Ian Zhang

The interface looks very clean and comes pretty close to the original. Feel like I've been missing a good site to design custom cards so far to make my broken dreams come true.

Do you have a sideboard guide for this deck?

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Can't wait for a weekend of sealed Hunted tbh

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Already proven wrong, first Agent is an aggressive one. Very strong effect. If all of the Agents will have effects on this level, it sure sounds good to never let Arakni transform. If this is what you get by rolling 1, imagine what the 6 would be.

Would've liked to see minor changes like..
CC: Plunder Run unban to buff Aggro a bit
CC: Preserve Tradition ban to hit Zen and Enigma a bit
LL: Electromagnetic Sommersault Restricted to nerf Starvo a bit

Meta is fine overall imo. Matchups are close, small tweaks would be good.

Yeah I also just read about this interaction yesterday. I don't think there's an awful lot of ways for Nuu to get Dominate though, so you're probably fine

Just like Siren's Call, the normal blocking requirements/restrictions ARE relevant.

In terms of playability, I'm not too sure what the power level is. If opponent calls 6 and searches a DReact, this card gets 2 value. If you call 6 and search a 4 value card, you go -2 value. Either this needs to name a power card, or the opponent needs to be at low life totals for it to be great.

And of course one of Brodies Celebrationals card. I love how even though the concept was extremely wordy and hard to grasp, they still managed to keep the core concept of it, and it being a Chaos card makes it very on theme. Not to mention the cool design and his signature ham sandwich on the card

Wait a sec. This card code is ARK007, so this is from one of the Blitz decks huh

Not too familiar with Blitz Arakni, but very nice that they made this a 4-block. Mentors were very frustrating in that they were often too slow to arsenal, and having better block values helps a lot with making them worth playing.
Contracts with Go Again also very strong, so could see it working.

Easy 3 of, always strips a card besides niche interactions like Dominate. Turns on Reprise, and is a blue 3 block. Not much not to like.
From the opponents point of view, at least you get to choose, and you get value from your block, so it's a little bit less toxic than Siren's Call.

Finally, it seems like slipped through the cracks will just be a completely separate hero from Marionette.
Curious to see if it'll be draftable for a 2 Assassin 2 Draconic structure or put in an Expansion Slot

This card sounds kinda sweet especially in the context of Riptide. Play this from hand, trigger Riptide put Plan for the Worst in arsenal, flip it up and play it as an instant and grab another trap.
Three of a Kind is also a funny usecase, since you won't suffer the downside on your turn.

Then for the Agents of Choas, I'd imagine they're only active during the opponents turn, and transform back to Marionette at the end of their turn. I'd imagine texts like
"Opponents cards and abilties can't gain Go Again / Power"
"Opponents get Frailty / Inertia / Bloodrot"

Question number one is how Arakni will Mark the opponents. I assume it'll just be a standard assassin dagger that marks on hit.
With this hero, that basically means your dagger becomes Beckoning Mistblade.
Gains Go Again on hit only, but if they block it out, chaos will happen.

Ngl this design is sick. There's a lot to unpack in this text and a lot of unknowns so I'll just post some speculations below.

Ngl I'm not too aware of what Guardians best lineup is into Oscilio. Are you saying AB0 is the play?

Kind of a weird usecase card. Legs are usually the slot of choice for AB, and running Tectonic Plating to play this feels like something you don't want to do.
Can get 3 value into Runeblades / Oscilio, but feel like you'd rather want the AB there and get 3 value from other equipment.

Nice design, I like how they brought back Seismics as a requirement, since Tectonics have been out of flavor for a while.
Interesting choice to not let it target token auras. Don't imagine it'll flip the Illusionist matchup but it'll sure help.

Secret tech is to intimidate yourself with Scowling Fleshbag to not discard your Bloodrush

It's kinda nice synergy with No Fear, but No Fear won't save you if Bloodrush and Thick Hide Hunter are in the same hand either.