I like them. They aren't top tier, but you can make over-eager weather players pay hard with a little planning and stategery.
I've been running queensguards and am having a really tough time (only like 1650 mmr), it basically feels like I can never get all the cards i need to make it work in one hand. If I do get draig in my first hand, I don't have operator, if I do get operator, I don't have any res cards, and having to avoid drawing shieldmaidens means I frequently have to pass my mulligan on a pretty mediocre hand because I have like a 50% chance of drawing a shieldmaiden
I use a queensguard deck, and its working for me (I'm just in level 10 of clasification, though)
Quensguard is pretty much dead.
Its still fun to play, I can win, but not in the ranked.
Quensguard requires many cards to work: operator, draig, decoy.
Skellige has many tools to have this required cards: ermion, avallach, alzur cross, but still, quensguard lacks of many needed things for current meta.
There are several cards which 100% kills quensguards: katakan (a lot of monsters have it), caretaker, single vicovaro, goul (rarely encountered them).
So its still fun, but not for ladder.
Its still fun to play, I can win, but not in the ranked.
Quensguard requires many cards to work: operator, draig, decoy.
Skellige has many tools to have this required cards: ermion, avallach, alzur cross, but still, quensguard lacks of many needed things for current meta.
There are several cards which 100% kills quensguards: katakan (a lot of monsters have it), caretaker, single vicovaro, goul (rarely encountered them).
So its still fun, but not for ladder.
Just had a guy decoy DBD so he can buff his QG. Kept doing nothing but this. Time to tech in some medics and see them ragequit.
Being pummeled by Queensguard caused me to add Necromancy to several of my decks. Still finding the card useful even against decks that aren't Discard.
I don't think QG is useless, but I think they need a certain buff. When they die, if they can go to the original owner's graveyard, they'd be perfectly viable. This helps mitigate Caretaker and Vicovaro Medic without overly buffing the card. Banishment effects would work as normal.
When fighting aainst NG or Monster, we just have to be smart on summoning the QG.
Anyway there is a lot of variation of QG right now, theres discard QG, Longboat QG. Even Kambi QG. , I feel the Kambi QG is thebest deck, but hardest to pull off.
I'm playing Kambi Axe myself, So i pretty much could smell if sombody is trying to pull a Kambi on me, But if sombody never played a kambi deck , they will come in for a shock.
Anyway there is a lot of variation of QG right now, theres discard QG, Longboat QG. Even Kambi QG. , I feel the Kambi QG is thebest deck, but hardest to pull off.
I'm playing Kambi Axe myself, So i pretty much could smell if sombody is trying to pull a Kambi on me, But if sombody never played a kambi deck , they will come in for a shock.
They are meh and it comes nightmare while playing against Ng or Monsters(
Actually there's something interesting. Right now you can strengthen Cerys so she won't get stolen or something. Even if your opponent would steal one QG, cerys would have much strength.
Yup, Cerys is definitely the best target to buff on Queensguard decks, as she cant be stolen by Caretakers, consumed by Katakans, stolen by NG medics, put back on the deck by that NG sorceress i forgot her name, and many others.
Im not sure, but she probably cant be stolen by silver SK lock guy neither (i really should memorize this guy's name, ive used him hundreds of times...)
The only possible weakness i can think is Cerys being stolen by Succubus.
(EDIT) Letho sucks now. Not only does he only eat 2 units instead of 4, they are not banished but sent to the GY, so you can rez the QG again.
Im not sure, but she probably cant be stolen by silver SK lock guy neither (i really should memorize this guy's name, ive used him hundreds of times...)
The only possible weakness i can think is Cerys being stolen by Succubus.
(EDIT) Letho sucks now. Not only does he only eat 2 units instead of 4, they are not banished but sent to the GY, so you can rez the QG again.