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Theme: Dark Ages - Faith https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=19418.msg246527#msg246527
« on: January 13, 2011, 09:27:02 am »
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Disease creeps through and steals the lives of many, leaving nothing behind but skeletons. And as it stays unchecked, it continues to spread, eventually taking control of everything. Then, there is nothing left but to put in your faith, and hope... for a miracle.

I decided soon after it came out that I really did like the new Solar Buckler, and I instantly understood the amazing synergy with Aflatoxin. With the reliable 3x Mark that comes with FGs, they can be used to make a quicker start than in player's decks.

A quick breakdown of the cards in the deck:

Bone Towers supply :death.

Solar Bucklers and the triple mark are the main sources of :light generation, as well as some RoLs as an alternative.

Light Dragons are the main attackers. They are quite solid and do a good amount of damage.

Death Nymphs serve a duo purpose with Aflatoxin. They serve as reusable, powerful CC, as well as fueling Solar Buckler to gain large amounts of quick :light.

Light Nymphs also serve a duo purpose, they turn your creatures into light emitters, giving even more quanta, and provide stall.

Graveyards use the Nymph's CC to generate tokens as alternative damage. Skeletons can also be used as tokens for Luciferin to take effect.

Miracle provides the main stall in the deck, making it quite difficult to pierce through the god's defences.

Hope comes in later, and supplies an indestructable damage reduction shield, providing more stall, and taking advantage of Luciferin.

Morning Glory is also indestructable, and is used to fill the weapon slot, giving another source of damage.

Any comments/concerns as far as balance comes? I'm thinking I might have too many dragons.

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Re: Theme: Dark Ages - Faith https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=19418.msg246540#msg246540
« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2011, 10:33:43 am »
I'm just afraid the ai will play hope over soul buckler when it doesn't even have that many light-emitting creatures or before you get enough quanta to pop dragons...
Any info on that?

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Re: Theme: Dark Ages - Faith https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=19418.msg247605#msg247605
« Reply #2 on: January 14, 2011, 09:03:31 pm »
If it has the quanta, it will.  AI always plays the higher-casting-cost shield over lower.
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Re: Theme: Dark Ages - Faith https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=19418.msg247980#msg247980
« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2011, 06:59:06 am »
So, if it draws a hope and has 8+ :light, then it won't ever play soul bucklers...even if the opponent has a giant field of malignant cells and you have no light-emitting creatures?

Would this be a problem, considering that the deck has Luciferin-able Dragons, Luciferin, 3x :light per turn, and RoLs?

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Re: Theme: Dark Ages - Faith https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=19418.msg247994#msg247994
« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2011, 07:28:13 am »
So, if it draws a hope and has 8+ :light, then it won't ever play soul bucklers...even if the opponent has a giant field of malignant cells and you have no light-emitting creatures?

Would this be a problem, considering that the deck has Luciferin-able Dragons, Luciferin, 3x :light per turn, and RoLs?
Azn upped Hope blocks 1 already....

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Re: Theme: Dark Ages - Faith https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=19418.msg248004#msg248004
« Reply #5 on: January 15, 2011, 07:54:06 am »
So, if it draws a hope and has 8+ :light, then it won't ever play soul bucklers...even if the opponent has a giant field of malignant cells and you have no light-emitting creatures?

Would this be a problem, considering that the deck has Luciferin-able Dragons, Luciferin, 3x :light per turn, and RoLs?
Azn upped Hope blocks 1 already....
I'm talking specifically about having enough :light to pump out dragons, although I do see now that it doesn't really need to pump out dragons..

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Re: Theme: Dark Ages - Faith https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=19418.msg248049#msg248049
« Reply #6 on: January 15, 2011, 09:42:09 am »
That's why I'm considering maybe -1 dragon, +1 RoL, just to balance it a bit in the off chance that it does play hope too soon.

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Re: Theme: Dark Ages - Faith https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=19418.msg248108#msg248108
« Reply #7 on: January 15, 2011, 12:59:11 pm »
just two hopes?

i mean i guess thats part of the point in the Fgs name and story stuff but it still seems like it might be less effective than it should be
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Re: Theme: Dark Ages - Faith https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=19418.msg248133#msg248133
« Reply #8 on: January 15, 2011, 01:40:39 pm »
just two hopes?

i mean i guess thats part of the point in the Fgs name and story stuff but it still seems like it might be less effective than it should be
You're right, for the the optimal efficiency of the deck idea (get some light quanta and pop some dragons) it shouldn't have any hopes because they slow it down a lot. However, hopes are necessary not because they offer good protection (nymphs take care of anything not quinted or without excessive hp) but because they are late-game, indestructible shields for when you have quite a few light-emitting creatures out. To sacrifice rushing power when it already has ample cc and healing wouldn't really be that smart.

 

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