Ember + Mist starter deck

Ember + Mist is the trickiest of the starter decks. Ember deals the damage, Mist makes sure it lands: Fogmoth pushes a blocker away, Mirage Seer swaps two enemies, Mirage Mist and Fogbank stop the opponent’s best turn, and Foresight keeps your hand full. It needs careful play but punishes every mistake of the opponent.

Every player owns one starter deck. The six starter decks can all be played against the computer at any time.

Key cards

CinderlordCost 6 · 6/5 · Stage 3LegendaryWildfire (Jump): 2 damage to each enemy lane (empty lane: enemy ward).StormveilCost 6 · 5/7 · Stage 3LegendaryMirage SeerCost 5 · 4/7 · Stage 3EpicJump: you may swap the lanes of two enemy Shardlings.PyrewolfCost 5 · 5/5 · Stage 3EpicPierce: excess damage hits the ward.

Game plan

• Push the blocker in front of your strongest Ember attacker, then attack through the lane.
• Draw with Foresight early, so you have Spark Rain and traps in the hand for the last turns.
• Set Mirage Mist when the opponent’s biggest attacker is about to attack.

Against the other starter decks

Average against all five: 47 %. Computer against computer with the current rules, 500 games per pairing, both players going first equally often. The computer plays well but not perfectly, so treat these numbers as a guide, not a promise.

Cards worth adding later

Rare, Epic and Legendary cards of the same two classes that are not in the starter deck. Good first picks for your own version of this deck.

FurnacetuskCost 6 · 6/5 · Stage 3LegendaryRampage: attacks again after destroying the Shardling opposite. Pierce: excess damage hits the ward.MagmadrakeCost 6 · 6/6 · Stage 3LegendarySparkstrike 2 (Jump): 2 damage to the opposing lane. Rampage: attacks again after destroying the Shardling opposite.NightlynxCost 6 · 6/6 · Stage 3LegendaryVeil: immune to traps, abilities and spells. Pierce: excess damage hits the ward.AshphoenixCost 4 · 3/3 · Stage 2EpicRampage: attacks again after destroying the Shardling opposite.Phase SerpentCost 4 · 3/4 · ShardlingEpicJump: you may push an enemy to a neighbour lane. Whoever stands there returns to hand with its earlier stages.TidewraithCost 5 · 5/7 · Stage 3EpicVeil: immune to traps, abilities and spells.DimmingCost 3 · SpellRareGive every enemy Shardling −1 attack.ScorchmawCost 3 · 3/2 · Stage 2RareRampage: if it destroys the Shardling opposite, it attacks again.

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