Gameplan: FACE IS THE PLACE. One look at the prophecy count and even the name of the deck should lead one to believe we are not messing around with silly things like card advantage and controlling the board. In fact nearly every game should begin and end the same way. You start by laying down efficient attackers, praying to get in at least one attack, and then finish up the game by torching your opp with burn spells and big ole chargers. My win rate was absurd when I connected at least once with my first three creature drops.

You want your opp somewhere below 10 or so health (preferably 7 or 8 ) before going in for the burn kill. While its nice to build up a few burn spells while your creatures put in work, don’t be afraid to toss a thievery or ransack (god forbid) at your opp if you have nothing else to play. It’s all about the chip damage.

Mulligans and starting hands: TWO-DROPS. Mulligan hard for two-drops and get rid of any and all burn spells (They are strictly finishers and do very little for you early). You’re best starting hand is two high attack two-drops (ravager and alit) and one solid three-drop creature (preferably Camlorn because he doesn’t have prophecy written on the card). You are then hoping to draw another two drop over the next 3 turns as you play 2-drop, 3-drop, into two more 2-drops (all creatures). If you get something close to this order and get to attack a few times, it becomes very hard to lose. DO NOT BE AFRAID TO START IN THE SHADOW LANE. You will either continue to fill your board if playing against aggro (prophecies) or eventually wear your control opponent down with burn spells and fat chargers.

Notable inclusions:
1. Gloomlurker: Most of the red and blue prophecies need no introduction as they have been doing their damn thing for quite some time. This guy was actually pretty great in this deck. You want to play him as a second or third two-drop and re-cover one of your ravagers or even a growing cutpurse to get maximum value. If you get just one extra attack because of Gloomlurker he has done more than his part.

3. Blacksap Protector: This card sucks and would be my first replacement 3-drop prophecy when one comes out. 9 times out of 10 having guard ruins him because he cant be covered, though it can save you once in awhile.

Blood Sacrament: Quite possibly my favorite card for this deck and I was expecting nothing from it. This card is required to play the deck and I won’t hear anything else about it. What I found was this deck is usually winning between turns 6-8, most often needing the kill from hand with two burn spells. When you combine this card with a bolt or a charger. It’s an easy 8 damage to face for 7 magicka PLUS gain 4 health. In the off chance you cant finish with that play the 4 life gain is actually critically in screwing up your opponents combat math and may allow you to see the light one more turn.

Thievery and Ransack: Yeah, its thievery and ransack… They’re pretty terrible cards for the cost but you need more burn to make a 75-card deck work. Obviously just 2-ofs, I would love to replace once Bethesda prints more burn spells. Ransack WILL win you at least one game out of nowhere or my name is not ThePrice1sRight.

Cast Out: I never realized how important this card was to a prophecy deck. Save this card until you absolutely, positively need to use it. As in throw Earthbones and Harpies at drain creatures before you use this card. Mostly because in a pinch you can unsummon your OWN creatures for additional chip damage. One of my favorite wins on this run was needing 8 damage on an empty board with Alit, Cast Out, and Blood Sacrament in hand; opp BMed me so hard as it played out.

I’m not sure there’s a lot more to be said. HoD is there to allow for the tri-color, though he is always removed or silenced. Some notable cuts would be Wearbat and maybe the elf-that-shoots-arrows on summon. The deck simply cannot afford to be playing two health creatures for 4+ magicka. I’d love to know what people think and/or would like to suggest. Happy laddering and watch those Ice Storms.