First of all, congratulations for the primer!! Well deserved!!! Great work!!!
The deck is one of my most enjoyable to play in my collection. Strangely, also one of the most powerful too, despite the full tribal theme.
Secondly, my opinion about some card choices (I play a fast Haakon version with no Titan, et al Package):
- I love
Pyre of Heroes. What I love the most is that, while I expected a very streamlined, "always do the same thing" approach with it, that was not the case. Except for the first card, which is always
Haakon, Stromgald Scourge (to replay my sacrificed changelings and have mass removal insurance). But after that, the lines differ depending on the situation. It is not the boring card I feared it would be.
- On the other hand,
Merrow Reejerey has been kinda mediocre for me. I understand how broken it can be, and trully, there have been such cases (Hi
Sea Gate Loremaster!), but mostly it works best while I am already in a winning position.
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Scourge of Valkas is an MVP candidate, no question about it. The guy is also my most usual wincon. Have you ever made a Koma player ragequit by killing them and all their 16 serpents out of nowhere with 4 Scourges on play (Hi
Shapesharer!)? You never forget the feeling. RRR is almost never an issue, but I also have a manabase full of triomes, duals, shocks and fetches, etc apart of the obligatory tribal ones. Perhaps that helps as well. IMHO, it is not Scourge OR
Dragon Tempest. It is Scourge AND Dragon Tempest.
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Goblin Chirurgeon is excellent. Saved me many times and he is also a sac outlet for Haakon infinites.
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Cryptbreaker is also a good card. Apart from a cheap card that can discard Haakon, he easily provides CA. Also, Magda Synergy. However I am not sure I would have run him in a non-Haakon build. The same goes for Chirurgeon as well.
- Never drew Kraken mama to my playtests yet.
- I prefer
Ayula, Queen Among Bears to
Sparksmith. The dmg from Sparksmith can get real pretty fast if you tend to put as many changelings in play as possible early game, which the deck tends to do. I suspect that this may be a different case with the Champion combo version, which is more midrangey and tends to have less creatures in play. Finally, while Sparksmith can be triggered at instant speed, Ayula can be triggered multiple times/turn which can also be very crucial.
- Need to test
Azami, Lady of Scrolls. Ofc she is busted, but I was too scared of the UUU. However since I have seen that Scourge of Valkas can be played with no problems, I can see her in the deck as well. Not sure if she directly competes a place with my
Sea Gate Loremaster or I should run both of them. I suspect the latter.
EDIT: Whoever wants to marry
Magda, Brazen Outlaw: Get in line. We are many.