Jonathan d'Arc

8/14/2023 - 

Replaced Gabriel with Curate. Gabriel felt more of a "win more" card as it only ended games that were clearly a victory a little faster. Gabriel felt nicer than Curate in the Dragoncraft matchup as it provided an extra Ward and Assail for cards such as an untapped Fafnir or Lucifer when paired with a Holy Tiger and the healing from Curate didn't really matter when you're getting smacked in the face for 10 by Genesis Dragon and Dark Dragoon Forte. 

Curate on the other hand is vital for matchups such as Abysscraft and Forestcraft to prevent burn damage from cards like Razory Claw and Silver Bolt or getting out of execution range from certain cards like Dark Dragoon Forte, Genesis Dragon, or Rhinoceroach. 

Other adjustments to consider depending on your local meta would be exchanging the 3rd copy of Acolyte's Light for another copy of Blackened Scripture to deal with a more aggro heavy local scene. Slowing down early aggro is extremely important as Abysscraft is a troublesome matchup for this deck and being able to remove early aggression with a banish for 2PP less is crucial. Not only this but the value of Acolyte's Light is greatly diminished when playing against aggro as you're generally going to be faced with 1-2PP followers most of the game and using a 4PP spell to remove those cheap followers simply isn't cost effective.

If aggro is truly an issue for you at your local scene, consider runner more cheap removal spells such as Angelic Snipe and Angelic Barrage. Angelic Snipe can take care of early problem cards such as Goblin, Ninja Trainee, etc. and can seriously punish overcommitments such as playing an unevolved Lesser Mummy and Lilith. Angelic Barrage is an amazing card for dealing with Oathless Knight as it kills it and the knight token for 1PP and essentially serves as a turn skip against Abysscraft. With a well timed barrage, it can wipe entire boards of Ghosts created by Phantom Howl and Playful Necromancer.