Toxic Shriekers [AI3][non-upgraded][rareless]

[Xenocidius]

by Xenocidius

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First off, I would like to thank willng3 for performing a 100-game test with this deck (a well deserved +rep to you). It yielded the following results (he probably has some more extensive test details; comparisons can be made when he shares them):

Wins: 93
Losses: 7
TTW: 8.075

I designed this deck with the newbie in mind. It is fully non-upgraded, rareless, and weighs in at just 1033 electrum. I also specifically tailored it to make it appropriate for farming AI3.

Nova: Your main quanta generation.
Quantum Pillar: Sometimes Novas just aren't enough. This is one of those times.
Graboid: The main damage source. They are plentiful and powerful.
Lycanthrope: Powerful attackers that can also draw CC away from more valuable creatures.
Poison: Fast, reliable damage that gets around shields.
Momentum: Gets around shields and can also save a creature from CC.
Adrenaline: Shriekers have 8 ATK, which just so happens to be one of the magic numbers with Adrenaline. It also helps get around Bone Wall.
Deflagration: Sometimes you just need to get rid of a pesky shield or weapon.
Mind Flayer: One of the most useful additions to the deck in my opinion, this card can zap Otyugh, Maxwell's Demon, and countless other dangerous creatures that the AI3s control.
Blessing: Makes a creature deal more damage and saves it from CC.

[Mathematistic]

Can a hammer fit in somewhere here?
That aside, it looks like the new generation of antabow... very nice.

[willng3]

Verifying.
Games:   100
   
avg. Sec/Game:   70.680
Sec/Turn:   8.63003663
Clicks/Game:   18.950
Clicks/Turn:   2.313797314
Score/Min:   12.44482173
Electrum/Min:   12.65704584
   
Time overall (min.):   117.800
Wins:   93
Ems:   5
Losses:   7
Score:   1466
Electrum:   1491
Avg ttw:   8.075

ttw 3:   0
ttw 4:   0
ttw 5:   2
ttw 6:   10
ttw 7:   23
ttw 8:   28
ttw 9:   12
ttw 10:   13
ttw 11:   4
ttw 12:   0
ttw 13:   0
ttw 14:   1
ttw 15:   0
ttw 16:   0
ttw 17:   0
ttw 18:   0
ttw 19:   0
ttw 20:   0
ttw 21:   0
ttw 22:   0
ttw 23:   0

[burpcow]

Looks very nice and newb friendly.   

[Chapuz]

Like! :]

[Rutarete]

Very noob friendly indeed

[pulli23]

just why the mind flayers? what AI the flayers are good? What rare weapon would fit well, bow for cc?

[Drake_XIV]

just why the mind flayers? what AI the flayers are good? What rare weapon would fit well, bow for cc?

I designed this deck with the newbie in mind. It is fully non-upgraded, rareless, and weighs in at just 1033 electrum. I also specifically tailored it to make it appropriate for farming AI3.

It never hurt to have lobotomizing.  Especially against Angels, anything with Momentum, or anything that generates.  Also, it gets the most attacks with Adrenaline.

[furballdn]

Wow. Very good deck. Pretty nice win rate being a completely normal deck with no rares at all.  That's impressive. Would a hammer or fog shield be able to be fitted in?

[willng3]

Can a hammer fit in somewhere here?
That aside, it looks like the new generation of antabow... very nice.

Wow. Very good deck. Pretty nice win rate being a completely normal deck with no rares at all.  That's impressive. Would a hammer or fog shield be able to be fitted in?

To the Hammer:  I would say no due to the chances of the weapon taking quanta you need to play other cards (it's not uncommon that quanta is fairly tight in the early game, which is why this can be a big issue).  I'm not saying it can't be used, just that it has the potential to decrease the speed by a full turn or more in some cases.
To the Fog Shield:  No, you'd slow the deck down and do very, very little to increase its win rate versus AI3.

just why the mind flayers? what AI the flayers are good? What rare weapon would fit well, bow for cc?

Mind Flayers are extremely useful against Maxwell's Demon, Fallen Elf, Firefly Queen, and Otyugh; all three of which either create walls that your creatures will have terrible difficulty climbing over or slow this deck's speed down considerably.  If any kind of a rare weapon is used here, I would only be able to choose Arsenic since it's just so cheap.  But I would fear that would possibly be too much quanta being consumed.  No to Owl's Eye; you'll very rarely find yourself having enough quanta to put it to real use.

[strswords]

Nice deck, a lot of creatures with one PC card however you could throw in a steal in there for precaution.

[furballdn]

Nice deck, a lot of creatures with one PC card however you could throw in a steal in there for precaution.

Steal would clash with the lycanthropes for . The deck already had 6 poisons meant for getting past that annoying aether elder's dim shields.