Battlefield Roles

Back-Alley Bar — the synergy battlefield

The Bar gives a unit +1 Might for the turn whenever it moves from the Bar. It supports Legend retreats, Shuriken Flip repositioning, Silent’s repeated movement, Herder’s multi-move sequences, and Deadly Weapon post-board. A unit can pressure the Bar, retreat to base, take the +1, ready through the Empowered Legend, and carry that bonus to a second battlefield.

Targon’s Peak — end-of-turn resource conversion

When you conquer here, you ready up to two runes at the end of the turn. This is not immediate combo Energy. Its value is that you can spend aggressively to conquer during your turn and still enter the opponent’s turn with Defy, Discipline or Not So Fast represented — especially strong when the conquest consumed most of your resources but your unit remains exposed.^◆src

Zaun Warrens — filtering

The conquering player discards one, then draws one. Premium discards are a Shuriken Flip or Twilight Shroud that can later Flow, redundant Gear, a matchup-dead Cleave, or a duplicate reactive card when the opponent’s hand structure is known.^◆src

Alternative candidates

Void Gate gives spells and abilities one Bonus Damage against units there, turning Shuriken Flip from 2 into 3 and Empowered Deadly Weapon’s 2 into 3. The effect is symmetrical, making it dangerous against opposing damage decks; it becomes attractive if you adopt Deadly Weapon more often.^◆src

Star Spring lets each player, the first time they play a non-token unit there each turn, move another friendly unit there to base — another true-movement outlet that can return Herder for a draw or preserve an exposed unit. A separate successful Akali branch uses Star Spring and Void Gate rather than Bar and Peak, but that list is a more unit-dense Deadly Weapon shell, not a direct upgrade to this configuration.^◆src