Weekly Tournament - July 28th - Goddamned Bats - Unupgraded

[shockcannon]

shockcannon: 2
TheonlyrealBeef: 0

[worldwideweb3]

www3: 2
deuce22: 1

GGs! can i use the same cards in our trials match

[Submachine]

Submachine: 2
Ryli: 1

Ggs!

[DANIEELA]

QUARTERFINAL

DANIEELA 2
Aves 0

[worldwideweb3]

www3: 2
Manuel: 1

GGs!

[Submachine]

Submachine: 2
DANIEELA: 1

Ggs!

[worldwideweb3]

www3: 2
shockcannon: 0

GGs!

[Submachine]

Submachine: 2
worldwideweb3: 1

Ggs! This proves my theory that during this tournament, whoever won 2-0 lost right away in the next battle.

Decks coming later.

[shockcannon]

shockcannon: 2
DANIEELA: 1

[Submachine]

Used Decks

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When I noticed that I built exactly 16 decks, I couldn't resist hosting my personal tournament between my own decks. The two decks I used were the finalist decks in my tournament.

Fiery Destruction

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5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f1 5f1 5f1 5f1 5f3 5f3 5f3 5f3 5f3 5f3 5f4 5f4 5f4 5f4 5f4 5f4 5f6 5f6 5f6 5f6 5f7 5fc 5fc 5fc 5fk 8po

When I first met Vindilos, he taught me a rough lesson about Firepower, which inspired me to build this deck. I started all matches with this deck, always netting the first win, and overall, it only lost once (to Parasitic Dolls). If I had more Red Nymphs, I could have made this deck deadlier. Firebolts were not OP, because I only used them to deal 1-3 damage each time they were used.

Starfish

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52g 52g 52g 52g 52g 52g 52g 52g 52g 52g 52i 52i 52i 52i 52o 52o 52o 52o 52q 52q 52r 52r 52r 52r 5i5 5i5 5i5 5i5 5i5 5i5 8pp

In my own tournament, Starfish was the winner deck. In this tournament, it went 2-2, mainly because it always got a 1-Pillar start against real opponents. Before using it in the Finals, I got 4-5 pillar starts against AI3, but of course it gave me a 1-Pillar start again when it was real.

In the 2 games where it won, I managed to install the first Bonewall asap. The Viruses were helpful to not only stack up Bonewall, but to remove opposing threats.

Unused Decks

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Parasitic Dolls

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52g 52g 52g 52g 52g 52q 52q 52q 52r 52r 52r 52r 52t 52t 542 542 542 542 542 542 5un 5un 5un 5un 5un 5un 5v0 5v0 5v0 5v0 8pt

Www3 used a deck like this in the finals, but with Gray Nymphs instead of Mummies. It's a swift killer, but if the Parasites are killed on sight, it doesn't work.

Deja Hope

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5l9 5l9 5l9 5l9 5la 5la 5le 5le 5le 5le 5lj 5lj 5lj 5lj 5lk 5lk 5lk 5mq 5mq 5mq 5rg 5rh 5rh 5rh 5rh 5rh 5rh 5ro 5rp 5rp 8ps

This deck seemed like a good choice first, but Poison and continuous/area CC kills it. Guardian Angels are dead weight.

Snipe Heal

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5le 5le 5le 5le 5lm 5lm 5lm 5lm 5lm 5lm 5mq 5mq 5mq 5mq 5mq 5mq 5mq 5mq 5mq 5mq 5mq 5mq 5mq 5oc 5oc 5od 5od 5od 5od 5od 5od 5oi 5oi 5oi 5oi 5ol 5ol 5ol 5ol 5ol 8pr

This deck came third in my tournament. Flying Owls provide mass CC, while Angels make sure they don't die easily. It also serves as a stall because of the Sanctuaries. Sadly it was not very effective against Bonewall decks.

Boneyard Kitties

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4vc 4vc 4vq 4vq 4vq 4vq 4vq 4vq 50u 50u 52k 52k 52k 52k 52q 52q 52r 52r 52r 52r 52v 52v 52v 52v 52v 52v 534 534 534 534 8pj

DANIEELA used a deck like this against me. It's a good deck, but if the cats or the Soul Catchers die early, it gets immobilized.

Slow BB Accelerate

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55k 55k 55k 55k 55k 55k 55k 55k 55k 55k 55k 55k 55k 55m 55m 55m 55m 55m 55m 560 562 562 562 562 562 58u 58u 58v 595 595 595 595 595 595 596 8pm

I made three variants of this deck with more Wardens, +1 Pulverizer, and less BBs. Bonewalls usually meant struggle. I should have thought of putting Momentums in this deck, but there is barely any room for tech cards due to the 10-bats restriction.

Slow Otyughs

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55k 55k 55k 55k 55m 55m 55m 55m 55m 55m 55r 55r 55r 55r 562 562 562 5l8 5l8 5le 5le 5le 5le 5lf 5lf 5lf 5lf 5lf 5lf 5mq 5mq 5mq 5mq 5mq 5mq 5mq 5mq 5mq 5mq 5mq 8pl

At first, I thought Otyughs will dominate the meta. Having only 4 of them in a 40-card deck was not a reliable way to draw them though, plus Poison+Bonewall countered this deck.

Stall Equal Decks

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That's it. A stall in a meta where I expected most people to build 40-card decks. However, it was surprisingly effective against decks that didn't pack Neurotoxin or exponential damage unstoppable by Wardens.

Neuro-only Dim Stall

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5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rl 5rl 5rl 5ro 5rq 5rq 5rq 5rq 5rq 5rt 5rt 5rt 5rt 5rt 61t 61t 61t 61t 61t 61t 62m 62m 62m 62m 63a 63a 63a 63a 63a 63a 63a 63a 63a 63a 63a 63a 8ps

Now we are reaching the Stupid Decks category. Dim Shields were allowed, so I tried to make good use of them. If it wasn't for the 10-bats rule, I would have definitely packed Fractal with ghosts or dragons.

P Dolls Dials

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4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 595 595 595 595 595 5c7 5rp 5rp 5rp 5rp 5rp 5rp 5un 5un 5un 5un 5un 5un 5v0 5v0 5v0 5v0 61r 8pt

The only Quantum Pillar-powered deck I made.

Dune Scabs

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55k 55k 55k 55q 55q 55q 55q 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rj 5ro 5rq 5rq 5rq 5rq 5rq 5rq 5rr 5rr 5rt 5rt 5rt 5rt 8pl

Momentum works well with both Dunes and Scarabs. It also ignored Bonewalls. Precognitions can be changed to Reverse Times. Snipe Heal flushed this deck out during the mini tournament.

Just Neuronika

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5lf 5lf 5lf 5lf 5lf 5lf 5mq 5mq 5mq 5mq 5mq 5mq 5mq 5mq 5mq 5mq 5mq 5mq 5mq 5rg 5rg 5rh 5rh 5rh 5rh 5rk 5rk 5rk 5rl 5rl 5rl 5ro 5rp 5rp 5rt 5rt 5rt 5rt 5rt 5rt 8ps

No comment.

Mindgate

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58u 5if 5od 5ut 61o 61o 61o 61o 61o 61o 61o 61o 61o 61o 61o 61o 61o 61o 61o 61q 61r 61r 61t 61t 61t 61t 61t 61t 61u 61u 623 623 623 623 626 626 626 626 626 626 8pu

Ten dead cards and no direct damage at all. It relies heavily on stalling with Dims and copying the opponent's deck, which does not work against any form of Poison.

AI3 Pande Dolls

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One of the two worst decks I built.

Viral Cats

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One of the two worst decks I built.

About tournament balance:

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The TOs did a good job by combining the 'Little Things Can Shine' and 'Glass Cannons' tournaments while also fixing their major problems. The 10-bats rule with the 40 card limit is a good restriction. Not including free cards like Photons and Sparks in the batlist was also thoughtful. Luckily noone used a mono fire deck with four Red Nymphs.

[Wyand]

I couldn't resist entering the tournament, however most of my time was eaten by the card design contest. So I had to speedbuild.
If I remember correctly I played a sort of angry angels deck against Aves, we dc'ed, and lost against the AI. After that I played
a Schrodinger/Bone Dragon deck, but sadly we had another dc. I did beat the AI, but only due to its stupidity (exploding UG's
when I had multiple Soul Catchers, hehe), so it went 0-2 quickly. Had some seemingly better decks (blessed wardens, scarabs,
chrysaoras), if I chose those, maybe I wouldn't have enough time to finish my entries for the design contest, so no harm done.