Social Media Challenge: Fernheart And The Scavengers

Hello Splinterfam! I am back again for this week's Social Media Challenge. This week I decided to share to you a battle of my strategy in using the Riftwatchers Edition summoner, Fernheart. Before we get to battle let's take a look first on the summoner Fernheart. For those of you who are new here, I only play on Silver League Modern Format so most likely I would only talk about is the certain league I am playing at.

• Lore

Folia is a world of vast forests and boundless woodland creatures. People are few and far between, living in small settlements or as roving bands of travelers. There is no currency other than hard work and good deeds; food, tools, and labor are traded fairly, one for the other.

Kelvhan Fernheart grew up among a wandering troop of bards and storytellers, living a life beneath the stars. His mother could peer into the future and tell people which paths to take. Their visits to the settlements were often highly anticipated and celebrated by the locals, who would eagerly watch their entertainments in spellbound awe, rewarding them with grand feasts and an assortment of gifts afterward.

Kelvhan was only six when he first wandered from his tribe and got lost within the forest of Dartbron Wood. He wandered for days, fascinated by the secrets of the forest and its creatures. When his parents found him three days later, they were shocked to find him not only unharmed but also well nourished. As he grew older, Kelvhan left the company of his people more often, choosing instead the tranquility of the forest and its creatures to the life of a traveling bard.

On a warm spring evening when he was fifteen years old, he left, never to return. He spent years living alongside the forest’s creatures, and over time, the magic that had been dormant within him blossomed. Others called him a druid, a man who could speak with animals and have them do his will. Some even said they had witnessed him shift into the shapes of the woodland creatures, and it wasn’t long before these people worshiped him and whittle small wooden idols in his image.

Although he carried a great axe made from bone and antlers, Kelvhan had never swung it in anger, using it mainly to fell sick trees so their diseases didn’t spread to others. On rare occasions, it had tasted the blood of ailing and injured animals, sparing them the misery and slow pain of an inevitable death. Above all else, though, Kelvhan was a pacifist and intended to live out his life in relative peace and harmony. But that was before he heard of the Chaos Legion’s atrocities, and he left the comfort of his forest to join the Riftwatchers.
It was night when the Riftwatchers came to Dartbron Wood. The villagers had warned them to avoid the forest until sunrise, but so dire was their need, the Riftwatchers pushed on. The wood was thick and treacherous. Its paths often led into dank bogs or turned back on themselves. The Riftwatchers tried splitting up, but when they called out to each other, the dense thicket swallowed their cries. By the time the sun broke through the canopy the following morning, most of them had been separated and were lost.

It was the young female sorcerer, Ravyn, who stumbled through the brambles and into a clearing of lush grass, her robe in tatters and her hands and face lined with cuts and scratches from the underbrush. An old man sat on a large boulder surrounded by an assortment of forest animals. When he asked what brought her to the woods, Ravyn told him she sought the aid of the legendary Kelvhan Fernheart in the fight against the Chaos Legion. The old man invited her to join him for breakfast. They ate a meal of berries and nuts, but he refused to speak of war, instead wanting to learn more about Ravyn.

They talked long into the day, until Hardel, the leader of the Riftwatchers’ search party, stumbled into the glade. Upon seeing Ravyn and the old man, he glowered and chastised Ravyn for her idleness while her companions were getting lost, injured, and worse in the forest. She was about to apologize when the old man clapped his hands together, and it was as if thunder suddenly tore the sky apart. Ravyn squinted her eyes shut. When next she opened them, she found herself back at the forest’s edge along with the rest of the Riftwatchers’ party, as well as the old man.

He announced he was, in fact, Kelvhan Fernheart, and that Ravyn had convinced him to join their cause. Hardel was stunned into silence. The group started toward the village. Fernheart walked beside Ravyn. He smiled and whispered that he had planned to join them from the start; he simply wanted to enjoy her company over breakfast first.

Fernheart is a 4 mana cost Epic summoner which requires 10 bcx of this card to be max level on silver. I prioritized maxing my Fernheart for silver league over Obsidian not only because he is cheaper but also because the design is good and the abilities he gives to battle. Fernheart is a underrated summoner, I only have a few battles against him. I like pairing Fernheart with Venari Seedsmith and Iza The Fanged because of their Scavenger ability which allows them to gain 1 health each time a monster dies. For this strategy to work I suggest using it on a low mana cap because both Venari Seedsmith and Iza The Fanged requires low mana cost to use. The idea on this strategy is to place both Venari seedsmith and Iza The Fanged at the very back and hope that there are no sneak monsters on opponent's side. With both of them at the back every death on the battle field strengthens this two monsters for they increases their health making them bulky when they reach the frontline making them take extra hits from opponent.

Now without further ado let us jump into the battle I would like to share of me using the strategy. I would discuss the thoughts as I am preparing in to battle.

• Battle

The Rule set were:

Equalizer - The initial Health of all Monsters is equal to that of the Monster on either team with the highest base Health.

Taking Sides - Neutral Monsters may not be used in battles.

A 17 mana cap battle with Water, Earth, and Dragons available to use. I chose to use Fernheart because of the Equalizer rule, the only thing I'm worried about is my opponent using Quix the Devious which would decrease the damage output of my strategy for the monsters I'm about to use are mostly Ranged. Upon checking his previous battle I didn't saw him use dragon so I went with the strat.

The Line up I used was:

• Fernheart (To increase the Health of all my monster, this alone gives me an upperhand on the battle because all my monster have more health than his monsters. Also provides the Close Range ability to all monsters allowing Venari Seedsmith and Iza the Fanged to attack if on front.)

• Hill Giant (A 3 mana cost tank with (high) 9 health and 2 attack damage which would make all the monster on the battle field 9 Health.)

• Fungus Fiend (A 0 mana cost card. Serves as meatshield, with the Equalizer rule he is very good to use (can't say no to a free tank.)

• Mycelic Morphoid (A 1 mana cost card with Thorn ability. Serves as meatshield also that can damage melee monster.)

• Iza The Fanged (A semi damage dealer with sneak ability. The her purpose is to damage the backline better if able to kill it and then serves as tank for Venari Seedsmith the damage dealer on this composition.)

• Venari Seedsmith (Main damage dealer with 3 Ranged damage and Scavenger ability to be able to withstand more attacks when he reach the frontline.)

If you want to watch the battle kindly click this link.

• Conclusion

I like using this strategy because of how often you see this line up. You don't see many player using Fernheart so it would somewhat convince people to use Fernheart because almost every time I face an Earth splinter I'm always up against Obsidian. I haven't tried using this strategy on high mana cap because I don't currently have the Legendary Riftwatcher Earth card Runemancer Florre, maybe it would have a chance at high mana cap battles. With the coming new airdrop card, an earth legendary Ancient Redwood I think Fernheart would be used every now and then. I will include a link if you want to read about Ancient Redwood.

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That's it for this week's Social Media Challenge, Thank you everyone for those of you who gave their time reading this. Hope this helps and I'll see you on the next one.