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Update (11/29/17): Rank 1 being steadily held with this deck.

Dropped 1 Purify, added 1 Desert Marshal. Testing Throne Wardens as a potential replacement for Heart of the Vault, but will not update this list with that until more info has been gathered.



I have been getting awesome feedback on the deck and want to thank everyone who has been contributing to playtests.



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Update (11/28/17): Rank 2 has been claimed with this deck.

Playing around with power base now, made a few cuts, down to 25 power.



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Hey guys, TheDRG here, and this is the list that I put together taking me from Rank 700 to Rank 14 in under two days, November 26, 2017.



This is your traditional Rakano Icaria build with a hint of Time to access some higher quality control, consistency, and value.



Why not Tavrod? Because it dies to Vanquish and loses to this deck. On a real note though, I don't feel good playing Tavrod and since this deck actually beats Tavrod, I'm happy leaving him in the dust.



In a meta full of Dawnwalkers, Maktos and Tavrods, silences are an absolute necessity, so I looked nowhere else but Combrei and Praxis to find the best silences in the game.



Purify and Desert Marshal have been absolute MVP's during my time using this deck. The Ambush on Desert Marshal makes it a near instant speed Silence, allowing you to nab in on some valuable trades, and Purify, while good on its own, helps stabilize against early aggressive decks.



I dropped Valkyrie Enforcer since it's main purpose (aside from 3/3 flyer) is Silencing, (we don't care about unit quality outside of Heart and Icaria) and I feel Desert Marshal does this job 10x better by being cheaper and faster, and still providing a blocker.



Amber Acolyte helps you fix into Heart of the Vault, and Icaria, as well as providing a dork to mitigate damage/push damage.



Heart of the Vault used to be a 4-of, but most of the early game is consisted of fixing and staying alive (don't hesitate to Rise for an Acolyte if you need fixing), where having 4x Hearts just ends up being too clunky, considering we are fitting Icaria in as well.



The most important advice I can give for playing this deck is the Influence Priority:

1 FTJ

2 J (Runehammer/ Harsh Rule)

2 F (Daisho)

3 F (Heart/Icaria)

3 T/J depending on hand.



This is my first deck post on this site and formatting might be bad due to sending from mobile, enjoy!