This was such a good watch. It is exactly the type of analysis that will help me become a better player. What are your general strategies on the play and on the draw versus Steel decks that you know will sing AWNW?
I just used your Purple Steel aggro in to my local win a box and came 3rd. Took it cos I saw lots of red blue pre as j was going to play red blue myself. My only loss was too green steel.
I played this deck in our recent tournament and in our weekly constructed league. Bucky is definitely the MVP specially against Ruby Amethyst. They have nothing to remove that card. If you play 2 Bucky on board, game is pretty much over. Ruby Sapphire is unfavored. I cut the Cloudkickers for Rise of the Titans to help with the matchup.
Totally agree that Ruby/Sapphire is the worst matchup. Cutting Kit is fine for sure. He's no where near as good in this deck as he is in the Emerald/Amethyst deck. They thrive off of his tempo swing
I don’t think either color are over the top broken or anything. Emerald certainly needed the power boost, as it was rarely seen at the top tables in sets 1 or 2. Set 3 has shown more diversity in viable decks so far!
Hi Zach, I hope you see this! How do you feel about this deck and Emerald/Steel decks heading into shop championships? I'd love to play something similar to this but most of the decks I see topping with this color combination seem to be running Prince John
Hey! Really appreciate you watching and commenting. With the way that the meta has shifted since I won this tournament, I'd lean more towards the Prince John version for Set Championships. You need the early game aggression in Merfolk and Flynn Rider for the Ruby/Sapphire matchups and not relying as heavily on 3 drop ursula is good now that a lot of Ruby/Amethyst lists are playing 2 cost exert Pinocchio
What would you cut Beast - Relentless for? I was thinking either 2x Smash, 2x Mothers Knows Best, 2x Rise of the Titans or Benja, 2x Cinderella - Stouthearted, or just like another swords and a 4th morph or Kit.
I don’t think it can be anything uninkable. I added a couple rise of the titans. Also think this deck wants 7 cost Cinderella moving forwards, as the other steel decks are really playing any good answers for her
Sapphire is the most difficult matchup by far. Aurora is easy, just zeus it, since she herself doesnt have ward. Cogsworth on the other hand is a terror
Why not play the 1 cost Flynn and the Floodborn Flynn? Floodborn Flynn finishes games off so much faster in the discard deck, plus evasive, and a cheap bucky trigger shifting or playing straight up. Plus 1 cost Flynn is another target for turn one to get down and it doesn’t die to teeth. I just took down a 1K this past week with a similar list but with the Flynn package.
With this build, I’m not fully focused on the discard strategy, so that I can remain flexible in my game plans. Because of that, and Flynn being uninkable, I chose not to play him. Drawing uninkables at the wrong time was costly in game 3 of the finals, and I have Jafar for the 4 cost Floodborn slot. I do think the Floodborn Flynn is a something to keep in mind, but I wouldn’t use deck space on the 1 cost either way personally. Congrats on the 1k!!
Hey man I hade another question. Where do you think emerald steel is at in terms of the meta what are the positive and negative matchups? And do you think it’s a good meta call for the official challenge in Atlanta next month?
The meta has shifted quite a bit and id likely try to make the deck much more aggressive in response. The Sapphire matchups have historically been tough for Emerald/Steel. Too early to say if it’s a good call for Atlanta. Need to see tournament results leading up to that
How do you feel about AWNW? Most of the time it feels like a dead card to me but I'm unsure if it's just because I have bucky starving them already vs wanting to play it. I took your list and dropped 1x AWNW, 1x ATACS, and 1x LTSRO for 3x Rise of the Titans. It works for me a bit but obviously unsure if I should be cutting AWNW...
I agree that it's dead a lot of times but the times that it matters, it REALLY matters. I wouldn't have won the tournament without it in the deck. You can discard it with Strike a Good Match, or even 2 cost Cinderella if you took the list down the Big Cindy route to improve the matchup against other steel decks. I feel like AWNW is a necessary evil in this list to maintain a flexible game plan and to bail us out of tight spots
awesome breakdown! I have been struggling with this deck against R/A on ladder and this made a lot of sense! mega prioritizing bucky (even mulliganing all but him) makes this all make a lot more sense now! so strong! would running bogo not also be very strong? there is a version someone placed 2nd with with 3 bogo and 4 helga instead of relentless beast and along came zeus, what do you think of that? I consistently get ran over by the queen's castle, so I would love some tips on how to play into that better? I def need 4 along came zeus I am realizing, I only have 2, but I am running 3 rise of the titans as fill cards, would you say they work too? maybe instead of relentless beast? so would you swap out the relentless beast for something else? if so, what would it be? helga or bogo a possibility? my beast and Robin hoods keep getting banished by medusa, and helga does not and also often takes out stuff in combination with tink or so and is rushing AWNW when on the play against ruby/amethyst always the best play?
Thank you! Zeus is way too important to cut imo. I've replaced the Beast Relentless with a couple Rise of the Titians. I wouldn't include Bogo or Helga in this version of the deck, being uninkable is a tough sell.
Where would you fit the big Cinderella, and what count? I mean, i would love to play 2-3 Rise of Titans and Cinderellas...but that means cutting probably Cloukicker and Beast Relentless?
Toss the Beast Relentless for sure imo. Kit is one of the cards that could be on the chopping block. While an insane card, it isnt as good in here as it is in something like Emerald/Amethyst that thrives on tempo swings like Kit brings to the table. The other possible cuts would be: Trimming down on Floodborns such as -1 or 2 Jafar and -1 Tinker Bell Potentially 1 Zeus Or Strike a good match, which can be cut for the Big Cinderella, or for the 2 cost cinderella to fill a similar role and act as a shift target for big condy
@@LorcanaCastleAnnoyingly i don't have any legendary robin hoods so I'm doing 1 drop Hook into 5 drop happy hook (same shift) but the uninkable and not as good ability makes me sad :(
not to be a downer but after looking at the decklists of the other competators, no one was running the top meta red/purp... at my locals almost everyone is running the most optimized red purp, the second place here looks to be the only one running it and isnt even running rafiki. any thoughts? and please tell me if im incorrect
This tournament was the first weekend of Set 3 being released. No one has optimized deck lists then. Deck lists aren’t optimized now either. Set 3 is still young
Great question! While important at times, there's actually a ton of games that I don't play A Whole New World at all, as I've successfully set up the discard strategy. In game 3 I had no plans to actually play it, but when I drew a 5th uninkable on turn 5, I was forced into it. Having 2 in hand there was really bad. There were a lot of instances that it sat dead in my hand until I was able to find strike a good match to filter it out
Hey, thanks for watching! I agree about Beast Relentless. I don’t personally want the 4th Kit. And mother knows best is tough to include in this because it’s an uninkable and there’s already plenty of removal
Be Prepared needs to be dropped to 2 at the least, such an insanely stupid card, especially with locations now. I'm running Ruby/Sapphire and my late game I just win with my Manors while using all my removal on whatever they play while the locations win for me.
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Ah Zach! I didn't know you were on TH-cam. Happy to have you
Hey, Bannibal! Just started here. I appreciate it!
Nice video! Always glad to see another Emerald / Steel believer 👊
Hey Speci! Good to see you on the Lorcana grind!! 👊
This was such a good watch. It is exactly the type of analysis that will help me become a better player. What are your general strategies on the play and on the draw versus Steel decks that you know will sing AWNW?
So glad you enjoyed it! Timing Ursula right the turn before they can sing it is important and getting a 3 cost Ursula to stick to the board is big
Great video! Thanks for demoing how well you can come back from hard casting AWNW - I've definitely been overly scared of doing so.
Hey, Katie! So good to see you on here :) It can be tricky to navigate but absolutely correct at times!
I just used your Purple Steel aggro in to my local win a box and came 3rd. Took it cos I saw lots of red blue pre as j was going to play red blue myself. My only loss was too green steel.
Awesome job! I’m happy to hear that it performed well for you!
Great video! I definitely look forward to seeing more content from you! 😁 Hopefully I’ll see you on GA this weekend!
Great games! Love your take on play difference between going first or second, this definitely helped me pilot this deck better!
So glad to hear that! Hope the deck treats you well!
@@LorcanaCastleAny thoughts on how to deal with the Ruby/Sapphire decks?
The card shuffling would drive me crazy of the walls!
Haha, totally get that. It's a sure fire sign of a long time tcg vet. Don't even realize i'm doing it!
Amazing video and commentary. Grats on another win!
Great to see your name pop up on TH-cam! Thanks as always EC 💚
I played this deck in our recent tournament and in our weekly constructed league.
Bucky is definitely the MVP specially against Ruby Amethyst. They have nothing to remove that card. If you play 2 Bucky on board, game is pretty much over.
Ruby Sapphire is unfavored. I cut the Cloudkickers for Rise of the Titans to help with the matchup.
Totally agree that Ruby/Sapphire is the worst matchup. Cutting Kit is fine for sure. He's no where near as good in this deck as he is in the Emerald/Amethyst deck. They thrive off of his tempo swing
The legend is on YT. Love to see it
Hey, Dave!! You're the legend!
Very insightful videos ! Any thoughts on ways to make up for not having tragic hero?
Great video Zach! It was really good to get an insight of your thought process during each point of the game. Congratulations on the win!
Thanks so much for watching!
Called it, because emerald and steel especially are busted...really hoping for more support in other colors because those two got way too buffed.
I don’t think either color are over the top broken or anything. Emerald certainly needed the power boost, as it was rarely seen at the top tables in sets 1 or 2. Set 3 has shown more diversity in viable decks so far!
Hi Zach, I hope you see this! How do you feel about this deck and Emerald/Steel decks heading into shop championships? I'd love to play something similar to this but most of the decks I see topping with this color combination seem to be running Prince John
Hey! Really appreciate you watching and commenting. With the way that the meta has shifted since I won this tournament, I'd lean more towards the Prince John version for Set Championships. You need the early game aggression in Merfolk and Flynn Rider for the Ruby/Sapphire matchups and not relying as heavily on 3 drop ursula is good now that a lot of Ruby/Amethyst lists are playing 2 cost exert Pinocchio
Deck Link in Description isn't working just goes to a blank decklist
dreamborn.ink/decks/TFnH7o1JkgXZ7wRUbBbQ
Here you go!
What would you cut Beast - Relentless for? I was thinking either 2x Smash, 2x Mothers Knows Best, 2x Rise of the Titans or Benja, 2x Cinderella - Stouthearted, or just like another swords and a 4th morph or Kit.
I don’t think it can be anything uninkable. I added a couple rise of the titans. Also think this deck wants 7 cost Cinderella moving forwards, as the other steel decks are really playing any good answers for her
nice gameplay and commentary, bucky did great
Congratulations on the win Zach! Cracking video and analysis of play! Now get back to Amber Steel songs!! I joke, well done bud!
Thanks!! Amber/Steel is looking fantastic in this meta, actually! 💛
@@LorcanaCastle Congrats for ur win! Cant wait to see how u will play Steel-Song in the new meta!
I made this deck, the problem I have with it is against sapphire steel, my wife runs it with aurora to give ward and cogsworth for resist
Sapphire is the most difficult matchup by far. Aurora is easy, just zeus it, since she herself doesnt have ward. Cogsworth on the other hand is a terror
Why not play the 1 cost Flynn and the Floodborn Flynn? Floodborn Flynn finishes games off so much faster in the discard deck, plus evasive, and a cheap bucky trigger shifting or playing straight up. Plus 1 cost Flynn is another target for turn one to get down and it doesn’t die to teeth. I just took down a 1K this past week with a similar list but with the Flynn package.
With this build, I’m not fully focused on the discard strategy, so that I can remain flexible in my game plans. Because of that, and Flynn being uninkable, I chose not to play him. Drawing uninkables at the wrong time was costly in game 3 of the finals, and I have Jafar for the 4 cost Floodborn slot. I do think the Floodborn Flynn is a something to keep in mind, but I wouldn’t use deck space on the 1 cost either way personally. Congrats on the 1k!!
Really enjoyed this, thanks!
Really appreciate you watching and commenting!
Hey love ur content and gameplay❤ can u pls share ur decklist. The Link in the description dont work, mayby im stupid😅
I really appreciate you! dreamborn.ink/decks/TFnH7o1JkgXZ7wRUbBbQ
Do you have a new list?? I cut a few cards to add Cindy and rise. What’s your take on merfolk??
Hi friend, can you update the link to the deck list? Excited to give this one a run, thanks!
Here you go! Not sure why the original link stopped working
dreamborn.ink/decks/TFnH7o1JkgXZ7wRUbBbQ
Hey man I hade another question. Where do you think emerald steel is at in terms of the meta what are the positive and negative matchups? And do you think it’s a good meta call for the official challenge in Atlanta next month?
The meta has shifted quite a bit and id likely try to make the deck much more aggressive in response. The Sapphire matchups have historically been tough for Emerald/Steel. Too early to say if it’s a good call for Atlanta. Need to see tournament results leading up to that
3 drop ursula is busted but can you run this without her? Im playing a similar build to this but im playing the otk and dont have ursula atm
How do you feel about AWNW? Most of the time it feels like a dead card to me but I'm unsure if it's just because I have bucky starving them already vs wanting to play it. I took your list and dropped 1x AWNW, 1x ATACS, and 1x LTSRO for 3x Rise of the Titans. It works for me a bit but obviously unsure if I should be cutting AWNW...
I agree that it's dead a lot of times but the times that it matters, it REALLY matters. I wouldn't have won the tournament without it in the deck. You can discard it with Strike a Good Match, or even 2 cost Cinderella if you took the list down the Big Cindy route to improve the matchup against other steel decks. I feel like AWNW is a necessary evil in this list to maintain a flexible game plan and to bail us out of tight spots
awesome breakdown! I have been struggling with this deck against R/A on ladder and this made a lot of sense! mega prioritizing bucky (even mulliganing all but him) makes this all make a lot more sense now! so strong! would running bogo not also be very strong?
there is a version someone placed 2nd with with 3 bogo and 4 helga instead of relentless beast and along came zeus, what do you think of that?
I consistently get ran over by the queen's castle, so I would love some tips on how to play into that better? I def need 4 along came zeus I am realizing, I only have 2, but I am running 3 rise of the titans as fill cards, would you say they work too? maybe instead of relentless beast?
so would you swap out the relentless beast for something else? if so, what would it be? helga or bogo a possibility? my beast and Robin hoods keep getting banished by medusa, and helga does not and also often takes out stuff in combination with tink or so
and is rushing AWNW when on the play against ruby/amethyst always the best play?
Thank you! Zeus is way too important to cut imo. I've replaced the Beast Relentless with a couple Rise of the Titians.
I wouldn't include Bogo or Helga in this version of the deck, being uninkable is a tough sell.
The AWNW play is dependent on a few things. If you have the turn 3 line going first though its likely the play
Where would you fit the big Cinderella, and what count? I mean, i would love to play 2-3 Rise of Titans and Cinderellas...but that means cutting probably Cloukicker and Beast Relentless?
Toss the Beast Relentless for sure imo. Kit is one of the cards that could be on the chopping block. While an insane card, it isnt as good in here as it is in something like Emerald/Amethyst that thrives on tempo swings like Kit brings to the table.
The other possible cuts would be:
Trimming down on Floodborns such as -1 or 2 Jafar and -1 Tinker Bell
Potentially 1 Zeus
Or Strike a good match, which can be cut for the Big Cinderella, or for the 2 cost cinderella to fill a similar role and act as a shift target for big condy
Hey there, great video, can you update the deck link please when you get a chance?
Thank you! Here’s a new link
dreamborn.ink/decks/TFnH7o1JkgXZ7wRUbBbQ
@@LorcanaCastleAnnoyingly i don't have any legendary robin hoods so I'm doing 1 drop Hook into 5 drop happy hook (same shift) but the uninkable and not as good ability makes me sad :(
not to be a downer but after looking at the decklists of the other competators, no one was running the top meta red/purp... at my locals almost everyone is running the most optimized red purp, the second place here looks to be the only one running it and isnt even running rafiki. any thoughts? and please tell me if im incorrect
This tournament was the first weekend of Set 3 being released. No one has optimized deck lists then. Deck lists aren’t optimized now either. Set 3 is still young
How do you feel of chief bogó? Also amazing vid!
Thank you so much 💚 being uninkable really kills its playability for me unfortunately
this deck alone is like 4-500 + between beast , whole new world, robin hood alone lol great deck 100% just not budget friendly in the slightest
This is true
@21:00 Better to Storm the Rabbit first and then play 2-drop Ursula? You're checking for BP one card later.
Yes, absolutely! I knew it as soon as I did it. The crucial play that turn was Ursula and I rushed it
Strange…I hear the G.O.A.T., but I don’t see any amethyst cards…😎
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@lorcanacastle what do you think about rise of titans would you put it in this?
Rise of the Titans was the first card that I added after the tournament. I think its necessary now
@@LorcanaCastledo you have a new list?
If the wheel won you the game both times, I am wondering why you are not playing four of them?
Great question! While important at times, there's actually a ton of games that I don't play A Whole New World at all, as I've successfully set up the discard strategy. In game 3 I had no plans to actually play it, but when I drew a 5th uninkable on turn 5, I was forced into it. Having 2 in hand there was really bad. There were a lot of instances that it sat dead in my hand until I was able to find strike a good match to filter it out
What would you replace Beast relentless with?
Probably a couple Rise of the Titans for easy Location/Item removal
What do you think about Lucifer and John?
They are solid cards but not necessary in my opinion. Being uninkable really hurts
It feels like beast shouldnt be in there and other stuff like another kit and mkb to slow down the speedier decks and other mirror matches
Hey, thanks for watching! I agree about Beast Relentless. I don’t personally want the 4th Kit. And mother knows best is tough to include in this because it’s an uninkable and there’s already plenty of removal
🐐 GG
That’s you
@@LorcanaCastle psh I wish lol I have fun though 🫡
Be Prepared needs to be dropped to 2 at the least, such an insanely stupid card, especially with locations now. I'm running Ruby/Sapphire and my late game I just win with my Manors while using all my removal on whatever they play while the locations win for me.
Locations made Be Prepared that much better. What a nasty combo! I'm grateful they introduced some counter play in Ursula and Bear Necessities
@@LorcanaCastle Those are nice, would be better to get some anti song cards in other colors too, here's hoping lol Big grats on the win btw!
solid
ES rulez!
The archtype has morphed so much this set. Love it!!
link to deck does not work
Here’s an updated link. Not sure why the first one stopped working.
dreamborn.ink/decks/TFnH7o1JkgXZ7wRUbBbQ
Deck link isn't working...
That happens a lot with Dreamborn links. Sometimes just refreshing the page or copy/pasting again works. Let me know if you can’t get it
I can't beat blue red for the life of me :( Any tips against that deck?
Don't feel discouraged by that. Every deck has a bad matchup and Ruby/Sapphire is it for this deck
maybe use rise of the titans over clouds
I agree, Titans was the first card that I added to the deck after the tournament