Welcome to this focus on one of the 18 heroes from Altered’s core set (Beyond the Gates). We will review the hero power of this Ordis Exalt. I will present some cards that fit well with this hero and finally different types of decks we can build around it.
If you haven’t read it yet, you might be interested to know more about the Ordis Faction and their overall mechanics with the Opening Up Ordis Article. Gulrang is the immovable wall holding the front line of the expeditions. Gulrang is the definition of control and late game with on board stats in Altered, they reach their maximum potential once you get in the late, so be careful as the turtle might cross the line before the rabbit…
Hero power
When you create a token Character — It gains 1 boost.
If you have less than eight Mana Orbs, Boosted tokens you control are Defender. Their Expeditions can’t advance during Dusk.”
As I said, slow and steady. Ordis is based on tokens most of the time and Gulrang benefits from creating them. With this power, you’ll probably want to create tokens most of the time but also not so much in early if you want to keep up with your opponent. That’s why different playstyles can be used with her. Some want to go full on tokens and to start really playing when they reach 8 mana, some want to keep up and use tokens to close the game but not to get too far behind.
Cards that fit well with this playstyle
As we said, we want to commit to our synergies using tokens, but the difference in the decks will be the amount of token generation you will put in. The Ordis Carrier is a basic strong card with her, this enhances her power but be careful as before 8 mana you’ll only be able to advance on one side. Some good cards that I like with Gulrang & Tocsin are Open the Gates and Jeanne d’Arc, they have a huge advantage creating a lot of value, but these cards are late, so you’ll need to hold the early game.
Archetypes around Gulrang
Starting with the tokens
The basics of Gulrang are to manage the resources and first the token generation. The list suggested here will be focused on both aspects as we will have token generation but also cards to not get far behind in the early game. Our costly cards will be used to win both expeditions once we reach the lategame and you can play it without being too senstive to what your opponent might play.
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Slow slow slooowwww
Slow and steady, but mostly slow, this deck will try to win the long long game. The hard part with this will be to not get behind in the early game. But the late game will come strong as we create tokens in many forms. Try to get to that late part and flood the opponent with that!
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The variety is within the rares
Alright, what is it with this meta title? Well, Gulrang is somehow always built the same, as the gameplan will always be somewhat similar to what we know. So this list and title are focused on giving you the hints I think are necessary to build a better Gulrang deck.
What will change in this type of list are mostly the rares slots. They are very flexible and you can try many different things. In this list we will try some draw and some strong bodies to keep up with the opponent.
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Thank you for reading this focus on this Exalt. We hope you read some stuff that might interest you and you’ve found some lists that enhance your will to play this awesome game.
We remind you that these lists are just hands on and are not optimized, we really encourage you to try things on your own with what you have and want to play. That way you’ll find some interesting stuff that suits you great!
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