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Tested and Proven Budget Deck

Heyo all, I’ve set out a personal goal to make and test budget decks for all factions into gold. The purpose of this was because I feel like most budget decks (or expensive decks that suggest alternate cheaper cards) are often made, but not necessarily tested.

I put this out here in hopes to help ambitious new players in achieving gold rank.

[details=“Evidence”]This month I set out to make it into gold with a cheap Magmar deck.
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[details=Magmar Deck - 1340 Spirit]
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About This Deck

This deck is really well rounded while still providing good consistency. I often found myself wanting the frenzy artifact, but restricted myself from it. This deck made me love frenzy, and looked to incorporate oldschool Grow minions. Earth Walker often felt too slow outside of the early stage, and there were many times that I opted against Kolossus due to concern of dispel. Kolossus often did serve better in comparison though.

[details=How to Play This Deck]I suggest almost always looking to place Grow minions 1 turn’s-distance apart from enemies. 1 Turn will often provide enough value for them, anything more is great.

Main combos/plays would be Tiger or Wings of Paradise + Diretide Frenzy or Greater Fortitude.[/details]

Thanks for reading and hope this helps any new players looking to break into gold for their first time :slight_smile:

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aggro lyonar can reach S rank very easily, and it’s super cheap too(well not super super), why not do that instead @seraphicreaper?

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That´s probably why ^

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ah yeah alright, all factions, i got it.

Diretide Frenzy+ Tiger is godlike. People never play around the 5 Mana Frenzy and you can get insane value out and decent damage on the enemy general. It does cost 2 cards compared to Makantor, but the 1 extra damage and the lack of awareness makes up for it most of the time.

One time I remember I tried the Flash Reincarnation-Tiger-Diretide Frenzy combo but it didnt work out too well…

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Flashed Makantor is a 2hand 4mana, and has exactly same stat.

@overcharge More Makantors at cheaper spirit cost never hurt anyone. :slight_smile:

As someone who never gotten any makantor I’d say it’s true…
Well, also I had little interest on mag until I got 3rd kujata and 2nd khymera, or 3rd keeper of the vale.

Tiger dies to Flash so I think it’s true that it didn’t work well… :wink:

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I think that was his point

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Indeed. Was an excellent tempo play in my head. Was probably worst play I have ever done. And I have make some preeeety bad plays before.

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#Anything could happen below Diamond
I made a Magmar deck by typing in “random” in the search bar in putting in every card in the search results, AND stomped through rank 4 in the last day of the month.

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Is having Epic Makantors really budget?

Earth Walker is bad. Crimson Oculus could probably do better.

Keep the good work :slight_smile:

Why no thumping? I think it’s common and it’s viable win condition/removal.
For instance abyssian player plays bloodmoon priestess + shiro.
You have nothing that can dell with that.

I guess if the goal is just to get to gold it would be more than enough but this deck has no answers for some things.

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getting to gold is no test of a deck. you can reach diamond late month with a deck of all basics +dancing blades and primus fist with any faction as long as you have a solid curve (12 2-drops and 6 4-drops).

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