Budget Guild Aggro Deception Deck With Whisper Barons
hive-173286·@x-rain·
0.000 HBDBudget Guild Aggro Deception Deck With Whisper Barons
 # A Recent Purchase This Friday, I checked how much Whisper Barons cost and found the price to be acceptable.  Despite the decline of Deception, I decided to play it again. I have excellent (budget) War and Magic decks but I don't have the energy to master my War and Magic skills and just feel bored about their playing styles (maybe, I'll change this attitude one day). Whisper Baron doesn't look a very tough creature with health 3 only - too many spells and overkill can ruin it even before it leaves the shade. But I decided to give it a try especially because I have <a href="https://peakd.com/hive-173286/@x-rain/budget-deception-deck-in-mythic-on-weekend-ranked">experience</a> playing a deck with Desert Mercenary synergy and I have all sorts of Guild creatures.  Light and War are popular these days and this is an extra chance for a deck with Whisper Barons. It was Friday when I bought a couple of them so I had no time to create a refreshed playing style and to break into Mythic. So I started my WR in Ethereal Diamond. # 16/25 in Ethereal Diamond, Entered Mythic At the End of WR The result isn't amazing but **I come back to Mythic on Saturday evening** and this is good news for me and for my deck. |Domain|I won|I lost| |-|-|-| |Light|0|0| |War|5|3| |Nature|5|1| |Death|0|1| |Magic|3|3| |Deception|3|1| Alas, I had 6 games against Magic, the toughest domain for me, and no games against Light. Playing against Light on Friday right before WR was quite positive.  # The Deck  Look at the deck on [Gudecks.Com](https://gudecks.com/decks/30257). Deck Code: GU_1_2_CCQCCQCCZCDDCDDIAlIAlICnBDtBDtCCMCCMCEwCEwIClIClGBoGBoGBpGBpCCRCCRCEDCEDCFTCFTGBnGBnICHICH ### Specially For War and Light I created this deck to fight against War and Light first of all. This is why I included - 2 **Umber Arrows** - 2 **Makeshift Shivs** - 2 **Mugging** - a relic remover **Nightleaf Trapper** which, besides, is a 1-mana Guild creature and this is what we need for Whisper Barons.  ***Going to hijack a venomous Athenian Archer for killing its creator, Uncanny Rogue*** ### Deck With Almost No Singletons To make the mulligan better. I made an exception for 1 **Piercing Bolt** though, for quick removal of armor, All-Seeing Spires, etc. ### Whisper Baron Synergy  All 19 creatures of the deck belong to Guild. 3 of them are 1-mana Guild creatures which is especially good. ### Frumentarii Instigator Synergy  The card is amazing for a deck with so many Guild creatures. It draws a card for each **enemy creature** too so you may get a boost while playing against Deception. ### Desert Mercenary Synergy  I included 12 creatures that work with the roar of Desert Mercenary: - 2 **Desert Mercenaries** - 2 **Armor Lurkers** - 2 **Vault Vagabonds** - 2 **Jinxblade Duelists** - 2 **Whisper Barons** - 2 <a href="https://peakd.com/hive-173286/@x-rain/diligent-architect-review-combos-examples-of-delving-pros-and-cons">Diligent Architects</a> ### Not Included <a href="https://peakd.com/hive-173286/@x-rain/the-hollow-gods-unchained-review">The Hollow</a> - I considered it to be too slow. **Lady Marcella** - Too unpredictable. **Selfless Guildmate** - I found no space for this interesting Guild creature. 1 **Prison Escapee** in the deck is great against War and Light but I found no space for it this time. ### How to Enhance the Deck **Merrick, Keeper of the Many**, of course. It falls under the synergy of Whisper Barons, Desert Mercenaries, Frumentarii Instigators.  A Whisper Baron collected a decent amount of strength + Merrick are killer. Magic will be the easiest victim of such a tandem. I don't have it. Thinking of buying it... **Lady Marcella** fits the deck so well too so I would like to try it. Happily, I have one.  # Playing Barons The main thing about playing Whisper Baron is **how long to keep it hidden**? So you need time to learn how to play it. Light is the perfect opponent for Barons since it can do not much with a hidden creature so you can keep collecting power. Magic is the opposite.  Playing against Light, I feel freer to clean the board with Barons too. On the screenshot above, I have total 12 strength (+4 under order) on the 4th turn, quite aggro.  Nature is dangerous but Desert Mercenaries can help to crowd the deck with Guild creatures.  Baron for 1 mana thanks to Desert Mercenary.  2 Whisper Barons on the board is a good chance to collect big power.  Selfless Guildmate gives +4 to Whisper Baron. This is clearly better than Dark Knives this time. I didn't include it in the final version of the deck though.  The Hollow and Whisper Baron are good friends if you can find a place for the Hollow in your deck. # Conclusion In spite of low health, Whisper Baron is a great creature for a Guild deck. There are many things to try with it including playing with the Hollow, Lady Marcella, Merrick. I hope that I will play this deck in Mythic the next weekend. Thank you for stopping by! 🙂
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