Regent

Build around Stars as a banked resource, using generation, conversion, and payoff cards to cover offense, defense, and burst turns without committing to only one payoff pattern.

• Prioritize Star generators that also attack, defend, or draw so the deck still functions before the Star bank is large.
• Too many pure generators or too many expensive spenders both create clunky turns, so keep the Star economy balanced.
• Cards like Alignment and Convergence are often the bridge between a stocked Star turn and a real payoff turn.
• Defensive and debuff spenders matter as much as finishers, because the deck loses tempo if every Star is saved only for damage.

Use Forge to scale Sovereign Blade into your main finisher, then line up turns where it can hit one target hard or sweep once support pieces are online.

• Use early Forge cards such as Wrought in War and Bulwark to advance the Blade while still affecting the board.
• Summon Forth is one of the cleanest payoffs in the deck because it both Forges and guarantees access to Sovereign Blade.
• Conqueror should be saved for turns when Sovereign Blade is already large enough that doubling the hit meaningfully changes the fight.
• Add at least a little defense and card setup so the deck does not lose before the first big Blade turn arrives.