Quillrage pauper - T2 Kill

[neoncat]

win T2 vs Starhorn - https://play.duelyst.com/replay?replayId=-KzvY7QVR-J1u0M46vpl
win T2 vs Sajj - https://play.duelyst.com/replay?replayId=-L-0XqBEF3n0I7cKbrZ-

I’ve been doing pretty well due to this broken combo, and I don’t even have all the good legendaries that would make it more consistent.

This started off as a best-effort clone of The Return of Quillrage - S Rank 12, and then I tweaked replacements for cards I was missing over the course of several matches.

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latest version:

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more replays (mostly S-rank):
win T3 vs Vaath - https://play.duelyst.com/replay?replayId=-Kzvt55eHDdpVdny6xki
win T4 vs Ragnora - https://play.duelyst.com/replay?replayId=-KzvuehcQNQHceXar94V
win T4 vs Brome, no quill! - https://play.duelyst.com/replay?replayId=-KzvwUyALH_0Q-GEyirG
win T4 vs Sajj - https://play.duelyst.com/replay?replayId=-L-0ZVe_A0gwBHnYFyG7
loss vs Cassyva - https://play.duelyst.com/replay?replayId=-KzvwYsnmK2noRrXUvO6
loss vs Shidai - https://play.duelyst.com/replay?replayId=-KzwWNJeVd_5bcS974KF5

[mmf]

[neoncat]

This one’s a close loss to a Shidai deck that consists mostly of epics and legendaries:
https://play.duelyst.com/replay?replayId=-KzwWNJeVd_5bcS974KF

[ryousen]

wait, thats not pauper

[neoncat]

wait, that’s not pauper

shrug

I dunno what these forums consider to be “pauper”, but everything above rare is decorative here.

Compared to the other Diamond/S-Rank decks that are loaded with epics / legendaries, the core of quillrage is extremely accessible.

[boronian]

A deck doesn’t have to be “loaded with epics / legendaries” to be good. Spirit costs of 5600 is not budget and not pauper at all.

Pauper is something like commons only. Hsuku did that for his FZTH series.

[akurane]

I’m glad to see ornery layers trying out my favorite deck archetypes . How has Rage reactor and the Progenitor been working or for you?

[whoshim]

In regards to this not being pauper, it is pretty close. It contains 2 legendaries, neither of which are critical to the gameplan. It contains 6 epics that are staples of Magmar. If a new player wants to play Magmar, they craft those 6 first.

After that, it contains 11 rares, 8 of which are pretty common in most Magmar builds, and Rage Reactor may become more common as people play with it more.

So yeah, a new player cannot just take their basics and a couple of cards and make this deck. It is not a budget deck. However, if a player is interested in playing Magmar, they should be able to put this together without much trouble.

[neoncat]

preserving the original posted decklist + card commentary here:

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Honestly, Morin-Khur is only in there so I can give it a try, but it’s been underwhelming. I’ll probably swap it out for a third lava lance. [edit: I’ve swapped out MK and I don’t miss it]

Wild Inceptor and Thumping Wave have also rarely been useful, so I’m considering trying out:

• Embryotic Insight, to extend the mid-game
• cheap buffs like Razor Skin and Diretide Frenzy
• Elucidator, as a mid-game closer

[edit: Elucidator is great, and synergizes with Blood Rage! I don’t miss Wild Inceptor.]

[neoncat]

I’ve now switched to this build:

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Of note, Bloodtear Alchemist is there almost exclusively to help remove equipment, since there are several S-Rank control builds with annoying armor.

The Golem Metallurgist > Ragebinder > Lavaslasher progression is solid, but doesn’t lead to the quick win. I might tweak that next, adding counters to the more difficult S-Rank decks.

[neoncat]

Another T2 win, vs Sajj - https://play.duelyst.com/replay?replayId=-L-0XqBEF3n0I7cKbrZ-

[boronian]

For my understanding there are budget decks which should be around 1500 spirit.

Pauper decks are way less than that.

A deck for 4-6k spirit is neither budget nor pauper nor close to either.

[boronian]

I find it interesting that you remove more and more of the egg synergies for Blood Rage synergies I like Blood Rage a lot!