Basically, the decks hope is to set up this (ideal) scenario:


Turn 1: Brutal Gladiator's Greatsword played using Preparation, and a 1-cost Armor
Turn 2: 1 or 2-cost Armor (Ideally, either this turn or next turn is Bonefist gauntlets, to make sure that the strike is still free on turn 5 even if an armor is destroyed for whatever reason, i.e. tatulla, or to smoothe out a scenario where only two armors are in the opening hand + draws)
Turn 3: 1, 2, or 3 cost armor; If bonefist gauntlets in play, swing into their hero or a protector
Turn 4: Play Resolute Aura, swing for free (for 8 damage) into their hero or a protector, or anything that might interfere with swings next turn
Turn 5: Attack their hero, if they let you through play instant speed Avenging Wrath and hit them for 16, then play Rak Skyfury and do it again.

Obviously this won't always happen. Even with the ideal hand, this scenario provides for the elimination of no more than two protectors before turn 5, and can be gimped by cards such as Hammer of Justice, Thud, and Cyclone, not to mention the weapon being destroyed or not drawn. So, there do need to be additional aspects to the deck to provide a larger-scale game plan and overall consistency. Here's what I was thinking:

Quests: 14
4x Bane of the Illidari
3x A Warm Welcome
4x Solanian's Belongings
3x A Final Blow

Equipment: 23
3x Girdle of the Endless Pit
2x Doomplate Chestguard (The only other 1-cost armor I could find, please, suggest another if there is any)
3x Bonefist Gauntlets
3x Amani Mask of Death (It's 1 armor and it prevents dense protector walls from forming if they happened to draw a hand of, say, three xanatas and two defender nagalaas)
2x Boots of the Resilient
2x Herod's Shoulder
4x Brutal Gladiator's Greatsword
2x Twinblade of the Pheonix
2x Jin'rokh

Abilities: 20
3x Crusader Strike
3x Holy Strike
4x Resolute Aura
3x Glimmer of Hope
3x Lay on hands
4x Avenging Wrath

Allies: 4
4x Rak Skyfury


Thoughts? Improvements? Contributions whatever you name it halp meh

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Haha love the idea.
Maybe a location: Arathi Basin or Silvermoon.

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Quests: 14
4x Bane of the Illidari
3x A Warm Welcome
4x Solanian's Belongings
3x A Final Blow

Equipment: 23
3x Girdle of the Endless Pit
2x Doomplate Chestguard (The only other 1-cost armor I could find, please, suggest another if there is any)
3x Bonefist Gauntlets
3x Amani Mask of Death (It's 1 armor and it prevents dense protector walls from forming if they happened to draw a hand of, say, three xanatas and two defender nagalaas)
2x Boots of the Resilient
2x Herod's Shoulder
4x Brutal Gladiator's Greatsword
2x Twinblade of the Pheonix
2x Jin'rokh

Abilities: 19
3x Crusader Strike
3x Holy Strike
4x Resolute Aura
3x Glimmer of Hope
3x Lay on hands
3x Wrath of Turalyon

Allies: 4
4x Rak Skyfury

First, where´s Avenging Wrath? =)

I have a similar idea of this deck, but using Seal of Redemption also

Other armor can be Black Felsteel Bracers, Borak´s Belt of Bravery, or Tankatonic Goggles

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I agree with Arhiel, there are much better armour this deck could run. You don't have to run janky armour just for the sake of it. BFSB and Tankatronics are awesome in their own right, and just happen to be armour.

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You could also use Bracers of the Green Fortress.

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I like gum.

Wow at last a SOLO pally deck! I want to try this deck right away after FoH is released!

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Quests: 14
4x Bane of the Illidari
3x A Warm Welcome
4x Solanian's Belongings
3x A Final Blow

Equipment: 23
3x Girdle of the Endless Pit
2x Doomplate Chestguard (The only other 1-cost armor I could find, please, suggest another if there is any)
3x Bonefist Gauntlets
3x Amani Mask of Death (It's 1 armor and it prevents dense protector walls from forming if they happened to draw a hand of, say, three xanatas and two defender nagalaas)
2x Boots of the Resilient
2x Herod's Shoulder
4x Brutal Gladiator's Greatsword
2x Twinblade of the Pheonix
2x Jin'rokh

Abilities: 19
3x Crusader Strike
3x Holy Strike
4x Resolute Aura
3x Glimmer of Hope
3x Lay on hands
3x Wrath of Turalyon

Allies: 4
4x Rak Skyfury

First, where´s Avenging Wrath? =)

I have a similar idea of this deck, but using Seal of Redemption also

Other armor can be Black Felsteel Bracers, Borak´s Belt of Bravery, or Tankatonic Goggles

LOL I knew there was extra space for some reason! Thats why the Wrath of Turalyons were put in, I was like "hmmmm I have free space. . ..weird".


Fixed.

Also, while you are right about the Black Felsteel Bracers / Bracers of the Green Fortress / Tankatronic Goggles, adding the necessary quantities of each would no less than quadruple the current cost of the deck. Sadface.

I am on a budget, so while those would be welcome additions for those of you who have those on hand (and I encourage you to playtest this with them), I can't afford it. Thanks for the ideas though.

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Pesky crafted cards! Why do they have to be so good?

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Pesky crafted cards! Why do they have to be so good?

Despite the inherent sarcasm, I kind of agree as well; would it be such a crime to print a few bomb uncommon armors instead of hiding them in the crafting redemption forms?

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Other thing you can do is Rak + Ring fo the Shadow Deeps + Finkle to attack one time more with +2Atk

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Slightly different take on your deck idea. While it looks like the strike-out potential of the deck is pretty nice, it seemed like it might be worth considering an alternate threat that's less combo-esque. To that end I've thrown together a skeleton of the deck out of Alliance to take advantage of Steelsmith Joseph Carrol. It makes the deck a bit more of a "Tankman" deck as well, for good or ill.

There also seemed like there would be a fair amount of redundant equipment stuck in your hand from time to time, so I wanted to incorporate a few things that could take advantage of otherwise dead cards to either replace them (Brokentoe and the Backpack) or use them in other ways (Buckler).

Alliance Eng Palis:
Zophos, Goldensword, Bronson or Goodchilde

Quests: 12
3 Arathi - Location
4 Brokentoe
2 Finkle
3 A Final Blow

Equipment:
Armor 19
2 Girdle of the Endless Pit (Belt)
2 Doomplate Chest (Chest)
2 Goggles (head)
2 Doomplate Shoulders (shoulders)
3 Black Felsteel (Wrist)
3 Bonefist Gauntlets (Hands)
3 Spellbreaker's Buckler
2 Ony Hide Backpack

Weapons 11
4 Brutal Gladiator's Greatsword
4 Blackout Truncheon
3 Netherbane

Abilities: 14
3 Holy Strike
4 Resolute Aura
4 Seal of Rit
3 HoJ

Allies: 4
4 Joey C

SB
3 Twinblade
3 Blessing of Salv
1 HoJ
3 Sacred Purification


A few comments on some specific changes:

Doomplate Shoulders vs Herods - increased weapon count and slightly improved card draw makes the search function less essential. Decreased cost and chance to protect other equipment make these worth trying I think

Goggles - Strait up fantastic. If you can run them you do - end of story.

Black Felsteel Bracers - enables the deck to come out swinging harder and faster sooner with smaller weapons.

Spell Breaker's Buckler - Admittedly an odd choice with the Greatsword, but if you don't start with it on T1 this thing is a godsend. Going to have to do some testing to see if it really works well here, but I think its worth a try.

Weapons - I shifted a bit away from slower weapons and ones that relied on Resolute Aura to be usable (Jin'rokh) in favor of quicker weapons that can take better advantage of Seal of Righteousness and the Bonefists. The secondary effects of both the Blackout and Netherbane are also extremely relevant in some matchups.

Abilities - I would really like to believe Crusader Strike is good, but it just isn't, and it can't even come close if you aren't also generating some impressive tempo and card advantage off of seal recursion. In short, it just doesn't make the cut for me, even here. Without Rak Avenging Wrath becomes a bit less relevant, and the Buckler diminishes the need for Glimmer of Hope. HoJ helps deal with annoying protectors and the cantrip effect is nothing to complain about.


In this basic form the deck is still unspecced. I could see arguments being made for most any spec here - Avenger's Shield, Holy Shock and even Crusade (and crusader strike as the OP proposed) could have some utility here, as well as a number of other spec cards. What do y'all think on that front?

One thing I keep coming back to is what this deck does about Band of the Inevitable, Set Ablaze and Bringer. I wonder if the core of the deck would be too diluted by trying to force in answers there or not? Without Wreck the deck may just have to accept the problems this stuff brings and just find space for the twinblades Main if it expects them to be a big part of the meta...

I'm also completely at a loss for how any incarnation of this deck deals with Varanis?

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Slightly different take on your deck idea. While it looks like the strike-out potential of the deck is pretty nice, it seemed like it might be worth considering an alternate threat that's less combo-esque. To that end I've thrown together a skeleton of the deck out of Alliance to take advantage of Steelsmith Joseph Carrol. It makes the deck a bit more of a "Tankman" deck as well, for good or ill. There also seemed like there would be a fair amount of redundant equipment stuck in your hand from time to time, so I wanted to incorporate a few things that could take advantage of otherwise dead cards to either replace them (Brokentoe and the Backpack) or use them in other ways (Buckler). Alliance Eng Palis: Zophos, Goldensword, Bronson or Goodchilde Quests: 12 3 Arathi - Location 4 Brokentoe 2 Finkle 3 A Final Blow Equipment: Armor 19 2 Girdle of the Endless Pit (Belt) 2 Doomplate Chest (Chest) 2 Goggles (head) 2 Doomplate Shoulders (shoulders) 3 Black Felsteel (Wrist) 3 Bonefist Gauntlets (Hands) 3 Spellbreaker's Buckler 2 Ony Hide Backpack Weapons 11 4 Brutal Gladiator's Greatsword 4 Blackout Truncheon 3 Netherbane Abilities: 14 3 Holy Strike 4 Resolute Aura 4 Seal of Rit 3 HoJ Allies: 4 4 Joey C SB 3 Twinblade 3 Blessing of Salv 1 HoJ 3 Sacred Purification A few comments on some specific changes: Doomplate Shoulders vs Herods - increased weapon count and slightly improved card draw makes the search function less essential. Decreased cost and chance to protect other equipment make these worth trying I think Goggles - Strait up fantastic. If you can run them you do - end of story. Black Felsteel Bracers - enables the deck to come out swinging harder and faster sooner with smaller weapons. Spell Breaker's Buckler - Admittedly an odd choice with the Greatsword, but if you don't start with it on T1 this thing is a godsend. Going to have to do some testing to see if it really works well here, but I think its worth a try. Weapons - I shifted a bit away from slower weapons and ones that relied on Resolute Aura to be usable (Jin'rokh) in favor of quicker weapons that can take better advantage of Seal of Righteousness and the Bonefists. The secondary effects of both the Blackout and Netherbane are also extremely relevant in some matchups. Abilities - I would really like to believe Crusader Strike is good, but it just isn't, and it can't even come close if you aren't also generating some impressive tempo and card advantage off of seal recursion. In short, it just doesn't make the cut for me, even here. Without Rak Avenging Wrath becomes a bit less relevant, and the Buckler diminishes the need for Glimmer of Hope. HoJ helps deal with annoying protectors and the cantrip effect is nothing to complain about. In this basic form the deck is still unspecced. I could see arguments being made for most any spec here - Avenger's Shield, Holy Shock and even Crusade (and crusader strike as the OP proposed) could have some utility here, as well as a number of other spec cards. What do y'all think on that front? One thing I keep coming back to is what this deck does about Band of the Inevitable, Set Ablaze and Bringer. I wonder if the core of the deck would be too diluted by trying to force in answers there or not? Without Wreck the deck may just have to accept the problems this stuff brings and just find space for the twinblades Main if it expects them to be a big part of the meta... I'm also completely at a loss for how any incarnation of this deck deals with Varanis?

Sometimes, I think a deck just has to accept a lousy matchup for the sake of not failing against other matchups.

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One more bump for any more suggestions or comments. I'll be ordering the necessary cards soon if all goes well.

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Lay on Hands seems out of place. I am not sure what it is doing there since you are trying to beat them quickly it seems. Maybe use holy light or the new 4 costs 8 heal that draws you a card if you really need heal spells. Otherwise I would look for something that causes more pressure on the opponent.

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Lay on Hands seems out of place. I am not sure what it is doing there since you are trying to beat them quickly it seems. Maybe use holy light or the new 4 costs 8 heal that draws you a card if you really need heal spells. Otherwise I would look for something that causes more pressure on the opponent.

I think that i'd be better off using something that adds more consistency to the deck in that slot, I agree.

What would you recommend?

It'd have to be another way to strikeout, another way to ensure I get resolute aura/keep resolute aura, or another game plan.

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