This is the deck which i used to get to S this season with 62 wins(fairly high winrate to confirm that the deck is not very bad)The unfinished prototype of mine got complete with the advice of thematsjo, akurane and DeathsAdvocate.
To talk a little about this deck(the selected card and some advice on how to use them):
-ironcliffe heart:amazing with bromes BBs.Also allows you at 7mana to turn a active minion into an active guardian for divine bond(13 damage)
-afterblaze:amazing with bromes BBs and is also the reason for windblade
-azurite lion:Amazing early.Afterblaze it to trade effectively,take the manatile and move it back to safety or as a situational play vs certain decks that don,t run much removal (like argeon) use it with ironcliffe heart to get a guardian right into the enemys face…be aware though that the guardian is exhausted if you made use of the lions celerity.
Also very strong later on:try to use your BBs and provoke minions to lock your enemy into position while a lion is in attack range for 2 attacks:afterblaze and divine bond cause lion to threaten 22 damage at 6 mana during the next turn,forcing your opponent to waste recources just to deal with a 2 drop.
-aegis:very underrated card yet it can be devastating on your ironcliffes and tombstones.This is also one of the cards in this deck that you need to play right:don,t waste it just because you have mana left.Safe it for your ironcliffes and tombstones(eventual lions if you have your enemy locked into position and he can only avoid the lion going face by using removal on him) unless emergency situations emerge. Also try to play this TOGETHER with your guardians.If you only have acces to5 mana and both guardian and aegis in hand,try to play something else if you think that your opponent has the removal.Try to secrure the manatiles to get to 6mana and you guardian+aegis as fast as possible.
-tiger:good ranged removal and finisher.Since lyonars removal sucks i see nothing else that could fit the spot well.Magnetize may work too but this deck aims for a good curve that does not need draw.
-No trinity:this deck has alot cycle and a high curve…theres simply no need for draw
-holy immo:this is very simple but keep in mind that you can use your BBs for it.
About the matchups against commonly played decks:
vanar:balanced matchup slightly favouring wallnar.Make sure that you play your guardians with aegis.Always clear those walls once vanar has acces to 7mana.
Magmar:balanced matchup.Play around makantor,lavaslasher,NS and plasmastorm as always.If you do that plasmastorm is the most dangerous card at magmars disposal:but using that usualy also costs your opponent his entire turn.If magmar fails to get good plasmastorms and Ns,s it can be quite difficult for them to punch through all that provoke.If you play vs ragnora:don,t allow your health to drop to 10 or lower,always expect the ripper combo.
Songhai:All songhai matchups against the commonly played songhaidecks are in your favour.Aegis turns your guardians basicly invincible against them.Scintilla is very good vs spellhai…keep 1scintilla in hand no matter what you do if you face a songhaiplayer
Lyonar:unless they run bond too its actually a easy matchup for you.You don,t need to worry about playing aegis because most lyonar lists run no targeted removal.Other lyonars lists struggle extremely with punching through your provokes.Dioltas and ironcliffe win you those matchups fairly easyly.
Abyssian:If its swarm abyssian you can just burry yourself unless you teched in tempest.
The matchup vs cassyva is in your favour.Keep scintilla in hand to heal against her dmgoutput.Play your guardians only with bond unless you have no choice…otherwise cassyva will punish you(pun intended)
if mindlathle was a little more popular abyssian would decimate this deck with ease
I can,t judge the new general much since i didn,t face her much but it seems like the matchup is fairly balanced.
Vetruvian:Obelysk is overall balanced but in slight favour for vet.Keep your sunblooms.Aegis is nice in this machup but since vetruvians removal is extremely expensive you can get away with dropping a guardian behind the enemy general(ensuring that the dervish from BOA can,t hit your stuff).Obelysks are still value machines…sometimes vet can simply bruteforce through your guardians and since you have no range or emp you can,t realy afford to camp in a corner all the time.if sandswirl reader was a little more popular vet would decimate this deck with ease.
If they play golem its in your favour.But you realy need to keep pressure:always keep something big in their face.If they BOA it is fine…because you don,t want to give them the breathing room to simply play sirocco.
ps:it was firefox fault that there were no pictures…with chrome it works.
    