Rainbow (FG)

[skp]

Hrm.  So anyone have a strategy or deck that works against Rainbow?

In my usual game against him, between explosion and improved steal, he most often gets rid of 4-6 of my permanents in the first 5 turns.  Between that and getting out a couple hourglasses, and of course congealing any creature I put out, I haven't had much success.

Pre-nerf you'd just load up on bone walls and you were gtg.  After the AI change, however, I haven't been able to come up with a reasonable answer.

Any help?

[didia]

yes, he's hard now. One way to beat him is to protect your creatures (quint) and hope to get perm control with druid (steal or destroy) while you eat everything.

http://www.screencast.com/t/MWY3OGE2 (http://www.screencast.com/t/MWY3OGE2)

i used 3 quint. 1 for oty, 1 for druid and 1 for the mutant that gets steal or destroy. Of course it doesn't always work.

[YoYoBro]

Right now, it's really hard if not impossible to have a good success chance against Rainbow. Luck is the only ally you can trust. Since he has everything and can play any strategy, you can't just hide and wait he decks out anymore.

[jmizzle7]

Yep, it's everything you would ever want in an aggressive rainbow, multiplied by a lot. Just be glad Zanz fixed the Quantum Tower bug....

[YoYoBro]

It's not like it needed the 300+ of each quanta he had in late game xD

[jmizzle7]

Yes, but it sure made casting Miracle #2 or #3 easier when all Rainbow had to do was play a tower and *poof*... 18 Light quanta.

[rockzo]

quintessence helps a lot so does ulitharid because rainbow relies on creatures with growth, and if u have an eternity it can be used to reverse his creatures that have grown too big

[rockzo]

oh and don't rely on your permanents because he usually has a explosion or steal up his sleeve 

[YoYoBro]

Actually you can't rely on anything while playing vs rainbow... after some almost-paradoxal matches i started fearing for my immortal creatures too...

[Cisz]

I had a few wins with a ~40 cards rainbow deck with 2 prot.art., 1 steal, 3 quintessence and one <gasp> anubis. Rainbow doesn't seem to target my boneyard and bond while I have a bonewall running, so I only have to protect 1 hourglass and my eternity. If I am lucky enough to get my anubis and one otyugh fast enough, it is possible. With this deck I'm at 3:3 right now, but that could be luck.

[Cisco]

Nice deck cisz. Keep havin people telling me how great my unupped deck is. All they have to figure out is that it is yours lol.

[Cisz]

Apart from minor tweaks, nothing in this deck is invented by me. All is posted somewhere on this forums, and I just happened to read it.