Sting of the Deathstalker

[OliverYang12345]

Sting of the Deathstalker

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[Opsinis]

I always prefer two weapons and death Pendulums would DEFINITELY be helpful/necessary, w/ light mark

[OliverYang12345]

I always prefer two weapons and death Pendulums would DEFINITELY be helpful/necessary, w/ light mark

Well, you can feel free to go ahead and make changes to this deck. However, when I tested this deck with Pendulums instead of Pillars, I experienced more losses than wins than with Pillars.

[UndeadSpider1990]

OliverYang I like the way you present your decks they're always exciting. I feel this one could use some tweaking up though

I don't think you need as many pillars as you have, so maybe you could swap some for some defensive spells? Sanctuary or maybe Bonewall...

[Chapuz]

I was gonna change the Crusaders for Sancts for more defense, but here's my version

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[Cheesy111]

I was gonna change the Crusaders for Sancts for more defense, but here's my version

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Don't use plagues unless you know your opponent's deck ahead of time.

[furballdn]

Haven't commented yet, but I shall now :U

First off, what is a deathstalker?


A 0|1 card that costs 2 and essentially gains 2 atk per turn if it is buffed.

Unless you're going for thematicness, I don't think blessing is probably a good choice for a buff. I would personally take momentum, since its cheaper cost allows it to be splashed, as well as allowing you to bypass shields like wings or dimensional.

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6 creatures is hardly a deck, so you want to focus on the poison aspect. Remember, deathstalker is a variant of poison, which means killing the opponent slowly. Consider adding the following cards for more defense:

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Skull shield and bonewall provide decent defense, poison speeds up kill, and gravity pull can be used to block an attack (and sacrificing a scorpion) to induce a death effect, which combos nicely with bonewall.

[UndeadSpider1990]

There seems to be a lot of people with a lot of Forum stars giving advice here, but tbh (with very few person touches) I think it's a pretty good AI3 Basher as it is.

The perk of Blessings over Momentum is the greater bonus to the Scorpions HP (as well as a slight offence boost). Having only 6 main attackers, isn't it pretty imporant to protect them? And also, with 3ATK, they still land hits against most shields most of the time.

THis all said, I do want to play with a bonewall version now... And I think Miracle is a great idea Chapuz.

[furballdn]

Blessing costs 3 and is thus harder to splash than a 2 card. You'd have to use more than one pillar type or pends.

A blessing brings a scrop to 4hp. Most CC cards (shockwave, lightning) are still fatal to it. You can argue it does improve survivability against AI3, but I still think the unwieldiness of blessing offsets that.

A blessed scorpion still feels the effects of dr, wings, dim, firewall, dusk, etc. Momentum has none of those problems.

It isn't a really good idea to "limit" yourself to building a deck just for killing AI3 unless it does so extremely reliably (90%+) and quickly (7TTW max). There's also better AI3 grinders than this. Deathstalker is quite an underused card for a reason.