The subject of this week's challenge serves only one purpose, at least at my level of play. The Carrion Shade is cannon fodder. A cheap sacrifice to protect more valuable monsters. This battle is a fine example.
The ruleset was Target Practice and Odd Ones Out, and Death or Draqon/Death were the only splinter options. I went with an all-melee lineup to eliminate any sniping, and to nullify the effect of the summoner if he happened to choose Contessa L'Ament. With odd mana cards only, the Bone Golem is the tank of choice, so going all melee is also preferable to magic in this case.
Since the Silent Sha-vi is another card sure to be used by my opponent, I placed the Carrion Shade at the back of my lineup to absorb the Sha-vi's first hit and my hope is that my two sneak monsters will eliminate a significant part of his DPS before it can do much damage.
My opponent made the mistakes of 1: choosing magic attackers, and 2: placing his sacrificial monster in the second position instead of at the back, perhaps because he was expecting snipes instead of sneaks.
In the battle all went as planned. The Carrion Shade performed his function and my opponent's Sha-vi was eliminated by my sneak monsters. Now his magic attackers will waste their time against the Bone Golem while my sneaks take down his weak back line.
His position is quickly lost.
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