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Dynamic stacks are an alternative to Static stacks where building a Static Stack is difficult. They are Particularly useful for Deucalion and Pandarus. The reason for this is that these demons counterattack, which is not reduced by Ice Shield, so even ice shield cards take the full 1500 damage every time they attack, and this damage cannot be reduced by means such as Wicked Leech cards (more on this later). Because no tank stays in place for a significant amount of time, they aren’t able to grow to a high atk value like static stacks do, and because of this, snipers are used to add supplemental damage, and recyclers and resurrection cards keep the cycle going. For Pandarus you should use a Dynamic Stack (until the cards to build a better static stack are released) once you find a deck better than HH/WEA, which will take you awhile.
Types of Cards:
Tanks
Tanks are the cards that take the direct melee attack from the demon. Ice Shield (limits each attack to 100-160 damage per attack) is on most viable DI tanks, but there are a few exceptions. Most notably are Forest Rider, as a Deucalion tank, and Reindeer Warrior, as a Sea King tank, who have Dexterity to dodge Deucalion’s counterattack, and Bloodsucker to heal, respectively. In addition to abilities to increase their survivability, good tanks will have abilities that increase their attack damage over the course of an attack. Examples of this are Bloodthirsty, Craze, and Wicked Leech. For Mars, your tank must have Resistance, or else he will be destroyed when Mars casts Destroy. Here are some examples of tanks:
Cerato - This is the starter tank. You get a few from completing the map, and you get them from fragments. In addition, Spiderdemon is in the KW store, and you can use 3x Spiderdemon to evolve your Cerato. Puncture doesn’t do anything for DI, but Ice Shield lets him survive melee attacks (with minimal healing from support cards). Craze also increases his attack by 50 every round. Since you can spend 100+ rounds in position when your deck is set up right, that can convert to a bonus of 5000 atk by the end. Also, because Cerato is swamp, he’s eligible to evolve with Bloodthirsty and Craze, which increases the bonus per round up from 50 to 120. This also makes lasting more rounds more important.
The Butcher - Cerato’s Big Brother. The big bad butcher is used for all the same decks and more. Any deck where he can be used as a tank (except Mars), he should be. Like Cerato, he can have a very high growth rate, and Concentration 9 effectively gives that growth a 1.9x multiplier. So far he’s only been released once as a hydra merit card, but as it is a very important card they will hopefully release it somewhat regularly. Decks using The Butcher can hit around 2x higher than decks using any other tank (except Mars)
Reindeer Warrior (RW) - Doesn’t have Ice Shield, and is the only non-ice shield tank that is used regularly for SK. Craze gives him the growth he needs to be a good tank, and Warpath makes all his hits 75% stronger against demons. Because of Warpath, Craze actually equates to a 105 atk increase each turn. Bloodsucker is what keeps him alive, as he can use that large attack pool to fully heal himself every round. However, to be a stable tank who can get set up properly, he needs to be level 15 with either Parry or Rejuvenation, otherwise he will get killed before he can get set-up. He makes the best Sea King tank. He can be used to tank other demons as well, but that’s a more advanced deck. Once you’ve mastered everything in this guide, you can start trying to build RW decks for other demons. 
Malevolent Dryad (Dryad) - Reindeer Warrior’s Big Sister. The combination of Craze and Wicked leech gives her fantastic growth, both in the short term (Wicked Leech) and long term (Craze). Bloodsucker is the survivability skill that replaces Ice Shield, making her an effective tank. Like RW, she can be used for SK, but also has the potential to work for PO/DT due to her much higher HP. Though she can be used for SK/DT/PO, The Butcher is better for those if you have it because of his growth + concentration. Unlike Reindeer Warrior, she CAN be evolved with Concentration 5, which adds some significance to her growth and also adds some stability via bloodsucker. Also unlike Reindeer Warrior, she can be used plain because of her higher base stats. She is best used for Pazuzu, and also has some potential on Deucalion and Pandarus. Anywhere you use RW, you can also use Malevolent Dryad, as well as a few other locations. It’s important to note that she CANNOT be used for tanking Mars. More on this in the Mars section (This is because craze will increase Mars’ attack pool until he eventually one shots her. Not to mention it’s very difficult to set up against Mars, who’s attack grows because of Wicked Leech, with a non-ice shield tank)
Light Paladin (LP) - very similar to Cerato, with a few key differences. First, because his wait time is 4, he gets out faster. Getting your tank out faster improves the stability of your deck, which can greatly improve the stability and effectiveness of decks at a lower level. However, Wicked Leech is limited in growth by the atk of the opposing demon, so if you’re facing Sea King, the max bonus atk is 1200, and you will never actually reach that full 1200 bonus. This means for a lower level player who has a hard time setting up his stack and will last fewer rounds, this can be a better tank than Cerato. As you level up, Cerato will be more effective. However, where LP stands out is for Mars. To tank Mars he needs resistance, but once he does he makes the best tank. This is because Mars has Wicked Leech, and Cerato’s attack would eventually be drained to almost nothing, with a meager 50 bonus atk per round. LP will eventually stabilize his atk to be the average of his and Mars’, so his atk would be around 1000, and could be increased further by Northern Force cards. This is usually a card that requires gems though, so getting a Resistance LP as a F2P player would be a feat, and nearly impossible unfortunately. Also, since LP is Tundra, he cannot be evolved with Craze or Bloodthirsty.
Griffon Dancer (GD) - Good starter Mars tank. Chain attack doesn’t help against demons, but as she has Ice Shield and Resistance, she’s the only card who can effectively tank Mars without any evolutions. She lacks any attack growth, so a resistance Cerato will be slightly better, however since Cerato gets that bonus leeched through Mars’ Wicked Leech anyways, that bonus doesn’t help much. Can be evolved with Snipe or Retaliation to add some extra damage that can’t be leeched, but Griffon Dancer is a very expensive card to evolve (another GD or 2x Sea Piercer)
Frostree-Folk (FTF) - Not a particularly useful tank for its abilities, but deserves a mention for it’s availability. FTF is available in the FoH store. Once he has resistance, Mars is entirely incapable of killing him due to Rejuvenation which heals almost all damage done (only takes 10 dmg/round, so it’d take more than 80 rounds to kill him), so he’s very useful in building an early Mars stack. How easy it is to tank Mars with a resistance FTF also illustrates how Mars is a hero killer type demon. He sucks at killing resistance ice shield cards, but without guard/prayer support, you’ll still die.
Forest Rider (FR) - For awhile, Forest Rider was the only tank with Dexterity 5 that also had attack growth (via Bloodthirsty). This makes FR a valid Deucalion tank with the right support. Since Deucalion’s 1500 damage Retaliation (Devil’s Armor) is dodged, the only damage FR takes is the 900 atk damage, which can be easily dealt with with the assistance of healing and/or leech support cards. FR can also be used in starter dynamic stacks to add some stability. Also, because Devil’s Armor two cards, often times it’s wise to use two FRs to protect your other cards. If you use only one FR, it’s still somewhat of a dynamic stack because the 2nd card dies regularly to Devil’s Armor. FR’s hp is far too low to tank Pandarus, However. 
Blackfire Assassin (BFA) - Forest Rider’s big brother. Dodge is much more useful than backstab for stability purposes, and has much higher base stats and atk growth than FR. Because it’s mountain, it can be evolved with bloodsucker. Concentration is still the ideal evolution for Deucalion decks (much like FR), but Bloodsucker is necessary to tank Pandarus. With Bloodsucker, BFA can tank panda with very little support. Dryad and BFA are the two main options for Deuc and Panda tanks. Much like FR, it’s probably best to use 2 of these in your deck to dodge both Devil’s Armor hits. 
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