The ruleset for Back to Basics meant that no skills could be used. As such, the obvious strategy would be using a Magic or Ranged deck of cards. Generally I'll prefer Magic over range in such a situation because Ranged card can't attack once they get to the first position. However, in this case both Life and Earth splinters which are strong in Ranged and Magic attacks (for Chaos Legion cards at least) are unusable.
However, the other ruleset here which is Melee Mayhem also meant that Melee monsters can attack too. Hence, I opted for 2 high health tanks and use most Ranged monsters to deal out damage. I was glad my strategy worked as the opponent had a pretty mean Magic deck, with Alric Stormbringer to boost the deck with an additional Magic attack.
▶️ 3Speak