Chaos Legion - Earth Splinter Deck Building PART II

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With Chaos Legion out for a few weeks now I am starting to build my future decks. I already covered the building of the Life splinter deck and Magic Earth deck in my last articles. In this article, we will go through Non-magic Earth splinter deck building. Earth splinters have a lot of very powerful cards that are cheap at the moment. It would be such a waste to not seize that opportunity.

So let's get started:

Same as in previous articles, I will focus on cards that are affordable. I will not build deck using expensive cards like Kron, Llama, or anything similar. Yes, those cards are amazing but I am on a limited budget(so is most of you) and I prefer to spend my money in such a way that will enable me to play competitively in the highest league possible. For now, that is Silver I.

And remember:

I am planning to build a Silver deck and my goal is to be competitive in the Silver league. So I will be looking at maxed-out cards for the Silver league. Those cards may not be good for the Bronze league or leagues above Silver.

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Non-Magic Earth Deck

With the new Chaos Legion expansion, all eyes are on the new summoner, Obsidian. I must admit that Obsidian is an amazing summoner as magic attacks are very powerful, especially in lower leagues where you don't have much magic protection. I think that it will be used a lot, same as Alric a few weeks ago. Some other summoners are not getting that much spotlight and one of them is Wizard of Eastwood.

Why do I like Wizard of Eastwood?

Well to be honest I do prefer Mylor Crowling but who has the money to pay 35 USD per BCX? For that kind of money, I can build a few Silver decks so we are going for the next best thing and that is Wizard of Eastwood. This summoner was not that great and I remember that I could buy him for 2 USD per BCX a few months ago. Now he is not that cheap, but he is not that bad either. Minus 2 armor is actually pretty good, especially against Water, Fire, and Life splinters. Wizard of Eastwood will counter Water summoner, Kelya Frendul and it will take some armor from those nasty tanks in Life and Fire splinters with Shield abilities. That is why I would say that Wizard of Eastwood became very viable in the Chaos Legion expansion.

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Tanks

There are a lot of cheap cards in Earth splinter that you can use with Wizard of Eastwood. I do recommend buying cards like Pelacor Mercenary, Hill Giant or Venari Knifer as you can buy a maxed copy for the Silver league for only 3 USD. If you are on the budget, try to look at those cards. They will enable you to play at higher leagues for a small amount of money.


Another card that I really like is Grund. This card is a bit more expensive but for around 40 USD you can buy a level 3 copy. Grund is amazing in combination with Wizard of Eastwood because of minus 2 armor debuff. That means that Grund will most of the time strike directly at the opponent's health and you will not waste your attacks on breaking the armor.

With 4 damage and Double Strike ability Grund is an absolute beast. Even though he does not have Shield or Void ability, 11 health makes him very durable. On the other hand, mana cost of 10 puts him into the Giants category so you should be aware of Giant Killer ability.


Another cheap tank that I like is Mycelic Infantry. This guy is an absolute beast in the Reverse speed ruleset. On top of that Shield ability makes him really hard to kill especially when played with Mylor Crowling. Unicorn Mustang is a must for your team when playing against magic because of Void ability. Level 1 is pretty decent and leveling to level 4 could be expensive, therefore I recommend a cheaper alternative(both price and mana) in the form of a level 5 Gargoya Lion. A card that is often overlooked but it has Void and Flying ability with some armor. Not bad if you ask me.

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Utility

There are a lot of cards that will help or buff your Earth splinter team. One of the cards that I am sure you will use is Goblin Psychic. On level 5 he has two amazing abilities Tank Heal and Affliction. It will heal your tank and prevent healing for your opponent. It is just amazing.

Another good thing is that his health goes up with levels as well so he won't be killed that easily by Snipe attackers. I think that this card will be essential in every Earth deck as Khmer Princess is just getting too expensive for most of the players.


Queen Mycelia is another card that you must have. Protect ability is just too good and I think that you will find her in most of the teams. Fungus Fiend is a card that you will use to soak that Sniper or Sneak attacks and protect your more valuable cards. That one or two attacks could be the difference between victory or defeat. There are also some other older cards that are nice to have like Failed Summoner or Sporcerer. All those cards are very interesting and I can see myself using them often in my teams.

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Damage dealers

If you are using Grund, most of your damage will come from him, precisely, 8 damage per turn. But there are also other great cards that I am planning to buy, especially now when prices are down quite a lot. Mitica Headhunter is one of those cards. Amazing speed and damage are all you need. A few weeks ago you had to give between 60 and 80 USD per BCX. Now you can get one copy for only 15 USD. The amazing opportunity I would say.

Beatrix Ironhand is another damage dealer that I like a lot, especial on level 2 when she has 3 damage. Beatrix even has Close Range ability so you can put her in the second spot without fear. You already noticed that Earth splinter has a lot of good ranged damage dealers and Venari Seedsmith is another one. With 3 ranged damage and Scavenger ability, I can see a lot of use for this card. Venari Scout is great because of his Opportunity ability and because of low mana cost. The same goes for Goblin Thief in combination with Uraeus. Hunter Jarx is an interesting card but I can't see it working in the Silver league because of low speed. In the Gold league, he has True Strike, and then it becomes more viable.

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Tactics

I will show some tactics that I play sometimes. I hope that these examples will help you in your future battles. If you do have some better ideas, please let me know down in the comments.

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Earth splinter has a lot of low mana monsters that are pretty good. We got some of those monsters in the Chaos Legion expansion, like Hill Giant and Venari Scout. Some of them are from Untamed expansion like Goblin Thief - one of my favorite cards. And some are from Reward set, luke Uraeus - a card that is a must-have. In the current meta, the Sneak attack become a go-to strategy and it works very well. That is why I like it in Earth splinter as well.


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There are some interesting cards in this team like Venari Knifer with a big health pool, Venari Seedsmith with Scavenge ability, and Queen Mycelia with Protect ability. We have some Sneak damage to kill those threats in the back as well as some decent damage to the tank of the enemy team. With Earth splinter, you are covered in all angles and it really is one of the best splinters.


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In high mana, I would like to use one of the best cards in Chaos Legion expansion. Yes, it is Grund. Oh yes, it is such a beast with 4 attack and Double Strike ability. Other cards are pretty much straightforward, maybe except Mycelic Slipspawn. The plan here is to split damage from your opponent so both Grund and Slipspawn can live a bit longer. We do have Queen Mycelia for **Protect **ability and Psychic for Tank Heal, both abilities to increase the survivability of my cards.

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Summary

In this part of the Earth splinter deck building, I focused on non-magic teams. Earth splinter is one of the best splinters and it is very flexible. You can find answers to a lot of situations. I will personally invest heavily into the Earth splinter and I will try to build a decent Silver team. Of course, I will skip some expensive cards as I believe that is better to have multiple higher-level decks than one extra expensive lower-level deck. At this moment card prices are way down and it is the perfect time to buy some cheap assets even though card prices could go down a little bit more.

Related Articles

If you missed the first part of this "guide" you can find it below:

Chaos Legion - Life Splinter Deck Building PART I

Chaos Legion - Life Splinter Deck Building PART II

Chaos Legion - Earth Splinter Deck Building PART I

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Awesome content! Hope to see some deeper dive into older cards for wild league!

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Hello there! Congratz for this fantastic work and post. I have invested around fifty bugs in a gold Kelya and some other golds (I love Deeplurker). I would like to ask how is it working against water splinter. I have not fight against so much grunds and queen mycelias (I don't understand why as I am 2000 ranked), and they should begin to appear. Could we deal some friendly matches to validate which splinter is better? In this case maybe I change my mind and I begin to build an earth deck. Thank you very much! By the way I am also creating content, in case you would like to give a helping hand, here is my url https://www.splintertalk.io/@beffeater/chaos-legion-dinamics-evolution-scavo

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