What's a good way to countering Storm Haven?

[Kawaii Dude]

I figure Wards would work but not every deck has enough of them. And WardGolems for Runecraft take a while to make.
Is there a way without ward or just join the jerkMeta and be just as annoying?

[Firecam]

Batvamp jerkmeta might save you.
But again you're trading your soul for a win.
May or may not be worth.

For Runecraft, either a good golem deck if you have the vials + rng ou just regular rng.

[Separa]

Storm Haven is tough for me too. Best luck I've had so far is with a ward-heavy Shadow build. Shadow, quite possibly, has more wards than any other class, with the possibly exception of earth rune; but few people seem to make major use of them, prefering the aggro build. Control Shadow can do pretty well though, in my experience. I need a few more gold cards for my deck though, to really maximize it.

[Firecam]

Shadow is "destroyed" by banish so... my be a double edge sword.

[Separa]

Publicado originalmente por Firecam:

Shadow is "destroyed" by banish so... my be a double edge sword.

The banishes can be a pain, although it's definitely possible to return the favor. Not only do two of Shadow's wards come with bane, you can effectively add bane to more of them with Madame Lich and Highway to Hell. And even aside from that; at least two more of Shadow's wards have higher-damage than the typical ward. I won't claim it's infallible or anything, but the deck/style definitely has its strengths. It can be hard to get past. And then there's all of Shadow's destroy and/or damage spells, which only serve to amplify that.

[Firecam]

Yeah it's not dead from the start, but you still need to have a board to use Miss Lich tho, while keeping an eye for Themis. If you're first it also let the opponent have the chance to evolve at least 2 banish guy to mess up with you. You need to push the face damage so he need to trade instead of just storm face.

Even if you manage to build something stronger against Stormhaven it may not be as effective as your regular Shadowcraft deck, wich can be bad against other jerkMeta like... Bannersword.

Not an easy matchup that's for sure ^^, we'll get some help for next expansion.