The Gladiators: Emmi Sprinklestrike-Out
By Bryan Lyons

In the spirit of newness, let's take a look at the only deck in the Top 8 of Turin that made use of the new Arena Grand Melee cards.

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-Ryan O'Connor
Associate Content Manager, WoW TCG

Disappointed with Mortal Strike? Impossible!

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It didn't seem like there were a lot of weapon pumps, so no mortal striking for 10...

Yea Mortal Strike doesn't look so effective in his version.

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7th after Constructed 2007 US Nationals
2nd Feralas Realm Championship 3
3rd Feralas Realm Championship 4
11th DMF Indianapolis
16th DMF Charlotte

Poor Emmi would be so much better as an Engineer...

well the bonecracker is a selfmade pump, however, keeping out such an easily removable weapon can be tough : \

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"We must see what further cards we have in our hands and play them with decision." - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

I really wonder how can a deck be good if it has no answer except dying to Rehgar + Orgrimmar on turn 7...

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Best ranking at weekly draft : 4th (5 showed up and I got a bye :D)
Number of weekly drafts : 44 and counting.
0-4 drop at worlds (pairings suck)
Once won a game in DMF, my opponent didn't show up.

I wouldn't exactly call this a strike out deck.  Why is Mortal Strike even in this build?  Using it as a sort of heal interrupt maybe.  I don't know.

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Why Mortal Strike is bad in the deck...even as a 3 of...

Only 8 weapons.  Of which, you would almost certainly see only roughly 1 per game, and that's not counting if you are breaking your own V.Brands to remove something.

No pump, it's all about the allies in this deck.  The weapons just serve the purpose of adding small amounts of additional pressure.  If unchecked they will end the game, but it's not the main focus.

No Heroic Strike, without the big +3 for 1 resource, you aren't getting the +6 out of your abilities.  (Heroic (+3) + Mortal (+3)).  Room is very tight in this deck for such as card as well...but it's a reason they probably underperformed.

No way to protect weapons, I guess this sort of goes back to only having 8 weapons.  But no Pummel/Stronghold makes it tough to keep a weapon in play. 

Now can you modify the deck so that Mortal Strike is good, absolutely, but then you are diluting your ally/Finishing Shout plan.

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I like PIE......Discuss!

1400329:

I wouldn't exactly call this a strike out deck.  Why is Mortal Strike even in this build?  Using it as a sort of heal interrupt maybe.  I don't know.

how bout putting absolute poise in place of mortal strike?

I guess Mortal Strike can be used as a blast on annoying allies too, like Sayge if you have V-Brand out.

I think Mortal Strike might be in there as a pseudo-Sudden Death if nothing else. Instant ally removal, basically. Although extra hero burn out is an option, as well as anti-heal... I think the versatility would be what originally drew him to running it.

Understandable that there are probably better cards to include though, it's not really suited to the deck, as others have stated.

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This is the Ally heavy version of Emmi. Another version basically only runs 8-12 allies and packs more weapons and Heroic/Mortal Strikes. I kind of like this one better.

Cheers.

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I guess Mortal Strike can be used as a blast on annoying allies too, like Sayge if you have V-Brand out.

Out of the 182 players in Turin, my guess is there was like 0 sayge being played.

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Best ranking at weekly draft : 4th (5 showed up and I got a bye :D)
Number of weekly drafts : 44 and counting.
0-4 drop at worlds (pairings suck)
Once won a game in DMF, my opponent didn't show up.

Well, for those of us that do not have the luxury of having 3-4 Weldons to put in the deck, you gain the slots to put in 3-4 more weapons making MS better. The early version I built contains P-blades, V-brands, and Twin Blades.

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