Krenko Royale

[Morganator 2.0]

Last night at the game store I met a friend that I hadn't seen since the before-times. He had built a Krenko deck after being inspired when he saw my Krenko in action. We managed to encounter another person who also has a Krenko deck. My friend then pointed out that there was another guy across the room who also has a Krenko deck.

Do you get where I'm going with this?

We all agreed that either next week or the week after we are all going to pit our Krenko decks against each other. This means that I'll need to make some changes to my current list, and think about overall strategy to counter these decks. Want to help?

https://deckstats.net/decks/82803/752805-competitive-krenko

Obvious Removals

• Blood Moon
• Mogg Salvage
• Pyroblast

Thinking about removing...

• Ashling's Prerogative
• Coat of Arms
• Goblin Assassin

Thinking about using...

• Blazing Volley
• Electrickery

Regardless about what happens I'll keep you all updated.

[WWolfe]

Blazing Volley and Electrickery seem like auto includes in this situation.

No love for Vandalblast?

[Bonethousand]

I really like the flavor of this challenge. My first thought is to include an Urabrask the Hidden style effect, though 5cmc might be too late for what it's trying to do.

[Morganator 2.0]

I'm thinking that a good strategy is to aim for Goblin Sharpshooter. If I can give that thing haste I can kill all the goblin tokens as long as a buff effect doesn't show up.

From past experience with this deck I've learned that Shattering Spree works better than Vandalblast. I'll likely want both here.

[WWolfe]

Yea, Shattering Spree is definitely the one I prefer but it's hard to track down in my area. I'm suppose to be trading for one this weekend but I'm always looking for more.

[Morganator 2.0]

So I promised to keep you updated. The game didn't happen this week so it will most definitely happen next week (assuming everyone is in attendance). I made these changes:

Out:
Blood Moon
Coat of Arms
Goblin Assassin
Mogg Salvage
Pyroblast

In:
Blazing Volley
Electrickery
Goblin Chainwhirler
Goblin King
Harsh Mentor

[ApothecaryGeist]

Out:
Coat of Arms

In:
Goblin King

I'm guessing you took out Coat of Arms because it is a symmetrical effect.  But then so is Goblin King.  And everyone will mountainwalk too.  Seems worse than Coat of Arms.  Out of curiosity, what's your thinking here?

[Morganator 2.0]

I'm guessing you took out Coat of Arms because it is a symmetrical effect.  But then so is Goblin King.  And everyone will mountainwalk too.  Seems worse than Coat of Arms.  Out of curiosity, what's your thinking here?

My thinking was that it was an asymetrical effect. No Goblin King then. Putting Goblin Assassin back in.

[The Golgari Guy]

I'm guessing you took out Coat of Arms because it is a symmetrical effect.  But then so is Goblin King.  And everyone will mountainwalk too.  Seems worse than Coat of Arms.  Out of curiosity, what's your thinking here?

My thinking was that it was an asymetrical effect. No Goblin King then. Putting Goblin Assassin back in.

The difference is that Coat of Arms will make blocking easier for your opponents, while with Goblin King you can just wait to drop it until you can alpha-strike and your opponents will be unable to stop you. So maybe it could make sense to leave it (and if your plan doesn't work, I'm sure you'll have ways to sac it).

[Morganator 2.0]

In both cases I run the risk of dying on the clap-back if I can't take out all my opponents in one shot. Both of these cards have a high risk of things going very bad for me if I can't guarantee having more creatures than my opponents. Goblin Assassin also has a risk attached to it, but I have a back-door escape, in that I can sacrifice it to it's own ability.

[ApothecaryGeist]

In both cases I run the risk of dying on the clap-back if I can't take out all my opponents in one shot. Both of these cards have a high risk of things going very bad for me if I can't guarantee having more creatures than my opponents. Goblin Assassin also has a risk attached to it, but I have a back-door escape, in that I can sacrifice it to it's own ability.

Sounds exactly like a mono-red philosophy to me 

[Morganator 2.0]

Oh wait I forgot to mention an important detail. One of the people in this game exclusively films his games. Not sure if he posts them online or not. Either way, it means my reputation is a stake, so I need to make sure I at least put up a good show.

MustaKotka has already promised to abandon me if I fail so this is serious.

[WizardSpartan]

Oh wait I forgot to mention an important detail. One of the people in this game exclusively films his games. Not sure if he posts them online or not. Either way, it means my reputation is a stake, so I need to make sure I at least put up a good show.

MustaKotka has already promised to abandon me if I fail so this is serious.

New mission: find Krenko Royale VODs online ASAP; I need to see Morg choking away Krenko games. I would die laughing watching Morg drop Goblin King thinking it's asymmetrical just to pass the turn and get slapped by 60 goblin tokens

[Aetherium Slinky]

MustaKotka has already promised to abandon me if I fail so this is serious.

I mean you are the highest authority when it comes to deck building on this forum (sorry, no offense meant towards anybody) so seeing you lose would be like meeting your idol and realising they're a bad person. A lot is at stake here.

[WWolfe]

MustaKotka has already promised to abandon me if I fail so this is serious.

I mean you are the highest authority when it comes to deck building on this forum (sorry, no offense meant towards anybody) so seeing you lose would be like meeting your idol and realising they're a bad person. A lot is at stake here.

Seconded!