I'm testing it fully upped with 6 novas and it can win in five turns. Basically, depending on the draw, it's either fast or "slow." If it's slow, you'll probably have one or two discords out fairly early (turns 2-4). Your opponent will most likely only be able to play cheap cards, and if anything poses a threat, you BB it. So even if it takes ten turns to win, your opponent probably only has 1-3 small creatures out.
Actually, fully upped, the novas are pointless (only for the flying weapons and trident) so i would actually replace them with towers
Actually, the novas are also for graboids. Can't evolve them without time quanta.
I'm thinking that unupped animates might be better than the upped version... That way they don't take away quanta from water or time.