Versatile Lunar 2018

:The following deck is a legacy deck. It has lost its potency, either due to nerfs or power creep, but was still significant enough to warrant posting. For the previous version of this deck, see Versatile Lunar 2017. For the current non-legacy deck, see Versatile Lunar.
After several further adjustments to cards surrounding the archetype, Versatile Lunar returned from its previous form to bring focused action manipulation back into the scene.
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== Stats ==
Name: Versatile Lunar 	Uses many cards from the Lunar archetype plus some filler blues and Lycanthropes.
Creator: Xylias 	Returning with the only sufficiently interesting archetype at a sufficiently playable level.
Deck Color: Blue/Red/White	Mostly blue, but with many useful red cards to take advantage of actions from both colors. Less blue-weighted than its legacy form.
Deck Type: Control 	You mostly respond to what the opponent does and keep them in check until you gather enough buffs and removal to wear down the opponent and win.
Goldfish: 14-20 	If your opponent doesn't quit the first time they see Erik.Cassel or TheSteelEagle, it will take a while to win, but it can vary heavily based on your action and starting hand RNG.
Consistency: 2/5 	Random actions are random.
Complexity: 4/5 	No hard combos, but knowing which action to use when along with all other one-off fighters is crucial. The turn timer is your biggest opponent.
Accessibility: 1.5/5 	Three legends, three epics. Several cards from Ancient Stirrings, but only commons. Two white rares. Not many cards come from the starter blue deck.
Versatility: 3/5 	The variety of random actions gives you enough to deal with pretty much any threat. You just have to hope you have the right actions at the right times.
Popularity: 0/5 	It's not Hyperburn, and it's not wer8888 thrown into some other blue deck.
== Decklist ==
 
FIGHTERS
ASeal x2
Scripter x1
saud20 x1
wer8888 x4
Lebron x3
Kalman Sinister x2
xXVitalityVoidXx x1
2Hex x2
Glaciem Mage x2
PurpleBoy329 x2
Erik.Cassel x1
Tomspick x3
Lumberjack x2
Paraselene Ascetic x2
LordVasco x1
Tone x1
TheSteelEagle x1
ACTIONS
Stud x3
Divine Favor x2
Eye Spy x3
Luck o' the Lobsters x1
=== Sideboarding ===
Used to try MUTO2014 in the deck, but drawing to Fractal was too slow.
== How to Play ==
Land fighters on the field that you can use to generate actions (saud20, ASeal, wer8888, Tone) or can be built up with actions (PurpleBoy, Vasco). Use other actions to create favorable trades or gain board position to play more helpful fighters.
== Guide to Actions ==
* Eye Spy - Good vs aggro or when you have lots of icon generators. Good source of more action gas.
* Pumpkin Bomb - Good, cheap, single-target removal. Can kill weak things or be the extra edge needed to kill something big.
* Crystal Snare - The ultimate stall for things you just can't deal with right away. It can also be used on zero or low-power allies in a pinch to keep your engine going.
* Moon Rabbit's Rage - Good way to push for damage if you already have something on board.
* Bloated - Cheap way of keeping stuff alive. Good to use on legends, Tone, or Kalman.
* Fallen Guardian - Keep one of your things alive or zero out an opposing fighter's power. Good first buff for LordVasco. Effect often is too expensive or not worthwhile though.
* Psychotic - Most commonly used as big damage removal, but a healthy TheSteelEagle or LordVasco can use it to swing hard at things, or anything you've buffed with some other health spell.
* Beam Sword - Often used as single-target removal, though expensive for its damage. Could also be used on allies to boost power, but is only worth it if the ally survives killing something afterwards.
* Depths of the Nether - Cheap AoE damage and snare if you have an engine going. Tends to be weak.
* Inferno! - Good AoE damage that also helps push past big health walls for killing blows.
* SnyFort - Decently sized body that also triggers generators. Board space is valuable real estate though, and this doesn't always deserve a spot.
* Sorry! - Expensive card draw for the cost most of the time, but can be useful if you opponent is close to death. Don't overdraw.
* Dark Book of Spells - Typically just a blue icon, but used viably in dire situations or final pushes for a win. Don't overdraw!!
* Olafisawesome100 - RIP Forbidden Power. Olaf gives access to SetHealth that prevents you from getting rolled by big nasties. Downside is that it is bugged right now and gives its blue icon to the opponent instead of yourself, which can put you behind against blue decks fix it fix it fix it fix it fix it fix it fix it fix it fix it
* Stormchaser's Gambit - Typically not worth more than a blue icon or action activation.
* Spicy Lollipop - Great for asserting your dominance if you have an engine going. Bad everywhere else.
== Weaknesses and Counterplay ==
Cards in this deck often have extremes in stats - high health with low power, or high power with low health. Actions are to be used to make up for these extremes, but without that support, the fighters are usually easy to take down.
If the random actions you draw aren't useful for the situation you're in or are infeasible to use at the time, your engine can die and board can get wiped.
Because of all the anti-aggro options, especially through Kalman Sinister, Tone, and Eye Spy, aggro is not the most dangerous threat, though it can be if you don't have cards like those. More threatening are fighters with high health and power values for their cost. Decks that buff allies out of range of the damage you can deal are also dangerous, as are decks whose actions or fighters deal direct damage to take out targets before they trigger effects.
The deck only contains one hardwipe. Divine Favor can be used as a wipe, but is most potent when PurpleBoy or VitalityVoid are on the field.
Anti-Lunar tech cards have some value against this deck, but not much.
== Fall and Legacy ==
Many of the new tech cards and card changes that allowed this deck to resurface were made towards the end of the year while the previous version had been shelved after Forbidden Power had changed near the beginning of the year. Shortly into 2019, changes to important board wipes such as Divine Favor and Thunder Bolt left the deck's viability in question. Then Splexit arrived with a series of buffs that opened up new opportunities and the next version of this deck.
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