Exhaust deck really shines when combined with a zero-cost deck cum finisher approach. This approach goes very well with a poison heavy deck that applies poison per attack. For a default 3 Energy, that means you end up with 5 Energy versus four (4).
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You get to do a ton of damage right off the cuff and get Block for it. After Image combined with Backstab, Dramatic Entrance and Mind Blast make for a killer combination.If you have the Necronomicon relic, the non upgraded version of Mind Blast will be played twice. Two of them with a deck of 25 or more can take out most single met foes and three can take out most elites alone.
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Mind Blast cost 2/1, so having 1 or 2 of these in your innate draw is powerful. Another high damage winner is Mind blast, especially if you have a good sized deck.If you have an STR boost on turn one or can take a potion, you can blast all enemies for solid damage. Dramatic Entrance does 6/8 HP damage to ALL enemies and its boosted by STR.
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Zero cost innate cards are king with this style of play.This is an attackers deck, so you want to do as much damage with your opening hand as possible.