Nilah: Oath and double Star Gem

Oath of the Guardians supplies finishers, while two Star Gem make them cheaper. Drawing a created champion as a Fleeting card lets the star power copy it, turning the draw engine into immediate board pressure.

Players repeatedly recommend this combination for her draw-heavy deck. It plays differently from the existing self-target growth guide: keep the champion alive as a discount carrier and let the generated champions win combat.

Oath of the Guardians

Playing the carrier shuffles five level-two champions with doubled stats into the deck and draws a champion. This is a Play trigger: a copied unit being summoned does not activate another Oath.

Two Star Gem

Each carrier gives allied champions +1|+1 and makes them cost two less while it is in play. Two Gems provide four cost reduction. If a Fleeting champion play produces a second carrier, both carriers contribute their auras. Those discounts disappear when a carrier leaves play; do not treat them as permanent reductions.

Level 30 unlocks the third Rare slot. Oath also needs an Epic slot upgrade.

Keep Nilah and an affordable draw or defensive card. Playing her for two mana starts the Oath plan without needing a Fleeting opening copy. Afterward, use Pool Shark, Pick a Card and Vikrash the Exuberant to find the added champions.

At three stars, choose the first two Fleeting unit or spell plays carefully. A useful Fleeting champion generally contributes more than duplicating a weak card simply because it is free. Leave board space for the copied unit; leave hand space for draw.

Discarded cards recycle into the deck and schedule Fleeting draws next Round Start. They do not guarantee that the next drawn card is the one discarded. Drawing too much with a full hand can still burn useful cards, and an empty deck is still dangerous. Once you have a winning board, stop drawing unnecessarily and attack before spending more resources.

Champion discounts, protection, draw discounts and reliable early blockers help the plan. Favor a support package you can play cheaply and whose keywords complement the random champions. Avoid loading the deck with expensive followers that cannot benefit from the Gem discounts.

The Grand General's Counterplan or The Gravedigger's Spade can replace a Gem when you want a reliable source of Fleeting cards, at the cost of two champion discount. Corrupted Star Fragment is another plan for clearing crowded boards and growing one attacker. The growth guide is a better fit when you want Nilah herself to be the finisher.

Three-star Joy Unbound II copies the first two Fleeting units or spells you play each round. Two-star Water Recycler gives starting mana, discard recycling and delayed Fleeting draw. At one star only the first Fleeting play is copied, so the two-copy turn described here needs three stars. Oath itself works on a normal champion play without any Fleeting requirement.

• Nilah relics by u/bin581148, 2024-11-14, 5 points (observed 14 Oct 2026).
• Advice for Nilah in Path by u/nooby_dog2020, 2024-10-14, 4 points (observed 14 Oct 2026).
• Player-voted builds, local snapshot collected 13 Oct 2026.
• Champion guide builds and recorded clears, local snapshot collected 13 Oct 2026.
• Champion mechanics and level rewards, local data checked 14 Oct 2026.