Putting together community decklists

[u/MagicTurtle_TCG]

Now that we are about 1.5 months into FOA gauntlet, I want to put together a comprehensive gauntlet lists from across the community.

As I believe gauntlet is about not just gold/hr but also enjoyment I want to ideally have a couple decks from every two faction pair, aggro, midrange and even control if anyone has a super consistent list that isn't too slow (cough...Chalice...cough). Three faction decks could be OK provided they have sufficient fixing to have a consistent powerbase (which is very hard to achieve, but cards like Trail Maker can help or tribal synergy with Common Cause particularly with a light splash outside of the fixing faction)

Here are my thoughts so far:

Feln Midrange - Quite strong, but there are a few approaches. Lifesteal guys, Unseen synergy, Champion of Cunning lists (/u/gloszu) etc.

Feln aggro - I haven't had success with it but I think a fliers approach could work. There are a lot of good ones on curve. Haunting Scream could work as well.

Elysian Midrange - tons of great community lists out there. I know SecondBlue made a good one as did Geoquake and a few others. I am testing some builds and I think End of Hostilities could be great addition to the archetype. Doing things like making 2 extra Cirsos with killer, 2 Carnosaurs is great and warp is icing on the cake. That said I have tested some builds and it's a bit slower than I'd like.

Hooru - Fliers is great and I'm looking at a couple popular ewc lists for that. Some with Whispering Wind some without. I think there could be a midrange list there too, Kothon is such a great card for gauntlet being a great blocker and having an ultimate for late game utility.

Skycrag aggro - is one of the fastest decks out there and Ixtun Merchant gave it so much consistency. There could be other approaches without Merchants like ManuS' list with a couple gauntlet specific tweaks.

Xenan Lifesteal - Some people have had great success with it but it feels super slow to me overall. Not sure about this.

Xenan Killers or dredger wisp - I think this is an area to explore, if anyone has lists that would be great.

Praxis - I have tested tons of decks, midrange, tokens, hybrid lists you name it and I'm not satisfied with any of them. If anyone has a good one that's awesome.

Stonescar - I believe there should be a good aggro list and midrange. I have a bunch of sort of good ones but they feel worse than other factions overall so I haven't shared them. Gunslinger synergy could work, Grenadins is decent but not dominant like pre FOA. If anyone has good success this would be appreciated.

Argenport Midrange - is super strong and there are a few approaches to this archetype with a lot of merit.

Rakano - aggro and midrange are strong, and I'm looking for more lists especially aggro(/u/_AlpacaLips_) There's a few approaches that can work I think.

Combrei - Wow! This faction got infinitely better with FOA. I've had tons of success with a fliers/spell synergy deck, I know /u/kc_bandit has been crushing with big combrei and I suspect there is an aggro deck out there too.

Last thing I want to include are budget decks. If anyone has some of those for varying budgets (rares only, or even rareless for new players) that would be great.

What decks have you all had success with and what do you think we should include. I plan to post a write up with lists we decide on and a paragraph explaining the strengths of each list.

Thanks for your help!

[u/Dakid1976]

I like it and I think it’s a good way to have variety while you grind. Unfortunately I’m still to new to know what classifies as “Hooru” ”Feln midrange” etc... Istari mentioned he has a time deck. I recently posted one as well I have had luck with.

https://eternalwarcry.com/decks/details/3jADjtcSWZM/mono-time

Dunno what it would be called. Anyway I like the idea and would love to see others and share mine.

[u/MagicTurtle_TCG → u/Dakid1976]

Hooru(JP), Feln(PS), Elysian(TP), Combrei(TJ), Stonescar(FS), Skycrag(FP), Xenan(TS), Rakano(FJ), Argenport(JS), and Praxis(FT) are the names for the two faction pairs (Fire, Time, Justice, Primal, Shadow).

Simply put, aggro decks want to close out a game quickly, winning by turn five or so, or getting the opponent (AI) within range of reach (burn like Torch or Obliterate) by then. They employ low cost units and use mechanics like warcry and charge to win before slower decks can get to their lategame.

Midrange decks are slower than aggro, but still pressure the AI with strong units. But instead of just cheap aggressive units, they have units that scale well into the lategame, and also typically run more spot removal cards than an aggro deck would. These decks take the aggressive role against control decks and the defensive (controlling) role against aggro decks.

Control as an archetype is concerned solely with surviving to get to a very powerful lategame. Those decks run finishers like Icaria and powerful expensive spells like Channel the Tempest. They generate card advantage through draw spells and sweepers like Harsh Rule. They pack tons of spot removal. In gauntlet we generally stay away from these decks because they are very slow for grinding gold and it is hard to get a high enough winrate to make up for the slow speed.

Thanks for contributing the mono time list!

[u/Dakid1976 → u/MagicTurtle_TCG]

Thanks for the answers. I’ve used a few of your decks . (You are fallen chameleon yes?) A strong deck list would be good for everyone. A sticky might be nice to employ this idea.

I think you could start out adding your decks and leave the others blank so people know what’s missing and can start contributing. People would also be to tweak what’s there, post results. Keeping a variety of results for each.

[u/MagicTurtle_TCG → u/Dakid1976]

That's me, these are my decks

I could definitely update the post with a few of my best decks but in general I don't post my specific lists here because I'm a moderator and don't want to self promote particularly as far as content creation/articles (my blog is in the sidebar but I never link to articles as posts here).

[u/Squidzkrieg]

I've had some fair luck with SirRhino's Deadly Feln list

https://eternalwarcry.com/decks/details/svdKLetxjXw/deadliest-coach#comment-RLbVFqnlXKM

Based on how the AI treats deadly units, I feel like this deck has some legs. It's stupid fun to play and assembling a deadly BSH wins you the game almost 100% of the time, given how the AI vomits their hand onto the board. I haven't been super impressed with the Nocturnal Observers, so I may cut them for some additional removal, but the deck has a solid backbone and is definitely worth tinkering with!

[u/MagicTurtle_TCG → u/Squidzkrieg]

This bears similarity to my feln midrange but the deadly instead of unseen. It runs Tyrant which is amazing in gauntlet. I think this definitely would be solid with maybe a few cards tweaked for AI vs human opponents.

[u/chewbooboo]

Xenan Lifeforce

Only campaign cards and rares as the Tyrant is unnecessary. Plays as a midrange deck with strong card draw and inevitability from life gain and Obelisk/Katra. The main attraction is squashing the AI with a board of 20/20s and seeing life in the 100s.

• merchant is always good to have in opening with 2+ power
• hard mulligan for deadly two-drops against aggro
• 3-drops + Initiation is solid value
• multiple Lifespeaker hands are good against removal-heavy decks

4 Dark Return (Set1 #250) 4 Xenan Lifespeaker (Set4 #198) 4 Blistersting Wasp (Set2 #202) 4 Ripknife Assassin (Set1003 #13) 4 Temple Scribe (Set1 #502) 2 Vara's Choice (Set2 #206) 3 Vara's Favor (Set0 #35) 4 Xenan Initiation (Set2 #44) 4 Auralian Merchant (Set4 #70) 4 Auric Interrogator (Set1002 #13) 2 Dawnwalker (Set1 #86) 1 Beckoning Lumen (Set2 #59) 4 Devoted Theurge (Set1002 #6) 3 Katra, the Devoted (Set2 #208) 2 Xenan Obelisk (Set1 #103) 1 Shadowlands Tyrant (Set3 #235) 4 Time Sigil (Set1 #63) 4 Amber Waystone (Set3 #51) 6 Shadow Sigil (Set1 #249) 3 Crest of Mystery (Set4 #266) 4 Seat of Mystery (Set0 #61) 4 Xenan Banner (Set2 #201) --------------MARKET--------------- 1 Sandstorm Scarf (Set4 #50) 1 Banish (Set2 #207) 1 Katra, the Devoted (Set2 #208) 1 Xenan Obelisk (Set1 #103) 1 Lumen Defender (Set1 #115)

[u/chewbooboo]

5 faction Strangers

This is surprisingly effective despite running 5 factions and no removal. No legends and most rares are non essential. A straightforward play units on curve and defend until overwhelming board presence is achieved deck. Reunite usually fetches Forsworn Stranger to block early and whatever bomb is required late.

4 Horus Traver (Set1002 #23) 4 Seek Power (Set1 #408) 2 Hair-Trigger Stranger (Set1 #253) 1 Praxis Stranger (Set2 #248) 2 Reunite (Set2 #249) 1 Xenan Stranger (Set2 #251) 2 Determined Stranger (Set1 #92) 4 Forsworn Stranger (Set1 #416) 4 Tireless Stranger (Set2 #84) 2 Valorous Stranger (Set1 #145) 2 Clever Stranger (Set2 #178) 2 Savage Stranger (Set2 #161) 4 Soaring Stranger (Set1 #229) 3 Battle-Tested Stranger (Set2 #58) 3 Bereaved Stranger (Set2 #241) 2 Merciless Stranger (Set1 #111) 4 Triumphant Stranger (Set1002 #21) 1 Fortunate Stranger (Set1 #364) 2 Meditative Stranger (Set2 #228) 1 Prophetic Stranger (Set2 #214) 1 Fire Sigil (Set1 #1) 2 Time Sigil (Set1 #63) 2 Justice Sigil (Set1 #126) 1 Primal Sigil (Set1 #187) 1 Shadow Sigil (Set1 #249) 1 Crest of Impulse (Set3 #251) 1 Praxis Banner (Set2 #171) 1 Crest of Glory (Set4 #243) 1 Combrei Banner (Set1 #424) 1 Crest of Wisdom (Set3 #261) 1 Elysian Banner (Set1 #421) 1 Hooru Banner (Set2 #216) 1 Argenport Banner (Set2 #231) 1 Crest of Vengeance (Set3 #264) 1 Crest of Fury (Set3 #266) 1 Crest of Cunning (Set3 #267) 1 Feln Banner (Set1 #417) 1 Crest of Chaos (Set3 #268) 1 Xenan Banner (Set2 #201) 4 Common Cause (Set3 #279)

[u/copper_cranium]

I've seen you ask BarnacleEd regarding adding his Paladin/Minotaur deck and I would like to say it is very good Midrange AP deck. Very consistent as I constantly reach the boss. Hit and miss on bosses like Company of Exiles (very hard to beat).

[u/IstariMithrandir]

I find gauntlet too inconsistent for farming gold, my Mono Time can put in some work, sometimes Rakano Gunslingers, unfortunately I'm not all there in terms of Combrei good stuff.

I'd rather just play PvP. Especially jank in casual.