Swallow [Patient Otyugh][Pulled SoFO][Platinum]

[SnoWeb]

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Principle is simple. Grow your otyugh swallow everything. GP your grown shards for damage protection. Weakness = RT.
I tried to add a salvager or two as well as a chimera but I'm not convinced by their usefulness.
Can obviously be improved. Please Discuss.

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[ColorlessGreen]

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I feel like the permafrost shield is redundant by the time it's usable, and the nymph tears (while a lot of fun) isn't really more important than getting the combo out quicker. That being said, I love this deck. It's loads of fun.

[choongmyoung]

It looks lovely.
I love the way how you added NT there.

[antiaverage]

Just played a few games with this, loving it. Very happy with ColorlessGreen's simplification. Plenty of CC and PC in this deck. You could be out rushed by immortal creatures, and of course RT can be a pain.

[SnoWeb]

The version of ColorlessGreen is the first version i made when I first got the idea. However, as for all my decks, this one is played and made for platinum. I reduced the number of Pulled SoFo because it's use is better on the second half of the battle (when the oty can control the number of creatures and avoid the break). The shield is here for immortals but I agree it is not he most important card (you can switch it for either a 4th SoP or a second NT). The second purify is IMO very important. Purify in this deck can also protect the oty HP. In lots of cases it is very important. The pendulum are here either to power the more expensive water cards or also to avoid being screwed by a single buried devourer (or as a general protection against denial). Finally the NT is a powerful weapon against control rainbows and allows more EM (which is quite rewarding in platinum). As pikachufan2164 said inundation as not much use. Specially if you consider the amount of CC already present in the deck.

[CuCN]

Fun to play, but insanely fun in chaos mode

[SnoWeb]

Hi copper cyanide,

I went to have a look at the said chaos mode. It requires a lot of clicking and not much of thinking. The control decks are more of the thinking type IMO and that's why I like them. But if you like it who am I to criticize.

On another point, I had a couple of run with 2 NT instead of one and a shield and definitely better. Use them on the pendulum as when you have the required amount of water to play the tear you are safe. The second one can be played on an opposing pillar and the resulting nymph swallowed by your giant oty. This made me wonder if the strategy is viable to use the couple water nymph/giant oty as a denial spam machine. I'll investigate and let you know.

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In platinum as always

Against a ghostmare with the original version


With the original version and the nymph give the win


With the +1NT -1Permafrost (the duo of nymphs here gives the EM and also the win in the second case)

[Ullapool]

I tried the one in the original post against plat last night and went 0-15.  I dunno if I just got bad runs but it was just terrible.  I love the way it looks, maybe it's just the meta of plat right now.  Are you guys having more success?  I keep finding the only thing that works is sosac dials right now, reliably, in plat.

[eaglgenes101]

I tried the one in the original post against plat last night and went 0-15.  I dunno if I just got bad runs but it was just terrible.  I love the way it looks, maybe it's just the meta of plat right now.  Are you guys having more success?  I keep finding the only thing that works is sosac dials right now, reliably, in plat.

The arena metagames fluctuate a lot, as people who think about this deck could very well post counters against it. Try waiting a few days, then try it again. Alternatively, try it on Gold.

[presspl4y]

I just wanted to say that I enjoy using this deck against plat.  When P Dials isn't working this seems to pick up the pretty well. 
I love the synergy of Gravity Force and Shard of Focus, and I love how this deck just destroys Darkness based decks.  Thanks for posting it.

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Colorless Green's version +1 purify. 
I feel Permafrost Shield is a wasted slot in arena due to it's high cost and the large amount of perm control in arena. 
I find I would almost always rather have another Gravity Tower (or another creature) instead of Nymphs Tears. 
I agree with SnoWeb on the importance of two purifies. 

[The Chosen One]

very good idea,i will try it!

[WamboOSX]

I tested this deck and must say its really good.

The only thing i swaped out was the shield for another tower.

Did anyone else have problems against decks with a lot of bonewalls?