Ser Boltyn, Breaker of Dawn
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went 2-1 at my armory today! won vs teklo and levia, lost to katsu. i sort of ran over teklo. i found spirit early against levia and drew lumina off a snatch so it went really quick, even got to no-blocks a bloodrush turn to close the game out with beaming -> red duty -> ccat -> 2x raydn with lumina. and the katsu game was super tight, they had the whelming both times they found surging strike, and they had flic flak when i +1d my bolt of courage with beacon (i should've +2d but soul was tight and a random draw might not have done anything with 1 less soul).
overall, loving how the deck feels with duty bounds, so many more turns are above rate, and soul feels much smoother.
taking this to a win-a-box this friday!(edit: did not go to it lol)my list: https://fabrary.net/decks/01KGDV9B223R37QN49J4K25WVB
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3-0d my armory tonight! using the slightly updated list linked above
i ran over a teklo again, but a different person this time who at least pressured me a bit. then played into a jarl, just played good value and happily pitched through some frostbites, played a double lumina turn and finished with a big ccat turn since i had like 10 soul lmao.
last game was into an rko, they went first and attacked with siren's, but i had saving grace and soul shield turn 0 with gallantry banneret so i got huge value, then drew into a v turn immediately that he immediately scowlingd, then i drew into spirit lol. i ran out of threatening cards when he was still at 15 or so but my hands just kept converting for good damage with duty bounds and courageous steelhands.
deck is feeling soooo good. if i was playing this weekend, i'd be bringing him for sure. also traded for a cf raydn today, and a bunch of rainbow foils, so he's getting blingy
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2-0-1 tonight, same list as before! beat a huntsman and an ira, then intentionally drew with a fatigue pleiades (they suddenly had a minor work emergency and i was chill with not playing it out lmao)
huntsman game was pretty weird. i boarded up to 68 cards since i knew they were hella fatigue. they hit my 1 remembrance on turn 0 with hunter or hunted, and later hit my 1 remaining engulfing light, but i found spirit kind of early and got some good value out of surprise luminas and courageous steelhands. got them to 1 after my last v of the vanguard and drew my last steelhand the next turn which closed it out, but i did only have like 2 more hands left with no gas
ira was a little more direct. i did have a massive misplay, blocking with boots just to banneret from arsenal for 4 go again nothing else, and kinda IPed myself lol. but other than that, i just played smooth turns, got spirit early, and luminad a few times. i don't think i even saw a v of the vanguard that game.
both opponents mentioned blocking out because i had to brick at some point. but boltyn just doesn't brick nearly as much as before. there are still some awkward runeblade hands, but a lot of things just kinda work and flow well. i've been experimenting with halo of illumination into the less disruptive fatigue decks to fix some of those hands too (turning on duty bounds is HUGE, it may not be charge but it has bailed me out a couple times).
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got 2nd at my pq on the list posted above!
quick tournament report:
W Rhinar
W Fang
W Olympia
W RKO
W Pleiades
(fatigue)Top 4
W Olympia
L RKOthe deck was singing all day up until the finals, where i didn't see lumina until we were sub 10 life and i had a couple chargeless hands with full tempo, IPing myself pretty badly. unfortunately didn't take it home, but idk, i think boltyn is in a real good spot. edict of steel is gonna break the deck i think
