliffe on them once or twice.
@chachkalica I highly recommend Arara Prophet, does tons of work in my Stratego deck.
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in my testing prophey feels meh because really and truly i wanna empty my whole hand by time 4-5 mana comes around trinity oath comes and do it again
My games have been in unlimted, I have not yet tested on ladder.
This is what I’ve been running after a few changes to my initial try. I find Zyx and Jaxi almost necessary for the deck. Shroud is just obvious as it dispels and counts towards Trial. Shaman, Shiro, and War Surge help you get to Strategos with a board still intact and able to deal with threats. Legion is just amazing, even if the card itself doesn’t count towards trial. Trinity Oath… enough said.
Silverguard Squire I found to be easier to play than Silverguard Knight. Trying to get Knight placed as 1 attack and then move to it and still be able to play BBS proved to make decisions really hard some turns. Knight is certainly better but it can limit your options in this deck.
Aurora has been mediocre. Sometimes it’s a powerhouse and other times it’s almost dead weight, it’s very hit or miss.
Dauntless is a good card both before and after Strategos and when I added it I noticed drastic improvements when I had it in hand.
Liturgy is a wincon, but it’s hard to use and has been hit or miss like Aurora. I think the card would of been amazing if it had been “until end of turn” and cost 3 or 4 mana. I have used it to win a game instead of casting Strategos.
Cards I have used that didn’t seem to work as well:
Bolster - It wasn’t terrible but with no attack to back it usually doesn’t save anything. I may need to re-evaluate it now that I added Shiro to the deck. Shaman seems to be more effective though.
Sanctify & Sunrise Cleric - The heals aren’t that helpful most of the time and a single +1/+1 doesn’t mean much. War Surge is usually more effective. The main reason I had the heals in was to make sure Excelsious would be bigger than 6/6 if anyone got promoted that high. In most games I have only gotten up to 5 mana promotions before game over so I think it’s unnecessary.
Stuff that I want to test:
Sojurner / Spelljammer - Card draw is king for this deck. Any game I’ve been in where my opponent put Spelljammer on the board it made me that much more powerful. Sojurner might also be a good option as it might allow you choose better times to draw and works for trial.
Celebrant / Azure Herald - As someone else mentioned this are likely also pretty good options.
Holy Immolation - I know how good it is so I haven’t put it in yet while I test other stuff. It would probably easily substitute in for Liturgy right now. Or perhaps Sun Strike instead of Holy.
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Really? Try changing your deck because it feels amazing to me. Fealty > Trinity
It would seem that way initially, but it turns out oath > fealty when you realize that you naturally beat just about any other deck’s lategame. Heals help you outlast aggro and artifact highrolls as p1.
Edit- non-mythron swarm absolutely prefers fealty, but as I and several others have found, that deck is an entirely different beast.
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How do you find Azure Horn Shaman? I feel like it’s difficult to make use of the Dying Wish without Maehv’s BBS or a consistent way of killing the minion.
Martyrdom combos well with it… 4 point heal to boot.
Oh damn. Didn’t see the martyrdom. That’s quite spectacular. I’ll definitely give it a shot.
I play Prophet, tile and Sundrop for heals, so it isn’t necessary. That being said, I do also run 2 Trinity with my triple Fealty
This is what I’m toying with right now, minus the Orbo and third Mirkblood because I don’t own them. As weird as it sounds, I kinda don’t need Zyx so it might get cut. Deck is fun as hell and quite effective.
Mirkblood doesn’t break your trial btw, a 1 attack minion played near it still counts. I originally had it in the deck just to test this, but ended up loving it.
Wait, so if mirkblood devourer doesn’t disrupt the trial, then what about surgeforger?
I assume it doesn’t. I don’t have any to test and I like Mirkblood’s high statline
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