Budget deck #2: Haunting Screams (3350 shiftstone)
Last week I mentioned wanting to show off some budget decks to help people just starting or on the fence in playing. These decks aren't necessarily good, just things that give an idea of different ways to approach the game. Last week was the RW go wide tokens deck that wanted to play a lot of 1 mana minions with charge and just go around whatever the opponent was doing.
This deck is a little different. First, I included zero rares since I was so far off on how much shiftstone you have at the start. This one clocks in at 3350. The goal of this deck is to abuse the card haunting screams. Screams lets you take a creature from your graveyard that costs 4 or less and put it into play for a turn giving it charge and flying. The mechanic we can abuse with this is "Infiltrate". Normally a mechanic that gives a one time ability when it connects with the opponent for the first time, the combo of screams and infiltrate lets you knock out these abilities multiple times. These abilities can be very strong: Draw 3 and gain 3 and Kill a Creature are the two we focus on.
Once you screams a creature back it gains charge and flying. The fun part is it KEEPS these abilities after you sacrifice it, so a dark return gives you another chance to trigger the infiltrate ability with a charging and flying version of your creature.
In the early game, you want to just neutralize your opponents creatures. Permafrost, Lightning Strike, Spider, and Lightning Storm allow you to knock out your opponents creatures while you set up your gameplan. Herald's Song and Sporefolk get you deeper into the deck (since we use our graveyard as a resource, Sporefolk flipping cards over is a positive).
It's a completely different way to play than the last one, and that's part of the greatness of the game. There are a ton of different avenues you can approach the game with. Keep in mind that this is the budget version, and if you like it there are plenty of higher rarity cards that can bolster the decks power and consistency.
Hope you guys like it!