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Bonesinger Elites Deck
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RocketPropelledGrenade
, Mar 21 2016 05:08 PM | Last updated Mar 22 2016 05:24 PM
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Eldar Tau
Experimental
Makes use of Bonesinger Choir to enable a high-cost Vehicle units in greater numbers than normally possible.
Warlord
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Total Cards: 0
This build has now come in second at a small local tournament and won a bunch of casual games--no serious testing yet, but it's done well enough that I feel comfortable posting it now. It beat a Gorzod deck despite the Vehicle emphasis and assassinated a Banner-equipped Ku'gath, among other accomplishments.
The Bonesinger Choir is the single most important card in this deck. Consider mulliganing for it, but the Warlock Destructors and Wraithguard allow for a respectable combat game even without discounted vehicles, and the Hawks plus Baharroth can let you play command pretty well if you the planet flop allows stalling. Despite Bonesinger Choir being Limited, a hand with multiples of them is worth keeping as long as you have a couple Vehicles or Drones as well.
Once you get your Choirs out, your strategy depends on what units you have available to discount with it. If you get a couple of either Wildrider Squadron, plus either/both of the non-Bonesinger supports (Deathly Web Shrine is 1x partially for space, but partially because I consider it to have a degree of overlap with Baha's sig support, and consider them a 2x of that overlap), you can pull off some great Warlord hunts. Otherwise, just drop the Prisms and Wraiths at your important planets and go to town. Drone Defense System is basically your only anti-swarm, unfortunately.
I am considering replacing Tense Negotations. Not sure what to replace it with, maybe Ion Rifles for the Hawks and Wraithguards. Vash'ya Trailblazers could also be nice. If I can find something else to cut, I'd add 2x Ion Rifle and 2x Ambush Platform.
Sample Hand:
Total Shields: 0
Average Shields Per Event/Attachment: 0
Total Command: 0
Average Command Per Unit: 0
No Subdual? I would have thought that was essential in any Eldar deck for the Worr matchup.
If I had more space, I'd be considering it. It's definitely on the list of possibilities. I haven't faced Worr with this deck yet, but if I did, I'm pretty sure I'd try to murder him in the face rather than fight conventional battles against him anyways.
I'd say the cards used in or under consideration for this deck fall into two categories, tricks and tools. Tricks are things like Subdual, which cover a weakness in the deck or open a new avenue. Tools are basic functionality that enables the deck to do what it does. Right now, the deck is heavily weighted towards the latter category, and the cards that I haven't been able to fit in yet are heavily weighted towards the former. Under the right circumstances, the raw efficiency and power of the tool cards becomes a trick in its own right, but I'll admit, it is a bit of a concern.
In fairness, if you get DDS going against Worr, and you can kill off his units quickly enough, Forward Barracks is less of an issue.
Imo decks you mention like Gorzod and Ku'gath are easy matchups for Baharroth anyway. The true tests will be the top tier warlords, imo that's Worr, Kith, Eldorath (Baharroth really struggles there imo), Cato, Ragnar. And I think Mavros will be added to that list in a month or 2.
You're not wrong about the biggest tests being still ahead of me to a large extent. There's a reason this is labeled "Experimental" instead of "Tournament-quality," though, and that's because I'm still experimenting with it. This is what's working so far, but I'm not planning on bringing this deck to Regionals or anything. I'm more sharing it to spark ideas and discussion than because I want to be credited as the inspiration for a tourney-winning deck.
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If I had more space, I'd be considering it. It's definitely on the list of possibilities. I haven't faced Worr with this deck yet, but if I did, I'm pretty sure I'd try to murder him in the face rather than fight conventional battles against him anyways.
I'd say the cards used in or under consideration for this deck fall into two categories, tricks and tools. Tricks are things like Subdual, which cover a weakness in the deck or open a new avenue. Tools are basic functionality that enables the deck to do what it does. Right now, the deck is heavily weighted towards the latter category, and the cards that I haven't been able to fit in yet are heavily weighted towards the former. Under the right circumstances, the raw efficiency and power of the tool cards becomes a trick in its own right, but I'll admit, it is a bit of a concern.
Imo decks you mention like Gorzod and Ku'gath are easy matchups for Baharroth anyway. The true tests will be the top tier warlords, imo that's Worr, Kith, Eldorath (Baharroth really struggles there imo), Cato, Ragnar. And I think Mavros will be added to that list in a month or 2.
You're not wrong about the biggest tests being still ahead of me to a large extent. There's a reason this is labeled "Experimental" instead of "Tournament-quality," though, and that's because I'm still experimenting with it. This is what's working so far, but I'm not planning on bringing this deck to Regionals or anything. I'm more sharing it to spark ideas and discussion than because I want to be credited as the inspiration for a tourney-winning deck.