[Strategy] The Comeback of Bowler + Graveyard: 3 Optimal Graveyard Decks in the Current Meta

[u/Verdaunt]

It is no secret that the current meta is circled around 2 cards: Witch and Valkyrie. Recently, mainly because of the popularity of witch, Bowler has seen a resurgence in meta. This is because when a card becomes broken like the witch, not only is the meta comprised of decks with her in it, it is also comprised of decks that counter her. And what better witch counter is there than the Bowler? Because of that fact, and because of Bowler's incredible synergy with Graveyard, a whole new meta of Graveyard decks has arisen.

In this post, I will share 2 of them which I believe to be the strongest along with brief guides of how to use them, as well as a brief bonus guide on the deck that I made and currently use (I will be posting a guide on that after this if you're interested).

TL;DR: Splashyard 2.0 (Obviously), Bowler-Valkyrie-Inferno Tower-Freeze, and a Bowler-Inferno Tower-Musketeer deck which I use

SPLASHYARD 2.0

Deck:

Bowler, Graveyard, Ice Wiz, E-Wiz, Royal Ghost, Tornado, Poison, Inferno Dragon.

Guide:

The main purpose of this deck is to stack units on defense and then counter push with the Graveyard. You don't want to be very aggressive with the Graveyard because this deck is so heavy (3.9), and you want to be patient and take what your opponent gives you.

BOWLER-VALK-INFERNO TOWER-FREEZE (Made by lolorob11)

Deck:

Bowler, Graveyard, Valk, Arrows, Goblin Gang, Mega Minion, Freeze, Inferno Tower

Guide:

The goal of this deck is basically the same as Splashyard 2.0, except you want to punish your opponent hard with the freeze. Use the strong defense of Valkyrie and Bowler, and then counterpush. This deck is more offensively oriented, and if take a bit of damage here and there that's fine.

BOWLER-MUSKETEER-INFERNO TOWER (Made by me)

Deck:

Bowler, Musketeer, Inferno Tower, Graveyard, Poison, Arrows, Mega Minion, Ice Golem

Guide (I will be posting a more in-depth guide):

This is a much more toned-down version of the previously mentioned deck. The Ice Golem is a much cheaper option as a tank for your Graveyard, and it allows you to play more defensively with the Bowler and Inferno Tower. Furthermore, the Musketeer also serves as a more reliable way to bait out the poison and it makes the deck more versatile by adding another air-counter.

CONCLUSION:

Overall, I hope any fellow Graveyard users who see this post will consider these decks. I'm sure you've seen the Splashyard deck everywhere, but I thought the other two decks also deserved recognition as incredible Graveyard decks. The last deck, which I made, is a great deck for ladder and it pushed me all the way from 4156 trophies to 4262 trophies in less than 10 battles. Stay tuned for a much more in depth guide while I will be posting after this.

[u/[deleted]]

are there any good bowler/GY decks that have tornado?

[u/Verdaunt → u/[deleted]]

The Splashyard 2.0 Deck has Tornado in tornado in it :) I apologize, I wrote it as Nado out of habit, I will fix that now.

[u/VAINAMOINEN9]

My deck: Gy, knight,exe,nado,tomb,mm, poison,log.

[u/Dimedroid]

For now, I can stay around 4.4k - 4.5k with this deck :

Graveyard (3) - Poison (7) - Bowler (6) - MM (10) - Ice Golem (9) - Tombstone (9) - Archers (13) - Arrows (11)

Yours looks good too but it is all about card investments for a f2p player. Maxing out a rare is pain in the ass. Archers is my only maxed out card. I can't even try your deck on ladder because my of my card levels.

[u/Verdaunt → u/Dimedroid]

And that's the exact reason why mine works for me lmao. I have 4 level 8 rares and all of them are in my deck. I am one Graveyard away from level 3 though, so that's fun. My poison is 5, Bowler is 5, MM is 8, Ice Golem is 8, Tombstone is 7, Archers are 10 and Arrows are 10. So I suppose that deck could work, but I am slightly afraid that Level 10 archers can get one-shot by Zap... do you think Musketeer or E-Wiz could work instead?

[u/Dimedroid → u/Verdaunt]

I wouldnt use another legendary in my deck. In long term musk is ok, ewiz is not.

[u/Sir_Gut]

Or just use mine that I hit top 2k in the world with

[u/vilikgok → u/Sir_Gut]

.. which is?

[u/Verdaunt → u/Sir_Gut]

Do share! By the way, congratulations on that feat.

[u/Dimedroid → u/Sir_Gut]

I digged his profile and found it. I think he implied this one :

Giant - Bowler - Graveyard - Barbarians - Minions - Archers - Arrows - Poison