4x Joachim Ball

Crafting cost: 7100

  • Crystal Skull

    800


  • Masquerade Ball

    13 : 800

  • Emhyr var Emreis

    13 : 800

  • Ard Feainn

    13 : 800

  • Joachim de Wett

    11 : 200

  • Vincent van Moorlehem

    10 : 800

  • Coup de Grâce

    9 : 800

  • Cantarella

    8 : 200

  • Gorthur Gvaed

    8 : 800

  • Roderick of Dun Tynne

    6 : 200

  • Thirsty Damex2

    6 : 30

  • Fergus var Emreis

    6 : 200

  • Alba Pikemanx2

    5 : 30

  • Seditious Aristocratsx2

    5 : 80

  • Emissary

    4 : 80

  • Fangs of the Empirex2

    4 : 30

  • Van Moorlehem Hunterx2

    4 : 80

  • Van Moorlehem Servantx2

    4 : 30

  • Mage Infiltrator

    4 : 30

  • Thanedd Turncoat

    4 : 30

Just a standard Quadruple Joachim deck. Vincent fits pretty nicely; he doesn't usually get to shine in this archetype. He's great vs. Carapace, where Ball usually can't do anything to eliminate Veiled targets such as King Choom. Fergus can be swapped out for Cupbearer if you're feeling it--if you're running into a lot of Defenders or Resilience. You can also swap out Vincent for Philippe or Usurper. Just examples in case you're not familiar with the deck. This is nothing new. You can usually pass early in Round 1 and defend the bleed in Round 2. There are some examples where you wouldn't want to give up Round 1, like vs. Mill for example. GAME PLAN: Generally you want Ard Feainn to get pulled out in Round 2, so that you have it for Round 3. That means don't play any Gold Aristocrats in Round 1. You can learn how to control your Joachim pulls by shuffling with Ard Feainn. A lot of people are scared to send their good cards to the bottom of the deck, so they hoard the good cards at the top, then they're forced to choose between 2 good cards eventually. The answer is to send the good cards to the bottom early so that they can make their way back to the top as you keep shuffling. Eventually you'll learn to keep track of their position in the deck. You can use Joachim to defend the bleed in Round 2, along with Coup for a 2nd Joachim. Here you can get Gvaed set up with it's Resilience for Round 3 if you can. Then in Round 3 you use it's Order to send Joachim back into the enemy's deck so that you can play it by using Cantarella. Be careful when doing this tho. If you send Joachim back in too early, the opponent can Tutor or Draw him and use him against you. Also, don't be afraid to use Ball or Emhyr to defend the Round 2 bleed. Sometimes both. You will learn. Seditious Aristocrats are a good card to cycle toward the bottom with Ard Feainn, since they provide 2 Statuses--but you do want to end up playing these through Joachim for point slam, so keep track of their position in your deck while shuffling. Pikeman is also a good card to play through using Joachim, since the Boost protects the Engine. I believe that's a good overview of the Deck. If you want more thinning then you can swap 2 4p for 2 Hunting Pack, but this isn't really necessary and impacts the effectiveness of Ard Feainn since you'll have less Agents in deck. Good luck, have fun.

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