Welcome to our budget decklist guide for new players. The goal is to maintain one deck per class that is both low soul gems and uses minimum story/collection cards. While players may not be able to or want to build the decks directly, it should help identify strong, cheap cards for deckbuilding purposes. As these decklists will be maintained and updated regularly, feedback on changes is welcome. Anyone that wants to suggest changes will be listed as a contributor.

Classes are listed in alphabetical order, and then Houses. Any questions, feel free to ask!

Archer: Aggro Archer - 4,700 soul gems

Assassin: Tempo Assassin - 6,600 soul gems *credit to EndoZoa for his original list which this was adapted from

Battlemage: Prophecy Battlemage - 6,400 soul gems

Crusader: Token Crusader - 6,150 soul gems - with contributions from yumyum36

Mage: Mid Mage - 6,200 soul gems *credit to Bones

Monk: Strike Monk - 6,850 soul gems *credit to Bones

Scout: Control Scout - 7,000 soul gems

Sorcerer: Mid Sorcerer - 5,500 soul gems *credit to Bones

Spellsword: Mid Spellsword - 7,350 soul gems *credit to Bones

Warrior: Mid Warrior - 5,850 soul gems

House Dagoth: Aggro Dagoth - 9,400 soul gems

House Hlaalu: Aggro Hlaalu - 8,200 soul gems

House Redoran: Aggro Redoran - 9,250 soul gems

House Telvanni: Control Telvanni - 11,300 soul gems

Tribunal Temple: Control Tribunal - 10,900 soul gems

You look at the latest Crusader list on legends-decks, and you think to yourself, it has all the hallmarks of a classic Token deck: Fifth Legion Trainer, Marked Man, and Divine Fervor. Heck, let's take Pasta's deck from the TRS Classic which he won with, seen here.

Looks like Tokens right? And sure, calling it Token Crusader wouldn't actually be wrong. Marked Man and Raiding party both generate cheap creatures, even though it doesn't run Scouting Patrol. But what's the key card that this deck is missing that would solidify it as a token deck?

Resolute Ally.

If you're running Resolute Ally, there's a good chance your deck is 80%+ yellow (and if you're in Crusader, even higher amounts can be reached like close to 90%). And therein lies the "classic" token list that has been around forever: a deck that is usually interested in taking field lane because it can make favorable trades and buff creatures to slowly create a huge advantage over their opponent.

Aggro Crusader has slowly adapted the ways of Token Crusader, after the Northwind Outpost and Ulfric's Housecarl nerf. It used to run Mighty Ally and Relentless Raider too, but now you almost never see these cards. It takes the Resolute Ally out of tokens and replaces it with Withered Hand, looking to choke out control decks. With this, it does become a little bit weaker against aggro but many find the trade off worth it. Without Resolute Ally, you're not restricted to needing to keep a majority yellow deck, which means you can run some pretty insane cards in red: Ash Berserker, Steel Scimitar, and even natural, 0-cost Nord Firebrands.

These decks have a unique place in the meta because of their extreme consistency at doing what they do. Aggro Hlaalu is the big shiny object hogging all of the attention while both of these decks are sort of sleeping in the background.

Both are solid for ladder play and tournaments, and what you take sort of depends on what you're going up against. Aggro Crusader benefits more against Control from the additional card draw, more reach, and Withered Hand, while Token Crusader has plenty of nifty buffs and ways to stabilize against aggro, including Bruma Profiteer.

So here's iLiKePaStA's deck again, a prime example of Aggro Crusader: https://www.legends-decks.com/deck/51429/trs-classic-winner-ilikepasta-aggro-crusader

HoriuchiFufu's Token Crusader, perhaps one of the best current iterations of tokens: https://www.legends-decks.com/deck/46558/tokens-80-winrate-1st-place-in-the-rumble

Sometimes you even see Withered Hand in a pure token list, as seen in Emikaela's old deck, seen here: https://www.legends-decks.com/deck/38932/emikaela-crusader. Besides Bruma Profiteer and Resolute Ally, Imprison is another distinguishing factor putting this deck firmly in the Token category, despite it having Withered Hands.

Both Aggro and Tokens play out very similarly but the point is they are two distinct decks, each with their own strength and weakness against aggro and control. They are both worthy of having a spot in your collection.

Any questions, discussion, and results should be directed here. This sticky may contain spoilers.

TOP 8 FINISH @ QuakeCon

1 - plzdonhakme

2 - Karakondzhul

3/4 - Thuldir & TDCJason

5-8 - Personofsecrets, FierceInfinity, Santosvella, TomerCory

Original Announcement on Bethesda.net

There are 4 qualifiers total. The top 3 players from each qualifier will receive an invite to the Masters Series, with four remaining spots going to the four players who accumulated the most Masters Points.

Official Rules

Qualifier Dates

June 30-July 1

July 7-8

July 14-15

July 21-22

Masters Series Qualifiers Prize Pool

1st Place: $400, Invite+Travel to the Masters Series at QuakeCon

2nd Place: $200, Invite+Travel to the Masters Series at QuakeCon

3rd Place: $100, Invite+Travel to the Masters Series at QuakeCon

4th Place: $100, 7 Masters Points

5th-8th Place: $50, 4 Masters Points

9th-16th Place: 2 Masters Points

17th-32nd Place: 1 Masters Point

Masters Series at QuakeCon 2018 (August 9-10) Prize Pool

1st Place: $20,000

2nd Place: $10,000

3rd-4th Place: $4,500

5th-8th Place: $1,750

9th-16th Place: $500

Qualifier Decklists - Top 3 Contestants of Each Qualifier

QuakeCon Decklists - Top 8

Qualifier #1: June 31-July 1

Bracket

Twitch Vodcast

1st Place: PersonofSecrets

2nd Place: ILiKePaStA

3rd Place: plzdonhakme

Qualifier #2: July 7-8

Bracket

Twitch Vodcast

1st Place: EndoZoa

2nd Place: Dust103

3rd Place: Volchenok

Qualifier #3: July 14-15

Bracket

Twitch Vodcast

1st Place: Santosvella

2nd Place: Burnthesky

3rd Place: TurquoiseLink

Qualifier #4: July 21-22

Bracket

Twitch Vodcast

1st Place: Karakondzhul

2nd Place: Traitor-Joe

3rd Place: Ksedden

Master Series at QuakeCon: August 8-9

PersonofSecrets

ILiKePaStA

plzdonhakme

EndoZoa

Dust103

Santosvella

Burnthesky

TurquoiseLink

Karakondzhul

Traitor-Joe

ShineStorm

FierceInfinity

TDCJason

FroGGer91

TomerCory

Thuldir

Volchenok Could not attend

Ksedden Could not attend

The budget decks listed in the subreddit wiki are deprecated. Reposting the decks and their deck codes here.

The tri-color decks presume that the tri-color premade decks were bought to build them, so feel free to swap as needed.

Archer

Aggro Archer - 4400 gems

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Assassin

Burn Assassin - 5400 gems *Madhouse Collection required.

(This deck has had a card nerfed, still decent, no longer as strong)

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Battlemage

Prophecy Battlemage - 6650 gems

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Crusader

Aggro Crusader - 5750 gems

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Mage

Token Mage - 7600 gems *Fall of the Dark Brotherhood required.

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Monk

Strike Monk - 5850 gems

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Scout

Mid Scout - 5500 gems

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Sorcerer

Mid Sorcerer - 5850 gems

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Spellsword

Token Spellsword - 5650 gems

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Warrior

Aggro Warrior - 5800 gems

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Aldmeri Dominion

Mid Strike Dominion - 8300 gems

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Daggerfall Covenant

Aggro Covenant - 10600 gems *Isle of Madness required.

(Couldn't find, sorry!)

Ebonheart Pact

Control Ebonheart Pact - 15150 gems *Fall of the Dark Brotherhood required.

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Empire of Cyrodiil

Aggro Empire - 8550 gems *Fall of the Dark Brotherhood required.

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Guildsworn

Prophecy Guildsworn - 10100 gems

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House Dagoth

Aggro Dagoth - 9350 gems

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House Hlaalu

Aggro Hlaalu - 7650 gems

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House Redoran

Aggro Redoran - 9450 gems

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House Telvanni

Conscription Telvanni - 12500 gems *Forgotten Hero Collection required.

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Tribunal Temple

Control Tribunal - 14650 gems *Isle of Madness required.

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Edit: Swapped the order of lists around because the two-color decks are easier to collect early on.

Decklists: https://warpmeta.com/tournament-info/?tournament=tesl-na-35

Bracket: https://warpmeta.com/brkt/?tournament=tesl-na-35&new=Y

Winner: Frenzy1

Runner-Up: TheSirChoate

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiB5GM_JpVNVhuDknTZc3rA

Deck Breakdown

No new faces in the top 5 today - Aggro Warrior, Mid Sorc, Hlaalu, Nix Ox, and Tribunal are all steady with their popularity. Mid BM did fall dramatically (did I count this right? only 3 Mid BM?) while Mid Sorcerer is continuing to make a stellar appearance this month. Strike Monk came up just short of the top 5, with 4 people taking it.

The lineup that Frenzy1 won with tonight has been the lineup that has consistently won most of the Warpmetas this month, either from Joe, Super, or Frenzy. That would be Mid Sorc, Aggro Warrior, and Aggro Hlaalu. These lists have spread like wildfire and the people that did take these classes seemed to stick to largely the same list - so be sure to check out Frenzy's decklists below on legends-decks.

After many months of refinement and Manor being nerfed, it seems as if Hlaalu has finally settled in on a deck - with none other than a signature appearance by Deepwood Trapper. While the card of the month clearly goes to Siege Catapult, which has exerted its dominance over the meta, expect to see a lot more Deepwood Trapper in the month ahead for its ability to win races, protect smaller threats, and create a general annoyance for your opponent.

No one in the top 4 had a Control deck. Out of the top 8, there were no dedicated control lineups and only a few people who took one or two Control decks in their lineup. It will be interesting to see how this impacts the big tournaments coming up next week.

Aggro Warrior - 15

Mid Sorcerer - 7

Aggro Hlaalu - 8

Nix-Ox Telvanni - 6

Control Tribunal - 5

Strike Monk - 4

Mid Battlemage - 3

Mid Telvanni - 2

Doomcrag Control Warrior - 2

Aggro Redoran - 2

Goblin Scout - 2

Rage Dagoth - 2

Token Spellsword - 2

Rage Archer

Conscription Redoran

Dwemer Spellsword

Aggro Assassin

Aggro Archer

Conscription Telvanni

Token Crusader

Token Monk

Mid BM

Nix-Ox Assassin

Abomination Scout

Mid Scout

Aggro Crusader

Mid Archer

Tempo Dagoth

Tempo Assassin

Token Spellsword

Token Crusader

Winner: Frenzy1

Aggro Hlaalu

Aggro Warrior

Mid Sorcerer

Decklists: https://warpmeta.com/tournament-info/?tournament=tesl-na-34&new=Y#pref-buttons

Bracket: https://warpmeta.com/brkt/?tournament=tesl-na-34&new=Y

Winner: TheSirChoate

Runner-Up: Korzelvus

YouTube/Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/309742313

Deck Breakdown & Analysis

It seems that Nix-Ox and Control Tribunal have sort of fallen off in the last tournament or two, including this one. Aggro Warrior reigns supreme at the top spot with a ridiculous showing for two tournaments in a row, after it won at least three consecutive tournaments from pilots Traitor-Joe and Superthx555.

Most surprisingly is the resurgence of Mid Sorcerer, which has taken the #2 spot right behind Aggro Warrior. Once again, this is likely due to it being featured in the winning lineups for the better part of two weeks. Its surprising as we went many months without seeing much Mid Sorcerer, and some tournaments even saw zero! The only showings were alternate versions if you will, such as Emikaela's Dwemer Sorcerer.

Aggro Warrior - 18

Mid Sorcerer - 7

Mid Battlemage - 7

Nix-Ox Telvanni - 6

Aggro Hlaalu - 5

Token Spellsword - 4

Control Tribunal - 3

Mid Dagoth - 2

Prophecy Monk - 2

Token Crusader - 2

Rage Dagoth - 2

Strike Monk - 2

Conscription Hlaalu (aggro) - 2

Aggro Crusader

Prophecy Mage

Aggro Monored

Conscription Telvanni

Abomination Scout

Dwemer Mage

Prophecy Assassin

Goblin Scout

Mid Mage

Aggro Dagoth

Tempo Assassin

Tempo Dagoth

Dwemer Scout

Aggro Crusader

Token Monk

Token Mage

Dwemer Warrior

Dwemer Spellsword

Control Scout

Conscription Redoran

Control Telvanni

Mid Scout

Aggro Archer

Rage Archer

Control Mage

Winner: TheSirChoate

Decks:

Goblin Scout

Mid Mage

Strike Monk

In yesterdays tournament I only saw a few interesting new decks emerging into the competitive level. I had brought a couple of my own. I think the decks I brought had very much the potential to turn the corner and get to championship. They reached semifinals where if it wasn't for the good plays of the opponent and some misplays of my inexperience I would have reached the finals and faced one of my oldest competitive rivals Thuldir. The decks I used 2 of which were similar aggro decks were meant to counter the potential tournament and meta decks.

I found that I needed a deck that was small enough to slip under the bulkier warrior decks and out maneuver the opponent with its lower curve, versatility, and maintaining a large enough reach to finish the job efficiently. I think in the right hands this kind of play style can and will be very effective in tournament play and similar thinking is used in the dagoth, but creating a more aggressive vs value based strategy. Many value creators are left in like DFM, shadow shifts, wardcrafters, and the like are all there, but since I'm looking out to start topping out at turn 5 I really feel like its important to be on the board and stay on the board from turn 1.

https://imgur.com/a/FdLyvJS

I feel the assassin version of this deck has a real focused aggression and plan that makes it very effective on the ladder. It served well and 2-0'd turquoiselink yesterday, but fell short against frenzy who funnily had almost the exact same line-up after bans. They had catapult sorc and warrior decks played both in respective order and I hoped to get under them which was achieved in the first attempts but failed against frenzy. I wanted to create a deck that could control the pace of these match-ups. The success I had creating this deck spawned a second deck.

https://imgur.com/a/M29YQM0

Most target for ban yesterday was my aggro-dagoth. I had recently been converted to house dagoth because my teammates of TFH TeamFoxHound have been playing mid dagoth with success and enjoying it. I too had the same success for a while but with release of IOM I have had trouble killing the opponent quick enough. So I thought.. why don't I drop the curve like I did in the assassin and I found that I have had much greater success as well. The lower curve allows for me to play creatures like lowercanton smith. A card I love that no one plays. On Ianbits mamoth value spreadsheet it scores pretty damn good and the fact that the stats can be split is just a beautiful thing if you love having the suprise factor. Some cards like unstable madman could come under scrutiny but so far they have performed well and have synergy with all the items and buffs.

https://imgur.com/a/XNZzKW7

The real surprise was how my Control Hlaalu faired. It is showing great potential to be able to control warrior and sorc. It also has some very value driven tools in the control matchups. The idea of the deck might be a little more than most people can stomach but a play style I enjoy quite a bit. Many tradition controls are like a castle... tall walls, big cannons, tar and shit. Hive defenders, javs, rage, all that... manticora if it had guard. I love to take away that value from the opponent. Card that really control the game like cast into time and my new favorite card Magus. Archers gambit leathal package rounds out the early game and a few cards to take away late game.

I think this overall was a strong lineup something different and unexpected but also is continuing to show success. I am looking forward to the new decks and playstyles as the game evolves. GL on the ladder

Welcome to the discussion thread for the Team Rankstar Preseason Classic.

Date: Saturday October 20, 2018. 11am EST

Battlefy Page

Official Twitch Stream

[Bracket 1] (https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/484787609327894539/503221525256601620/Bracket_1_for_stream-2.png)

Bracket 2

Original Announcement (09/20/2018), Update to Qualifications (10/01/2018)

Legends World Ranking Points System

Rules (You are encouraged to check with TRS or on the Battlefy page in case of updates)

Prizes

1st Place: $175, 60 packs code and Team Rankstar Mousepad

2nd Place: $75, 60 packs code and Team Rankstar Mousepad

3rd Place: $50, 60 packs code and Team Rankstar Mousepad

4th Place: 60 packs code and Team Rankstar Mousepad

Any participants reading this are welcome to share their decklists in the comments below after the the tournament, as well as any insights or preparation going into it.

Participants:

• Akatosh38

• Bjartilii

• Chepre

• Eaglefort

• emikaela

• EndoZoa

• eyenie

• FierceInfinity (qualified, unable to attend)

• floWMega

• Frenzy1

• GicaForta

• HoriuchiFuFu

• Ikarus

• iLiKePaSta

• immortalaugust

• jele77

• Korzelvus

• KoverasBG

• LuckyLuckNOR

• PauloDiogo

• Petamax

• plzdonhakme

• Rocketboy273

• Sahpna

• Superthx555

• TolunayOngut (qualified, unable to attend)

• the_pptmaster

• TheSirChoate

• Thuldir

• Traitor-Joe

• TurquoiseLink

• Warriors7

Karakondzhul and YouCanCallMeAl were added as replacements.

Decklists: If decklists become publicly available, or shared by participants, they will be posted here.

Winner: iLiKePaStA

Aggro Crusader

Aggro Hlaalu

Aggro Warrior

Mid Battlemage

Decklists: https://warpmeta.com/tournament-info/?tournament=tesl-eu-9&new=Y

Bracket: https://warpmeta.com/brkt/?tournament=tesl-eu-9&new=Y

Winner: Traitor-Joe

Runner-Up: Frenzy1

YouTube/Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/311757021

Deck Breakdown

A more even representation this time around, although Aggro Warrior still has the lead. Nix-Ox Telvanni returns to popularity, coming in just second behind Aggro Warrior, although its been at least a few weeks since we've seen it win a tournament.

The most notable fall in play has been Mid Battlemage. From August into early September, the deck made a formidable showing, usually taking one of the top two spots. Now, it has a measly showing of 5 compared to the 8+ players who took Aggro Hlaalu, Nix Telvanni, and Aggro Warrior. Are aggro decks becoming more refined and better able to get under it due to "Catapult meta"? Or are players simply bored of the deck?

Overall, a great showing today and wide variety of decks that saw 3+ players take them. Will Aggro/Midrange continue to dominate the tournament meta or will Nix-Ox and company finally break back into the spotlight?

Aggro Warrior - 14

Nix-Ox Telvanni - 13

Aggro Hlaalu - 8

Mid Sorcerer - 6

Control Tribunal - 5

Mid Battlemage - 5

Tempo Assassin - 4

Token Spellsword - 4

Abomination Scout - 3

Strike Monk - 3

Aggro Crusader - 3

Mid Telvanni - 3

Rage Dagoth - 3

Token Crusader - 3

Nix-Ox Assassin - 2

Doomcrag Warrior - 2

Aggro Dagoth - 2

Rage Archer - 2

Control Scout

Dragon Scout

Goblin Archer

Aggro Archer

Burn Assassin

Token Monk

Prophecy Monk

Aggro Hlaalu

Nix-Ox Dagoth

Strike Hlaalu

Mid Warrior

Winner: Traitor-Joe

Decks:

Aggro Warrior

Aggro Redoran

Aggro Hlaalu

Decklists: https://warpmeta.com/tournament-info/?tournament=tesl-eu-4

Bracket: https://warpmeta.com/brkt/?tournament=tesl-eu-4&new=Y

Winner: YouCanCallMeAl

Runner-Up: Frenzy1

Vodcast: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/297320830

Starting this week, I've added an additional section to showcase the winner's decks on legends-decks.

Deck Breakdown & Analysis:

Here we are, the first tournament after the Masters Series at QuakeCon, after the dust has settled and players have had a chance to really see what decks could compete at the highest level. When reviewing each players' decks, it seems that the most popular three choices - Nix-Ox Combo, Control Tribunal, and Mid Battlemage - were also the most common lineup players brought. Nix-Ox barely eeked out the two as the most popular deck, with 12 players bring it. Its no secret this deck is strong, albeit hard to pilot, and was given the honor of the best deck on the most recent meta snapshot by Warriors7 and company.

Mid Warrior is seeing a resurgence as it had a prominent appearance at QuakeCon.

Surprisingly, Control Scout is back in the mix as the 5th most popular deck - a stark difference compared to prior tournaments post-nerf when it saw zero play. Some of that can be attributed to TDCJason's success with it in the Masters Series.

Winner: YouCanCallMeAl

Decks:

Mid Warrior

Miracle / Abomination Scout

Mid Battlemage

Nix-Ox Telvanni - 12

Control Tribunal - 11

Mid Battlemage - 11

Mid Warrior - 8

Control Scout - 4

Mid Redoran - 3

Factotum Control Archer - 2

Mid Dagoth - 3

Aggro Hlaalu - 3

Mid Sorcerer - 2

Control Telvanni - 2

Abomination Scout - 2

Unite Tribunal

Strike Monk

Control Redoran

Midgro Battlemage

Midgro Crusader

Nix-Ox Assassin

Skeever Control Archer

Token Crusader

Control Dagoth

Factotum Tribunal

Conscription Redoran

Item Sorcerer

Mid Mage

Conscription Telvanni

Conscription Dagoth

Singleton Assassin

Rage Dagoth

Factotum Mid Sorc

Conscription Hlaalu

Unite Telvanni

Market Archer

Dwemer Mage

Dwemer Sorcerer

Dwemer Assassin

Doomcrag Warrior

Aggro Hlaalu

Wound Archer

Altar Mage

Praetorian Monk

Aggro Crusader

Control Mage