Bones Deep

Core Gameplan

This is a positional control deck that wins by:

Repositioning enemy units

[[Coy Nixie]], [[Nelly Longarms]], [[Innsmouth Dock]]

[[Riptide]], [[Undertow]], [[Swap]]

Clustering them into bad locations

Punishing that positioning through multiple engines:

[[Thin Ice]]

[[Call of the Sea]]

[[Into the Abyss]]

[[Maelström]]

[[Troll Bridge]]

[[Lacuna Entity]]

You are constantly asking:

“Where can I force this unit so it becomes a lower value, or poorly positioned?”

Control Engines (Not Just One Combo)

This deck doesn’t rely on a single payoff—it layers multiple positional punishments:

[[Thin Ice]]

Mass submerge when units stack

[[Call of the Sea]]

Forces clustering, then collapses the board

[[Into the Abyss]]

Turns displacement into direct removal

[[Maelström]]

Passive pull every turn that compounds with other effects

[[Troll Bridge]]

Punishes forced entry and isolates units

[[Lacuna Entity]]

Breaks positioning rules and drags targets across regions

[[Atlantean Fate]]

Turns the entire board into water and disables site abilities

The strength of the deck is that these stack, not replace each other

Submersion Engine

Submerge is your primary removal:

Setup via movement

Convert into removal through multiple paths:

[[Thin Ice]]

[[Call of the Sea]]

[[Into the Abyss]]

[[Atlantean Fate]]

You don’t always kill units directly—you make the board kill them

Power at a Discount

You cheat tempo through:

Skeletons → [[Gnarled Wendigo]]

[[Selfsame Simulacrum]] copying best unit

[[Gilman House]] converting bodies into [[Horrible Hybrids]]

Your threats are cheap because your positioning does the work

Disruption vs Destruction

Disruption (Primary)

Constant movement

Breaking formations

Denying site value

Forcing bad fights ([[Lord of Lies]])

Passive pressure from sites like [[Maelström]] and [[Troll Bridge]]

Destruction (Secondary)

Submerge effects

Void pulls ([[Into the Abyss]])

Collapse setups across multiple engines

You disrupt first → destruction becomes inevitable

Sideboard Role

[[Toolbox]]

Access to kill-shot magic

Lets you convert control into a finishing blow

[[Horrible Hybrids]]

Used with [[Gilman House]] / [[Peculiar Port]]

Convert:

Skeletons

Enemy minions

Into efficient 3/3 bodies

This is your resource conversion engine

Bottom Line

Control positioning every turn

Layer multiple punishment engines

Turn positioning into submersion

Turn submersion into removal

Use cheap threats to close

If you’re playing correctly:

The opponent isn’t losing to one combo—they’re losing to a board that keeps getting worse every turn.

Bones Deep

@tony-balogna