Both Silver Thorn Assistant Ionela and Irina are key units to get what we want into the soul as they enable us to choose one of the two cards on top of our deck that goes in there. When I talked about Luquier’s and the overall deck consistency earlier, I was referring to having those two very important units nearby. Of course, it goes without saying that Eva, if in the build, would be the grade 3 unit we would want to see most of the time by turn three because of her Ride Break ability. Since the ability doesn’t specify whether or not the units coming from the soul are in rest or stand position, her ability can be used like two pseudo stand triggers and enable a fourth or fifth attack during that turn which is pretty nuts! Eva’s ride break is great as it works extremely well when it’s in conjunction with on-hit pressuring units such as Silver Thorn Beast Tamer, Maricica or on-call units such as Silver Thorn Assistant, Irina (after Break Riding with either Luquier) and Purple Trapezist. When riding another Pale Moon unit over her at 4 damage, Eva gives to the new vanguard unit a 10 000 power boost as well as the ability of switching two Pale Moon rear-guards with two Pale Moon units in the soul when the new vanguard swings. If Luquier Reverse is the more defensive vanguard and Dragon Tamer Luquier’s the most explosive, Eva is the perfect vanguard that goes between the both of them. While it’s not too big of a hiccup in the deck’s overall synergy for the reasons mentioned above, it is still being compensated by the sheer power of Eva’s Ride Break. Without that Soul Charge, the deck would completely stop charging the soul as most units in the deck having the ability to Soul Charge requires a ”Silver Thorn” unit on the vanguard zone to do so. While it may seem a little out of place, this ability enables the deck to continue to (randomly) fuel the soul even though it’s not a Silver Thorn unit standing on the vanguard zone. Unlike the other Ride Break units, Eva doesn’t get a +2000 boost when she swings, but instead gets a +1000 boost and a Soul Charge from the top of the owner’s deck. When you get a Break Ride unit as good as Miracle Pop Eva, some might say it’s worth to make some space to squeeze her in even though she’s not part of the main theme. What’s this? A non-Silver Thorn unit in a Silver Thorn centric deck? Well, yeah. Combine this type of advantage engine with the fact that she is able to be a 13 000 defensive vanguard consistently due to her second ability and the mechanic of the clan, we get ourself a really hard-to-penetrate wall during the late game. So in term of the overall advantage, we don’t lose much using this ability and on the contrary, gain advantage by using her ability every turn because of the extra unit we get for free. Considering the fact that the unit coming from the soul also gains an additional 5000 power for the turn, the overall field’s fire-power remains the same in most cases since the extra 5000 power makes up for the booster we locked for Luquier R’s ability to trigger (implying we’re not playing against a 13k Cross-Ride, here). Indeed, for a single counter blast and a lock, she can call any Pale Moon unit from her soul to a rear-guard circle to fill up an empty space on the field while saving cards from our hand in the process.
Speaking of the lock mechanic, Luquier R’s Limit Break 4 ability is used and well-known for being able to grind out the game and wear the opponent out of resources in the long run. Her being an 11 000 static vanguard and utilizing the new lock mechanic also introduced in this set (learn more about the lock mechanic: here) for her Limit Break 4 ability are the most obvious reasons for why Luquier ”R” is preferred over her original form as a vanguard unit. Silver Thorn Dragon Queen, Luquier ”Reverse” (Luquier ”R”), who has been introduced in this very set, is the new primary vanguard for this archetype as she offers a lot more advantage than her original form. Of course, being a Silver Thorn centric archetype, both version of these Luquier plays an an important role in the deck’s main strategy.
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