Gaping Maw Pseudo Rush
The Gaping Maw
1 x The Gaping Maw
Type: Castle
Related Hero: Gulbjarn's Castle
Faction: Liothan
Health: 20
Exhaust, Pay 1 mana: Choose one: Remove up to 2 
from the castle; Remove up to 1 from an ally; Draw a card
You must have Gulbjarn and 39 other cards. You may include any SHAPESHIFTER and you cannot include any BUSHIDO nor Yami.
1 x Gulbjarn
Type: Heroic Ally - Shapeshifter
Faction: Liothan
Cost: 6
Health: 6
Attack: 5
Rarity: Legendary
Play: For the remainder of the turn, Gulbjarn may split his strike damage among any number of monsters within one lane from him. (Instead of dealing all damage to the engaged monster.)
2 x Cloud Tearers
Type: Ally - Royal Guard
Faction: Liothan
Cost: 4
Health: 2
Attack: 2
Rarity: Base
Play: Cloud Tearers deal 2 damage to a monster engaged with them.
3 x Clan of the Oak
Type: Ally - Royal Guard
Faction: Liothan
Cost: 3
Health: 3
Attack: 3
Rarity: Base
As long as Clan of the Oask has no neighbors, they gain +1 armor.
1 x Corjof
Type: Heroic Ally - Royal Guard
Faction: Liothan
Cost: 3
Health: 3
Attack: 2
Rarity: Legendary
Play: For the remainder of the turn, a non-outsider monster loses all abilities.
Exhaust, Pay 1 mana: An ally and a monster engaged with them strike each other.
3 x Clearing Dryad
Type: Ally - Dryad
Faction: Taulot
Cost: 3
Health: 4
Attack: 3
Rarity: Base
Exhaust: Move 1 
or 1 [attack] from an ally to another ally.
3 x Underwood Dryad
Type: Ally - Dryad
Faction: Taulot
Cost: 2
Health: 2
Attack: 1
Rarity: Base
Play: Mutaform 2.
3 x Canopy Hunters
Type: Ally - Tribesmen
Faction: Taulot
Cost: 2
Health: 1
Attack: 1
Rarity: Base
Destroyed: Guerrilla 1.
3 x Echoed Saboteur
Type: Ally - Rogue
Faction: Nupten
Cost: 2
Health: 2
Attack: 2
Rarity: Base
Fight: The monster engaged with Echoed Saboteur gains -1 attack for the remainder of the turn.
Elusive 1.
3 x Restless Phalanx
Type: Ally - Phalanx
Faction: Nupten
Cost: 2
Health: 1
Attack: 3
Rarity: Base
Fight: Rebuild 1.
3 x Bloodlust
Type: Spell
Faction: Liothan
Cost: 1
Rarity: Base
Play: An ally gains +2 attack and +1 armor for the remainder of the turn.
2 x Speak with the Spirits
Type: Spell
Faction: Liothan
Cost: 2
Rarity: Rare
Play: Choose two:
- An ally gains 2 [attack]
- An ally gains 2
- Remove up to 4 from the castle.
3 x Death Grasp
Type: Spell
Faction: Taulot
Cost: 2
Rarity: Base
Play: A monster in a lane gains -2 attack and -2 health for the remainder of the turn.
3 x Shadow of Death
Type: Spell
Faction: Nupten
Cost: 1
Rarity: Base
Play: A monster in a lane gains -2 attack for the remainder of the turn.
Draw a card.
3 x Psychic Shield
Type: Spell
Faction: Nupten
Cost: 1
Rarity: Base
Play: An ally gains +2 armor for the remainder of the turn.
Rebuild 1.
2 x Stone Pillar
Type: Tower
Faction: Taulot
Cost: 2
Rarity: Rare
Play: Stone Pillar gains 2 .
Exhaust: Stone Pillar gains 1 . Then, a monster gains 1 and 1 [weaken].
2 x Guard Pillar
Type: Tower
Faction: Taulot
Cost: 2
Rarity: Rare
After an ally is destroyed, put that card beneath Guard Pillar.
When Guard Pillar has 3 or more allies beneath it, destroy Guard Pillar and return all cards beneath it to their owners' hand.
We try to build a rush deck without Kurumo (as Gaping Maw does not allow us to include them), for a fast beatdown against outsiders on "Normal" difficulty.
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