Tribal Warfare: Mystic Edition. Mediocre Magical Mythical Mystics, 8 Wins

A weekly recap of my Mythic Weekend Ranked experience, this time doing a challenge of using all the different tribes. Prior to this, I’ve done two challenges so far, first a Free-To-Play (F2P) Gauntlet with all the Gods to show that they can all compete and get Legendary packs, and second I did another Gauntlet using only Welcome and Core Cards.

Weekend 30 July 22nd – 24th

I didn’t have high hopes for this, but I was actually on track to a Legendary Pack until I lost 4-5 games in a row :( I think with a couple of changes, or better luck, I would’ve gotten to 10. Alas, I ended up with 8 wins. The good thing is I stayed in Mythic the whole time so I don’t have to grind back up after the weekend.

The couple of changes I would make to improve the deck would be to add in a couple of Shaped Blasts to get more consistent AOE damage against Aggro decks. I would probably take out the Frumentarii Researchers for them, but they’re the only Mystic synergy here and this series is about the tribes! I do think with the Shaped Blasts it’ll be a contention deck though.

Weekend	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Tribe	Atlantean	Amazon	Anubian	Aether	Guild	Olympian	Mystic
God	Magic	Nature	Death	Magic	Deception	Light	Magic
Wins	12*	11*	6	7	8	10	8
Prize (USD)	$16.5	$14.5	$12	$14.5	$16.5	$27.5	$16.5

*Weeks 24 and 25 were out of 25 games; it changed to 18 games starting Weekend 26

Here’s the deck that I used, costing 0.0672 ETH or ~$95.

Matches

Nature is definitely back on the meta, but Light is still there too since its nerf was quite small. I was actually doing quite well against Nature until my losing streak, but still ended up 4-3 against them. Light was a bit tougher matchup especially if they hit their buffs before you get decent AOE, ended up 2-4 for me. This deck does horrible against Relic War so good thing I only matched against one of them. This deck is actually fun against Heirloom when you know when to stop dropping creatures and just go for face instead.

Tribe Analysis

Strengths
-Good card draw
-Decent Echo cards provide value and flexibility, works well with Frumentarii Researchers and Reflection Elementalists
-Useful early game creatures
-Good Spell Boost for Magic

Weaknesses
-Not much tribe synergy
-Early/mid creatures are quite under-stated, lots of 1 health creatures
-Need spell support to win games

Notable Cards

Shadow Scryer is the OG Vexing Vicar, and on top of Protected and Ward it gives Foresee 1 each turn, which is pretty useful when you’re looking for specific answers. Demetrios provides much needed card draw, although against most gods it’s removed by a God Power on the first turn. Reflection Elementalist works great with Echos as it provides more targets, and the 6/8 stats you get with Ward is pretty dang good for 5 mana.

Notable Cards Not In My Deck

Spellslinging Schoolteacher is known for its inclusion in One Turn Kill (OTK) decks, but outside of that it’s not good for most decks. Pallas, Champion of Magic provides insane value if you can keep them alive, but with only Ward for protection, it’s gonna be tough against creature/Aggro decks. Stormstress became popular after the Core Refresh, and is a decent frontline that comes with a little bit of AOE damage (or mass Ward/Protect removal), mostly used in Control Decks. Dralamar is another card that is mainly used in OTK decks, and it was quite controversial when he first dropped.

Other Gods

Other than Light which has 41(!) God-specific Mystics, Light has 20, Nature has 6, Deception has 4, Death has 2, and War has 1. Light has some strong Mystics, but definitely needs outside support to build a good deck.

Going Forward

Nether is next! Zombies it will be, since it’s off-meta now and I think they can be quite strong. Can they fend off the waves of Aggro Nature and Light? We shall see!

Last Week's Rewards

Got a Legendary a Rare Core Pack so that's nice. And for my first Tribal Warfare Expansion Legendary (Drum Roll.....) I got Moramag! Currently worth $13. Not bad, and I guess I do have to do a Dragon deck some point right? Haha.