Silver Thorn BT15+

Early-Mid Game Focused - Stable 1

For the list of Silver Thorn card effects, click here

FVG:

• Silver Thorn Beast Tamer, Emil *1 (set in stone; still the best starter)

Triggers *16: (10 Crit/2 Draw/4 Heal)

• Dynamite Juggler (Critical) *2
• Poison Juggler (Critical) *4 (set in stone, unless playing none-crit variant)
• Silver Thorn Barking Dragon (Critical) *4 (set in stone, unless playing none-crit variant)
• Silver Thorn Marionette, Natasha (Draw) *2 (unfortunately, for Venus's ECB)
• Silver Thorn Juggler, Nadia (Heal) *4 (set in stone)

Grade 1 *14:

• Silver Thorn Breathing Dragon *2 (for early and mid game presence)
• Silver Thorn Assistant, Zelma *4 (set in stone; defines Silver Thorn early and mid game play)
• Silver Thorn Beast Tamer, Ana *4 (set in stone; defines Silver Thorn early and mid game play)
• Silver Thorn Hypnos, Lydia *4 (set in stone, because no QW avaliable)

Grade 2 *11:

• Silver Thorn Beast Tamer, Maricica *4 (for early game presence)
• Silver Thorn Rising Dragon *4 (set in stone, 12k beater OP)
• Silver Thorn Upright Lion *3 (finisher; can be very strong in early/mid game if pulled off some lucky Ana/Maricica/Zelma play)

Grade 3 *8:

• Silver Thorn Dragon Empress, Venus Luquier *4 (finisher and aggro-maintainer; keeps attacks pumping late game regardless of retires)
• Silver Thorn Dragon Queen, Luquier "Яeverse" *1 (unfortunately much less effective against Legion units, but still has her place occasionally; some people would prefer Eva in this case for more aggression)
• Silver Thorn Dragon Tamer, Luquier *3 (backup Venus and cross ride fodder)

   This is my current build, and is here for my own reference and record keeping. This build is a lot more focused around having a good early and mid game to combat the Legion meta. With Legion punching 25k+ for free every turn, relying on LB4 to win games just isn't nearly as viable anymore because you'd probably have trouble guarding their Legion attacks 2 turns into your LB4 even when Legion decks just play vanilla beat down. So things like Luquier Reverse stalling just isn't viable anymore especially against Legion decks where big punches are practically free without even considering their other effects. Luckily for Silver Thorn, the deck is a lot less reliant on late game plays with BT15 support, as Zelma made Silver Thorn's early and mid game exceptional. So the goal of this build is to adapt to the Legion era and keep the deck viable. This deck actually starts to function earlier than Legion decks. The LB4 is just there to support and continue the early game wrath into late game. If played right, the deck easily makes 3~4 attacker per turn up to 5 attacks per turn (for only CB1), and you can very well put your opponent on 4 or 5 damage or with depleted hand before they're even on their G3 if you're lucky/they're unlucky.