Erwin Smith strategy

Blue Erwin Smith in Attack On Titan is the raid face this page is about. TCG Contender files it as a midrange list, Standard tier 3. This site is hosting 320 public 50-card lists, including 6 recent top 8s. The tier list has Erwin Smith in B.

How the raid face works

UE10BT/AOT-1-002 · cost 3 · 2500 BP · Blue

The printed trigger on Erwin Smith (UE10BT/AOT-1-002) is: [Active] Choose one character on your field and switch it to active. It gains 3000 BP until the end of the turn. Raid printings in the current 50: Levi (UE10BT/AOT-1-011). In Union Arena, [Raid] lets you add the card to your hand or perform Raid if the energy is there. The expensive copy is the ceiling. The cheaper copies with the same name are the steps. Contender's snapshot calls out that deep redundancy on core pieces: four copies each of Levi (007), (008), (009), (010), and (011) alongside Erwin Smith (001) and (002) means the deck rarely whiffs on finding its namesake characters. The same snapshot flags that the deck has produced no recent tournament placements, suggesting it has fallen behind the current Tier 1 field (CSM - Denji, Solo Leveling - Sung Jinwoo, REZ - Rem, Evangelion - Evangelion Test Type-01 Pseudo DMS Phase) in raw power or speed.

The current 50-card core

From 320 lists on this site

Four-ofs: Erwin Smith (UE10BT/AOT-1-001), Erwin Smith (UE10BT/AOT-1-002), Levi (UE10BT/AOT-1-007), Levi (UEPR/AOT-1-008), Levi (UE10BT/AOT-1-009), Levi (UE10BT/AOT-1-010), Levi (UE10BT/AOT-1-011), Mikasa Ackermann (UE10BT/AOT-1-023), Eld Gin (UE10BT/AOT-1-004), and Levi's Barrage (UE10BT/AOT-1-034). Common two-ofs: Erwin Smith (UE10ST/AOT-1-111). That average is taken from the featured list on Attack On Titan - Erwin Smith, then checked against the 320 hosted files.

The curve

Energy line · hosted 50

Energy 0-2. Erwin Smith (UE10BT/AOT-1-001), Levi (UE10BT/AOT-1-007), Levi (UEPR/AOT-1-008), Levi (UE10BT/AOT-1-009), Mikasa Ackermann (UE10BT/AOT-1-023), and Eld Gin (UE10BT/AOT-1-004) keep the early turns honest. Energy 3-4. Erwin Smith (UE10BT/AOT-1-002), Levi (UE10BT/AOT-1-010), Levi's Barrage (UE10BT/AOT-1-034), Petra Rall (UE10BT/AOT-1-006), and Erwin Smith (UE10ST/AOT-1-111) are the mid-curve bodies. Energy 5-6. Levi (UE10BT/AOT-1-011). This is read off the hosted 50, not a hidden playbook. If your locals file plays a different 3-of, trust that file.

Mulligan

What the 50 implies

Keep a Raid Erwin Smith, at least one 0-2 cost setup card, and one Erwin Smith (002) if the cheap card missed. Ship a hand of only 7+ cost finishers. That is inferred from costs in the hosted list, not a coach sheet from a hidden room.

Tech and flex

First cards to argue about

Erwin Smith (UE10ST/AOT-1-111) are the first slots to shave if your room is all one matchup.