Scarab Swarming

[Xi Deluge]

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This is my deck so far, I got the idea of scarab mitosis on an ancient post when searching for ways to use pharaohs. It seems to work rather well for now, but I need ways to improve it as it can be broken easy with pc, and it needs some form of pc. I have tested and modified around with 30 card decks for a while and I am still testing things out. Things that I know that I want and or need are life nymph and several shards o ready. I also have 2 shards of divinity, that might be great to increase my life expectancy for the deck. Also thinking of having a heaver focus on gravity (Pun intended?). Any thoughts?

My rational for specific cards :
  Mark: I find that I am better getting gravity from my mark as the more important quanta will be sufficiently generated by the towers, and having a small amout of gravi pen's would be unreliable.
  So Freedom: It boosts the damage out put by around a 12.5% increase to damage, and allows for a few to bypass shields
  2 nature pen's: it gives the nature I need and provides for the extra gravity.
  Heal: for the last heal before finishing for em if possible:
  Bonds: Heals
  Druid's staff: Cheep damage and heal
  Adrenaline: Adds some damage to one scarabs attack (4 fold mostly) or it can be used on a mitosis scarab to reduce delay and freezing.
  Reverse time: Emergency creep control. Comes in handy
  Deja Vu: 2 time quanta for 2 food to give to the scarabs as opposed to have them eating themselves. Might add more.
  Hourglass: getting the combo and quanta ready.
  Procrastination: great shield, wonderful to stall things from using spells so they can be eaten later.
  Scarabs +  mitosis: ways to get more swarm.

One where I added some gravity cards:
+2 momentums, 3 armagios 2 gravity pillars, - 2 life pen's

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It seems slower, and even more harmed by pc.

I also got a fire nymph a few days ago, does anyone have a deck built around one?

[furballdn]

What is with this scatterfication of cards. Generally in a deck, you should focus on one strategy, but I see copies of one that really don't belong by themselves. (deja vu, adrenaline, SoFre). If you're interested in Adrenaline+SoFre, I've made decks based on those and deja vu and scarabs.

[Xi Deluge]

I only have one copy of shard of freedom, deja vu, and adrenaline, I would swap them or remove them, but I also added some because I deck out sometimes. I also considered the fact that my drawing power was good to bring the one situation card to my hand, and also bring needed cards when I have no use for the situation cards. but now that I look at it, I see some interesting ways to work around everything. Shard of freedom seemed to be great for the swarm, being better than using momentum on one or two. Adrenaline might just be in the place of the life nymph I want but don't have Thoughts so far based on your comment and my own new thoughs, replace revers time with eternity to avoid decking out, removing druid's staff, removing deja vu, lowering the number of scarabs.

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-2 scarabs, 1 hourglass, 2 reverse times, one deja vu. + eternity.

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I would also like to see the decks you proposed.

[furballdn]

Cut down to 30 cards and focus one one strategy. Start with a 6/6/24 or something basic build and then gradually change it to fit your style. You like adrenaline+scarab? Start with a 6 adren, 6 scarab deck.  Gradually add in other cards as you see fit, but generally, you don't want foreveralone cards in there.

[Xi Deluge]

The new one I just worked up is 30 cards, with a more focused play. I still want to keep the having a swarm with mitosis and the scarabs.

[furballdn]

If you like scarab swarm, have you considered fractal?

[Xi Deluge]

No, I have not even though of that. Do you know of any decks that include scarabs and fractal so I can base mine off of?

[furballdn]

No, I have not even though of that. Do you know of any decks that include scarabs and fractal so I can base mine off of?

Er, here's something I just built in a minute, but it's basically the basics of fractal scarab.

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Mess around with it a bit to get optimal draws and hands.

[Xi Deluge]

Thanks, I will try it out later tonight.

Edit: Tried it, works well and is faster at swarming, though it does miss the allure of having healing from the life deck.