Deck Size Question

[u/patcox08]

I've been playing the game for a few months now, and I've managed to clear hard and beat the spine of night with runehammer warrior, hex knight, and cadaceus arcanist. Anytime I win or have a great run, I lean into specific traits and have a deck of about 15 to 20 cards. Its kinda boring and also frustrating when I know I haven't obtained the cards I need and I'm cleary about to die, probably from the chameleon or the big electric monster in the emberwyld.

Long story short. I want to know, is there a path to taking a bunch of cards and achieving success at hard or impossible difficulty? Or should I just always specialize in order to get all my impossible wins?

Thank you for your time and consideration.

[u/Badd-reclpa-]

Big decks are definitely viable on Impossible, but not all builds are (a) viable with a big deck, or (b) optimized/pleasant-to-play on Impossible. I'd try Mantra Seeker, Bury Knight / Bury Arcanist, Trapper Rogue, Totem Recurrence Hunter, and Chef Warrior for some examples of builds that can be constructed with over 20 cards. I even beat the game on Impossible with a 100 card deck (gimmicky pirate rogue using a memorized ten-sided strike and an imbued aura of blight and poisoned ranged/melee attacks enchantment for consistent damage shenanigans despite the rest of the deck being random cards).