Budget Constructed Decks - Set 7

One of the most appealing aspects of Hex is how affordable it’s constructed format is compared to other TCGs. The goal of those article is to bring you a few different competitive decks at different price points to get you started on your competitive journey.

< $20 - Yotul Burn





The first and cheapest entry on our list is a a Yotul Burn deck. This deck will satisfy your inner arsonist on the cheap. This deck aims to take advantage the champion Yotul Mogak as much as possible. The goal is to get as many individual damage sources as we can and activate our charge power every turn. This is very much a synergy based burn deck that rewards planning ahead and proper sequencing. Containing little combos like Runic Missile and Fury Chant as well as Arcane alacrity with Arena Regular. The deck is also very creature lite which means we get access to the combo sweeper/burn spell of Electrofry.

Champion: Yotul Mogak

4x Blood Shard

14x Ruby Shard

4x Arena Regular

4x Shard of Hatred

3x Electrofry

4x Burning Tendrils

4x Blood Infusion Device

4x Fury Chant

2x Vampiric Kiss

4x Ruby's Favor

3x Gorge of the Gore God

4x Necropolis Coins

4x Arcane Alacrity

4x Runic Missile

Reserves:

3x Mindpyre

1x Electrofry

2x Vampiric Kiss

2x Reginald's Riposte

3x Blood's Favor

4x Burning Ire





< $50 - Papa Gooch’s Constants





The next entry on our list is a constant based midrange control deck. The decks aims to gain a continuing advantage every turn through Twilight Eclipse and Radiant Physician. The deck is also packed full of quality removal spells and life gain to battle the more aggressive decks in the format. As well as having the ability to flood the board with threats with Hailstorm and Zorath’s Rectory. This deck can be improved upon with some copies of Massacre in the reserves and replacing the Dark of Nights with Herofalls. This deck is a fun concept and the expensive cards to build towards are just generic Blood staples. The archetype also has many alternate builds such as including more cheaper constants and vespers or Adding Xentoth’s Malice and changing the champion to Bloodspinner Zoarth. With the money cards being usable in tons of decks and the variety of ways to compose the archetype I think this is the perfect way to get started on a budget.

Champion: Papa Goot5x Blood Shard 5x Diamond Shard 4x Exarch of the Egg 4x Radiant Physician 1x Death Chant 4x Well of Retribution 2x Zorath's Rectory - Gems: 2x Minor Diamond of Fate4x Decree of Banishing 4x Strangle 3x Hailstorm 4x Nightfall 3x Dark of Night 4x Twilight Eclipse 4x Blood Ice 2x Diamond Ice 4x Guidance 3x Twilight Archon Reserves:2x Benediction 3x Diamond's Favor 4x Withering Gaze 2x Journey Into Nightmare 4x Blinding Ire









< $100 - Redlings





The final entry on my list is a set 6 survivor “Redlings”. Anyone who frequented the standard ladder last season will tell you this hodge podge of underworld troops is nothing to scoff at. While it’s popularity has dropped a little bit with the release of set 7 with the introduction of other aggressive strategies of similar power levels I think this deck is still king of the beat down. Lazgar’s Vengeance and Commander P.R.O.M.P.T allow you to win through oppressive board states. The deck also has the ability to grind out a longer game with the card advantage from Underworld Crusader and it’s “every part of the buffalo” approach to using it’s dead troops to buff future troops with the scrounge mechanic. You can work to improve the deck by replacing the Mortartrike Driver with a Matriarch of Flames. That is really the only budgetization for the list below because Matriarch usually finds itself in the $10 range and its not a gigantic power leap over the 4 platinum Mortartrike.

Champion: Ivan Slagpot4x Blood Shard 7x Ruby Shard 4x Sepulchra Crypt Dust 2x Shard of Hatred 4x Emperor's Lackey 1x Deadeye Ripper 4x Underworld Crusader - Gems: 4x Minor Blood Orb of Frenzy4x Well of Hatred 4x Lazgar's Vengeance 1x Blamsmith - Gems: 1x Minor Ruby of the Arena2x Gruesome Deed 1x Dread Apprentice 4x Rustbucket Distractor 1x Pyresmoke Cabalist 2x Graven Geist 4x Wicked Webspawn 3x Deathseeker 1x Crimson Slayer (Alternate Art) 4x Necropolis Coins 2x Commander P.R.O.M.P.T. 1x Mortartrike Driver Reserves:3x Gemborn Prowler 2x Reginald's Riposte 1x Casualty of War 2x Haunting Cry 3x Burning Ire 2x Culmination of Blood 2x Runic Missile

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