Premium Budget Deck: Shadow Paladin (Claret)

So it's been a while....

We're Still Here

For those unfamiliar with me, I'm Inferno, a new addition to the writing team of Budgetfight Vanguard. Nice to meet you all! I've been playing the game since 2013, and met the Budgetfight members on Discord thereafter. Recently, I thought it'd be cool to try and write an article. There hasn't been too much to discuss in terms of standard format as the limited card pool makes deck-building fairly straightforward. In Premium, though, we have a much larger cardpool to work with, and plenty to talk about as a result. 

Anyway, I thought it'd be nice just to say, "hey we're not dead" and also start to get back to showcasing decks. All of us here look forward to creating more articles as the game develops, and we thank all of you for your continued support. 

So anyway, how is deck-building in premium going?

Update Deck: Claret

Weakness is a sin

So. Claret's got some new toys.

The support that Claret has gotten from GBT-06 is good. Really good. Claret finally gets a Glimmer Breath clone, along with a great new starter and dedicated unflipper. Shadows in general even have a great new Effect Stand Trigger. And hey, it's cheap as hell. 

I've found that a Claret deck can get HUGE amounts of card advantage and deck cycling when built right, even without Aurageyser. This helps make a budget Claret deck actually quite viable. Of course we'll be sacrificing a bit aggressive power, but the deck functions perfectly fine. Crit pressure with Claret and PBDiablo will make up for it.

Anyways, let's get on with the blog!

Budget Deck: Shadow Paladin (Claret)

WARNING: This deck sucks flat out and shouldn't exist, and this blog is here just for fun. You have been warned.

How does his head even
look like? Is that
Raging Form Dragon?

So, today, I'll be discussing about one of the new cards we got from the latest set. The name is--- Claret Sword Dragon! This is officially our Strider for Shadow Paladin. At first look, it seems preety typical, but people, I see a lot of potential with this guy.

What? No not the GB2. I mean that second skill that lets you call a Grade 1 for a CB. It is a straight up +1, but it's quality +1. That power boost of 2k gets really good. It doesn't seem like much - but it is.

Unfortunately Claret is a RRR, and a $10 card. Well... You can try to get one, then run 4 of his searcher and get away with it. Although there's no gurantee that it'll work well though.