Aqua Rulers Decks

The Aqua Rulers are a fairly large archetype and for this reason offer a wide range of strategies. Below is a list of recommended decks that can be buit based around this archetype.

Using Aqua Lockdown Decks
The Aqua Lockdown Deck revolves around the lockdown capabilities of Aqua Rulers - specifically, "Levias, Aqua Ruler of the Trenches," "Beralis, The Bermuda Triangle's Enchantress" and "Maxtalia, Leader of the Aqua Rulers." The deck also makes use of the Terrafixion Draw Engine to get Levias in the Arena whilst maintaining a strong presence.

Levias allows you to negate skirmishes anywhere in the Arena that involve your Aqua Rulers at the cost of 500 of its HP. It is recommended that you run "Tranquilla, Aqua Ruler of the Calm Waters" who will allow you to boost Levias' depleted HP. Other HP-boosting cards will help Levias even more.

Beralis allows you to remove your opponent's beasts from the arena and return the to their hand, with the added bonus of preventing them from being spawned for three turns. However, this effect comes at the cost of 600 BP - it is recommended you only use it on beasts that your opponent finds very difficult to spawn or that pose a large threat to you.

Maxtalia gives you the opportunity to negate any effect your opponent activates, before shuffling their deck and forcing them to draw a card. While this gives them some hand advantage, its main drawback is the 500 BP cost. Thankfully, this can be averted with the use of support cards such as the Dark Forest Witches, who will continue to boost your BP throughout the game. The only real disadvantage to Maxtalia is that it can use its effect only twice per turn.

By using these three beasts, it is possible to negate almost any response your opponent might think of while whittling away at their BP through Effect Hits and Direct Hits.

Playing Against Aqua Lockdown
Aqua Lockdown decks are frustrating, but can be countered. Your best bet is to run cards such as de-negate to counter their lockdown. Juggernaught is vital, as it provides a non-negateable line of defence that should counter the Levias strategy. It is also recommended you play cards that allow you to destory traps and beasts in the arena, as many Aqua Rulers rely on card in the arena for their spawning requirements.

A final tip is to run a lockdown strategy of your own to counter. While this might seem like an idea that would end in a stalemate, playing a deck lockdown against the Aqua Rulers is a powerful way of preventing their attacks. However, due to their power, many cards required for such a strategy are Restricted.