
Archetypes |
---|
Midrange Swordcraft |
Aggro Swordcraft |
Archetypes |
---|
Usurpation Swordcraft |
Archetypes |
---|
Spartacus Swordcraft |
Deck Overview
Rotation Rating | |
---|---|
Unlimited Rating | |
Difficulty | |
Cost |
Rotation Archetype Overview
Midrange Swordcraft was one of the dominating decks in the Dawnbreak, Nightedge format, and it’s back to dominate once again! This deck specializes in follower-to-follower combat and overwhelming the opponent by playing multiple followers per turn. Flooding the board with Sky Commander Celia and Arthur, Knight King, followed by buffs from Sky Fortress is the textbook win condition of this deck. New additions such as Dragon Knights, Latham, Honorable Knight, and Zeta, Crimson lancer gives further support for this deck’s mid and late game plays!
Rotation Deck Sample
Card | Cost | Quantity |
---|---|---|
Chromatic DuelSpell - Dawnbreak, Nightedge | 1 | 3 |
Usurping SpinebladeSpell - Omen of the Ten | 2 | 2 |
Dragon KnightsSpell - Brigade of the Sky | 5 | 3 |
Card | Cost | Quantity |
---|---|---|
Servant of UsurpationFollower - Omen of the Ten | 2 | 3 |
Lux, Solar LancerFollower - Starforged Legends | 2 | 2 |
Holy Bear KnightFollower - Dawnbreak, Nightedge | 2 | 3 |
Sky Commander CeliaFollower - Dawnbreak, Nightedge | 2 | 3 |
Mars, Silent Flame GeneralFollower - Starforged Legends | 3 | 3 |
Valse, Magical MarksmanFollower - Dawnbreak, Nightedge | 3 | 3 |
Octrice, Omen of UsurpationFollower - Omen of the Ten | 3 | 2 |
Frontline CavalierFollower - Chronogenesis | 4 | 2 |
Apostle of UsurpationFollower - Omen of the Ten | 5 | 3 |
Zeta, Crimson LancerFollower - Brigade of the Sky | 6 | 3 |
Latham, Honorable KnightFollower - Brigade of the Sky | 8 | 3 |
Rotation Core Cards
Card |
---|
Expansion: Brigade of the Sky
|
Expansion: Brigade of the Sky
|
Dragon Knights: This spell is extremely powerful and versatile for its cost, allowing you to deal with many situations with the 4 choices of followers. When used for its Enhance cost, the cost-efficiency of the card becomes insane! For now, it’s definitely a card you want 3 copies of..
Latham, Honorable Knight: Latham is actually a card that has 2 different modes. It gives you the ability to have early game followers with it's accelerate ability. In the late game, he is quite a potent win condition! A big body and whenever you attack with your other followers, they produce 1/1 storm followers for you to help close the game out with! Definitely a card you want at least 2 or 3 of in your deck!
Rotation Alternative Options
Card |
---|
Expansion: Starforged Legends
|
Expansion: Omen of the Ten
|
Rotation Budget Options
Card |
---|
Expansion: Wonderland Dreams
|
Expansion: Omen of the Ten
|
Rotation Deck Mulligans
- Chromatic Duel
- Any 2 PP Followers
- Mars Silent Flame General /Valse, Magical Marksman
- Valse is more valuable as a play option against aggressive decks and if you are going second.
- Usurping Spineblade
- Good going second.
Rotation General Gameplan and Tips/Tricks
- Valse, Magical Marksman is one of the best cards you can use to maintain tempo and shut down opponents offense. Another function of this card is being able to exile your opponent's important cards should it be needed.
- Chromatic Duel can help with generating tempo or protecting your board from effect damage. Queen Hemera the white is generally going to be your primary option. There can also be value in holding your Chromatic duel for later in the game.
- Apostle of Usurpation is how you are going to generate tempo in the mid to late game. The more loot cards you are able to play with him in play, the better he is because he can literally wipe out a board with enough cards.
- Although you can generate a lot of loot cards, playing them when you are able is better than hoarding them because they can clog your hand.
- Usurping Spineblade is very good for killing a follower and adding a loot card to your hand.
Unlimited Archetype Overview
Midrange Swordcraft in unlimited is not much different than it's rotation counterpart. The general gameplan is the same; use cards that allow you to put multiple followers into play at once and press that advantage to a win. It can be quite difficult for a player to clear a board of swordcraft followers if they don't have access to board wipes and even if they do, this deck is certainly capable of just filling the board up again!
Unlimited Deck Sample
Card | Cost | Quantity |
---|---|---|
Chromatic DuelSpell - Dawnbreak, Nightedge | 1 | x 3 |
Round Table AssemblySpell - Starforged Legends | 5 | x 2 |
Card | Cost | Quantity |
---|---|---|
Bladed HedgehogFollower - Wonderland Dreams | 2 | x 3 |
Veteran LancerFollower - Standard | 2 | x 3 |
CuhullinFollower - Starforged Legends | 2 | x 3 |
Holy Bear KnightFollower - Dawnbreak, Nightedge | 2 | x 3 |
Mars, Silent Flame GeneralFollower - Starforged Legends | 3 | x 3 |
White PaladinFollower - Darkness Evolved | 3 | x 3 |
Valse, Magical MarksmanFollower - Dawnbreak, Nightedge | 3 | x 3 |
Gawain of the Round TableFollower - Tempest of the Gods | 4 | x 3 |
Luminous MageFollower - Tempest of the Gods | 5 | x 3 |
Albert, Levin SaberFollower - Rise of Bahamut | 5 | x 2 |
Zeta, Crimson LancerFollower - Brigade of the Sky | 6 | x 2 |
Arthur, Knight KingFollower - Chronogenesis | 8 | x 3 |
Sky FortressFollower - Dawnbreak, Nightedge | 8 | x 3 |
Unlimited Core Cards
Card |
---|
Expansion: Chronogenesis
|
Expansion: Tempest of the Gods
|
Expansion: Dawnbreak, Nightedge
|
Expansion: Rise of Bahamut
|
Expansion: Darkness Evolved
|
Gawain of the Round Table: This card actually serves multiple functions. It can be used as a strong rush follower later in the game to help you conserve on your evolution points. If you don't have any evo points remaining, it could still be some some help to give you a little extra push. It also allows you to reduce the cost of your commander followers whenever it attacks. This means that you could actually play a card like Arthur Knight King as early as turn 6! Against some decks, this can be absolutely backbreaking and hard for them to overcome.
Valse, Magical Marksman: This card will probably be in every sword deck until Cygames decides to print something better. This card is an absolute all star in any sword deck providing you with 2 different ways of removing cards from the board.
- Holy Purebomb is a great card for helping answer threats or amulets.
- Fatal spellbomb is a great spell for helping maintain tempo against your opponents.
Arthur Knight King: A very powerful late game play that allows you to flood the board with a bunch of 1/2 PP followers. Honestly, there isn't too much about this card that hasn't already been said. It is important to note when building your deck to discover what cards you want to be pulling from Arthur when you play him. Here are some of the more common choices.
- Bladed Hedgehog
- Veteran Lancer
- Cuhullin
- Sky Commander Celia
- Kuniochi Trainee / Innocent Princess Prim
- This can be selected as an ambush option that can be used with Sky fortress the turn after.
White Paladin: This card is usually paired up with Mars Silent flame general but it is a good card in its own right. Unfortunately in control / combo matchups this card won't be optimal but against other aggressive and midrange style decks, this card is an all star. The more followers your opponent play, the better it is as they will have to spend a substantial amount of resources clearing them out before they can attack you directly.
Unlimited Alternative Options
Card |
---|
Expansion: Rise of Bahamut
|
Expansion: Base Set
|
Expansion: Brigade of the Sky
|
Unlimited Deck Mulligans
- Any 2 PP Follower
- Mars Silent Flame General
- This ends up being an amazing turn 3 play if you are going first. Otherwise, you can consider getting rid of it if you are going second.
- Keeping this going second does allow you to potentially set up the Mars + White Paladin combo would can be devastating for aggressive strategies to break through.
- White Paladin
- Only good to keep when you are going second against aggressive / other midrange decks
- Gawain of the Round Table
- Excellent Keep going second
- Valse, Magical Marksman
- Can be kept going first or second
- Arthur, Knight King
- You can Keep this card if you happen to also have Gawain in your opening hand while going second because it allows you to play one a turn earlier than you would normally. This gives you a massive tempo advantage against your opponent.
Unlimited General Gameplan and Tips/Tricks
- The Name of the game with Sword is to generate tons and tons of value. That is obtained by using your many cards that generate additional followers on the board for you. Cards that are very good for this purpose will be posted below
- Celia, Hope's Strategist
- Frontline Cavalier
- Arthur Knight King
- Gawain is a very important part of this deck. Being able to reduce the cost of your commanders such as Mars Silent Flame General, Luminous Mage, Arthur Knight King, or Sky fortress can accelerate the clock and make it much more difficult for your opponent to counter play you because you are playing this cards at a reduced cost.
- This deck has a high amount of rush followers. If you can, try to use those as a way of helping you deal with your opponents followers vs using your evolution points. Those should be used as a last resort in that regard or used to help create even more advantage and value.
- Whenever you can play sky fortress on a follower, you play it! You don't want to have that card just sitting around in your hand doing nothing.
- Always look for the best possible value you can gain out of your cards.
User Created Decks
Deck | Date Sort ascending | Cost |
---|---|---|
Lathamcraft
Deck by TinyMountain |
Updated
12-10 Posted 12-10 |
54,200 |
Midrange Swordcraft
Deck by Shijeroku |
Updated
12-06 Posted 12-06 |
64,400 |
Wardcraft Swordcraft
Deck by kyrokore |
Updated
11-17 Posted 11-17 |
57,200 |
Rotation Midrange Swordcraft
Deck by Azodeus |
Updated
11-01 Posted 11-01 |
47,450 |
T1 Anti-Meta Agro-Control Sword Craft
Deck by CLaNRice |
Updated
10-01 Posted 09-30 |
65,000 |
Tournament Decks
Deck | Date Sort ascending | Cost |
---|---|---|
MotW OotT #3 - Top 8: bionicjanitor/Midrange Swordcraft | Updated
10-27 Posted 10-27 |
55,700 |
MotW OotT #3 - Top 8: HSK Tejjy/Midrange Swordcraft | Updated
10-27 Posted 10-27 |
54,950 |
MotW OotT #3 - Top 8: Fubuki/Midrange Sword | Updated
10-27 Posted 10-27 |
58,250 |
MotW OotT #3 - Top 8: Fubuki/Midrange Swordcraft | Updated
10-27 Posted 10-27 |
57,650 |
MotW OotT #2 - Top 4: CaptnDoLan/Midrange Swordcraft | Updated
10-21 Posted 10-21 |
58,100 |