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Spoiler for Weekly Tournaments:
- The first Weekly Tournament of the month and the first trophy ever for pwconfirm
 ! It all happened on the 4th of October during Barbershop Quartet - Unupgraded. He said "I did like the tournament's rules for the most part because it forced creativity and badly balanced decks. I mean, who doesn't like four hour long tournaments with 60 card quartet stalls?" On the other hand he said that 0 cost cards were overpowered and should be banned. He considered that obvious as he admitted, with a little dose of hypocrisy, that all of his games "were won by decks using photon/spark/etc." You rascal  Congratulations for getting your first trophy and keep up the good work! Good luck!
- On the 11th of October, the second Weekly Tournament trophy went to Vangelios, who won Potluck Rules - Unupgraded. Aren't you all bored already with masters winning, winning, winni.... zzzz... YAWN, oops, sorry ;] Where were I, oh, yeah! Vangelios said that he doesn't really like new speedbuilding rules, he prefers 'classic' ones. Well, as another competitor Zawadx questioned, maybe one 'killer rule' made meta in that tournament too open? In addition,Vangelios also admitted that the hardest game was against myself, Krzysiekxd. (I'm blushing now). That was the great and close match indeed Vangelios!
- Didn't I say deuce22 has been released? Yeah, he won Weekly Tournament in September and he did it again on October 18th, winning Speedbuilding - Unupgraded. "I'm luckier than most, apparently," he said when asked why he is so good. He also added that "meta was a little too restricted (one deck to rule them all)." Mono decks were dominant in that tourney and deuce22 admitted that his best fight was probably vs 10 men just because... there were no mirror games. Congratulations Grandmaster on your win, but let others win too ^^
- Thank goodness not another master won Weekly Tournament on the 25th of October (no offence masters, but we know you're all great PvP players ), but the winner of Specialization #2- Upgraded was also a well-known council member RootRanger. When asked if he had liked the tourney, he said without hesitation: "Of course I did - I won! Aside from that, it was fun using
 in every game. - to support my team in War. Seeing as the top two players both chose , it was an especially overpowered Element in this tourney." Big congratz and may the fire be with you!
Spoiler for Leagues: 
 - Championship League:Everyone's favorite deathkitty, xn0ize, continued his impressive run at the top of the Championship League, securing first place by a massive margin with a score of 1714 points! Wow! His 46-6 record puts this season among the best CL performances ever, and shows that he'll be a massive threat in seasons to come!
Second place went to the Master of Darkness, Odii Odsen! The shadowiest of masters cloaked himself for the climb, drained points from his foes, and came in a strong second place, with a final score of 1625! An awesome second place finish for Odii makes this 11 straight seasons in the top 6 of Leagues. Well done!
Third place was captured by newcomer to the forums but member of the exclusive million score club, pwconfirm! While his early first place start was eventually overcome by Odii and noisy, pwconfirm still put up an incredible performance! He's shown himself to have a very bright future, and team Time in War is certainly appreciating his expertise!
Reigning champion Afdarenty finished 4th, followed by  master SpikeSpiegel in 5th. Congratulations to all! - Battle League: Cheesy111 was this season's BL superstar, finishing in 1st place with a score of 1686 from a 44-9 record. He held off several late challenges from the players chasing him, and while he fell just short of the elusive 1700 point mark, his season was certainly a season to remember. Welcome back to BL play, Cheesy!
Second place was taken by the player who led much of the 1/2014 season before losing his lead near the end. worldwideweb3 completed his first season of double-participation, and finished a strong second place, with a score of 1653. A late loss denied his bid to pass Cheesy, but his season was still a very strong one overall! Congrats on the 2nd place finish, webs!
Third place went to the new Master of Light, Jen-i, a player who played more games than nearly any other across both leagues, with a 54-18 record in BL leading him to a 1651 point mark and a 24-21 record in CL. While a high ranking mark is impressive regardless of the number of games played, to achieve such consistently winning scores is a truly remarkable achievement. Congrats, Jen!
The fiery Vangelios and mrpaper rounded out the 1600 point club in BL, with scores of 1608 and 1601 respectively. Congrats to all! - Season 2/2014 has ended, but season 1/2015 will be starting before the end of the year! Good luck to all!
Spoiler for Tea Time with Giants (interview): Tea Time with Giants:dawn to dusk
Below is the portion of an interview: How did you find Elements? What drew you in about it?Sometime 2012, I was really into this game, edmus. I was getting pretty good, getting the furthest on most days and getting fairly well known. I decided it was time to make an account to put a name to my face. I did this which was fine, but every time I put edmus into the search bar, a little yellowish dragon would often appear. "Well now that I have a kong account, I can go check that dragon out!" And thus, i find elements.
I guess what made me stick most was the fact that i was so bad at it ^^ I was determined to actually make something that could get me somewhere. Once I did, I started enjoying myself a lot with it and decided to stay.What other kinds of games do you enjoy playing?I don't really play a lot of games anymore lol. I guess i would say RPG's, Puzzles and Endless. And Music games if they count. And card games. Only thing is that despite liking many games, I don't stick with many of them.You're one of the best known Life-loyalists on the forums - what drew you to the Life element?
Spoiler for Comic of the Month: This month Krzysiekxd would like to present a second part of a comic about the new Masters! Below there is a link to a full comic. LINK TO A FULL COMIC
Spoiler for Deck Idea of the Month: The deck featured this month was made by SpikeSpiegel. Card by card:Mark Of Earth: Mark of earth is a must in this deck because it provides Wardens with the necessary quanta to stall as long as it takes and fuels devourers/pests to borrow and when unborrowed after SoPa their damage is doubled. Nova: Nova goes without saying, fuels the deck with needed quanta to have faster start and dominate quicklier. Quantum Pillar: Nova alone can't take care of all the quanta needed for the deck to work, thus quantum pillars are there for that reason. Iridium Warden: Wardens play a really important part on the deck. Due to their skill to attack non airborne creatures, while being under the effect of Shard Of Patience, their damage increases and thus they are able to at least stall rushing if not kill the creatures. Plus, their low cost makes it even easier to play. Shard Of Patience: The key card of the deck. It fuels every creature on the field, increasing their damage and augmenting their ablities. Devourer: Devourers are not there only for their passive which is the quanta draw. Their active ability to borrow with earth quanta fits perfectly the deck as when unborrowed their damage doubles something that helps winning faster. Scarab: Scarabs become nasty creatures when their hp increases. Under SoPa they can devour almost everything in only a few turns. Deflagration: Not much to say here, deflagration provides the necessary permanent control to OTK when the deck has evolved enough. Arsenic: Probably the best weapon choice on bows. Low cost and 1 poison counter its turn makes can be very helpful. Fog Shield: Again, probably the best shield choice one bows. The hax shield's low cost plus its blocking pretty much everything(no not 40% that is a big lie), prevents the opponent from rushing easily. Graviton Salvager: A deck that is based on one card needs as much protection of that card as you can give it. Low cost, decent stats and a very useful for this deck passive that will bring back to life a potentially deflagged SoPa, or any other permanent. Phase Salvager: Same here. Low cost, helpful passive. Strategy:Play SoPa, grow your creatures, kill everything, OTK them. That's pretty much it. More seriously, you aim for a quick start. Fast Shard of Patience and a couple of creatures(preferably scarabs and wardens) should be a pretty good start. In the mid game you should be able to control the game, your creatures provide the necessary CC to stall enough time till you are able to win. Scarabs are able to devour potentially airborne creatures that wardens cant kill and devourers just sitting and growing their attack borrowed. Always keep a deflagration in hand in case of annoying permanents. At the end, you just pop the SoPa and your creatures will OTK your opponent. It is a very dominant deck. Strengths:Should be able to crush rush decks since it provides immediate and limitless cc. Because of its low cost creatures, with a good start it should survive most control decks. Same goes with stalls since it is an OTK it can pretty much deal with most stalls and destroy them. Weaknesses:You won't always get good draws. A draw without wardens or Shard of Patience could mean a loss depending on what you are up against. It can also have problems against other faster OTK's. Black holes are a huge problem due to the low quanta production. In most rare cases, mono aether, PA'd gravity shield decks, maybe some really fast Immorushes can beat it. This deck is for fun, be sure to use it on PvP or wherever else you feel like! Have fun using it! Spoiler for Card Idea of the Month: Really powerful, this offers airborne creatures the option of a controlled-pace Overdrive. As with the actual Overdrive, the creature is weakened in exchange for significant attack strength. This also offers Air/Gravity a previously non-existent strength of synergy. With Air as the dominant element in a deck using this, Dive becomes deadly, as this does not replace the ability. You could prime a Wyrm to be 9|1||11|1 before diving. With Gravity as the dominant element, Colossal Dragon can be primed to a ridiculous attack without losing a significant amount of HP. 22|10 or even 34|6 are numbers that can be reached here. A major note is the stacking that this can manage. Mid game with more than one out, you can cast a multitude of these on every airborne creature you draw to prime them faster for lethality. This is tough to fit into a trio or more, but with a rainbow, things like Gargoyle's Stone Form become highly useful, even splashing some useful 1- or 2-cost cards like Blessing (upgraded best), Armor, or Chaos Power give HP that can be used to defend the creatures whilst having great attack power or simply allowing even more attack power to be given.
Spoiler for Puzzle of the Month: Puzzle of the Month This month, thanks to courtesy of J617, we would like to present an Elements related word puzzle. This puzzle contains a well known Elements phrase. Since all words are separated by a black space, any words at the end of a row, not followed by a black space, wrap onto the next line. Also, know that punctuation is missing, i.e., “I've” becomes “ive”. To solve, one must add up the letter values in each column and combine with the likelihood of wording. Spoiler for Hidden: For example, if there is only one open space in a column, the letter is the value which corresponds to that letter. So if that column lists “5”, one knows that the letter in that position is “e”. If there are two letters in the column and the value is “3”, one knows that the two letters in those positions are “a” and “b”, in some order. If three letters add up to “6”, the the possible combinations are “a, a, d”, “a, b, c”, and “b, b, b”, in some order. Of course, most won't be as easy as the examples given. Hence, one must use common sense when trying to figure out word possibilities, along with the corresponding values of letters in the columns. The corresponding values are listed below:  As this way to solve this puzzle is rather difficult, I am also providing an easier way to solve this puzzle. (If you prefer hard puzzles, and do not want any help from the easier puzzle, do not click the following spoiler button.) Spoiler for Hidden: As in the harder version of the puzzle, since all words are separated by a black space, any word at the end of a row not followed by a black space, wrap onto the next line. Also, know that punctuation is missing, i.e., “I've” becomes “ive”. The difference in this version is that all the letters in each of the the columns are provided, and it is just a matter of where you are to place those letters. I.e., if there are two spaces for letters in a column, there will be two letters provided, you just need to determine where in that column to place each of them.  Click for help in solving: Spoiler for Hidden: It may be easier to keep track of letters if you cross out the ones below that you place above. (You may wish to use a pencil if doing it on paper.) Here is a simple example. (The puzzle follows) First, notice the length of the words: 2, 5 (remember a word wraps until followed by a black space), 1, and 3. Since one letter words should be very easy to figure out, let us determine that letter first. There is only an A or a P which could go in that space. Since P isn't a word and A is, put A in that place. Hence, P goes in the space above it. Now lets look at the two letter word. The only words which could be made from the letters below are Ad and An. Although one is more likely, for now it is obvious that and A goes in that first space. Consequently, a P goes in the spot below it. Do keep in mind those word possibilities as you progress. Okay, let's take a look at that 5 letter word now that you know that the 2nd and 3rd letters are both P. Is there any word which would start with a Y before that? No. Accordingly, place an A in that slot, and thus, the location below it is a Y. Now let us use common sense to determine what the words are most likely to be. So what might a p p _ _ be? Most likely it is apple. So fill the L and the E in those spaces. Now, using common sense for those last three letters, that would make the answer to the puzzle: An apple a day Click for example puzzle: 
Last month's Elements Sudoku solution:
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