Submachine's Quest in Platinum

[Submachine]

Oracle Card: Short Bow.

STAMINA 170; Wisdom 30; Int 3; Dex 2.
Wins: 5; Lost: 4. Age: 2. HP: 166.
Rank: 843. Thumbups: 1/5.

Spoiler for Full table of stats:

Level 70 Health Points 166/170 Max Upgraded 30 Oracle Upgraded 4 Mark Multiplier 3X Card(s) per Turn 2X Deck Size 2X

Win:Loss 5:4 Electrum Earned 72 Rank 846 Rating -124 Age (days) 2 Thumbs Up? 1 Thumbs Down? 4

Hover over cards for details, click for permalink Deck import code : [Select] 6rr 6rr 6rr 6rr 4tb 4vj 4vj 4vj 4vj 4vj 4vj 5c5 5c7 5c7 5c7 5c7 5c7 6qq 6qq 6qq 6qq 7ee 7ee 7ee 7ee 7n2 7n2 7n2 7n2 7n2 7n2 7nq 7nq 7nq 7nq 8pn

For a start, I only include the full dek.im/arena table in a spoiler until I get more votes in the new poll.
Now the deck. It was weak against Swallow, and the only win condition against pdials was getting a lucky adrenastaff early. However, it was an extremely fast rush, as while I tested it did 5-6 ttw wins against other rushes.

Today's oracle card is Enchant Artifact again. For cards that I already got I don't usually create a new post, instead I edit the previous ones for faster comparison.

[Chapuz]

I like the deck, but it has no counter to PDials or Swallow.

[Submachine]

Right, but as I edited in the post, the only chance against Pdials is a pair of lucky adrenastaves.

[Submachine]

Oracle Card: Rage Potion.

STAMINA 200; Wisdom 60; Int & Dex 2.
Wins: 10; Lost: 5. Age: 3. HP: 192.
Rank: 759. Thumbups: 4/10.

Spoiler for Full table of stats:

Level 70 Health Points 192/200 Max Upgraded 60 Oracle Upgraded 5 Mark Multiplier 2X Card(s) per Turn 2X Deck Size 2X

Win:Loss 10:5 Electrum Earned 168 Rank 759 Rating -116 Age (days) 3 Thumbs Up? 4 Thumbs Down? 6

Hover over cards for details, click for permalink Deck import code : [Select] 7dr 7dr 7dr 7dr 7dr 568 568 576 744 744 744 744 744 744 744 744 74c 74c 74c 74c 74c 74c 75m 75m 75m 7ee 7ee 7ee 7ee 7ee 7ee 7n2 7n2 7n2 7n2 7n2 7n2 8po

This deck was basically a rush. The main problem that I didn't manage the QI as rushes need it (rushes benefit from overquanta). Apart from the occasions when it got extremely bad quanta starts, the deck was weak against VDB and RoLhope (VDB twinned and basilisk blooded buffed titans and nymphs, RoLhope lobotomized Titans), however RoLhope could only win if it got an Electrocutor early, which was actually very common in my tests. Swallow and rushes didn't take a chance, and PDials was also screwed by the Gravity Nymphs (unless they were bottomdecked). If I ever try to modify this deck, I should count the number of pillars with a QI of 7-8.

Just a note, but I hope that Chapuz, dark ripper and any other who read these logs are satisfied with the updated outfit of my posts. If you want something to change (for example moving the dek.im/arena table out of the spoilers), just post about it. ^^

Today's oracle card is Momentum. I'm definitely sure that I WON'T make a flying weapon deck.

[Submachine]

Oracle Card: Momentum.

Level 72 Health Points 1/200 Max Upgraded 60 Oracle Upgraded 5 Mark Multiplier 2X Card(s) per Turn 2X Deck Size 2X

Win:Loss 30:11 Electrum Earned 516 Rank 699 Rating -125 Age (days) 8 Thumbs Up? 13 Thumbs Down? 17

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74a 74a 74a 74a 74a 55k 55k 55k 576 576 744 744 744 744 744 744 744 744 744 744 748 748 748 748 748 74i 74i 74i 74i 74i 752 752 752 752 752 75m 75m 75m 8pl

+5 win +3 loss compared to the first might seem good, but actually it's just the random fluctuation that happens with all decks. This deck definitely got more plays (+8) than the other.

2014. October 09.

Spoiler for Old Data Function:

STAMINA 200; Wisdom 60; Int & Dex 2.
Wins: 25; Lost: 8. Age: 4. HP: 184.
Rank: 596. Thumbups: 11/25.

Level 70 Health Points 184/200 Max Upgraded 60 Oracle Upgraded 5 Mark Multiplier 2X Card(s) per Turn 2X Deck Size 2X

Win:Loss 25:8 Electrum Earned 432 Rank 593 Rating -104 Age (days) 4 Thumbs Up? 11 Thumbs Down? 14

Hover over cards for details, click for permalink Deck import code : [Select] 74a 74a 74a 74a 74a 5ia 5ia 5ia 5ia 744 744 744 744 744 744 744 747 747 747 747 752 752 752 752 75m 75m 75m 7gm 7gm 7gm 7gm 7gm 7gm 7gq 7h3 7h3 7h3 8pp

People requested so here it is. Full dek.im/arena style. Well, almost.

The deck itself couldn't break in the Top 200, but was basically a counter for the Grand Quartet. Well, almost.
Swallow had no problems with beating it, but Pdials, RoLhope and VDB had hard times when facing this deck. Maybe the 5 purifies were a bit of an overkill, but they definitely ensured that no Pdials can win against it.

I got today's oracle card, but now I have to go. I'll just build something tomorrow.

2014. March 27.

[Submachine]

Oracle Card: Stone Dragon.

Level 71 Health Points 192/200 Max Upgraded 60 Oracle Upgraded 5 Mark Multiplier 2X Card(s) per Turn 2X Deck Size 2X

Win:Loss 7:4 Electrum Earned 108 Rank 788 Rating -115 Age (days) 3 Thumbs Up 2 Thumbs Down 5

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77b 77b 77b 77b 77b 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 592 592 594 594 59c 59c 59c 749 749 749 74a 74a 74a 74a 74a 778 778 778 778 778 778 77f 77f 77f 77i 77i 77k 8pl

I used the same deck again as promised, but it failed to do the same as last time. Now the crowd asks for firestall.


Oracle Card: Stone Dragon.

Spoiler for Old Data Function:

STAMINA 200; Wisdom 60; Int & Dex 2.
Wins: 26; Lost: 8. Age: 6. HP: 136.
Rank: 534. Thumbups: 12/26.

Level 70 Health Points 136/200 Max Upgraded 60 Oracle Upgraded 5 Mark Multiplier 2X Card(s) per Turn 2X Deck Size 2X

Win:Loss 26:8 Electrum Earned 456 Rank 533 Rating -92 Age (days) 6 Thumbs Up 12 Thumbs Down 14

Hover over cards for details, click for permalink Deck import code : [Select] 77b 77b 77b 77b 77b 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 592 592 594 594 59c 59c 59c 749 749 749 74a 74a 74a 74a 74a 778 778 778 778 778 778 77f 77f 77f 77i 77i 77k 8pl

Decent deck did better than expected. The first 6 wins of the deck were all thumbs up, so I was happy that so many people liked it.
At 5-2, I changed the deck by adding 5 more stone pillars, so what you can see now is the final form. Before the change, I even met myself and lost:

Spoiler for Hidden:

The reason for the change was that I got a 1-pillar start when I faced myself in live action, and not just in the trainer. After that, all the quanta problems got solved.
Now about the strategy: Pdials was countered by Stoneskin spam, Swallow was countered by protected Gravshield, which were quite common to succeed even with SoFos on field, RoLhope was also countered by the combination of Gravshield+Stoneskins, and VDB was usually countered by all-momentum creatures, but it happened 2 out of 6 times that no momentums arrived at the whole game. The weakness of this deck was any kind of rush, especially mono air.

The deck did its best at Rank 141 with 13-3 on Day 2.

[Submachine]

Oracle Card: Phase Salvager.

Spoiler for Old Data Function:

STAMINA 0; Wisdom 0; Int & Dex 0.
Wins: 0; Lost: 2. Age: 4. HP: 84.
Rank: 445. Thumbups: 12/26.

Level 71 Health Points 84/100 Max Upgraded 0 Oracle Upgraded 0 Mark Multiplier 1X Card(s) per Turn 1X Deck Size 1X

Win:Loss 0:2 Electrum Earned 0 Rank 445 Rating -80 Age (days) 4 Thumbs Up 0 Thumbs Down 0

Hover over cards for details, click for permalink Deck import code : [Select] 626 626 626 626 626 4t9 4t9 4t9 4t9 4t9 4t9 500 534 534 568 59c 59c 59c 59c 5cg 5fk 5io 5ls 5p0 5p0 5p0 5s4 5v8 623 623 623 623 623 623 62c 8pl

Come on guys, this was a farm, why didn't you play it? I mean, only 2 plays in 5 days?! (It's 5, because day 0 counts too)
It looks like that the pvp bug made this game uninteresting and people just no longer care. I start to agree with them.

Today I got the Stone Dragon again. I'm going to be unoriginal and upload the same deck as I did last time, as long as someone will actually care to play against it.

[Submachine]

Oracle Card: Light Pendulum.

Spoiler for Old Data Function:

STAMINA 195; Wisdom 20; Int 3; Dex 2.
Wins: 45; Lost: 4. Age: 8. HP: 1.
Rank: 6. Thumbups: a bit less than 32/45.

Level 71 Health Points 1/195 Max Upgraded 20 Oracle Upgraded 3 Mark Multiplier 3X Card(s) per Turn 2X Deck Size 2X

Win:Loss 45:4 Electrum Earned 924 Rank 5 Rating 180 Age (days) 8 Thumbs Up? 32 Thumbs Down? 13

Hover over cards for details, click for permalink Deck import code : [Select] 7la 7la 7la 5mq 5mq 5f4 5f4 5f6 5f7 5f7 5f7 5lm 5lm 5lm 5lm 5mq 5mq 5mq 5mq 5mq 5mq 5mq 5mq 5mq 5mq 5mq 7dk 7dk 7dk 7dk 7dl 7dl 7dm 7dm 7dm 7do 7do 7do 7k2 7k2 7k2 7k6 7k6 8po

I'm taking it down early, because low HP stalls serve no good. But then again, it could still win 4-5 games with only 67 HP left.

NEW RECORD!!! The deck topped at Rank 2 with 45-3 on the morning of Day 8. My quest in Platinum is to reach #1 position, and firestall seems to be the best deck for that so far, as it is giving me a new record for the second time. For reference, see this other firestall I did earlier.

Today's Oracle card is firefly. Not as good, but brace yourselves!

[Submachine]

Oracle Card: Firefly.

Spoiler for Old Data Function:

STAMINA 200; Wisdom 60; Int & Dex 2.
Wins: 46; Lost: 11. Age: 8. HP: 1.
Rank: 357. Thumbups: 16/46.

Level 71 Health Points 1/200 Max Upgraded 60 Oracle Upgraded 5 Mark Multiplier 2X Card(s) per Turn 2X Deck Size 2X

Win:Loss 46:11 Electrum Earned 744 Rank 358 Rating -38 Age (days) 8 Thumbs Up? 16 Thumbs Down? 30

Hover over cards for details, click for permalink Deck import code : [Select] 7n4 7n4 7n4 7n4 7n4 4sa 4sa 4sa 6qq 6qq 6qq 6qq 6qq 6qq 6qq 6qq 6qq 6u3 6u3 6u3 6u3 6u3 6u3 6u5 6u5 6u5 6u5 713 74f 74f 74f 74f 77a 77i 7ap 7dq 7gq 7gv 7ju 7q4 7q4 7tf 80j 8pj

In Plat I observed that there are so many DHBbows that I had to try one. I have to say, this is the most no-brainer deckbuilding type I ever did, that's why I'm not good at it. Next time however, I shouldn't forget including steals and mass CC. Bonewalls are also a beast in these decks, such as Miracles.

This deck did its best at Rank 27 with 30-3 on Day 5. That disturbs me that people can get in T50 this easily just with building a DBH. -.- But on to the next topic! Antimatter, which I find quite a good counter for hitter decks if included in a DBH.

[Submachine]

Oracle Card: Antimatter.

Spoiler for Old Data Function:

STAMINA 200; Wisdom 60; Int & Dex 2.
Wins: 3; Lost: 2. Age: 1. HP: 198.
Rank: 391. Thumbups: 1/3.

Level 71 Health Points 198/200 Max Upgraded 60 Oracle Upgraded 5 Mark Multiplier 2X Card(s) per Turn 2X Deck Size 2X

Win:Loss 3:2 Electrum Earned 48 Rank 393 Rating -56 Age (days) 1 Thumbs Up? 1 Thumbs Down? 2

Hover over cards for details, click for permalink Deck import code : [Select] 6u7 6u7 6u7 6u7 6u7 50u 50u 50u 55v 6ts 6ts 6u5 6u5 6u5 6u5 6u5 6u9 6u9 6u9 6ve 6ve 6ve 6ve 6ve 6ve 6ve 6ve 6ve 6ve 6ve 6ve 745 745 74f 74f 74f 74f 74f 752 752 752 752 8pl

Highly underquantad... Taking it down... Firestall again... Going for Plat 1!

[Submachine]

The Quest is completed!

[dark ripper]

Spoiler for Hidden:

The Quest is completed!

Heh firebolt OP! Good job! I'm waiting to see the deck.