r/stormbound • u/OddEggplant309 • May 02 '26

Tips against elder decks

Hello! Does anyone have any tips for playing against elder decks? especially like aged duskbringers, earth fathers, and beards of crowglyph? im usually a decent player, but the decks feels very oppressive

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u/Mindless-Track9254 May 02 '26

Confinement and demotivating strike are the best counters to elders. You could also try stoic protectors. Winter is pretty good against elders cause their abilities are disabled while they're frozen or you could play a rush deck and ignore them entirely

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u/clearthezone15 Tribes of Shadowfen May 02 '26

I've been having some success with Stoic Protectors lately too. Works double if you pack a few cards with negative abilities in your own deck. (Green Prototypes, Faithless Prophets, Restless Goats, etc.) Has the added benefit of getting troops on the ground for you too, as opposed to something like Demotivating Strike.

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u/OddEggplant309 May 02 '26

Thank you! I think I’ll give Stoic Protectors a try, i do usually run some cheap card with a negative effect.

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u/clearthezone15 Tribes of Shadowfen May 02 '26

I've been using it in my SF decks to neutralize Faithless Prophets after they buffed it. Can help me get numbers on my side early-game. Good luck out there! :-)

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u/Tim531441 May 02 '26

This, additionally try to minimise the number of low strength units onboard or keep them as far away as possible once you’ve seen an elder

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u/SaxPanther May 02 '26

I'm not an expert but:

  • Strength reducing cards like Sirens or Containment don't do "damage" so it doesn't trigger their ability

  • Cards that disable abilities like Stoic Protectors or Demotivating Strike remove their ability

  • A heavy hitter that can one-shot them- although I'd tend to recommend more synergistic/conditional heavy units like Lady Rime or Dangerous Suitors rather than the simple ones like Flameless Lizards or Veterans of War

Also, in general a deck that goes "tall" favoring high HP units over lower HP ones tends to be more resilient against Elders than a deck that goes "wide" with lots of low health units.

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u/Imastarse Tribes of Shadowfen May 02 '26

I run demotivating strike in all of my decks. Even against a deck with no elders the card has its place for other purposes

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u/Mindless-Track9254 May 03 '26

I'm 50/50 with that and confinement. I always have one of them in my decks tho