Theme:

Defensive, luring, drowning, maxing out the "body of water" space and dominating the field with big sea monsters to chase down an avatar for the win

Key openers:

Defensive play is essential in the early game, keep a hold of defensive sites that can limit movement from more aggro decks troll bridge, thin ice and sites that can provide you blockers (bring on the frogs).

You want to make sure you've got some smaller minions in hand, like shellycoat for effective blockers. And ideally you start or top deck some ramp through mix aqua or aquamarine core or overflow to reach those big minions earlier than turn 7. These are still useful later in the game, so don't play before you need them in case of removal. (Also I don't recommend playing the Island Leviathan too soon but you still want it in a good forward position, so having it in hand is a good idea for when the right moment arises)

Strategy:

1. Defensive
2. Flood
3. Drown
4. Big monsters <3

Match-Ups:

Does pretty well against faster aggro, majorly slows them down

Holds it's own, although a long game, against magic control (archimago etc) but can be tough to get that wincon draw that gets around lower power decks

• I've yet to play a mirror match, not sure how it will hold up against other defensive decks

Useful:

• Use spells like riptide on your own things if it gets them to where you want to be quicker (+ card draws always a bonus to reach your uniques)
• Submerge is cool, and sometimes I'll sub in a putrid presence to really take advantage of that. But don't be afraid to put your stuff underneath if it wipes your opponents artifacts and minions out
• Waveshaper tap ability will be essential from turn 6/7+ to gain time to build up a stronger field, and so site destruction can be challenging against it, make good use of overflow to keep waveshaper open to utilise the control when needed. Keep an order of the sacred oak in hand just in case they start site destruction
• Hitting death's door fast isn't super worrying, focus on protecting waveshaper while you build up the body of water