For some reason after hearing that Pharaohs weren't a very useful card I decided to throw them into a Speedbow and see what would happen. I doubt I managed to prove it's more useful, but this deck is truly fun to mess around with.
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The card choice should be pretty common sense. Because this is designed to be a Speedbow, you'll need to get those Scarabs up to a pretty high Att/HP quickly to be able to dominate the field. The 3 Chaos Powers should help with that.
-In the event that you can't pull off a Pharaoh to swarm the field, you have the alternative of powering up the Pegasus instead of a Scarab. TUing that sucker after a Dive allows for massive damage to be dealt.
-TU is great to use on Pharaohs when you're swimming in
quanta and want to invade the field faster. Otherwise you can TU one giant Scarab for double the Devour power. -Actually, with Chaos Power, the possibilities are almost endless.
-Aside from that the setup is pretty much a standard Speedbow format: Rushing creatures, PC splash for greater rushing power. It's surprisingly consistent too.
