9. Other Haven

“Only sadness remains” - Concordia

“A good defense is a good offense”. This quote relates to Other Haven’s greatest tactic: Enduring an enemy’s onslaught

Other Haven is a jack-of-all-trades type of deck that has cards from other Havencraft archetypes. From Heal Haven to Evolve Haven, Other Haven has it all for you in terms of support and removal.

Other Haven’s greatest strengths are:

• Academic Assistance
  Other Haven’s main gimmick is about using different cards from different archetypes such as Heal Haven’s Academic followers. These followers rely on gaining buffs through defense recovery.
  One of the important cards needed to play as a Heal Haven player is Lou, Lady-in-Training.
  
  Lou, Lady-in-Training is a one-cost Golden Havencraft Follower whose effect activates when a follower whose attack/defense is increased. It would then restore one defense to the player and it evolves.

  Once evolved, Lou has an effect that at the end of the player’s turn, it will damage a random enemy follower equal to Lou’s current attack.

  Lou is a powerful card that destroys enemy followers without attacking. A player needs to have her in their deck as a cheap follower that has removal and a continuous effect that will be a challenge to the enemy player.

• Delightful Healing
  Another important aspect of Other Haven is that the majority of its cards rely on healing the player as much as possible. Some cards also have effects that activate whenever a player heals their defense. The card that does that is Winged Brilliance.
  
  ​Winged Brilliance is a two-cost Golden Havencraft Amulet whose effect is all about Countdown reduction. Normally, it doesn’t belong to a Heal Haven deck, but, when fused with two Havencradt cards in the same turn, it will Transmute into Greatwinged Luminance.

  Greatwinged Luminance is the Transmuted version of Winged Brilliance that relies on defense recovery. Whenever the player restores its defense, it’ll be able to activate three different effects based on the number of times the player’s defense is restored.

  For the first effect, the player draws a card. Then, one play point is recovered. And finally, the amulet destroys a random enemy follower in play.

  Greatwinged Luminance can only be played when it fuses with two Havencraft followers. This card is more viable than Winged Brilliance as its effect is more in tune with Heal Haven’s strategy.

• Effects Based on Evolution
  Another strength that Other Haven has is its ability to borrow Evolve Haven’s evolve effects. They have followers that don’t need evolution points to evolve. While Lou is a good example of this strength, there is another follower who offers their abilities to Other Haven.

  That follower is Meus Gourmand.
  
  Meus Gourmand is a two-cost Golden Havencraft follower that when played, will deal one damage to a random enemy follower and restore one defense to the player. Then, if three allied followers have evolved this match, Meus Gourmand will evolve as well.

  And as it evolves, it will deal two damage to another random enemy follower and restore two defense to your leader.

  Meus Gourmand is a special card that automatically evolves should the player reach three evolutions in this match. This follower helps clear enemies with very low defenses.

​With these strengths in mind, the top three cards needed for an Other Haven deck are:

Elluvia, Graceful Lady

The founder of Chanel once said, “Elegance is when the inside is as beautiful as the outside.” As the head of Edith, Elluvia shows why elegance is taught there.

Elluvia, Graceful Lady is a four-cost Legendary Havencraft Follower with Ward. She has the effect that at the end of the turn, she will restore one defense to the player. But when she evolves, she’ll give the player the effect that whenever their defense is restored, all allied followers increase their attack and defense by one.

Elluvia’s effect is the backbone of Other Haven and must be played as soon as possible. Once played, players will be able to strengthen their followers for the rest of the match. With it, players can buff their followers and quite possibly turn the weakest of them into powerhouses. 

Concordia

While she may be sorrowful, that doesn’t stop her from doing her duties.

Concordia is a five-cost Legendary Havencraft Follower that has Ward and the ability to banish an enemy follower. After that, she’ll grant the player the ability to reduce the next incoming damage to zero once and evolve. 

In her unevolved form, whenever the opponent plays a follower, Concordia restores two defense to the player once. But in her evolved form, she’ll decrease the played follower’s attack and defense by two and restore defense to the player.

She also has an Invocation effect that activates at the end of the turn if the player has at least one evolution point and has used one in that turn,

Although Concordia’s not that strong, her effects say otherwise. With the power to banish any follower and the ability to decrease an enemy follower’s defense, Concordia shows that it's not about a follower’s strength but in its effects.

Sekhmet, Goddess of Plague

Hailing from the Egyptian pantheon is the goddess of war and healing, Sekhmet. 

PS If you want to know why she’s named Goddess of Plague, it’s because she can cause one every once in a while.

Sekhmet, Goddess of Plague is a three-cost Golden Havencraft Follower that gains Ambush (an effect that allows this follower to not be targeted by any enemy attack or spell. It will only be removed if this follower attacks or loses Ambush by an effect) until the end of the opponent’s turn. Then, at the end of the player’s turn, she’ll decrease all other followers’ attack and defense by one and restore the player’s defense by one.

While the card may look disadvantageous, it is a powerful one that can easily decrease an enemy's followers’ attributes. While it may also decrease your own followers’ attributes as well, they would be fine because thanks to Elluvia’s effect, they’ll be able to return to their original attributes in no time.

Other Notable Cards:

• Verdilia, Rogue Professor

• Limonia, Ruinous Saint

• Orchid’s Examination Hall

• Fount of Tranquility

• Tanzanite Convictor

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