Budgetguard 37: Genesis Witches!

Hey Cardfighters,

Which Witch will you Soul Charge?? Got a request to update the old witch deck profile! The old route was more focused on persephone so I might try to redo that as well since I decided to go with a Witch focus this time.

Winning Image: Speed through your deck and then recycle triggers with Legion.


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     This legion pair is the main boss of the deck for good reason. The on-legion skill is pretty nuts. For a low cost of Soul Blast 3 you get to check the top FIVE cards of your deck for 2 cards with "Witch" in the name and put them in your hand. This serves 2 major purposes. First get the cards you want and 2nd thin your deck from triggers to let you Crit your opponent to death.


Deck List:
Starter: Vivid Rabbit
12 Crit (4 Witch's Familiar Shiroma)
4 Heal
(All witches)

G1s:
4 Witch of Strawberries, Framboise (6.30)
4 Witch of Melons, Thyme
4 Witch of Peaches, Bellini
1 Mythic Beast, Skoll (0.40)

G2s:
4 Witch of Ravens, Chamomile
4 Witch of White Rabbits, Cardamon
4 Witch of Golden Eagles, Jasmine (0.40)

G3s:
4 Witch of Eagles, Fennel (2.50)
4 Witch of Wolves, Saffron (0.20)

G4s:
4 Goddess of the Firmament, Dione (0.30)

Final Cost:  $39.2

Deck Comments:

     This deck really takes advantage of the new support that witches got. First we have the Shiroma and Thyme who fill up your drop zone for legion and help selectively Soul Charge (super powerful). It also gets to run even more copies of Chamomile in the form of Cardamon making sure that your front row will always be filled. Intercepting and then filling up again is a powerful strategy and it can also let you do multi-attacks to wear down your opponent! You might be wondering why Melissa isn't in the deck and that is because I wanted to focus more on calling the Grade 2s from soul and a lot of times you can't get rid of boosters. This means you won't want to call as many grade 1s early so that you can take advantage of melissa's call from the soul. I think this takes away from early plays so we replaced her with Bellini to get our Rush on. Lastly Vivid Rabbit is the starter to ensure we get Fennel. There are 5 non-witch cards in the deck 4 Crits and 1 Skol. I think having the extra stride fodder and more Criticals are worth it since the only time you care is with Thyme or Shiroma and the chances of you getting 3 non-witches with only 5 in the deck is pretty minimal.

Match ups:

Overall Performance:
     This deck is actually pretty strong. It gets a lot of early advantage and isn't super counterblast reliant which lets you choose between field building plays and multi attack patterns. The selective Soul Charging provided by Thyme and sometimes Shiroma is amazing. The deck lacks a strong finishing play though which is something we can try to fix when adding more money. If you invest a bit more money in the deck I wouldn't be surprised to see a lot of success with the deck.

Tips for Mastering:

• Known when and how to use your Counter Blasts. Field building? Multi attack? Soul Charging?
• Don't be afraid to intercept its a very powerful and under utilized mechanic especially when we can easily replace the front row. 

Tips for adding money:
     You have 2 major options when updating the deck. First we can replace Saffron with Mint. Mint is the other legion for Witches and gives a lot of power to the front row. This will focus the deck more on legion plays and re-riding and legioning. I would suggest actually swapping the starter for Spectral Sheep/Pray Angel if you go this route. It will help make the early game more consistent and if you combine it with Thyme you'll have 3 cards in the dropzone for legion without having to guard at all. (Super nice if you go second.) The other option is adding Vanargandrs to the Stride zone. This won't mess with the core deck and allows the Soul Charging skills to come into play more. I would suggest this route as you can have more options using fennel for advantage/multi attack while Vanargandr provides the strong vanguard plays. Of course you can mix and match both as you please :) *One thing that I forgot to mention early is Doombrace which can replace some of the Dione in the stride zone for better power plays/ consistent soul blasting for field building.

Do you have any comments on the deck? Want to request a budget deck from me? Please leave a comment and help me help you.

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Thanks for reading,

Chris