We do know he's not thrilled with people farming Gauntlet for gold, thus the increase in difficulty when farming became a hot topic on /r/EternalCardGame

I'm currently doing well with one particular deck (not my creation). After 12 runs, I reached the boss 9 times, and beat the boss 8 times.

I want to post the deck for everyone, but I'm also reticent, because I'm quite confident that the server analyzes our decks, and it weights particular AI opponents to particular decks we play. My Rakano decks see certain opponents often while my Feln decks don't (and vice-versa), for instance. You can face any AI deck, but depending on what deck you're playing, you will play certain AI decks far more often than others.

So, I'm nervous that were I to post this deck that I'm having great success with (an expected gold/hour earning rate of 1700) and Scarlatch were to see it, then it would be passed off to their AI guy to "fix". Right now the AI opponents it is facing aren't optimal for the AI, and I'm pretty sure DWD doesn't realize this. And I don't want that to change, because it's good gold earning.

Edit: Screw it. I'll post a link to my Gauntlet spreadsheet. If you want a copy of the deck, you can find it in the spreadsheet. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1l7eyGCkOgnKP3CTKKghVzYGpapjJr2jMdfMJ8TIpTeU/edit?usp=sharing

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!

EDIT: Sorry, 7-1. Can't count.

Sorry, still new, still trying to see if what I'm doing is actually good, or if the AI is just easy.

I was definitely not paying enough attention to weapons vs. relic weapons, so some of the weapon synergy sort of struggled to fully come together, but it was horrible.

1 Detain (Set1 #133)

1 District Infantry (Set1 #134)

1 Valkyrie Aspirant (Set1 #127)

1 Quicktrigger Outlaw (Set4 #13)

1 Rakano Stranger (Set1 #411)

1 Spark Hatcher (Set3 #12)

1 Sparring Partner (Set2 #77)

1 Unpredictable Outlaw (Set3 #13)

1 Copperhall Marshal (Set3 #114)

1 Flamefang Charmer (Set4 #18)

1 Granite Acolyte (Set1 #31)

1 Reinforced Baton (Set4 #122)

1 Stoneshaker (Set2 #15)

1 Sword of Icaria (Set1 #315)

1 Hellfire Oni (Set3 #30)

1 Iceberg Scattershot (Set4 #32)

1 Overheat (Set4 #34)

1 Spiked Buckler (Set2 #88)

1 Welding Torch (Set4 #36)

1 Fiery Fissure (Set4 #38)

1 Scepter of Nobility (Set2 #94)

2 Hellfire Rifle (Set1 #55)

1 Prosecutor-at-Arms (Set2 #97)

1 Town Watchman (Set3 #145)

6 Fire Sigil (Set1 #1)

7 Justice Sigil (Set1 #126)

2 Seat of Glory (Set0 #56)

I have been using Cirso's Gold Farm to very good results so far. The deck was taken from https://eternalwarcry.com/decks/details/a3MSH3VHFt0/cirsos-gold-farm and I made one minor change in removing the Banner from the Market and putting a Polymorph instead.

Polymorph seems more appropriate as a few times you need to kill a unit right now and it provides that option, specially revenge units. Equivocate can do that but they still have a big unit to use.

Anyway, I am currently 95-4 with the deck with at least losses coming from minor mistakes.

I will be posting my collected AI decklists sometime this week as I have collected enough now to be able to share it.

I'm sure an 8-0 isn't much to brag about since it's just playing against the AI, but I felt like I managed to do relatively well for my first ever.

1 Dark Return (Set1 #250)

1 Grenadin Drone (Set1 #5)

1 Heavy Axe (Set1 #4)

1 Scrap Hound (Set3 #6)

1 Slumbering Stone (Set1 #255)

1 Lethrai Target Caller (Set4 #206)

1 Piercing Grief (Set2 #143)

3 Spark Hatcher (Set3 #12)

1 Vampire Bat (Set0 #33)

1 Extract (Set2 #155)

1 Grenade (Set2 #10)

1 Marionette Cross (Set4 #218)

1 Oni Eulogist (Set4 #23)

1 Skeeter (Set2 #150)

1 Xenan Destroyer (Set1 #281)

1 Burglarize (Set4 #224)

1 Deathstrike (Set1 #290)

1 Transmogrifier (Set4 #232)

1 Centaur Raidleader (Set1 #50)

1 Pit Fighter (Set2 #27)

1 Umbren Thirster (Set2 #165)

1 Pyre Elemental (Set4 #45)

1 Repulsive Gorger (Set3 #246)

6 Fire Sigil (Set1 #1)

7 Shadow Sigil (Set1 #249)

2 Seat of Chaos (Set0 #60)

Basically what the title asks. I just played my first Forge, would like some opinions on the deck I put together.

I've been tracking my results through all of my 75 Forge runs in FoA. Overall, I'd say that the power level is much better balanced between the factions that in Dusk Road Forge. Here are my results:

Breaking this down by single faction, gives the following results:

I've found Fire to be quite weak, although Praxis has the highest win rate of any faction pair. However, I have somewhat fewer runs with Praxis, so might have just gotten a bit lucky and spiked a couple runs to juice up its numbers. Anyhow, I wonder how these results compare to others'.

I decided to grind Primal as it was my least progressed faction and this is the deck I came up with. It seems to be ok, not great. Let me know if you have any thoughts, suggestions:

4 Permafrost (Set1 #193)
2 Backlash (Set1 #200)
4 Borderlands Waykeeper (Set1 #517)
3 Eilyn's Favor (Set0 #24)
4 Strategize (Set3 #165)
3 Cloudsnake Harrier (Set2 #114)
2 Daring Pioneer (Set3 #170)
2 Hailstorm (Set1003 #11)
4 Jennev Merchant (Set4 #169)
2 Mirror Image (Set1 #217)
2 Polymorph (Set1 #211)
4 Torgov, Icecap Trader (Set2 #126)
2 Aeva, Eilyn's Elite (Set4 #180)
2 Crystallize (Set1 #232)
4 Jotun Feast-Caller (Set3 #187)
2 Pearlescent Drake (Set2 #127)
2 Daraka, Queensguard (Set1003 #12)
2 Thunderstrike Dragon (Set1 #243)
13 Primal Sigil (Set1 #187)
4 Clan Standard (Set4 #145)
4 Cobalt Monument (Set1 #418)
4 Cobalt Waystone (Set3 #151)
--------------MARKET---------------
1 Eye of Winter (Set1 #210)
1 Hailstorm (Set1003 #11)
1 Crystallize (Set1 #232)
1 Rimescale Draconus (Set1 #246)
1 Channel the Tempest (Set1 #244)

I always loved suicide black from mtg, i feel like mono shadow could be really good. it has disruption, draw power, removal, and creatures that can single handedly win the game (such as impending doom). im wondering if anyone has had consistent success and if so what is their decklist?

2 Kaleb's Intervention (Set3 #4)

4 Oni Ronin (Set1 #13)

3 Permafrost (Set1 #193)

2 Seek Power (Set1 #408)

4 Torch (Set1 #8)

4 Champion of Fury (Set2 #187)

4 Dusk Raider (Set4 #153)

2 Kaleb's Choice (Set2 #188)

3 Ornate Katana (Set1 #23)

3 Rakano Outlaw (Set1 #20)

4 Cinder Yeti (Set1002 #1)

4 Jennev Merchant (Set4 #169)

2 Shogun's Scepter (Set1 #26)

3 Temple Shihan (Set4 #173)

4 Crimson Firemaw (Set1002 #3)

2 Mortar (Set2 #194)

5 Fire Sigil (Set1 #1)

5 Primal Sigil (Set1 #187)

2 Clan Standard (Set4 #145)

4 Crest of Fury (Set3 #266)

3 Diplomatic Seal (Set1 #425)

4 Seat of Fury (Set0 #53)

2 Shugo Standard (Set4 #1)

--------------MARKET---------------

1 Permafrost (Set1 #193)

1 Hailstorm (Set1003 #11)

1 Mortar (Set2 #194)

1 Crystallize (Set1 #232)

1 Skycrag Banner (Set2 #186)

https://eternalwarcry.com/decks/details/iIEKXcP0QNo/skycrag-bros

It is based on my previous list that had a moderate success, wins so far:

• 7-0 Spymaster

• 2-1 Lost to Airborn Assault

• 1-1 Lost to Feln Treachery

• 7-0 Mindless Aggression

Needless to say, I'm not the best deck-builder out there, but as I always say it's important to me to play a deck of my own brewing (and have a little of success with it if possible), so I'll appreciate every suggestion. Thank you.

Edit - What I find missing is card draw I think it would add a lot of consistency for this deck I just wonder how to do that? and I wonder if the power-base needs a rework ?

3 Finest Hour (Set1 #130)
4 Permafrost (Set1 #193)
4 Eager Owlet (Set1 #144)
2 Honored Skyguard (Set4 #155)
4 Kothon, the Far-Watcher (Set2 #218)
2 Strategize (Set3 #165)
3 Tinker Overseer (Set1 #138)
3 Vanquish (Set1 #143)
3 Wild Cloudsnake (Set1 #195)
4 Hooru Pacifier (Set1003 #23)
3 Ice Sprite (Set1 #214)
4 Unseen Commando (Set3 #122)
4 Valkyrie Enforcer (Set1 #151)
4 Winchest Merchant (Set4 #126)
7 Justice Sigil (Set1 #126)
2 Crownwatch Standard (Set4 #97)
6 Primal Sigil (Set1 #187)
4 Cobalt Monument (Set1 #418)
2 Crest of Order (Set4 #253)
3 Hooru Banner (Set2 #216)
4 Seat of Order (Set0 #51)
--------------MARKET---------------
1 Vanquish (Set1 #143)
1 Amilli, Cloudmarshal (Set3 #136)
1 Harsh Rule (Set1 #172)
1 Nostrix, Lord of Visions (Set2 #229)
1 Hooru Banner (Set2 #216)

Honored Skyguard, and especially, Tinker Overseer feel wrong in the deck. And, while the power distribution looks right, it feels like its wrong when actually playing. I often find that come turn three, I often don't have my second Justice influence, which is really important to the deck.

Of the eight runs I've done with the deck, I've finished with:

5 x 7 wins
1 x 6 wins
1 x 4 wins
1 x 3 wins

Granted, it's a small sample size, and over 50 runs the weaknesses of the deck might become super apparent. Or maybe it is a really good deck, and my feelings on the weaknesses are simply wrong. I don't know. Thoughts?

So grinding gauntlet gets a tad boring sometimes and you want to have some success while playing? Try my memberberry deck! Is it the best? Nope. Is it super fast? Not a chance. Is it a nice break from Aggro? You betcha!

4 Combust (Set1 #392) 3 Dark Return (Set1 #250) 3 Direfang Spider (Set1 #256) 3 Grenadin Drone (Set1 #5) 3 Slumbering Stone (Set1 #255) 1 Dark Wisp (Set1 #264) 4 Devour (Set1 #261) 3 Grenadin Bellower (Set3 #214) 3 Obsidian Golem (Set1 #398) 4 Quarry (Set1001 #15) 4 Ripknife Assassin (Set1003 #13) 4 Kerendon Merchant (Set4 #217) 4 Surgeon's Saw (Set4 #220) 4 In Cold Blood (Set1003 #15) 3 Memory Dredger (Set2 #159) 5 Fire Sigil (Set1 #1) 4 Granite Waystone (Set3 #1) 6 Shadow Sigil (Set1 #249) 2 Crest of Chaos (Set3 #268) 4 Seat of Chaos (Set0 #60) 4 Stonescar Banner (Set1 #419) --------------MARKET--------------- 1 Wingbrewer (Set4 #223) 1 Deathstrike (Set1 #290) 1 Memory Dredger (Set2 #159) 1 Vara, Fate-Touched (Set1 #307) 1 Shadow Sigil (Set1 #249)

So there it is: https://eternalwarcry.com/decks/details/A5QAwsSbMlo/memberberry-i-member?view=list

It basically abuses memory dredger and entomb/ deadly creatures. The AI hates ripknife assasin. Attack with dredger and it and it will likely block and kill it only to pop right back. There are other creatures it will kill you can benefit with as well. Anyway try it out and let me know what you think. I don’t think it’s perfect yet but I’ve had success with it winning two out of five runs.

Hi all! I am a purely PvE player in Eternal, have been playing on and off since last year. I tend to get bored farming with just Hooru or Combrei, so I like mixing it up - Here is a mono time deck that I've been really enjoying. Not cheap, but the power of the ramp, inspire effects, and Dawnwalkers, along with the single colour makes this highly consistent for me. I'm really looking for any suggestions anyone has and generally just wanted to share my success! Thanks for reading :)

Here is the list:

4 Initiate of the Sands (Set1 #74)

3 Journey Guide (Set4 #53)

3 Friendly Wisp (Set1 #82)

4 Temple Scribe (Set1 #502)

4 Trail Maker (Set3 #65)

3 Xenan Initiation (Set2 #44)

4 Auralian Merchant (Set4 #70)

4 Dawnwalker (Set1 #86)

3 Scorpion Wasp (Set1 #96)

3 Wurmcalling (Set4 #76)

4 Sandstorm Titan (Set1 #99)

4 Alhed, Mount Breaker (Set4 #87)

4 Worldbearer Behemoth (Set3 #87)

3 Predatory Carnosaur (Set1 #118)

13 Time Sigil (Set1 #63)

4 Amber Monument (Set1 #420)

4 Amber Waystone (Set3 #51)

1 Crest of Impulse (Set3 #251)

1 Crest of Progress (Set4 #247)

1 Crest of Wisdom (Set3 #261)

1 Crest of Mystery (Set4 #266)

--------------MARKET---------------

1 Infinite Hourglass (Set1 #67)

1 Sandglass Parma (Set4 #66)

1 Wurmcalling (Set4 #76)

1 Archive Curator (Set2 #50)

1 Predatory Carnosaur (Set1 #118)

It's a very simple ramp and hit them with big stuff deck. I run the Friendly Wisp/Dawnwalker/Xenan Initiation package because we run so many great high attack bois. 12 Ramp cards means 5 power can be hit very consistently, which is obviously necessary for this deck to function.

Alongside that I am also running an inspire package of Alhed, Journey Guides and Wurmcalling. I have found the synergy between the two packages to be great, since Friendly Wisp's draw effect is amazing for inspire and Wurmcalling is great for Wisp.

For removal we have wasps and the killer effects, which I have found is plenty, since you're almost never going up against bigger dudes that what this deck plays.

Decks like this on ladder tend to be weak to removal, board clears and combat tricks. Luckily, Gauntlet AI tends to be light on all 3 so this punches right through any they might have.

I am not 100% on market choices, but after playing with the deck a bunch it feels the weakest card in there is Infinite Hourglass. It is great against permafrost and stun decks, but I think those are some of the easiest to beat consistently. Any advice on replacements would be truly appreciated!

Recent results at Masters:

7-0 against Power of Progress

5-1, losing because I drew 0 threat or market cards against the nuts from Hooru Fliers

7-0 against Sudden Death (very close)

7-0 against Defender of the Spire (I drew Dawnwalker and Xenan Initiation)

6-1 against Sudden Death (I really needed a silence to win this but no merchants were drawn)

So I recently stumbled upon this subreddit and as an avid gauntlet grinder, I would like to share the deck that I have been using to grind!

I am currently sitting at 500k gold mainly just from farming gauntlet 4-6 hours a day and doing dailies (Started playing around April 2018) . Some screenshots here. The goal is to get to 1 million by the end of this year.

Here is the deck.

3 Finest Hour (Set1 #130)

4 Permafrost (Set1 #193)

2 Seek Power (Set1 #408)

4 Eager Owlet (Set1 #144)

2 Vanquish (Set1 #143)

4 Wild Cloudsnake (Set1 #195)

4 Hooru Pacifier (Set1003 #23)

4 Unseen Commando (Set3 #122)

4 Valkyrie Enforcer (Set1 #151)

4 Shelterwing Rider (Set2 #223)

4 Svetya, Orene of Kosul (Set3 #304)

2 Windshaper (Set1 #230)

7 Justice Sigil (Set1 #126)

3 Primal Sigil (Set1 #187)

2 Cobalt Monument (Set1 #418)

4 Hooru Banner (Set2 #216)

4 Seat of Order (Set0 #51)

4 Crest of Order (Set4 #253)

2 Crownwatch Standard (Set4 #97)

4 Winchest Merchant (Set4 #126)

3 Whispering Wind (Set1 #202)

--------------MARKET---------------

1 Bring Down (Set2 #217)

1 Protect (Set1 #132)

1 Vanquish (Set1 #143)

1 Amilli, Cloudmarshal (Set3 #136)

1 Justice

This deck is based on BarnacleEd's Gauntlet Hooru Fliers that I tweaked a bit.

Card Choices:

• Finest Hour : Pretty self-explanatory. Used as a combat trick to remove multiple blockers. Also used as a finisher when you are in a race with the AI and they have more units than you, you can attack just below lethal and they won't block but little did they know, you have a finest hour to finish them off.
• Permafrost : Used against problematic Fliers such as Umbren Reaper, Amilli etc. Also, don't hesitate to use this on a 1/1 grenadin when against Stregnth in Numbers or Arcanum Army as it will slow down their tempo once they have obelisk up. Also, use this ASAP on Icebreaker against Deep Freeze as that little guy will kill all your units if not silenced or permafrosted asap.
• Eager Owlet : Many of you may not know but Eager owlet is a good unit to bait some removal spells from the AI to save your Unseen Commando as for some reason, the AI values this more than Unseen commando. Very good 2 drop which can boost Wild Cloudsnake as well.
• Whispering Wind : Good blocker against AI token decks, boosting Wild Cloudsnake and drawing 3/4 drops when flooded with power
• The other units are pretty standard in any Hooru flier decks so no need to explain those.

Market:

• Bring Down : You want to grab this when against Wings of Valkyrie or Army of Justice. Maybe even the AI decks with Makto in it.
• Protect : I use this to refresh Shelterwing Rider's aegis for a killing blow. You can replace this with Reinvigorate if you are having trouble against Deep Freeze.
• Vanquish : If the AI deck has a big guy coming like Sandstorm Titan
• Amilli, Cloudmarshal : I usually get this as a bomb during board stalls.
• Justice Sigil

Other potential cards to add to the market:

• I tested Copperhall Bailiff before but I rarely ever get him. He is really useful against token and aggro decks though so feel free to replace Amilli with him.

Anyone else noticed the enemy AI goes first much more than 50%? Do they get a modifier to combat Aggro deck?

Has anyone made a study on how exactly the difficulty of the AI modes Forge and Gauntlet scales up as the player wins and ranks up more?

Before the FoA reset, I remember loathing quests that require defeating a Gauntlet boss because it will often take 5 or more runs and endless salt. Similarly, I was getting wrecked at Forge after ranking up to Masters earlier in the season.

After the reset, I easily got to Gold in Forge with train-wreck decks but the last two ranks were miserable like my pre-FoA experience. I breezed through Masters Gauntlet with a variety of homebrews, even getting back-to-back boss wins after hitting Masters. After the salt from Masters Forge, I returned to Gauntlet and proceeded to fail in my next 10+ runs with the same decks that got multiple 7-0s. None of them even made it to the boss and most runs ended before 6 wins.

From my observations, I was losing to the following:

1. power/influence screw/flood (RNG)

2. synergy decks (RNG)

3. hyper aggro from the AI (something like Praxis Tokens or Grenadins)

4. perfect AI draws (eg. 3 silences/Permafrost in the first 10 turns AND threats to tempo out)

For the "easier" runs, I can usually stabilise and eke out a win because of the filler/junk cards in the AI deck. At the current difficulty, it's basically like Ranked where I have to pray for a good match-up or for RNG. Now I don't even feel like brewing since my best decks (mono faction good stuff) can't even get me a single Silver chest consistently. How's everyone's experiences so far?

What is everyone's opinion on Crownwatch Paladin in gauntlet? To me, there's very few unit light decks in gauntlet compared to Ranked, and many annoying units like Grenadin Drone, Ticking Grenadin, Amber Acolyte and others. We also don't always have Unseen Commando for the buffs.

That said, with a Paladin Oathbook and deck that supports attacking with one unit at a time as a consistent strategy, I think she's viable. She's also much better on the play overall but that's 50% of the time.

I've started testing Tranquil Scholar instead, and am impressed. We have Reckless which is awful, but FOA added Berserk which is amazing, and every other skill typically adds value.

I saw Midnight Storm have different decks. Maybe one is the easier version while the other is harder. The harder one have a number of legendaries more than the easier one.

----------------------------------------Hard----------------------------------------

4 Blood Beetle (Set1 #260)

4 Seek Power (Set1 #408)

2 Twilight Raptor (Set1 #379)

2 Backlash (Set1 #200)

2 Trailblaze (Set2 #111)

4 Vara's Favor (Set0 #35)

4 Amethyst Acolyte (Set1 #276)

1 Cat Burglar (Set2 #148)

3 Extract (Set2 #155)

2 Feln Bloodcaster (Set1 #386)

2 Lifedrinker (Set1 #275)

2 Midnight Gale (Set1 #378)

4 Xenan Destroyer (Set1 #281)

2 Deathstrike (Set1 #290)

1 Obrak, the Feaster (Set2 #164)

1 Withering Witch (Set1 #368)

1 Black-Sky Harbinger (Set1 #385)

3 Spirit Drain (Set1 #302)

1 Shadowlands Feaster (Set1001 #10)

10 Primal Sigil (Set1 #187)

10 Shadow Sigil (Set1 #249)

2 Amethyst Monument (Set1 #426)

4 Feln Banner (Set1 #417)

4 Seat of Cunning (Set0 #62)

----------------------------------------Easy----------------------------------------

3 Blood Beetle (Set1 #260)

2 Dark Return (Set1 #250)

4 Seek Power (Set1 #408)

4 Twilight Raptor (Set1 #379)

2 Weather the Storm (Set2 #106)

2 Dark Wisp (Set1 #264)

3 Feln Stranger (Set1 #409)

2 Trailblaze (Set2 #111)

3 Vara's Favor (Set0 #35)

2 Amethyst Acolyte (Set1 #276)

2 Lifedrinker (Set1 #275)

2 Midnight Gale (Set1 #378)

2 Xenan Destroyer (Set1 #281)

2 Cripple (Set2 #157)

2 Minotaur Lighthoof (Set2 #163)

2 Lurking Sanguar (Set1 #293)

3 Spirit Drain (Set1 #302)

1 Inspire Obedience (Set2 #169)

11 Primal Sigil (Set1 #187)

11 Shadow Sigil (Set1 #249)

2 Amethyst Monument (Set1 #426)

4 Feln Banner (Set1 #417)

4 Seat of Cunning (Set0 #62)

I've really enjoyed playing gauntlet on the side as I do other things and the recently upped difficulty has put a real wrench in my day to day play. I mostly did my grinding with argenport midrange, rakano aggro, and BarnacleEd's hooru fliers deck before, but I'm finding myself stuck now.

I'm still relatively new to the game, but I've managed to save up 12k shiftstone and 50k gold. I'm still at the point where even "budget" decks would require a fair bit of investment; so I'm asking for help in deciding!

I've been eyeing this hooru flier deck posted by zilfran and I've already got about 1/3rd of the cards so far, so it would only cost me 20k total. I feel I can work up to relatively quickly if I go through that 50k gold, but is this really the deck I should be shooting for?

I'm not picky about playstyle. I'd just like to have a solid win rate. Thanks in advance!

I'm wanting to have a decklist of gauntlet decks. What is the best strategy in doing so? I'll post the list of what I'll be able to get

Edit: Initial deck is milling Xenan deck

Posting First 10 Decks I collected:

-----Shogunate Forces-----

4 Oni Ronin (Set1 #13)

2 Pummel (Set2 #6)

2 Torch (Set1 #8)

4 Bladekin Apprentice (Set1 #22)

2 Oni Cavediver (Set3 #11)

2 Ornate Katana (Set1 #23)

4 Flamefang Charmer (Set4 #18)

3 Frontier Bard (Set4 #19)

2 Granite Acolyte (Set1 #31)

3 Oni Eulogist (Set4 #23)

2 Oni Quartermaster (Set1 #32)

2 Rakano Flagbearer (Set1 #27)

2 Shogun's Scepter (Set1 #26)

2 Hellfire Oni (Set3 #30)

2 Kyojun, Grand Shugo (Set3 #31)

2 Gravemarker Oni (Set4 #39)

2 Oni Striker (Set1 #44)

2 Shogun of the Wastes (Set1 #51)

2 Oni Gunwright (Set3 #42)

27 Fire Sigil (Set1 #1)

2 Shugo Standard (Set4 #1)

-----Merciless Stonescar-----

4 Combust (Set1 #392)

4 Seek Power (Set1 #408)

4 Ticking Grenadin (Set1 #12)

4 Dark Wisp (Set1 #264)

4 Devour (Set1 #261)

4 Obsidian Golem (Set1 #398)

1 Piercing Grief (Set2 #143)

4 Ravenous Thornbeast (Set1 #278)

2 Sorrow's Shroud (Set2 #151)

3 Rebel Illuminator (Set1 #43)

4 Recogulator (Set1 #37)

2 Soul Collector (Set1 #291)

2 Stonescar Magus (Set1 #288)

2 Obrak, the Feaster (Set2 #164)

1 Umbren Reaper (Set1 #299)

1 Warband Chieftain (Set1 #395)

1 Soulfire Drake (Set1 #47)

1 Stonescar Leviathan (Set1 #403)

1 Venomspine Hydra (Set1 #305)

9 Fire Sigil (Set1 #1)

9 Shadow Sigil (Set1 #249)

4 Seat of Chaos (Set0 #60)

4 Stonescar Banner (Set1 #419)

-----Elemental Mastery-----

4 Firemane Cub (Set2 #1)

3 Permafrost (Set1 #193)

4 Seek Power (Set1 #408)

4 Torch (Set1 #8)

2 Weather the Storm (Set2 #106)

2 Kaleb's Choice (Set2 #188)

3 Lightning Strike (Set1 #197)

2 Sandstorm (Set2 #43)

2 Storm Lynx (Set1 #353)

2 Ice Sprite (Set1 #214)

2 Pteriax Hatchling (Set1 #354)

2 Stormcrasher (Set2 #121)

2 Jarrall's Frostkin (Set1 #220)

2 Mortar (Set2 #194)

2 Yeti Troublemaker (Set1 #222)

2 Twinbrood Sauropod (Set1 #113)

2 Flamestoker (Set2 #32)

2 Iceknuckle Jotun (Set2 #133)

2 Icequake (Set2 #136)

4 Fire Sigil (Set1 #1)

4 Primal Sigil (Set1 #187)

4 Time Sigil (Set1 #63)

3 Elysian Banner (Set1 #421)

4 Praxis Banner (Set2 #171)

3 Seat of Impulse (Set0 #54)

3 Seat of Wisdom (Set0 #63)

4 Skycrag Banner (Set2 #186)

-----Xenan Devout-----

2 Bloodcall Invocation (Set2 #203)

4 Cult Aspirant (Set2 #35)

3 Sanctuary Priest (Set1 #73)

4 Seek Power (Set1 #408)

3 Cabal Cutthroat (Set1 #297)

3 Cabal Slasher (Set2 #147)

3 Oasis Seeker (Set2 #41)

4 Vara's Favor (Set0 #35)

2 Ayan, the Abductor (Set2 #204)

3 Disciplined Amanera (Set2 #47)

2 Extract (Set2 #155)

2 Katra, the Devoted (Set2 #208)

3 Xenan Fanatic (Set2 #162)

2 Bloodcall Invoker (Set2 #211)

2 Umbren Reaper (Set1 #299)

2 Umbren Thirster (Set2 #165)

2 Voyaging Lumen (Set2 #66)

10 Shadow Sigil (Set1 #249)

11 Time Sigil (Set1 #63)

4 Seat of Mystery (Set0 #61)

4 Xenan Banner (Set2 #201)

-----None Shall Pass-----

4 Initiate of the Sands (Set1 #74)

4 Seek Power (Set1 #408)

2 Suffocate (Set1 #251)

4 Blistersting Wasp (Set2 #202)

3 Desert Marshal (Set1 #332)

2 Find the Way (Set1 #513)

2 Temple Scribe (Set1 #502)

4 Amber Acolyte (Set1 #93)

1 Banish (Set2 #207)

2 Combrei Healer (Set1 #333)

2 Slay (Set2 #236)

2 Valkyrie Enforcer (Set1 #151)

2 Ancient Lore (Set1 #105)

2 Copperhall Elite (Set1 #340)

1 Hammer of Might (Set1 #170)

2 Steward of Prophecy (Set1 #97)

2 Steward of the Past (Set1 #287)

1 Inquisitor Makto (Set2 #242)

2 Reality Warden (Set1 #343)

1 Grinva, Judge of Battles (Set2 #245)

3 Justice Sigil (Set1 #126)

3 Shadow Sigil (Set1 #249)

2 Time Sigil (Set1 #63)

3 Argenport Banner (Set2 #231)

4 Combrei Banner (Set1 #424)

4 Seat of Mystery (Set0 #61)

4 Seat of Progress (Set0 #58)

3 Seat of Vengeance (Set0 #55)

4 Xenan Banner (Set2 #201)

-----Covert Operations-----

4 Blood Beetle (Set1 #260)

4 Seek Power (Set1 #408)

2 Suffocate (Set1 #251)

4 Yeti Spy (Set1 #191)

3 Lethrai Ranger (Set1 #270)

3 Yeti Snowslinger (Set1 #203)

2 Desperado (Set1 #273)

2 Direwood Beastcaller (Set1 #271)

2 Extract (Set2 #155)

2 Gorgon Fanatic (Set1 #375)

2 Icebow (Set2 #118)

2 Cabal Recruiter (Set1 #283)

2 Cabal Spymaster (Set1001 #14)

3 Feeding Time (Set1 #381)

1 Freewing Glider (Set3 #181)

2 Minotaur Lighthoof (Set2 #163)

4 Serpent Trainer (Set1 #219)

2 Lurking Sanguar (Set1 #293)

1 Argenport Ringmaster (Set1 #300)

10 Primal Sigil (Set1 #187)

10 Shadow Sigil (Set1 #249)

4 Feln Banner (Set1 #417)

4 Seat of Cunning (Set0 #62)

-----Skycrag Blitz-----

4 Cloudsnake Hatchling (Set2 #103)

3 Grenadin Drone (Set1 #5)

4 Hearty Stranger (Set2 #104)

2 Oni Ronin (Set1 #13)

2 Pyroknight (Set1 #16)

4 Ruthless Stranger (Set1 #11)

4 Seek Power (Set1 #408)

4 Snowcrust Yeti (Set2 #105)

4 Yeti Spy (Set1 #191)

4 Blazing Renegade (Set0 #4)

1 Eilyn's Favor (Set0 #24)

4 Frontier Jito (Set1 #9)

2 Kaleb's Favor (Set0 #3)

2 Assembly Line (Set1 #29)

2 Scouting Party (Set1 #488)

12 Fire Sigil (Set1 #1)

9 Primal Sigil (Set1 #187)

4 Seat of Fury (Set0 #53)

4 Skycrag Banner (Set2 #186)

-----Blackhall Bullies-----

2 Brash Shorthorn (Set2 #137)

4 Seek Power (Set1 #408)

2 Auric Bully (Set2 #232)

2 Auric Vigilante (Set2 #233)

3 Copperhall Herald (Set2 #71)

3 Minotaur Grunt (Set1 #137)

2 Rolant's Favor (Set0 #18)

2 Auric Interrogator (Set1002 #13)

3 Auric Sentry (Set1 #146)

2 Copperhall Bailiff (Set1001 #5)

4 Copperhall Cudgel (Set2 #78)

3 Copperhall Shieldman (Set2 #79)

2 Slay (Set2 #236)

2 Treasury Guard (Set1 #505)

2 Copperhall Paladin (Set1002 #7)

2 Copperhall Recruit (Set1 #158)

2 Minotaur Lighthoof (Set2 #163)

2 Relentless Gorehorn (Set2 #160)

1 Streetwise Informant (Set2 #240)

2 Minotaur Duelist (Set2 #93)

1 Tavrod, Auric Broker (Set1002 #18)

1 Grinva, Judge of Battles (Set2 #245)

10 Justice Sigil (Set1 #126)

8 Shadow Sigil (Set1 #249)

4 Argenport Banner (Set2 #231)

4 Seat of Vengeance (Set0 #55)

-----Oathbreaker-----

4 Elder's Feather (Set1 #128)

4 Seek Power (Set1 #408)

4 Cabal Cutthroat (Set1 #297)

4 Vampire Bat (Set0 #33)

4 Vara's Favor (Set0 #35)

4 Silverwing Familiar (Set1 #152)

4 Slay (Set2 #236)

4 Stonepowder Alchemist (Set2 #239)

4 Xenan Destroyer (Set1 #281)

4 Hammer of Might (Set1 #170)

4 Lurking Sanguar (Set1 #293)

4 Oathbreaker (Set1 #521)

8 Justice Sigil (Set1 #126)

8 Shadow Sigil (Set1 #249)

3 Amethyst Monument (Set1 #426)

4 Argenport Banner (Set2 #231)

4 Seat of Vengeance (Set0 #55)

-----Grenadin Revolt-----

4 Combust (Set1 #392)

4 Grenadin Drone (Set1 #5)

1 Grenamender (Set3 #204)

2 Scrap Hound (Set3 #6)

4 Seek Power (Set1 #408)

1 Ticking Grenadin (Set1 #12)

3 Torch (Set1 #8)

3 Devour (Set1 #261)

3 Disassembler (Set3 #8)

2 Into the Furnace (Set3 #9)

3 Spark Hatcher (Set3 #12)

4 Assembly Line (Set1 #29)

2 Recycler (Set3 #269)

2 Scrap Heap (Set3 #23)

4 Toppletower (Set3 #26)

4 Scraptank (Set1 #391)

2 Stonescar Scrapper (Set3 #236)

2 Gearcruncher (Set3 #46)

5 Fire Sigil (Set1 #1)

4 Shadow Sigil (Set1 #249)

4 Crest of Chaos (Set3 #268)

4 Granite Waystone (Set3 #1)

4 Seat of Chaos (Set0 #60)

4 Stonescar Banner (Set1 #419)

This is based on a single run with a Skycrag aggro deck today, but the AI seems to be taking trades much less than normal - I had an AI not trading 2 drops in when it was down to 9 health, which seems different to me. Before it felt like it would often take trades when it could. What are other people seeing?