Which One Is Better?

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So the post of Hive account@kstreet made me doubt if my choice of Heroic Brawler was the best. Sneaky Bruiser, as an alternative, looked very tempting - hidden 6/4 creature ready to use for hitting the face, moreover, it belongs to Guild... But Heroic Bruiser is a better support for low-mana creatures in their struggle for the board control. What to choose?

So on a weekday, I tried playing my Deception deck from the last WR and won only 2 games out of 5 in Mythic. I stopped because I was afraid of losing the tier. I didn't like the experience.

Then, I realised one thing: Sneaky Bruiser and Heroic Brawler are both correct answers. Yes, Heroic Brawler stops buffing when stonger Sneaky Bruiser appears on the board ... But ... I decided this is ok. Creatures die so soon... And, look, every time I play against Magic, I am waiting these big creatures like Heroic Bruisers and Guild Enforcers so long... Better to have more!

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Deck code: GU_1_2_CCmCCmCDDCDDCFVIAlIAlIAoIAoKCaKCaIClIClCCqICtKCZKCZKCbKCbGBnGBnBEoBEoICHICHKCsKCsKDLKDLCAJ

So my idea was to creature 2 groups:

1) Low-mana group

Low-mana hidden creatures,
strength-stealers,
Bound by Her Will.

This group is supposed to deal against Aggro decks, Nature, Light first of all. Taking control of the board. With the support of Heroic Brawlers, Reflection Elementalists, and Guild Enforcers.

2) 5-mana group

Eight 5-mana creatures:

2 Guild Enforcers
2 Hero Brawler
2 Sneaky Bruisers
2 Reflection Elementalists

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This group is supposed to deal with Magic and also other domains /archetypes that survived the low-mana group.

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Also

More Aggro

I also added 1 Selfless Guildmate.

Less Rapture Dance

I decided to have only 1 Rapture Dance this time. Because too many 5-mana cards, first of all.

The Nemean Lion

I keep having the Nemean Lion in my deck. This is a real assassin of MJ Deception decks.

Turn 4, I have 25 stats on the boards + 2 Wards. This is because almost every creature from this deck buffs the Nemean Lion.

Results

I was preparing to encounter Magic, previously my worst matchup. But despite the statistics

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I only played 3 games (12%) against Magic.

Domain	I won	I lost
Deception	5 (62%)	3 (38%)
Magic	2 (67%)	1 (33%)
Nature	4 (80+%)	1 (bug)
Relic War	1 (25%)	3 (75%)
Light	2 (100%)	-
Death	1 (33%), Anubians	2 (67%), Anubians and BWD

Relic War

This archetype was the most difficult.

Key cards of these decks

They play almost no creatures on the board. They kill with buffed relics in the late game. They also ruin the opponent deck with Carnage before that. This is new experience for me so not easy to beat especially for that reason. I didn't have a plan how to deal with them... As the result, I won only 1 out of 4.

Blade of Styx buffed to strength 10...

Relic War decks I played against:

1 | 2 | 3

How It Was

I lost first 2 games to Magic and Death and fell down to Ethereal Diamond. In Ethereal I did 8 wins out of 9 games. 😀 I lost only to a Deception guy with the Nemean Lion. Also, once I played without god power - a bug! - but I won! 😀

I returned to Mythic and won 7 games out of 13. I lost 1 more game to Nature - there was a bug. I could win - I won all games against Nature except this! 😡

WR in Screenshots

I included Sneaky Bruiser, first of all, to fight against Magic. But I encountered not many Mages. However, Sneaky Bruiser was very useful against Deception, too.