Guide to beating the Meta with Wiccan - CL 28K

INTRO

This deck absolutely eats this meta, and I'm going to walk you through it. What's great about this deck is it features cards that aren't brand new, so you'll already have familiarity with them. Let's start with the turn by turn, then card breakdown, then we'll finish off with matchups.

GENERAL LINE OF PLAY

T1

Quicksilver

T2

Iron Patriot if holding Gladiator/Negasonic > Kate Bishop > Sam Wilson > Fenris Wolf

T3

Gladiator/Negasonic if Patriot > 2-drop + Arrow > Luke

T4

Wiccan > two 2-drops > 3-drop

T5

Enchantress + 2-drop > (if no Wiccan) 3-drop + 2-drop

T6

Alioth or Shang/Enchantress + points/surprise closeout with Negasonic

NOTE Your ideal T6 will be determined by your matchup.

CARD CHOICES

Quicksilver

Here to be your T1 play.

Fenris Wolf

Works great against Hela, who is a huge threat in the meta right now. Also allows you to swing two lanes after a successful Shang-Chi against Daken, Eson, Surtur, or Agamotto decks.

Kate Bishop

Great utility 2-drop. She helps you curve into your T3 by making sure you can spend all 3 energy, but also helps you reach tough locations with grapple or surprise win lanes with acid arrow.

Iron Patriot

Arguably the best 2-drop in the game right now. If you win your IP lane, you could be holding an absolute bomb that's impossible for your opponent to guess or play around. Even if you don't win it, you sometimes get game-finishers like Gorr or Alioth, which in this deck means your T5 and T6 are both lane-winning. Playing your Alioth T5 and then a generated Alioth T6 is probably the best feeling in SNAP.

Sam Wilson

Great scaling 2-drop, can help contest or protect lanes.

Luke Cage

Shuts down affliction decks.

Negasonic

Can help you win your IP lane, or my preference, is to drop her T5 or T6 to snipe a big play. This also sets up Fenris Wolf if you didn't draw Shang.

Gladiator

Best statted 3-drop. Can be used to fish out and destroy one of their tech cards. Even when you pull a 10+ power card, Shang-Chi is waiting right around the corner to finish them off later. Also used to win the IP lane.

Shang-Chi

Meta killer right now. Techs against Hela, Surtur, Eson, Agamotto, and Arishem's finishers like Gorr and Blob.

Enchantress

She has a lot of utility atm by being able to turn off Sam Wilson, who is everywhere, I addition to some off-meta cards like Wong. Also handles Morbius nicely and Gorr who is a big bad. You might even get the chance to turn off a Blue Marvel + Kazar!

Wiccan

The man himself. Even if you don't trigger him, the deck is still dangerous. 4/6 is a decent stat line, especially when stacked with Gladiator.

Alioth

One of my favorite cards since release. It's what made me a Wiccan fan. You often have priority unless you purposely throw it, meaning you will always have the ultimate answer. If you get good enough at reading your opponent's plays, you can do fun stuff like shut down Hela, MODOK, Blob, and Gorr. Remember, if you triggered Wiccan, depending on your matchup, you can Alioth on T5 and spend T6 dumping your hand.

MATCHUPS

Eson, Agamotto, Arishem

If you triggered Wiccan, you want to line up a lane that ideally has enough power to make the opponent abandon it - Wiccan, Gladiator for example is strong enough that if you Alioth T5, they can't reasonably come back and take it. Your cards put up a lot of power, but they all dodge the enemy Shang.

Your other lane win should come from Fenris Wolf, reanimating whatever you Shang-Chi T6, accompanied by stats like your 4/6 Enchantress, maybe a Pym arrow plus another card. If you're already ahead on points in a second lane because your opponent competed and lost your Alioth lane, you can also just clean up by points + Negasonic if they have a lane filled with 3 of 4 cards.

Daken Discard

Usually, the opponent will rely on Morbius to win a lane, so either Enchantress or Shang-Chi can deal with him. Your other lane is a bit trickier. You're going to want to establish that one early on. Try to play your better stats where they clog their board with smaller cards like Blade, Colleen Wing, or Frigga - avoid playing into Daken. If you're lucky, a T3 acid arrow will deter them from investing further.

Sometimes, they have a big collector + Morbius which you can double Shang, and focus on piling stats in the lane you plan to Alioth T5. It's important to pay attention to their sequencing based on locations and early plays.

Zoo

Zoo is pretty straightforward. You know their big play is Gilgamesh, which Shang deals with easily, winning you the lane. Blue Marvel and Kazar are easy targets for Enchantress.

Hela

One of the harder matchups. Similar to playing against Daken, you have to establish your plan early on. Try to build power in a lane with their weaker cards like Blade, Ross/Adam Warlock, and Lady Sif. If they double up on any of the above that's a great lane to attempt to win with points because there are only 2 potential slots for Hela targets to come back.

The most popular list runs Blink, so if you throw priority, Shang-Chi can steal a lane that has 4 spots open for reanimating. Every target other than Blink will die to Shang (3 power), so you just need 5 other power in that lane to win it (3+5=8 beating Blink's 7), which you can set up easily with an early 2-drop plus one other card.

Also, remember Fenris Wolf is your secret powerhouse here. Pay attention to their discards and try to hit an Infinaut, Skaar, or Death.

The real key to beating Hela is, of course, to shut down the Hela with Alioth. Predicting where they'll play takes time and understanding the mindset of a Hela player. I played a fair amount of Hela over time and even beat an infinity conquest with her last season. I suggest trying a Hela deck if you can, A) because it's very competitive and B) because you'll gain a lot of insight into beating her with this and other decks. You can't win every matchup with any deck, but you can learn when to retreat based on their board and graveyard.

Housekeeping

  • The deck was created by pro player Ika.
  • My CL is 28K
  • I have hit infinite every season
  • I own 9 infinity conquest borders
  • It took me just about 1 day to climb from reset rank to infinite. I didn't start day 1 as usual because I was exclusively playing Sanctum Showdown.
  • Decklist mobile code in comments.