4 Beloved Chaplain
4 Yuan Shao's Infantry
2 Commander Eesha
4 Goblin Bombardment
4 Mantle Of Leadership
4 Fling
4 Lightning Helix
2 Orim's Thunder
4 Decree Of Justice
4 Firecat Blitz
10 Mountain
10 Plains
4 Battlefield Forge |
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Mantle Weighs Heavy.
Description of deck by it's author
(quoted):
This deck tries to slap a Mantle of Leadership
down on an unblockable creature and then play a bunch of small 1/1s
bodies, and attack with said unblockable and now giant creature.
The deck contains ten unblockable creatures. As they
have protection from creatures, Beloved Chaplain and Commander Eesha are
essentially unblockable in addition to everything else. In addition, Yuan
Shao's Infantry is unblockable as long as it is the only attacker. Don't
worry about the Three Kingdoms card, since it's only a powered down
uncommon. If you wanted some, you could easily acquire them. With ten such
creatures, a lot of redundancy is built right into the deck.
After that, the deck has eight ways of making creatures,
including a quartet of Firecat Blitzes and Decree of Justices. Each of
these can make a nice selection of beats in addition to making a Mantled
creature larger. Without a large amount of mana, it'll be awhile before
you can get a Mantle up to lethal damage in one hit, but that's no worry.
Hitting with 8, 10, or 12 unblockable is certainly acceptable, and if you
get a pair of Mantles, you'll be killing people with very little
comparative mana.
Leaving open a pair of mana can allow you to Fling the
giant creature if necessary. Fling is a great way to kill past defenses
that might otherwise stop your deck from winning, like Island Sanctuary or
Humility. You also have the Goblin Bombardment in order to sac a bunch of
creatures for the final kill. The combination of al of these ways of
winning allows you multiple routes to victory in the game, and strengthens
it in multiplayer.
For example, you can kill with unblocked creatures. You
can also kill with a horde of creatures. You can also kill with a Flung
giant Mantled creature. And you ca also win with a horde of Goblin
Bombardmented creatures. That's a lot of paths to victory in one little ol'
deck. In addition, you have four Lightning Helixes and a pair of Orim's
Thunder as emergency removal options that should keep your deck from
folding when something like a True Believer hits the table.
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