So use them only if you can get some value out of them else they end up as being tempo losses (especially Krygon).Ĭontaminated Water and Furrion Terror should only be used when you need that ping damage to weaken up multiple allies into kill range. Try to only use Thaddeus or Krygon if you really need them, as they are a little more fragile (especially Krygon) and taken out more easily. These should be used as your main go-to 3cc ally drops. The solid durability of both Gargoyle and Morbid Acolyte is more than likely to allow them to last a good turn or 3. Paraphrasing the wise words of Preybird, Banebow likes to “beat them to death with bug bites”. The way this plays is to try and keep all your 3cc allies to stick around as long as possible, while using your Shadow Ability, in conjunction with any damage output you already have, to take out as many of the opposing allies as you can, while being able to peel at the opposing hero whenever you can.

With a grand total of 9 draw cards, and an additional 3 pseudo-draw from Shadow Knight, having a starved hand and not having some form is more often than not a non-issue, at least from my own experience. Using this opening in the early game to try and establish board dominance by the time the mid-game is at its climax or as the late game is coming along.

This deck was designed to apply a lot of early game pressure, by aggressively killing opponents allies to control the board. From my experiences, the other cards I see as more of a “nice to have” or “win more”, but not solid enough to include in this non-Tribal based style. This only includes 2 cards from the Shattered Fates Expansion, Rampant Krygon and Hunter’s Gambit, as I feel those are the only two cards from the new set that are upgrades. Although many people have gone with a fairly Tribal or themed route, I still like this non-Tribal and un-themed route the best. This is my forth incarnation of my non-Tribal Banebow deck.

Shadow era banebow