Phase One - Survive & Control

This deck aims to use the water control package of [[Riptide]], [[Troll Bridge]], [[Coy Nixie]] and so on to establish control of the board via submerging opposing minions, and building up your site count and cemetery.

Try not to miss playing a site until you have 5 or 6. [[Overflow]] is really good to keep you drawing spells each turn while still getting sites and filling the cemetery. Only the [[Great Old One]] and [[Island Leviathan]] requires more, though you'd love as much mana as you can get with Archimago.

Phase Two - Pivot & Win

You "turn the corner" (survive and then pivot to offense) later in the game, usually by playing [[Font of Life]], [[Call of the Sea]], [[Snowball]], or some other bomb.

Once the board is relatively clear and you have a healthy site count, ideally without having lost much life or having healed a lot, you can grind out a win via card advantage, your powerful minions, and Archimago recasts.

[[Peculiar Port]], [[Elder Ruins]], and [[Island Leviathan]] also provide more muscle without taking away from your magic. You could also run [[Toolbox]] but I find it a bit of a dud with Archimago, especially with the Omphalos, and the mono water package is so-so.

Misc Notes

Between [[Abaddon Succubus]], [[Ring of Morrigan]], [[Orm Infestor]], and [[Font of Life]], this deck has a lot of healing.

[[Acid Rain]] and [[Atlantean Fate]] stops annoying anti Archi sites and Omphalos.

This deck is slightly light on magic for a usual Archimago build because earth and fire have ways to close out the game with burn spells. Water has a few, but not very many, so you're more reliant on grinding with healing and value, and finishing with minions and some magic.

Thanks for reading, always open to ideas, feel free to share them.

Moontide Control

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