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i'd go old school on the cards since i used to play TttS myself

3 TttS
3 Never lonely
3 The Black hand
3 Cloneing
3 Than the sword
2 Illusionary reflection
1 Deliverance
1 Reborn
1 Freeze

worked out pretty good and when i think of beeing able to chain shadow spells with your 3rd (Alyce) as well, i guess it'll go even better^^

edit: of course, if you can afford it, ANS and Mastery will turn this deck complete

alright didnt take that long go get some gameplay.

Black Fang Skin, The Alpha and Annoyance are best suited to an setup with Fenrath, Faceless and Bloodsword (warrior ver.).
the build-in chaining of Twohanded Weapons iE Bestial from Faceless and Fenrath makes chaining into either of those, real monsters out of your characters.
hell, the best start i've had was an opposing 1st turn attack on Faceless where i played Bestial and Black Fang Skin, turning him into a 14/14 without Fenraths steroids. Also Annoyance usualy boosted for 4-5 and got a generic chain which is always nice.

next up i'll go into an marauder setting with Wild, Dark and Bloodsword (marauder ver.). to see how OP [card]Time to Die[/card]-> [card]The Survival of the Fittest[/card] works out. Wild also has access to The Alpha so i'll include that as well and go straight glass cannon with [card]Blood ties[/card].

the only pain in the level rooms right now are the mass of kotoba warriors who are trying to get [card]Defend your Territory[/card] for their fraction (as if they'd need another def boost...).

what i dont get is why i havent seen any TttS decks with the [card]Alyce[/card] o.O cant take that long to level her to 3, as she's perfect for the deck since she's a mage/priest/ shadow gumelite with 3 spirit that can play shadowspells without restriction and chains em iE Shadowmaster xD

lol... after playing a shitload of adventure mode for a while now, i got a lot of crappy commons to the point of no return...

never the less in terms of cheap decks, i got 2 [card]Treacherous[/card], 1 [card]Blackmail[/card], 1 Phych, 1 [card]Illumination[/card], 2 [card]Fog Snake[/card]s, and 1 [card]Theft[/card] to go along. i was laughing since i already have a working discard with fog hydra, but also thinking how "easy" it can get for newer players to build up something if they are just lucky or persistent enough.

also for the record the only rare i've got from this mode is [card]Master-Mage Marzhin[/card] who by himself is one of crappiest rares ever D:

but back to topic; there are decks under 20k... but they are poor (in both senses) and need a lot of upgrading. when i just started playing the game a couple of months ago i still got a good first deck working, by buying the Pack deck and just upgrading it constantly with all the crystals you get at early levels. right now i still own the verysame deck (even thou i dont play it that often) and it got 294 wins, 74 losses, and2 draws which is a quite decent rating and also usefull for most of the adventure mode parts.

if you want to know how it went down just ask and i'll give you the direct link to my very 1st thread here, when i stated playing The Pack

you forgot the one card that makes arkalon (or whoever you want) so hard to kill...
Chimera ?!

edit; also kick a Dragons Champion for [card]The Last Action[/card] if you want to do some real dmg^^

i'll make it easier for you: http://forum.eredan.com/viewtopic.php?id=33499

got the same prob right now... just log in the oldschool way and use your login name and pw^^

1) true... but misantrohy will only work against mages since you shouldnt be damaged when she's just attacked o.O
2) i see your point... but it opens up a jar of pain when playing against noz -.-
3) or just play other cards that chain into it iE Basking in the sun
4) yup

my opinions to this; Swarm of Scarabs sure boosts your dmg output early on, but in that case i'd rather play Ahlem instead of Shrikan. he boosts the health of your chars and got an "almost" guaranteed turn order heal. also the warrior trait is not needed here due to a lack of Lamentations of Sol'ra and he has a larger healthpool and +1 spirit when it comes to wriggle your opponent down with swarms.

other than that i've found that 2 Solar Palastrons are enough, since 3 is a bit overkill and will most likely be discarded if they show up on my starting hand. also kick the random Misantrophy and you have room for 2 more cards iE Basking in the Sun, since it's playin good with sakina and chains into anything. i tried playing with misantrohy as well, but given that most characters have only around 3 health i got back to disembodiment since it's plainly better (after the 1st forced march ofc).

short:

-Shrikan
+Ahlem
- 1 Solar Palastron
- Misantrophy
+ 2 Basking in the Sun

other trophy cards to consider:

[card]Festivities[/card]
[card]Beyond Fear...[/card] [card]...and beyond reproach[/card]
[card]Exordium[/card]
[card]Danger in Delay[/card]
[card]Penance[/card]

the only advantage you'll get is that all 3 of your characters are marauders, which make playing cards less of a hassle when it comes to class types. also you get the full benefit of the marauder version of bloodsword which makes The best defense... even better (pair it with a 1st turn wild and time to die for a +10 atk boost).
thou you'll lose out on the min atk boost from fenrath on turn 4+ i think it's still more viable in a constant run where you dont have to feel screwed when you face mages who simply 1 shot him in the first turn. also his 4/11 stats make him a pure luck cannon since 4 min is DAMN low. i even run with wild, (warrior) bloodsword and faceless for a while just to see that there is next to difference in terms of playstyle, while faceless got the way more solid stats this way if you compare him to fenrath.

the prob with this deck is that you're playing [card]The Howls[/card] and 3 random other cards ([card]Assassination[/card], [card]Time to Die[/card] and [card]...and War[/card]). The Howls only look good on paper but do next to nothing against most decks. the random single Assassination and ...and War wont help since they don't chain in your deck and hence only got limited use. The Time to die is only limited usefull since only 2 characters can play it, you have to save up and attack boost for those (poor fenrath).
Instead try playing [card]The best defense...[/card], [card]Dissidence[/card], [card]Clumsiness[/card] and [card]Favor of the Dawn[/card]. Clumsiness is almost a must against most decks and Favor of the Dawn has unlimited use if you know when to play it. Dissidence is one of the most used and powerfull cards in ELO for a reason.
other usefull cards would be [card]Storm[/card] (in the first and second turn you can ensure the atk bonus of fenrath while also damaging the enemy), [card]Nehant Shield[/card] (thins out the deck and make The best defense... hit for one more), [card]Danger in Delay[/card] (plain and good), [card]Strenght of Zil[/card] , [card]Stone-Heart[/card] (keeps your characters somewhat alive and trigger Fenraths boost for the next turn) and [card]Hit the Road[/card] (for more control over the turn orders)

that beeing said, yeah i play The Pack, and yes i tried out The Howls but the benefits of that card where dimishing when i could have also just played a +2 to +3 atk instead (the first pet gives you only an extra atk with 3 strenght. so 3 armor chars just laugh at that. it only finds limited use against normads). the 2 big weak points of The Pack are that they are predictable and that they stuggle hard against any kind of mage decks. preemtive shutdown might also be something you might want to look into. for a while i run with Litmus Test, Dissidence, Peace Treaty and Suspicion of Treason (Wild is a gumelite you know^^), then again i missed the damage output i was used to.
also you could run a glass cannon build where you utilise Blood Ties three times together with Storm and Time to Die. it works. but stuggles somewhat against pirate marauders and eclipse.

the thing i'm trying right now is Pack marauders with Wild, Dark and Bloodsword. but i feel like something's missing to max it's utility right now (thou Dark works pretty good against mages, avalonians and ice elfes due to her high spirit and merc debuff)

i've found out that Ice Elves work against most of the decks and are basicly for free (if you participated in the advent events on a daily base). other than that nehant corruptions with demonic portal and zil discard are common choices against the rest.
eclipse work too, but are also the most expensive to build...

important neutral toolbox cards are [card]dissidence[/card], [card]sentence[/card], [card]extinction[/card], and possibly [card]the prestige[/card] (since most bosses build up on 3 times any power card... even 3 living natures or 3 offensive are common for those cheaters)