Eredan's World

Hmmm I got my 3 [card]Stealing the Spotlight[/card] today lol. About 1700 crystal each tho. Just keep an eye on the marketplace, they pop up every once in a while.

Now to business:
I am leveling this deck myself now and here are my list and observations; hope it helps:

Abyssien the Devourer
Kuraying
Undecided about third Character (running The Shadow lvl 4 atm)

3x [card]Turned to the Shadow Side[/card]
3x [card]Never Lonely[/card]
3x [card]The Black Hand[/card]
2x [card]Cloning[/card]
2x [card]Ice Barrier[/card]
2x [card]Than the Sword[/card]
1x [card]Reborn[/card]
1x [card]Break the First Chain[/card] (for the damage pump)
3x Random assorted crap. Atm running [card]The Dagger of Sufferance[/card] for The Shadow, [card]Kiss of Death[/card] and 1 more [card]Stealing the Spotlight[/card] that I will need for Kuraying lvl3.

In essence it all boils down to bringing one or two of the demons out on the first round of turns and raping your opponent with little to no brain effort from your side. If TttSS didnt come up, you put pressure on the opponent using your vast shadow damage to force him into defensive choices.

[card]Turned to the Shadow Side[/card]: Cornerstone of the deck. The game becomes more demanding when its countered/removed before it can rape your oponent. 

[card]The Black Hand[/card], [card]Never Lonely[/card], [card]Than the Sword[/card]
All triple copies agreed as staple damage dealers for the deck.

[card]Reborn[/card]: To give that extra edge against pesky heavy hitters with 2+ spirit (Kararine and Co.) Allows The Shadow to oneshot people via Never lonely/Black hand. Superfun to Clone vs. Dragon Knigts with Chimera, buffed Aelide and the likes.

[card]Cloning[/card]: I dont know about 3 copies. I run 2 and I still see them more often in my opening hand (aka when they are useless) than I like to. Fun Fact that will piss your opponent off: if they try to use [card]Clumsiness[/card], [card]Good Fortune[/card], etc. to remove TttSS and you activate Cloning later, TttSS will come right back and make you wish there was an in-game chat system to gloat on.

[card]Suspicion of Treason[/card]: Nice card to slow / shut down guild decks, but in all honesty I am thinking I like [card]Dissidence[/card] better, even with the added cost of no chaining it.

[card]Illusory Reflection[/card]: I just like Ice Barrier more, I think it brings better sinergy into making the TttSS a killing beast.

Never thought of [card]Deliverance[/card]. I LIKE it.

The biggest problem I see on this deck is finding the third character. I am running The Shadow atm for high damage, Shadow Geuemelite and good Order Bonus sinergy with Abyssien, but I am not enjoying the fact that I am NEVER able to chain on her, thus getting the feeling that  I am not really getting her full potential.

I considered using a courtesan:

Lord Galmara (Shadow Guemelite) looked good, but I think I'll find the same issues as with The Shadow.

Councillor Ishaia is seeming more and more like the most suitable third choice, with the added value to [card]Manipulation[/card] and the boost to Ice Barrier. Also her 4 guilds, and not being a Guemelite (unaffected by Kuraying) I could add 3 select spells from the top tier: [card]Rain of Death[/card], [card]Drowning[/card], [card]Shadow Master[/card], [card]Lightning Bolts[/card] lvl3...

Any thoughts? Although I think I just talked myself into spending 250k crystals

PS: dunno why I can't get Dissidence, Manipulation and Cloning to hotlink. Sorry