Use vanilla cards like Olaf, On Human Legs, and The Wardrobe as early-game Ink cards
Even if youre playing elves the strength comes from the many creatures youre attacking with more often than a single bruiser, so youre going to need to generate and spend far more mana than its worth to get a worse version of unblockable
Artazon also serves a way to remove your opponents Stadium card from play, including especially hostile Stadium cards like Path to the Peak
There are a lot of ways a spellslinger deck can deal out chip damage to opponents with cards like GuttersnipeGuttersnipe and Coruscation MageCoruscation Mage, along with ways to amplify your damage output with cards like Ojer Axonil, Deepest MightOjer Axonil, Deepest Might and Mechanized WarfareMechanized Warfare
This coming from one that loves Defiant Bloodlord, Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose, and Sanguine Bond, so while it can make for a cool story, don't count on it
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