Deck Check: Yushkov’s Revolt

Deck Check: Yushkov’s Revolt

Imagine you’re the fierce Orene of Kosul, Svetya, and one day someone’s arrival causes you to jump on your polar bear and make a run for it. Now, you’ll get to introduce your enemies to the man who stole Kosul from Svetya. Yushkov, time to make your entrance.

Yushkov comes equipped with some mighty abilities. With all your enemies coming into play exhausted, he makes it so much easier for your units to keep on hitting. Then, just when they think they’ve got some units ready to defend, the extra power from his Ultimate can fuel up a giant Flame Blast to wipe them out of the game.

So let’s take a look at some decks with the Usurper of Kosul.

Praxis Usurpation

Sorting:

  • 4x Oni Ronin
  • 4x Pyroknight
  • 4x Torch
  • 4x Ankle Cutter
  • 4x Flame Blast
  • 4x Flamefang Charmer
  • 4x Teleport
  • 4x Amaran Stinger
  • 2x Frontier Bard
  • 2x Magus of Celerity
  • 4x Rusty Grenamotive
  • 4x Yushkov, the Usurper
  • 2x Praxis Displacer
  • 11x Fire Sigil
  • 2x Shugo Standard
  • 2x Time Sigil
  • 4x Temple Standard
  • 4x Praxis Banner
  • 4x Seat of Impulse
  • 2x Diplomatic Seal

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This Praxis Aggro deck puts your opponents on the back foot then keeps them there. Time “bounce effects” like Teleport get so much sweeter when Yushkov means those enemies will be replayed exhausted. You get to consistently clear the way for your Flamefang Charmers and Amaran Stingers. Once they’re good and softened up, your Yushkovs and Rusty Grenamotives will charge up a giant Flame Blast for the finishing blow.

A fun wrinkle for this deck is Ankle Cutter. Since units with Endurance are immune to Yushkov’s powers of exhaustion, Ankle Cutter makes all those Sandstorm Titans unable to survive even the tiniest bit of damage.

Grena-Power!

Sorting:

  • 4x Grenadin Drone
  • 4x Combustion Cell
  • 4x Flame Blast
  • 2x Tripwire Grenadin
  • 4x Assembly Line
  • 2x Kindle
  • 4x Rusty Grenamotive
  • 4x Yushkov, the Usurper
  • 4x End of the Barrel
  • 4x Waystone Titan
  • 4x Great-Kiln Titan
  • 4x First Flame
  • 27x Fire Sigil
  • 4x Granite Waystone

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Now, Yushkov gets to show off how he can summon some of the mightiest units in the game to his side. Here you get to use Grenadins to help accelerate with Combustion Cell alongside Yushkov to play Great-Kiln Titan and First Flame way ahead of schedule. Yushkov is a huge boon to Waystone Titan here, making it much harder for your opponent to have a unit ready to block a 5/7 Charge.

It’s better to join up with Yushkov while you still can, because he’s not known for his mercy.

Good luck!