Brave denial

[kaempfer13]

I was thinking about alternative uses for Shard of Bravery (So far I have only seen it in rushes and a few firestalls). My thought was that (quanta) denial would go well together with SoB, because in case the quanta denial doesnt work, you will be able to draw more cards to maybe achieve the lockdown faster (unfortunately your opponent draws more cards as well) and if the lockdown works it acts like a precog. Both deckout and dmg are possible win strategies (either way you will need more than 30 cards to win). Quanta sources can be ordinary pillars (it doesnt have to be a bow either) or instant quanta sources such as cremation and supernova that should synergies with the increased draw from SoB.

Since its necessary to post a deck, i will post this lovelessly slapped together and untested deck:

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[Keolino]

I have the feeling, that with a rainbow denial, your opponent will speed up more than yourself.
The other traditional denial decks will become trios if you want to add shard of bravery.

If I want to add shard of bravery to denial, the first thing that comes upp to my mind are quicksand golems.

Still, the problem remains that if your opponent can't play cards because of denial, means that you can't draw more cards than you already have. On the other side, if you can't draw cause he can't play anything, you are probably winning anyway.

[Foraker]

I like the idea and gave it a try:

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Dishole for early lockdown and mitopests with SoP for the final blow.
With a few burrowed, you gain fast enough damage, even if your deck is low.
A bit tweaking is necessary. I've just played a few games against AI3.


Btw the sanctuary did hurt me, when I saw it in your deck.
Now I did hurt myself. Thought an own sanctuary does prevent the SoBe effect, too. 

[kaempfer13]

I dont know why this deck works so well, but it worked like a charm in the trainer:

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Yes the opponent will get a few cards out before you manage to complete the lockdown, but the cc and pc cards deal with that problem. Might need a bit more PC.