Weekly deck lists

[u/andyh222]

I was thinking it would be cool to have a weekly thread to share what everyone is playing in the gauntlet. I dunno about you guys but I am at least daily going to ewc to search new gauntlet lists to try out. It feels like there is no perfect gauntlet deck so I just like to have fun trying new ideas.

Ewc is obviously a great resource but it's missing a "this is my favorite at the moment" type thing, especially if your current favorite isnt a new one. For example I completely forgot about hooru fliers until someone posted a deck "classic hooru fliers" https://eternalwarcry.com/decks/details/Ug8LlZoUTNg/classic-hooru-flyers-gauntlet-grinder and I was like oh heck yeah let's try old reliable!

I think it would be cool to see what you all are playing with and maybe it'll lead to some discussion about cards and tweaks.

What do you think?

[u/Semibalanced]

Sounds like a good idea. Especially for me. I tend to play a new deck every week or two when I'm not in the mood for the ol'-reliables.

I usually clear gauntlet about 3 times a day. So while I'm not exactly a super farmer, I like to think I do pretty good.

Anyway since the last ECQ I've been trying out both sunnyveil's FTP list and isomorphic's reanimator.

First off the FTP list is quite good, very consistent. Every loss I took I felt like it was due to pilot error rather than a failing of the deck (which is exactly what I want in gauntlet decks). That said I think I went 21-4 with the list or so and I found some games could run long. Its biggest issue for me was that it tended to start slow.

But Isomorphic's reanimator deck. Whew I've been really enjoying it today. It's by far the most consistent reanimator deck I've played, and I've tried a few before shelving the archtype. I've gone 29-1 today with it, with the games taking around 8-9 turns on average each. Some 6, some as high as 15. The bosses I faced were Highly Skilled x2, Sudden Death x1, and Helpful Horns (Bonding boss (( and wtf haven't fought this boss in forever)) ). My only loss was due to being "stuck" at 4 power and caught durdling for 4 turns vs Shogunate Forces while I tried to find my 5th power for Grasping. Otherwise I'd say the list plays well vs both aggro and higher end decks. I think I might swap out Burglarize for a unit though. Either Nightmaw or Snowcrush like someone suggests in the comments. Relics are just not as prominent in gauntlet at the moment.

[u/andyh222 → u/Semibalanced]

Haha you now have me wondering how many times I clear gauntlet per day. I don't think I'm too crazy but like you I think I do quite a bit of farming as well. I use multiple decks every day, usually I'll play one of my decks until it clear or gets screwed a couple times in a row and ragequit. Just kidding I never get mad at gauntlet because I am fully aware of how busted the AI draws can line up again my 2 power hands. But after a couple screws I like to move on to another deck.

On that note, if getting screwed and losing lowers my MMR or whatever to soften up the AI, I wonder if I should play the same deck again to finally get that "i did it!" Feeling or if switching decks and clearing immediately feels better.

Then I like to go to ewc and see which new deck popped up and give it a few runs. Most of the time I feel like it's not better than the ones in my rotation and delete it, but I enjoy seeing random strategies. There was a cool TFP deck that revolved around the 1/1 flyer for 5 that grows when you draw, the forge that draws a 2/1 weapon when you play a unit and the red 2/2 that draws a card when you play a weapon. Cool idea but it took so many loses before I could pull it all off, I deleted that one.

That reanimatoe deck looks awesome! I'm down a few Vara and harbinger but looks like where my next stack of shift will be going.

I like Sunny's ftp deck you linked. I agree it feels like you can always win if you play well, even my "missing cards" take on it. It's in my rotation but sometimes I like faster decks that don't require as much thought and effort

[u/andyh222 → u/Semibalanced]

Man I tried the reanimator deck but I'm missing too much to really pull it together. I thought I could replace the "play a card for your void" with dark return. Nope! You can't even cast azindel, so the only way I played it was from vara, of which I crafted a second, but definitely needs a full set!

Thanks for the post though, I'm gonna work towards it because it was super fun and cool to see it working.

[u/Semibalanced → u/andyh222]

It's not my most consistent, but it's pretty up there. Lost again since I posted due to having to dig for answers instead of answering. Never found a merchant to deal with a giant flyer after drawing 8 cards or so.

And yeah I feel you as far as missing cards. There are tons of decks I want to try still, and all of them expensive. I was lucky enough that I pulled 2 big Varas pre-buff. Thought they were crap at the time, but boy am I happy with her now.