Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Origins Themes

Renown


Key "Build around mes"
 Valeron Wardens Enshrouding Mist

Let's start with a Renown distribution (commons & uncommons only)

Acolyte of the Inferno Akroan Sergeant Firefiend Elemental Goblin Glory Chaser
Consul's Lieutenant Knight of the Pilgrim's Road Stalwart Aven Topan Freeblade War Oracle
Pharika's Disciple Rhox Maulers Undercity Troll Valeron Wardens
Citadel Castellan

Pretty clear theme for "white/green" but red is certainly very respectable as well.

Enchantments

  Blessed Spirits Blightcaster Blood-Cursed Knight

I like the gold card pointing DIRECTLY AT the theme. First we'll look at just Auras (better to fetch)

Call of the Full Moon Infectious Bloodlust
Claustrophobia Stratus Walk
Consecrated by Blood Infernal Scarring Weight of the Underworld
Grasp of the Hieromancer Knightly Valor Murder Investigation Suppression Bonds
Mantle of Webs

Personally I don't think Murder Investigation is super playable but I could be hilariously wrong. Anyway, three playables in blue and white but don't sleep on red's decent enchantments that at least impact the board.

Prowess

WTF?

Jhessian Thief Mage-Ring Bully Ringwarden Owl

Huh. Interesting synergies with Spell Mastery too, rewarding instants and sorceries. Only two, so I don't think we're seeing a KTK/DTK massive all-prowess all-the-time deck, but let's see what's out there for Prowess-able spells. Selecting instants that aren't counterspells.


Artificer's Epiphany Disperse Hydrolash Send to Sleep Turn to Frog
Chandra's Fury Fiery Conclusion Fiery Impulse Ravaging Blaze Titan's Strength

Probably not a deck per se (too few too situational creatures) but kind of an interesting half-hearted push. Be interesting to see where this goes.

Thopters

Aspiring Aeronaut Foundry of the Consuls Whirler Rogue Ghirapur Gearcrafter Thopter Engineer

   

It looks like blue/red, sharing the artifact affinity, might bleed over into a flying/tempo/prowess something-or-other?

Elves

     

And the elf fuel
Deadbridge Shaman Elvish Visionary Eyeblight Assassin Leaf Gilder Llanowar Empath Yeva's Forcemage

That's actually a pretty decent balance between playable cards ("C") with some occasional upside. I don't think the sheer power is there with an all-elf all the time, you'll need other finishers. But if black and green are reasonably open I think you'll enjoy yourself.

5 comments:

  1. tour de force post. i love it

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  2. Awww, it's good to see you guys! How is everybody doing?

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  3. Doing pretty good, but definitely sucked into the Blizzard universe currently. Jed, do you play Heroes of the Storm?

    Magica-related, I completely fell off the train once I became employed again, but I think I'm going to try to Battle for Zendikar if you know what I mean.

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    1. I looked at Heroes of the Storm because I love dota but HOT DAMN the grind to unlock heroes looked preposterous! Preposterous I say! Are you neck deep?

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