The ruleset of this week is Briar Patch, where all monsters receive the Thorns ability at the start of the game. Melee monsters from the enemy team receive half of their damage back, rounded up.

Considering that in this game melee cards would have disadvantages and ranged cards could not be used, I assumed that my opponent would use cards with a magic attack. That's why I used the Gargoya Lion as a tank, as it can reduce magic damage by half.

If my enemy thought the same way as me and used a tank with Void, I preferred to use melee cards to not have my damage reduced. And to protect the melee cards from damage caused by Thorns, I used Venari Wavesmith to protect them from at least one Thorns when attacking.

My main attack was focused on the backline, utilizing Uraeus and Pelacor Bandit, while Gargoya Lion and Tider Biter defended the frontline.

The chosen positioning was: Gargoya Lion in the first position as a tank, Tide Biter in the second position so that he can take advantage of his Reach ability and don't take damage due to its Reflection Shield ability, Uraeus in the third position, Pelacor Bandit in fourth and Venari Wavesmith in last so that Sneak cards can survive longer.

You can see the battle here.

As I assumed, the enemy used magic cards as the main source of damage. With this, I was able to reduce the damage received on the frontline. And with their weakest cards being in the backline, my Sneak cards quickly eliminated the backline.

Even though all enemy cards are level 1, my strategy would still be winning if they were all at the maximum level of the league, according to the simulation done with the Splintertools.