Building Aurora for $100 or Less!
Greetings and salutations my fabulous FAB folks! Welcome back to another installment in our Budget FAB deck series here on Card Gamer. I’m Donnie K, aka some random #FABdad, and today we’re talking about one of Flesh and Blood’s most popular heroes. (Well, one of the most popular recent heroes, anyway.) Have you ever pictured yourself flitting across a battlefield, using your speed and reflexes to dance circles around your enemy? Ever wanted to wield the power of spell and steel at the same time? Do you like playing bubbly and upbeat characters? Well, today we’re diving into exactly that style of play, with Aurora, Shooting Star in Classic Constructed.
Cool! I’ve Been Wanting to Try Building Rosetta Heroes on a Budget.
Naturally! Rosetta has proven to be an incredibly popular set, and Aurora in particular has been near the top of everyone’s radar. The list I’m going to show you today was put together by someone infinitely more qualified to talk about competitive Runeblades than I am though. Shout out to Justin Evans, one of my friends and a co-host on my podcast who’s been tinkering with this deck for a while. He was kind enough to share the list in order for me to pass it along to all of you.
Despite being a budget list, the deck is a pretty straightforward aggro pile with three different configurations: Full Aggro, Combo, and Defensive. But we’ll get to that in a moment.
First things first, let’s talk about what’s going into the list.
Sure, What is Going into Our Budget Aurora Deck?
Actually, Aurora doesn’t lose out on much with us being on such a tight budget. That being said, I’m going to try something new and break each card type down into individual sections this week.
The Cheapest Equipment
Gear like Aether Ironweave, Snapdragon Scalers, and Vexing Quillhand are all relatively cheap and powerful options. Her signature weapon, Star Fall, is a token, so it’s also an easy include.
We’re only using seven total equipment pieces for the list though. Everything else will be playable in the main deck. Flash of Brilliance is the standard head piece, but Crown of Dichotomy is in the board as a concession to Arcane Damage. Twinkle Toes plays the same type of role, except in the leg slot. Please note that we’re running Ironweave and Quillhand into every matchup.
Solid Attack Actions
This wouldn’t be much of an aggro deck if we didn’t have aggressively slanted cards. With a whopping 51 red cards in the main deck, this is a very aggressive cost curve. We’re mostly planning on using the few blues we have to create Embodiments when they come up – followed by a sword swing, of course.
Arcanic Shockwave, Entwine Lightning, and Ravenous Rabble are obvious, but we’re also going to spend a little money on Static Shock for this list. (Unless you got two copies of the First Strike deck. Then you’d have an extra.) Everything we’re doing is designed to maximize damage turn over turn.
Required Instants
Aurora likes to go fast, and there’s nothing faster in Flesh and Blood than instant-speed cards. (Rules lawyers, just go with me here.) Burn Up // Shock is a bomb every time you play it, and with the amount of break points we’re throwing it’ll connect more often than not. Lightning Press and Electrostatic Discharge help buff attacks to a harder breakpoint, so they’re basically Lightning-flavored Head Jabs.
Non-Negotiable Non-Attack Actions
Sizzle is another one of the cards we need for the list that carries a solid price tag, but you can offset its cost with the Aurora First Strike deck as well. (Those things are such a good value for this hero.) Where we’re not able to take any short cuts with the budget is Arc Lightning. Aurora’s specialization is one of our win-cons and what the deck is built around.
In the inventory, we’ve got three copies of Flicker Wisp as well for the combo potential with Arc Lightning when needed to get over tough opponents. If it’s good enough for a full priced list to use, it’s good enough for us!
The Final List
With all that said, here’s the final Classic Constructed list from jevs05 on Fabrary:
So… This is a Good Budget Deck, Right?
Oh yeah, this is a solid list even full of budget options! Here’s a few thoughts from Justin on how the deck is supposed to run.
Like I said earlier, the list has three main configurations: Full Aggro, Combo, and Defense. While the aggressive package stays the same in every version, a few things move back and forth. The idea behind the deck is do the most math turn over turn. The Flicker Wisp combo is really powerful and the sideboard package of defense reactions will help you stay alive long enough to wear your opponent down.
Justin was kind enough to provide some sideboarding suggestions to go along with the list too. Take these cards out and play the remaining 60 depending on which configuration you want. (Note- The Trip the Light Fantastics are there as Wizard insurance.)
Base List – Full Aggro
-3x Sink Below
-3x Flicker Wisp
Combo List –
-3x Sink Below
Defensive List –
-3x Fry
-3x Second Strike
-3x Flicker Wisp
Final Thoughts
Aurora is a popular hero because she’s powerful and a lot of fun to play. Her background story is also flavorful and endearing. These things combine to make her a great choice for new players and this is a great list for someone who’s new to Flesh and Blood to start with.
What do you think of the list? Would you change anything? What do you think the 80th card should be since there’s only 79 in the list? Do you want to listen to me and my buddies nerd out about Flesh and Blood every week? Hit me up on Blue Sky or Twitter as Dracohominis87 and let me know!
Looking for more Flesh and Blood content? Check out our in-depth guide on how to choose to go first or second. And take a look at our review of the Jarl Vetreidi Armory Deck.
