Thank you! My first Aurora video drops tomorrow! I agree that 1st Strike didn't have the juice but I wouldn't expect it to, honestly. Beginner-level cards aren't what broke Briar. There are a few good ones, though!
Not drawing Bloodrush until the very end was also quite unlucky on your part, how you navigated the game was superb tho. 100% agree on sending the roughshod and arsenaling the pulping
Wind Chakra and Trom..... Sigh. I know top Zen decks are doing everything in their power to get more 3 blocks in but man NAA's are so bad for this deck. Wind Chakra being 0 makes it the best option outside of harmony IMO but I have dropped both Shifting and never considered TROM after one day of testing it. I'm insansley impressed how Bartosz made such a great run without bricking too much in any games until the final. Pudding Tam & Charles Dunn (winds of eternity) had what I would consider the best Zen lists at Amsterdam. Great game by you given some of the hands you got dealt!
TROM makes sense if you're expecting to play nothing but Zen but even then you can give him a card that makes his hand go +4. High variance in AoW and Harmony is a real problem to evaluate.
@@Lupinefiasco You are 100% objectively correct lol. I think my hatred for it is because everytime I seem to play it it always seems to give the opponent exactly what they need lol. Zen Mirror? they get the transcend card that unbricked their hand to deal more damage than the TROM prevented. Kayo? they get a bloodrush and go 5 wide on me. need a dreact? TROM got you! My disdain is personal and I've come to realize that. I also don't like that it costs 1, I just like 0 cost blue starters too much.
Aurora first strike deck was dropped, not as spicy as desired, but there's still hope.
Awesome video as always!
Thank you! My first Aurora video drops tomorrow! I agree that 1st Strike didn't have the juice but I wouldn't expect it to, honestly. Beginner-level cards aren't what broke Briar. There are a few good ones, though!
Not drawing Bloodrush until the very end was also quite unlucky on your part, how you navigated the game was superb tho. 100% agree on sending the roughshod and arsenaling the pulping
Sucks that the key to beating Zen is to hope they stumble, but that's the nature of aggro mirrors. I gotta be better about using my cards well!
Wind Chakra and Trom..... Sigh. I know top Zen decks are doing everything in their power to get more 3 blocks in but man NAA's are so bad for this deck. Wind Chakra being 0 makes it the best option outside of harmony IMO but I have dropped both Shifting and never considered TROM after one day of testing it. I'm insansley impressed how Bartosz made such a great run without bricking too much in any games until the final. Pudding Tam & Charles Dunn (winds of eternity) had what I would consider the best Zen lists at Amsterdam. Great game by you given some of the hands you got dealt!
TROM makes sense if you're expecting to play nothing but Zen but even then you can give him a card that makes his hand go +4. High variance in AoW and Harmony is a real problem to evaluate.
@@Lupinefiasco You are 100% objectively correct lol. I think my hatred for it is because everytime I seem to play it it always seems to give the opponent exactly what they need lol. Zen Mirror? they get the transcend card that unbricked their hand to deal more damage than the TROM prevented. Kayo? they get a bloodrush and go 5 wide on me. need a dreact? TROM got you! My disdain is personal and I've come to realize that. I also don't like that it costs 1, I just like 0 cost blue starters too much.