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Gold League Decks / Re: What deck did you submit today? ( Gold )
« on: November 05, 2011, 01:23:32 am »
If you're usually running all-upgraded cards, that could be part of your problem.  It consumes a lot of points.  Starting at over 150 life, even better maxed out at 200, can be a huge advantage for many types of decks.  Think of it as buying an extra couple of turns, which is often enough to make all the difference.

I also try to think about how the deck will play against various popular decks, and even test them out (click on the card image on the lower left hand side of the arena to play against your own deck) against the ones that I can build.  Against ROL you need ways to clear out creatures (which you've got with Pandemonium).  Against control decks you need to be able to wipe out permanents (you've got Butterfly).  Need some defense against fast decks (you're a little light on that, just Maxwell for creature control and Discord to disrupt their game) or be super-fast yourself.

Your mono decks probably have trouble because they can't do all those things.

Best suggestion is to have a couple of popular deck builds (I use a ROL and a Dragon Rainbow) to test your arena deck against, and go from there.

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Gold League Decks / Re: What deck did you submit today? ( Gold )
« on: November 04, 2011, 12:04:59 am »
170 hp, 10 upgraded, 2x mark, dexterity
Put this up yesterday, it's at 7 / 1 so far.
Oracle card was Water Pendulum.  I had just run a Water / Poison deck, and my other favorite element to combine with Water is Fire because of the steam machine.  I think the fire / water lvl 3 AI deck is one of the strongest lvl 3's, and enjoy running with the steam machines for grinding, so it was the obvious choice (even though fire is over-used in the Arena).

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General Discussion / Re: Elements Nymph Count
« on: October 31, 2011, 07:56:32 pm »
Just one for me, just got her last week, having fun with Discord + Black Hole  ;D

 :gravity

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Gold League Decks / Re: the gold league pledge
« on: October 31, 2011, 06:08:19 pm »
I think the pledge goes at things the wrong way; I think it's better to say that I'll take the card that the oracle gives me and use it as an integral part of the deck - it's not just filler, it's a core part of the strategy.

Sadly, with a couple of exceptions, the more interesting I think my deck submission is, the more likely it is to get knocked out after 4-5 plays.  I'll try to keep it fresh, but if the Oracle gives me a great card for a Rainbow or a Fire Stall, I'll probably go there.

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Gold League Decks / Re: What deck did you submit today? ( Gold )
« on: October 31, 2011, 06:11:50 am »
I just put in this one yesterday, it's at 19 wins 2 losses.  Based on rankings it's getting a decent amount of thumbs up, which surprises me, since it's kind of annoying to play against.  My oracle card was poison.

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193 hp, 20 upgraded cards (under utilized just because I don't have much upgraded in these elements), double draw

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