Silent Shiv + Dead Branch = !???

[VoidHeart]

I had 2 runs where I got both Infinite Blades + Dead Branch. I lost 1 and won another, both were pretty crazy.

In the one I won, I traded my starting relic for a Pandora's box, my starter cards turned into Deflect, Piercing Wail, Poisoned Stab, and some other cards. Which worked surprisingly well, took me through the first Elite, Lagavulin, without taking damage.

In the end I had 4 Infinite Blades, 2 After Image+, 2 Panache+, 1 Thousand cuts +, 1Well Laid Plans + and 1 Accuracy+ in the deck.

My Final Boss was Awakened One, I played both After images and 1 Infinite Blades on turn 1, plus both Panache+ , Weel Laid Plans+ and Accuracy+ later.

So Awakened One got 14 strength, and is hitting me like a train, but liuckily I got a Malaise and an Outmaneuver from Shivs exhauting, I used the Outmanuever and retained a Burst and the Malaise. The following turn I had 6 energy and Bursted a Malasie X=5, reducing his Strength down to 4.

Then it was all about having funnnnnn. My shivs turned into Adrenalines, more Bursts, Bouncing Flasks, Finishers (I never ran across a Finisher in that run except getting it from exhaust). I finished him off with a Catalyst + (for some reason it's in my deck, I also had Bouncing Flask + but that's it).

It was totally luck that won me the run, without Dead branch i would have been trashed by the Awakened one.

Even though this would not work in higher Ascensions, where Awakened one will get +5 str per Power, it was the weirdest and funiest run I had with Silent. I will probably try it again if I get Dead Branch.