LoR: 5 Bizarre Standard Decks If You're Sick of Meta Decks

The Standard meta is a bit stale. Players have already figured out what are the best decks, what works, and what doesn't. However, there are many "deckbuilders" everywhere that focus on creating lists around new ideas to shake up the ranked meta.

So, today I brought you 5 extremely bizarre new lists if you want to test out something different and stop playing meta decks. These decks aren't meta and might not even be that great, but they're certainly different, fun, and bring different game styles for the ranked queue!

Two of the most forgotten champions in this season have come together to form a never-before-seen archetype: *disruption Bandle City Demacia.

Disruption archetypes with Bandle City are common, and we've already seen some decks like this with Demacia and Suppression. However, it is definitely the first time we see both of them together, alongside Lux and Heimerdinger.

This list focuses on creating Pranks and playing strong units to control the board early on and disrupt the opponent, all while increasing the cost of the cards in their hand.

Lux works as a great blocker. As you'll play many spells, she'll eventually level up and help you remove even more enemy units. Heimerdinger will give you units so you can keep developing the board while you deal with the enemy board.

This list is quite interesting because it is certainly very annoying to face, and is surprisingly consistent. Its units have great stats, and its removal spells are also great.

The only problem is: the ranked meta is full of Shadow Isles, which doesn't exactly let this Lux game style stand out.

This deck includes all Elemental cards in the game as well as the two followers that best interact with this type of spell: Flamecaller Caprine and Iascylla, Figurehead of the Deep.

The main idea is to play as many Elemental spells as you can while any of these two cards are on the board. That's how you'll discount the cost of your Clash of Giants.

When Clash of Giants starts costing 6, you can play it and get two Titanic units on the board that will help you win the match!

Elemental spells are, mostly, Frostbites or removals that deal damage to more than one target. This means this list is great to play against aggressive decks that play many units, like Jinx lists.

Your alternative win condition is Volibear, which levels up quite easily because of your AoE spells. He is also an incredible unit when the matter is "turning the game around" with his effect, which deals AoE damage to the enemy board and Nexus.

This might be the most interesting list in this article, considering it features two of the coolest mechanics in the entire game: Transform and Equip.

The main idea is to find The Darkin Staff or Kayn early on by using Forsaken Baccai's Predict, and equip another unit as fast as you can.

This way, you'll activate all your Cultists, and they'll get some type of bonus. In this deck in particular, they'll get keywords.

After you do that, just Transform any of your Cultists with The Wingsgiving. Because of the Transform rule, every Transformed unit keeps the bonuses they've gained while on the board. As our units will gain new keywords while on the board, they'll keep them.

When you Transform Ranger-Knight Defector into a 5-cost unit, for instance, this 5-cost unit will have Scout. In the same way, when you Transform Keeper of the Box, the Transformed unit will get Lifesteal, and Blooming Cultist gives Elusive to the unit it is Transformed into.

If your opponent can't remove your landmark, you'll eventually have a very expensive unit on the board with one or more of these keywords. They'll win the game for you.

You might just get a unit with 9 or 10 attack and Elusive, or a unit with Overwhelm and Scout. The possibilities are endless!

If all goes wrong, you still have Kayn and Baalkux as alternative win conditions.

This Targon Ionia list works around the interaction between Spirit and Xolaani's Empower effect.

As every unit with Spirit has +1/+1, when they die, they'll give your Xolaani +2/+2.

This way, this entire list focuses on constantly summoning units with Spirit and attacking with them as much as you can. Your opponent will eventually remove them, and, at the end of the game, they'll still have to protect themselves from a giant, Transformed Xolaani. She'll have 16 power and Overwhelm, so she'll definitely at least threaten lethal damage.

This list also plays The Heart of the Tree: this landmark gives Spirit globally to all your units, so it is great for the main game plan. It also gives you a late game spell and discounts its cost, so it might just give you something that will win you the match.

This archetype plays many 1-cost units, besides spells that summon 1-cost units on the board. Bilgewater is known for its synergies with 1-cost units, so, this deck also plays many cards that interact with this type of unit.

One of them is Reaver's Row, which summons 1-cost units and grants them +2/+1 as well as Fearsome after 2 turns. As Fearsome is a keyword, attacking with these units levels up your Lux: Illuminated, and she is one of your main win conditions.

This list is extremely fast and plays many cheap units, but it also doesn't run out of gas as easily as other fast lists. That's because you'll draw many cards with Barbed Chain and Pool Shark.

Not to mention, you'll also always have a great board, considering you'll always be able to summon many units at once with Marai Warden and Double Trouble!

To finish matches, Rally with Golden Aegis and Relentless Pursuit and try to catch your opponent off-guard.

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