Silenced Bones is a Necromancer mid-range deck supported by a Beast package and a Silence package.

Silence got a huge buff in Gothic with [[Silent Hills]] (and [[Sister Stefania]]) and I believe the archetype can be a great anti-meta option.

The Silence part of the deck shuts down the majority of the card pool, and manh ability-based archetypes like Ward. It is also the enabler for many parts of the Beast package, and other above curve minions such as [[Pirate Ship]] and [[Dalcean Phalanx]]. [[Silence]] itself is (W), so we include this element in the deck.

(E), on the other hand, is the nature (pun not intended) of the Beast archetype, and it is also the only archetype that works with Silence. The mana efficient minions like [[Sedge Crabs]] become a menace, while [[Pudge Butcher]] can transition between a hook thrower and a 4-cost 5-power demon. [[Assorted Animals]] is a 2+ card advantage for you if [[Haystack]] is not in play.

The general strategy is to pump out skeletons to attack AND defend (Silenced skeletons are great blockers!) using [[Necromancer]] with spare mana whenever possible, while taking favourable trades with above-curve Silenced minions. The deck either overwhelms the board or stalls enough time with Silence and defensive sites like [[Troll Bridge]] and [[Babbling Brook]] for a [[Craterize]] straight to Death's Door, followed by a finisher such as [[Zap]] or [[Ice Lance]].

Peculiar card choices:

[[Sir Yvain]] screams BEAST. If you're playing Beast, you should play him.
[[Garden of Eden]] is your wincon against any draw-heavy decks like [[Sorcerer]] and [[Deathspeaker]]. HARD MULLIGAN for it (3 sites + scry the sites deck). Otherwise, you'd better pray you out-draw them with [[Algor Omphalos]] or win the game in 5-6 turns (you won't, but you can try!).
[[Carrion Beetles]] is the vegetable that everyone refuses to play (graveyard hate) and is searchable via [[Common Sense]] and [[Assorted Animals]] with just (1).
[[Porcupine Pufferfish]] is an Ordinary Beast with Lethal for (1) (Don't silence him, let him speak!).
[[Harvest Festival]] is essentially a (3) spell for 4 in the form of two 2-power bodies. Very underrated!
[[Goat for Azazel]] is another good (1) Beast. You can use Silence to turn off his ability when you need to put him down early.
[[The Flood]] is a very good late-game board wipe in this particular deck because we play so many types of minions, letting us keep our board while deleting everything without Submerged (Silence also remove Submerged!).
[[Forlorn Keep]] is a 3-power body in the form of a site. Sometimes you may want to play this turn 3 to churn out [[Penitent Knight]], or turn 4 with an extra skelly instead of playing cards from your hand. [[Peculiar Port]] serves similar roles, but having an Evil minion may be disadvantaged in some matchups such as [[Persecutor]] or any [[Consecrated Ground]] users.
[[Pebbled Paths]], [[Impenetrable Copse]], and [[Haystack]] are interchangeable depending on your local meta. My local meta loves cards like [[Grapple Shot]] and [[Firebolts]].

Overall, this is a really fun deck to play and learn the basics of the game while being very budget-friendly. The list is kept as-is and may need to be optimised for future tournament plays (for example, [[Sister Stefania]] would be a great inclusion, if I had it...).

Shout out to Dean Gouskos and Allen Thrun for hosting the event and carrying the Sydney community on their backs!

Silenced Bones - 3rd Place Elemental Series Q1 2026 (Sydney, Australia)

@Lucas TLTN