Artifact Portalcraft - Best Deck Recipe

Artifact Portalcraft Deck Recipe Guide and How to Play. See needed card list, cost, how to use, strategy and tips.

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Deck Recipe

Alternate Cards

Carnelia, Ember of Darkness	- Has a powerful effect that makes your Artifact cards impossible to destroy. - Since you already want to Evolve Imari in this deck, it can be hard to find a spare Evolution Point to use on Carnelia.
Stream of Life	- Great for destroying small enemy followers early in the match. - Works perfectly when combined with Imari.
Artifact Catapult	- Makes it very easy to play your Artifact cards whenever you need them. - Be careful, as the opponent might use transformation spells to turn your cards into useless "Imps."
Bullet from Beyond	- Lets you choose and destroy a specific enemy follower. - Gives you 2 "Gear" cards to help power up your ultimate weapons.
Doomwright Resurgence	- Lets you use the Artifacts in your hand to heal yourself, destroy enemies, or deal direct damage to the enemy leader. - The downside is that any Artifacts you play this way will automatically break at the end of your turn.
Orchis, Newfound Heart	- A great alternative card to help you win the game if you don't have Ralmia. - Extremely strong if you also include "Puppet" cards in your deck to support her.

Rating

Deck Rating
Tier
Range	Play Difficulty
Mid-Range	Challenging
Detail
- A deck that fights using various Artifacts - High overall power with a good mix of destroy, restore, and damage - Deck is further strengthened by the addition of Imari, Dewdrop and New-Age Cartographer

Masterwork Artifact Ω Strategy

Artifact Portalcraft centers on building and evolving Artifacts. Use exact copy Artifact cards to destroy threats, burn, restore resources, and shape the board, all the while steering your deck toward the endgame goal: completing Masterwork Artifact Ω.

How to Get Masterwork Artifact Ω

Obtain Two Gears

Portalcraft runs cards that add Gear of Ambition and Gear of Remembrance to your hand. Play these to kick off the fusion sequence.

Create 3‑Cost Artifacts

Fusing an Artifact Amulet with a gear yields a specific 3‑cost Artifact:

Gear of Ambition → Striker Artifact

Gear of Remembrance → Fortifier Artifact

Fuse 3-Cost Artifacts ⇒ Transform into 5-Cost Ominous Artifacts

Fusing Artifact cards into Striker or Fortifier Artifacts upgrades them into Ominous Artifact α, β, or γ, determined by the total cost of the fused cards.

Cost of Transformation

Gather and Fuse the 3 types of 5-Cost Artifacts ⇒ Transform into Masterwork Artifact Ω

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Once you have all three 5‑cost Ominous Artifacts, fuse them and combine the other two types with Ominous Artifact α to evolve it into Masterwork Artifact Ω.

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Artifact Portalcraft Deck - How to Play

Play Gear-Creating Followers in the Early Game

In the early game, play Gear-Creating Followers to gather materials for Ominous Artifact. Artifact Recharge can also create Gears, but it's also effective to save it until you play Imari, Dewdrop, considering the synergy.

Build Your Field with Imari, Dewdrop While Using Spells

When your evolution turn comes, use an EP on Imari, Dewdrop to build your field. By using Sincerity of the Dewdrop, even if your opponent has strong followers on their field, you can make favorable trades while building your field.

Discard Gears with Imari, Dewdrop or Resurrection Tuner

Imari, Dewdrop and Resurrection Tuner are powerful cards, but they have the drawback of requiring you to discard one card from your hand. Current Artifact Portalcraft builds are built to easily create Artifacts directly, so if you don't have any cards in your hand you're fine with discarding, solve the problem by discarding a Gear.

Apply Pressure with Exact Copies of AF

While gathering Gears, use Alouette, Doomwright Ward to put an Exact Copy of an Ominous Artifact onto the field and build your board. When you have few spells you can play from your hand, it's recommended to use an EP on Alouette, Doomwright Ward instead of Imari, Dewdrop.

Maintain Your Defense with α Against Aggro

Against opponents like Aggro where you want to keep your defense high, create Ominous Artifact α. By continuously restoring defense with Ominous Artifact α, you can aim for a win by concession.

Attack with Ominous Artifact β If You Can Finish Them Off

If you see multiple damage sources in your hand, and you're against a deck with low healing or board development, create Ominous Artifact β to aggressively reduce the opponent's leader's defense.

Use Ominous Artifact γ Against Wide Board Development Decks

Against decks like Swordcraft that develop their field from the early to mid-game, create Ominous Artifact γ to wipe their field with AOE.

Fuse Gears Based on Your Opponent's Plays

It's strong to decide which AF to create based on your opponent's moves, so avoid immediately Fusing the Gears you've added to your hand. However, if you are about to overdraw, Fuse them to avoid burning cards.

Fight by Adaptively Playing Exact Copies of AF

In the late game, you'll fight by creating Exact Copies of the Ominous Artifacts you've collected, depending on the situation. Use α if you want to keep your own defense high, β to finish off the opponent's defense and win, and γ to deal with the opponent's field. Your win rate will increase by using the right AF for your plan.

Finish with Ralmia, Sonic Boom

In the late game, build a strong field with Ralmia, Sonic Boom and aim for the finish. Depending on the number of βs you play, you can also aim for a victory with burn damage. When taking a control plan, using α or γ to clear the field is also an effective move.

New-Age Cartographer Can Support the β Plan

New-Age Cartographer is a powerful card that directly adds β to your hand. By playing multiple βs, it supports the plan of aiming for lethal with burn damage. If you are successfully chipping away at the enemy leader's defense, use Super-Evolution to deal even more damage with β.

Finish with Masterwork Artifact

If you have the pieces ready by turn 10, you can also aim for lethal with Masterwork Artifact. It's effective as a sub-plan for when you can't finish them with β's damage or can't fully control the board.

Mulligan Guide for the Artifact Portalcraft

Look for Imari and Alouette

Imari, Dewdrop

Alouette, Doomwright Ward

Imari is an amazing card that fills your side of the field with a huge swarm of followers. Alouette is also incredible because when she Evolves, she summons a perfect copy of an Artifact you added to your hand early in the game. Since both of these cards can easily decide who wins the match, you should prioritize keeping them in your opening hand.

Keep Cheap Cards That Give You "Gears"

Ironheart Hunter

Isaac, Congenial Engineer

Miriam, the Resolute

To collect your 'Gear' cards while still putting followers on the field early on, it is highly recommended to keep one or two cheap cards that generate Gears.

How to Counter the Artifact Portalcraft

Get Ready for Imari's Swarm

Artifact Portalcraft tries to fill the table with a massive army of followers in the middle of the game using Imari. You can handle this swarm by saving cards like Salefa or Flowering Artisan that deal damage to everyone at once.

Stop the "Beta" Damage Plan

This deck also tries to slowly drain your health by playing "Ominous Artifact β" over and over. It is important to destroy their followers early on so you don't take extra damage. If your health gets low, heal yourself so that the sudden 3 damage from the Artifact isn't enough to finish you off.

Watch Out for Ralmia

Once the opponent reaches 8 Play Points, be careful of them filling the table with Ralmia. Be ready to wipe them out with large removal spells like Unholy Vessel. Another great strategy is to make it hard for them to play Ralmia at all by putting your own massive follower, like Garyu, on the table first.

Count Their "Gears" for the Ultimate Weapon

In the late game, you must always watch out for their ultimate winning card: "Masterwork Artifact Ω." Keep track of whether they have the required resources ready: 3 Gears for Alpha (α), 4 Gears for Beta (β), and 4 Gears for Gamma (γ). If they use cards like "New-Age Cartographer" to summon Artifacts directly, do the math to see if they still have enough Gears left to finish the combo.

How to Survive the Masterwork Artifact

Even if they manage to summon the Masterwork Artifact, you can stop them from winning instantly. Remember that if you play a 'Ward' follower with 6 or more health (like Lloyd), or keep your leader's health at 14 or higher, you will survive their attack, even if they use their Super-Evolution.

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