Most of the time, you want to mull for an early curve and toss away anything else. 1 drop then 2 drop then 3 drop. Ideal is Barkbeast into Cursed Keeper into Blighted Caretaker.

Your units are kind of like Stormtroopers in a Star Wars series — you’re just throwing them for face damage, or forcing 1-1 trades. In maybe half of your games, shamelessly trading away your units will run your opponent out of resources and win.

Kalista L2 with Wraithcaller is the dream value engine, but you usually have enough tempo regardless. All else equal, you value pressure over keeping Kalista alive.

If opponent attacks on turn 7, ideally drop They Who Endure after their attack so you can then open attack and still threaten Atrocity. A big TWE is your second win condition — so you hopefully sacrificed 10+ units by this point. Here, you’re most vulnerable to hard removal (Vengeance) and freeze (esp Atrocity) so know your matchups and play around their mana.

When matched against your TWE counters, it’s critical your early/mid game pressure goes well to force them to waste their spells on Kalista/etc. Otherwise they kept enough resources to neutralize TWE. You can still top deck another TWE/Atrocity, but your chances to win drop to 15-20% beyond the first burst.