Post by: ColorlessGreen on June 23, 2013, 01:57:19 am
After 150 games in AI4, it's 81-69 (54%) with an average TTW of 10.73. Despite the relatively low win rate, it's fast (for unupped/rareless AI4 at least). According to my current understanding of the drop rates, it gets approximately 1.25 upped cards an hour (plus a sizable amount of money from selling random unupped cards and the wins themselves).
Honestly, playing this deck feels pretty much like playing AI3, except every so often you get a free 1150 electrum in addition to the steady money from the games themselves. Games are quick and easy, and most of the time when it loses, it loses fast - its main vulnerability is when the AI4 pulls out a really fast rush.
Post by: omegareaper7 on June 23, 2013, 08:09:30 pm
Post by: ColorlessGreen on June 23, 2013, 08:56:21 pm
Perhaps a steal in place of a deflag and blessing in place of sanctuary? How do you think that would effect the deck?
Regarding deflag->steal: Currently, the deck uses four :darkness and six :fire. Switching to a steal is a possibility, but I'd probably want to switch at least one (if not both) of the lycans to something else to ease up on the dark quanta usage.
Regarding sanc->blessing: Sanctuary is actually a pretty ridiculously useful card in here. Approximately 1/6 of the AI4 decks can come with black hole, which would otherwise be a near auto-loss. Approximately 1/6 of the AI4 decks can also come with devs, which are nowhere near as crippling but still are quite annoying in the early game. I personally find those two protections to be of more use than an extra three damage. The healing has been a decisive factor in more than a few games, also, since the deck's main weakness right now is fast damage.
Post by: Aknelo on December 08, 2013, 09:50:18 am
You're right, it does have a relatively low win rate, but I still think it's a good deck and a lot of fun to play with. There's so much you can do with it if you are careful with your strategies. You can almost never predict how the game is going to go when you first start, and this deck has such a potential to turn things around either way (losing to winning or vice versa).
Thanks for posting it! :)
Post by: CrockettRocket on December 14, 2013, 12:31:39 am
Post by: Vashieve on January 14, 2014, 03:08:30 pm
I've been using it to farm AI4 following the Tutorial thread posted in the forums which recommend your deck.
What would you say to replacing Mummy with an Arsenic?
It makes the deck a little less vulnerable to creature control, and adds a bit of early damage before shields can get up, especially the poison.
An interesting thing to do with 3 Nova, 1 lightning, and 1 graboid. Is to all the novas, lightning the abnormality, and have a graboid out in turn 1, and get it to shieker by turn 2 for some quick damage :D.
First time I didnt know about the abnormality, I died a horrible death. lol
Post by: inthisroom on January 14, 2014, 03:16:21 pm
Hey. THanks a lot for your deck.
I've been using it to farm AI4 following the Tutorial thread posted in the forums which recommend your deck.
What would you say to replacing Mummy with an Arsenic?
It makes the deck a little less vulnerable to creature control, and adds a bit of early damage before shields can get up, especially the poison.
It would definitely be an option if you owned Arsenic, however, it wouldn't really fit the "rareless" theme.
Post by: ColorlessGreen on January 14, 2014, 04:14:23 pm
Hey. THanks a lot for your deck.
I've been using it to farm AI4 following the Tutorial thread posted in the forums which recommend your deck.
What would you say to replacing Mummy with an Arsenic?
It makes the deck a little less vulnerable to creature control, and adds a bit of early damage before shields can get up, especially the poison.
It would definitely be an option if you owned Arsenic, however, it wouldn't really fit the "rareless" theme.
Pretty much this. There is little to no reason not to swap out a mummy for an arsenic if you own one, I just didn't put it in the base deck in order to have the base deck accessible to anyone.
Post by: CrockettRocket on January 14, 2014, 04:16:19 pm
Post by: ColorlessGreen on January 14, 2014, 04:20:56 pm
A mind flayer or the mummy vs a freeze? With qp's and novas you can power 2 mind flayers and a freeze. And easily power a freeze and 1 mind flayer.
I find mind flayer extremely useful, so drawing one more often than not is great. I also find mummy much more useful than an added freeze. AI4 isn't really great at getting many big creatures on the table, but frequently gets swarms of weak creatures with annoying abilities. However, there's loads of room for customization available, so if you find freeze works better for you than either of those options, give it a shot.
Post by: CrockettRocket on January 14, 2014, 07:48:30 pm
Post by: 991woot119 on July 24, 2014, 12:12:37 pm
EDIT: I have continued using it for AI4 and it has gotten my score to an astonishing -158...
Has this deck been nerfed in a recent patch?
Post by: Higurashi on July 24, 2014, 05:47:59 pm
The deck has very limited control, so you have to know what to Deflag and Lightning. This is knowledge that's only possible to acquire through lots and lots of grinding. In other words, this is not a beginner-friendly deck.
In addition to that, I wouldn't say this deck has had sufficient amounts of testing to be very sure of its winrate. From experience I would definitely peg it above 40% though, and most likely close to, or a bit above, 50%.
Post by: kaempfer13 on May 19, 2017, 11:20:44 pm
Harder, better, faster, stronger
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This deck sacrifices very little shieldbypass to be notably faster, while maintaining the controlpower compared to the deck in the op. Quick testing put me at 5-1 and ttw were 7,9,10,12,10 so that would translate to 9.6 ttw.