Off Meta Machinations

We already have a very nice weekly breakdown of meta decks, and variety is the spice of life, so why not kick some Cayene into your gameplay with some off meta decks! All the decks presented will have <1% playrate based on the info on Runeterra.ar, so likely you (and your future victims), will have no idea what to expect or what they’re dealing with!

Sivir Twisted Fate - Value Town

Regions

Bilgewater
20 cards

Shurima
20 cards

Rarities

26 500

6

3

9

22

eternal

Mana cost

0

0

6

1

17

2

5

3

8

4

3

5

1

6

0

7+

Champions

6

4

Sivir

3

4

Twisted Fate

3

Followers

24

1

Baccai Reaper

3

1

Treasure Seeker

3

2

Dreadway Deckhand

3

2

Fortune Croaker

3

2

Marai Warden

3

3

Merciless Hunter

3

4

Zap Sprayfin

2

5

Ruin Runner

3

6

Sheriff Lariette Rose

1

Spells

10

2

Line 'Em Up

2

2

Make it Rain

3

2

Ruinous Path

3

3

Quicksand

2

This deck’s game plan is based around controlling combat and valuing the opponent out. You use Vulnerable givers such as Merciless Hunter, Sheriff Lariette Rose, in sequence with Sivir to get free kills. This activates Ruinous Path and pumps your Baccai Reapers. You run Line 'Em Up and Dreadway Deckhand to generate Powder Kegs that enable explosive Make it Rain and Twisted Fate Red Card turns. 

Then you have a whole whack of cards that generate or draw something in addition to themselves; Treasure Seeker, Fortune Croaker, Marai Warden, and Zap Sprayfin. All of this is topped out by a full set of Ruin Runners that can push for big damage through vulnerable units to close them out. 

Tempo and Value are the name of the game with this deck, this is sitting at a 54% winrate over the last few days!

Gnar Ziggs - Burn Em Down!

Regions

Noxus
19 cards

Bandlecity
21 cards

Rarities

23 200

6

0

9

25

eternal

Mana cost

0

0

12

1

13

2

6

3

5

4

0

5

3

6

1

7+

Champions

6

3

Ziggs

3

4

Gnar

3

Followers

24

1

Inventive Chemist

3

1

Legion Rearguard

3

1

Legion Saboteur

3

1

Precious Pet

3

2

Conchologist

3

2

House Spider

1

2

Imperial Demolitionist

3

2

Stone Stackers

3

4

Lecturing Yordle

2

Spells

10

2

Pokey Stick

3

3

Noxian Fervor

3

6

Decimate

3

10

Treasured Trash

1

Here we have a blast from the pre-patch-past with a classic Bandle City Noxus Aggro deck. We have the suite of 1-drops in Inventive Chemist, Legion Rearguard, Legion Saboteur, and Precious Pet to get the pressure on fast. Ziggs, Gnar, Conchologist, and Lecturing Yordle generate additional burn for the enemy’s face. House Spider, Imperial Demolitionist, and Stone Stackers push for damage to whittle the opponent down.

End of the day it is a burn deck, so it has the full 9 of Pokey Stick, Noxian Fervor, and Decimate to go face. At the end of it all you have a singular Treasured Trash to Bandle your opponent out of the game if all else fails. Play out on curve, go for face over units, and axe the face, easy peasy!

Akshan Renekton - Power Overwhelming

Regions

Bandlecity
11 cards

Shurima
29 cards

Rarities

26 400

6

4

3

27

eternal

Mana cost

0

0

8

1

14

2

8

3

4

4

3

5

3

6

0

7+

Champions

6

2

Akshan

3

4

Renekton

3

Landmarks

1

2

Preservarium

1

Followers

17

1

Yordle Squire

3

2

Conchologist

2

2

Rock Hopper

3

3

Merciless Hunter

3

5

Ruin Runner

3

6

Papercraft Dragon

3

Spells

16

1

Exhaust

2

1

Shaped Stone

3

2

Pokey Stick

3

2

The Absolver

2

3

Desert Duel

2

3

Quicksand

3

4

Rite of Negation

1

Who doesn’t love Double Strike and overwhelms? This deck looks to make use of Papercraft Dragon in sequence with Renekton, Ruin Runner, or anything with an activated The Absolver on them. It has some units to compliment the plan in Yordle Squire, Conchologist. Rock Hopper, Exhaust, and Merciless Hunter allow you to better control combat. 

To finish it off you have a few Desert Duels, Shaped Stone, and Quicksand to keep your units alive. It’s all based around building to an unstoppable monster and protecting them to hit for massive damage!

Taliyah Ziggs - The List

Regions

Bilgewater
3 cards

Shurima
37 cards

Rarities

27 600

6

2

20

12

eternal

Mana cost

3

0

3

1

8

2

17

3

4

4

5

5

0

6

0

7+

Champions

6

3

Ziggs

3

5

Taliyah

3

Landmarks

6

1

Ancient Preparations

3

2

Preservarium

3

Followers

12

2

Rock Hopper

3

3

Endless Devout

3

3

Waste Walker

2

4

Desert Naturalist

2

5

Herald of the Magus

2

Spells

16

0

The List

3

2

The Absolver

2

3

Ancient Hourglass

2

3

Quicksand

2

3

Rite of the Arcane

2

3

Unraveled Earth

3

4

Rite of Negation

2

A mostly normal Taliyah Ziggs list, except it looks to make better use of the Vulnerable it grants by adding The List into the mix. This allows for horrifying free attacks by buffed up Waste Walkers and champions after they get a bump from Herald of the Magus to close out games from unexpected angles. 

Aside from that spice it’s the normal stuff; Rock Hopper, Ancient Preparations, Preservarium, Endless Devout, Unraveled Earth and whatnot. The feeling of power and the great ‘gotcha’ style moments make this deck a blast to play with.

Champless Freljord Shadow Isles Control

Regions

Freljord
21 cards

Shadow Isles
19 cards

Rarities

15 600

0

8

14

18

eternal

Mana cost

0

0

0

1

6

2

4

3

10

4

2

5

5

6

13

7+

Champions

0

Landmarks

3

4

Blighted Ravine

3

Followers

13

2

Avarosan Sentry

3

3

Kindly Tavernkeeper

2

8

It That Stares

3

9

Commander Ledros

2

10

She Who Wanders

3

Spells

24

2

Vile Feast

3

3

Flash Freeze

2

4

Avalanche

2

4

The Box

2

4

Withering Wail

3

5

Catalyst of Aeons

2

6

Piercing Darkness

2

6

Vengeance

3

7

Atrocity

2

9

Buried in Ice

1

9

The Ruination

2

What if you hate people having fun but don’t have champion wildcards? This list may be up your alley then! It’s a hard-control list with your normal follower suite of Avarosan Sentry, Kindly Tavernkeeper, It That Stares, and She Who Wanders, with a pair of Commander Ledros to give you a wincon. 

Then you toss in almost every good removal spell in the game. Vile Feast, Flash Freeze, Avalanche, The Box, Withering Wail, Piercing Darkness, Vengeance, and The Ruination to prevent your opponent from keeping ANYTHING alive. You also run a couple Catalyst of Aeons to get to your late game faster, and get to the point where you can Ledros into Atrocity to bonk the opponent from near full to zero)

Thanks to Runeterra.ar for the stats on these lists, and I hope they serve you well in changing things up for your ladder experience! Please consider reaching out to me if you have any feedback or recommendations in the discord or on twitter!