Grade 0's
3x Greedy Hand
4x Alabaster Owl
4x Bringer of Good Luck, Epona
4x Margal
4x Yggdrasil Maiden, Elaine
Grade 1's
4x Young Pegasus Knight
4x Flash Shield, Isuelt
4x Prisoner Beast
1x Pongal
Grade 2's
4x Great Sage, Barron
4x Knight of Silence, Gallatin
2x Blaster Blade
Grade 3's
4x Demon Slaying Knight, Lohengrin
2x Soul Saver Dragon
1x Swordsman of Explosive Flames, Palamedes
1x Solitary Knight, Gancelot
This deck is virtually identical to another decklist of mine known as "Paladins of Soul". The only difference is that I swapped out the starter and some vanillas for some Dark Irregulars cards to try and see if my original theory is correct. If Dark Irregulars had a Barron clone, would they be broken? I'm still leaning towards a yes for this. Here's why this works. Greedy Hand has no Dark Irregulars Vanguard requirement. This means that if you counterblast 1, you can go grab one of your vanillas from deck (or another copy of Greedy Hand) and toss it into soul. This act gives each of your Pegasus Knights and Barrons 6000 power, as their effects are "When a card goes to soul and you have a Royal Paladin Vanguard". Since the cards entering soul don't have to be Royal Paladins, that makes this combo perfectly valid. With Lohengrin as a Vanguard, this puts a Barron/Pegasus row at 32k for the turn. At 4 of each card, this combo can get out of hand quickly. To top everything off, Soul Saver will easily hit its 5 soul requirement, and soul blasting doesn't have clan specific requirements either. It's really too bad I can't use Shirley in Royals. ;__;
That's...pretty damn brilliant, actually. Although there is one change I would suggest:
ReplyDelete-4 Gallatin
+4 Lamorak
This makes the deck, as a whole, more visually appealing, which is important. You need your opponents to know that they got their asses kicked by the sexiest version of the deck.
I guess I should have confirmed that my Gallatins were in fact Alternate Art Gallatins.
ReplyDeleteLamorak is still sexier.
DeleteBut that's just my opinion.
How come you didn't max out Prisoner Beast? It seems like such a waste ride a RP on top of Greedy Hand. Would swapping a Gallatin for a fourth Beast add consistency?
ReplyDeleteHave you played with stands in this deck? It seems like they'll put in a lot of work when you stand 11k+ Barrons.
The answer to the first question is that I'm simply improving upon the base. The best Vanguard for this deck that's a Royal Paladin is Stardust Trumpeter. If I don't ride Prisoner, the deck is actually performing as normal. If I do hit a Prisoner Beast, then I get the +1, sure. The grade 2's are so condensed with Royals to ensure triggers are always hit. If you were to do a +1 to Prisoner Beast, I would -1 Werewolf.
DeleteStands aren't bad for Royals. Palamedes and Barron can both do well with them. It's a trade though. You have so much power in all of your rows that criticals give you a ton of threat mid-game when they are more potent.
This deck is only 49 cards.
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Gancelot is missing from it. Probably got lost when I updated it from its previous version. Thanks for the catch!
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