Weeping Idol Turbocharge
Posted by Drafi on 19/05/2017
- 3 Imperial Engineer 2
- 4 2 Gabrian Enchantress 3
- 4 1 Water Elemental 3
- 0 1 Weeping Idol 3
- 7 3 3 Apex Predator 2
- 1 5 Forbidden Library 3
- 3 2 Lore Thief 2
- 4 4 Frogify 3
- 4 2 Tiki Healer 2
- 6 2 Wild Avenger 3
- 20 Radiance, Imperial Ai.. 1
- 2 The Emperor's Command 3
What would you do with an extra 10 faeria per turn?
The main strategy of this deck is to place 1-2 Forbidden Libraries on the board with as many Weeping Idols as possible. Ideally, these will be placed near your orb to keep them out of enemy hands.
This combo serves a multitude of purposes. Firstly, and most obviously, it generates a *lot* of faeria. Secondly, it draws through your deck very quickly, to the point that it can be dangerous if you're not careful. Thirdly, it deals damage to you every turn. We'll get to why that's a good thing in a bit.
Priority mulligans are elementals. If you have any elemental, keep Forbidden Library. If you have an elemental and Forbidden Library, keep Weeping Idol.
Land placement is as a midrange deck, with the exception that you'll need to place some extra lands by your orb to house the Library and Idols.
Win conditions are Radiance and Wild Avenger + Gabrian Enchantress, with help from Apex Predator. Because you're taking a small amount of damage every turn, your Wild Avengers can get *huge*. Don't waste them at the beginning of the game!
You'll primarily use The Emperor's Command for healing and sustaining the combo, but it also serves another crucial purpose: it can destroy your Forbidden Libraries if you're running out of cards, which you probably will. If you find that you prefer to use them for the latter purpose, or just debuffing enemy creatures, I'd suggest taking out a Water Elemental and adding another Tiki Healer, since you'll need more healing.
This deck is very strong against mono red, somewhat strong against midrange decks in general and somewhat weak against rush.
This is my favorite deck I've ever made. It's just so satisfying to play out, in good games it can feel like you have infinite faeria. If you take the time to get used to the combo, I'm sure you'll have a lot of fun with it, too.
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This is an entry into the Metashaker contest. Let me know if you have any suggestions for improvements!