Flyin' Devilbears

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This is the deck I used to reach God rank for the first time. I wanted something fun, effective and different. It’s a nice meta-response to low hp rush decks as well as global damage from Crackthorne and Earthshaker. Mostly, it’s fun to play and it works.

Imperial Airship, Wood Elementals and Ruinnin’s Guidance give it a chance against rush, especially if you get a good global clear from famine/plague bearers … although that’s still one of the worse match-ups.

Keep at least one beginning harvester: Posessed Ursus, Wood elemental or Plague Bearer in a pinch. Then, hold a Khalim’s Training if you’ve got at least one harvester. Ideal opening is to get a harvester in place on a side before the other player has one there. Then if they play a harvester on that side, double harvest and fly on them with Khalim’s. If they don’t play a harvester, double harvest with Khalim’s. Sometimes, this results in a very quick win with a bear. More usually, it sets up board control and great mid-game harvesting, since you force a turtling/defensive response to deal with your large, potentially explosive threats. (With the right cards, an ursus on your well can very quickly turn into a 10/6 or 20/4 in their face). That turns into a faeria advantage and an eventual win.

Hold Fash Wind, Sagami and Last Nightmare cards for the ideal opportunity, or until absolutely necessary to use. You don’t have a ton of them. Ideally, these are combo catalysts. Sometimes, they’re a survival technique.

Land type(s): Neutral, Forest, Desert
Faeria cost: 3.9
Difficulty: Intermediate

2x PLAGUE BEARER (3f)
3x FAMINE (2f)
1x SAGAMI GROVECALLER (4f 2F)
3x POSSESSED URSUS (5f 2F)
3x WOOD ELEMENTAL (4f 1F)
3x ELDERWOOD EMBRACE (3f 2F)
1x EARTHCRAFT (2f 1F)
1x RUUNIN’S GUIDANCE (2f 2F)
1x LAST NIGHTMARE (6f 3D)
3x KHALIM’S TRAINING (1f 2D)
2x WINDSTORM COLOSSUS (10f 2D)
2x FLASH WIND (2D)
1x SHAYTAN MONSTROSITY (6f 4D)
3x SOUL DRAIN (2f 2D)
1x RADIANCE, IMPERIAL AIRSHIP (20f)

Cool deck! :+1:

Hermit can work too? May be no space…

Thanks!

I’ve tried it in a similar deck. The randomness isn’t great, and the order of events when you famine is suboptimal. First, you kill it and damage a bear, then you apply the buff. The bear gains +3. This can matter surprisingly often, because at 5 damage, the bear just needs to double twice to reach 20. 5 is waaay better than 4. In comparison, Elderwood embrace takes you to 6 instead of 4 for the same price, which is often the difference between a OTK and a loss.

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To clarify, Elderwood Embrace + a damage source (like famine or Plague Bearers or Soul Drain or a fight) takes you to 6 power on an Ursus. Elderwood hermit + a global damage source only takes you to 4.

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