The Bone Collector [Silver League][Bronze League]

[Tiko]

The Bone Collector

by Tiko

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I searched through the rainbow decks section and willng's Speedbow List and though I came across countless decks that contain the very same cards, I have found only a few which are based on the same tactic, but none that centered around it in this form. Still, I don't think I deserve any special credit for this, just thought I'd share.

I was tinkering with Bonewall since the dominance of Fire decks in the Arena, as it turned out to be real powerful against the element, especially that many creatures die in the process and the AI likes to waste Deflags on it. But if you also have methods to reduce enemy numbers it becomes even more supreme against many others too, but sometimes by itself it can buy you enough time to land that finishing blow. This was the deck I put together when the new shards went live; and since then, I gathered more than I'll ever possibly need. Note that I always hated 'grinding', and my online time has been drastically reduced lately..

It has all the common cards that you can see in any of today's rainbow out there, maybe with the exception of the Owl's Eye, but I found it a great addition in many cases, if nothing else for its nice damage boost. The rest of the deck does not need much explanation I believe: six QTs are there for a bit more stable startup and because many of your cards are more or less expensive. Crappy hands still happen though, but you can crawl your way back on top later if all goes well. I had some fun replacing the 6th Tower for a Serendipity, but I seemed to encounter those bad hands more often that way. A single HourGlass to get that much wanted next wall (or just acting as a decoy for the OE), Steals to get more shields if necessary and Heals are there for you to be well rewarded for your efforts. It's not unlikely to get 5/6 EMs in a row, just watch your quanta and wall-count closely.

I did not keep track of stats, if someone cares it sure is welcomed.
Have fun.

[ralouf]

For wich arena level is that mean ? silver/gold I guess ?
I may play some games for you to have a win/loss ratio.

Nvm reading the title is a good idea I really like the deck and will try it soonish

[Shantu]

I can assist to the fact that this deck crushes Silver. I've been playing it the last few days and I get spins and EMs very often: an early bonewall and your EM is usually guaranteed with the proper draw.

[ralouf]

Okay stats in silver league :

19/2

5 EMs

2 Spins

I've stuff to do and I'm bored so I didn't played more

[Gandora]

great!
so far 3 spins in a row (silver league) 
and i don't have all cards upped!

[Bonestorm]

Really fun too, love it.

[fbparis]

Nice but I prefer wings based decks for silver league. For example this one :

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It's faster and still have very good results with this in SL.

Last 24 games : 23 win, 7 EM, 4 spins

[Vineroz]

I have to say I like it at the first sight. Nice number of towers (6), plenty of creatures and control, and fully supports a bonewall for possible EM. I tried it with silver, result is good, but probably RNG didn't take me to the rare spins.

And then I had a crazy idea. Why not try playing this against plat, when there are so much anti-SPlat healing decks? To my surprise, it works, and it works VERY well. In less then 10 attempts I got a rare spin. I feel like ~50% win rate on these games. Until now I have already got 3 rare spins in about 20 attempts, and win rate maintains at ~50%. Not to mention a remarkable EM win against #1, which was a SoSe speedbow, resulting net gain of 4620 and 2 SoSe's which I had farmed for weeks.

This deck is still vulnerable against bad draws and opponents' fast set up. In silver 1 of every 5 games like this would cost you a rare spin. In plat however, there are speedbows that can be countered (if you had the right cards). Also the anti-SPlat decks are slow on damage at first, where heavy CC in this deck can take care of. I believe this deck can be tweaked a little bit and become a regular plat farmer in a short period

[Tiko]

Edit:

So who would've thought?! It does work against Platinum. Though not recommended unless you have a nice, healthy set of nerves, but it really pays off with the right matchup (and proper drawing).


Thanks for telling, Vin!

[Gandora]

two spins in a row on plat! thanks

[Bonestorm]

Started playing this deck again in Plat for some joy, sure is fun against the monodarks~! I've modded -explosion +firestorm (quanta balance eat your heart out), because I just straight up love it to help with paradox/devour and naturally with Bonewall vs <3 crits, (lessthanthree not love ) - and the stallish nature means the additional quanta isn't so bothering, regardless of what the following pic might have you believe!

[Opsinis]

Veryyy cool deck.   Great job!

I certainly will be using it for a while. Thanks to it (and you I suppose) I got three special spins in silver, all resulting in shards.

One issue: Mono aether is a bit tricky due to the immortal creatures. Oh well, not much one can do about that.