10th Trials - Phase 1 Voting: Miscellaneous

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Phase 1 Voting - Miscellaneous Tasks

Links to the other Phase 1 Voting threads:
10th Trials - Phase 1 Voting: Deckbuilding
10th Trials - Phase 1 Voting: Writing
10th Trials - Phase 1 Voting: Card Design

This is your chance to choose your favourite Phase 1 Task submissions - the tasks with the most points will earn bonus points. You can submit 1 vote for each category of Phase 1 tasks, which are:

• Deckbuilding
• The Trials #2 Task, Waging War against the False Gods
• The Trials #5 Task, Aiding your Allies
• Writing
• The Trials #1 Task, Mastering the Cards
• The Trials #9 Task, Being a War Reporter
• Card Design
• The Trials #3 Task, Improving the Future
• The Trials #4 Task, Shard Revolution
• Miscellaneous
• The Trials #6 Task, Building the Game
• The Trials #8 Task, Starting your own Little War

Anyone who registered their accounts before the posting of the 10th Trials - Rules is eligible to vote. To vote, simply rank the submissions below, starting with 1 as best. You don't have to rank all the submissions, just rank the ones you think were good. Please be sure to include the username and task name while voting. Votes will be counted by the alternate voting system. (Here's a nifty video explaining it)

Spoiler for Example votes:

e.g. if the 5 submission for Task X were by Wyrm, Pegasus, Psion, Gargoyle and Lycanthrope:

1 - Wyrm - Task X
2 - Pegasus - Task X
3 - Psion - Task X
4 - Gargoyle - Task X
5 - Lycanthrope - Task X

This is a valid vote.

1 - Wyrm - Task X
2 - Pegasus - Task X
3 - Psion - Task X

This is valid. You can rank all the ones you thought were decent and just ignore the rest.

1 - Wyrm - Task X
4 - Pegasus - Task X
2 - Psion - Task X
3 - Gargoyle - Task X

This is valid; but please ensure that the ranks are in order so that we can easily count votes.

1 - Wyrm - Task X
2 - Pegasus - Task X
2 - Psion - Task X

This is invalid. Please don't tie votes.

3 - Wyrm - Task X
2 - Pegasus - Task X
4 - Psion - Task X

This is invalid, since there's no vote for 1st place. Please start voting at 1 and go up.

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Spoiler for Trials #6 Task, Building the Game:

         

Spoiler for Timdood3:

General:
-Rewards from AI2 and AI3 have been raised to give new players an easier time trying new decks.
--AI2 reward from ~10 -> ~20
--AI3 reward from ~20 -> ~30
-The way the arena leaderboards calculate has been updated to see more consistency between the preformance of a deck and its place on the leaderboard.

Entropy:
-The number of quanta scrambled by Discord has been reduced slightly.
--9 quanta in both forms -> 6 unupgraded, 7 upgraded
-Added Aflatoxin and Rage Potion the the Pandemonium table
-The "Deja Vu" ability on a mutant will now create a copy of itself instead of another random mutant.

Death:
-Aflatoxin's cost has been reduced by 1 in both unupgraded and upgraded forms to increase playability.

Gravity:
-Gravity Shield's upgraded form has been changed to Antigravity Shield:  Creatures with less than 5 hp are unable to reach you.
--In addition, both the upgraded and unupgraded forms cost 4.

Earth:
-Shrieker's ATK has been reduced to mitigate some of the power of rushes using graboids.
--Shrieker ATK from 8 -> 7
--Elite Shrieker ATK from 10 -> 8

Life:
-Giant Frog's cost has been increased by 1 to reflect the huge increase in power.
-A Scorpion targeted with Adrenaline will now apply stacks of Venom twice regardless of whether the 1st or 3rd attacks were blocked by a shield (assuming the Scorpion lands attacks twice).
--This change applies to Deathsalker and Dune Scorpion as well.

Fire:
-Phoenix's Ash HP reduced to 3 to allow CC to at least touch phoenix.
-Fire Shield and Buckler now reduce incoming damage by one.  While Fire Shield accomplished the goal of taking out enemy creatures, it just costed too much health to be worthwhile.

Water:
-Steam Machine's upgraded HP has been reduced to 10 to allow it to remain somewhat vulnerable to CC.

Light:
-Holy Flash has been given a cost of one to allow it to be used in any deck without interfering with mulligans.

Air:
-Fixed a bug where Fog Shield would block 60% of attack instead of 40%

Time:
-Fate Egg now longer causes disconnects in pvp.
-"Obsession" will now deal damage to both players when Ghost of the Past is discarded.

Darkness:
-Nightfall/Esclipse cost reduced by 1.
-Devourer/Pest now only gives quanta to its owner every other quanta absorbed.

Aether:
Aether has been removed from the game.
         

         

Spoiler for Sera:

If we want to see a meta change then a drastic change is what we need.

Game improvements:
Upgrade cost reduced to 800, sell costs adjusted accordingly.
PvP optimizations and queue lists.
Match logs usable for replays (only records the board, not the hands)
 
Game balance:

Spoiler for Hidden:

(B) means unupgraded.
(Up) means upgraded.
The rest apply on both unupgraded and upgraded.
 
General Balance:
Venom now occurs on every hit with Adrenaline.
Growth reduced to +2|+1
Reflective now redirects to the caster instead of the opponent.
Gravity Pull now redirects weapon damage.
New status effect: Resistant. Blocks one instance of a negative effect, removal, mutation or lobotomy.
 
Entropy:
Nova now produces 15 | 25 random quanta.
Abomination now has a 100% chance to turn into a mutant when mutated.
Chaos Seed (B) now has a 50% chance to bounce to a random target in the same side of the board.
Discord now shuffles quanta one at a time instead of all at once.
Butterfly Effect target restriction removed.
Shard of Serendipity (B) cost reduced to 2.
 
Death:
Virus (B) skill changed to Plague, cost increased to 4.
Vulture now gains +2|+1 per death.
Bone Wall initial charges reduced to 5.
Aflatoxin poison increased to 3.
Shard of Sacrifice cost changed to 30 | 25 HP, and now affects max HP as well.
 
Gravity:
Armagio ability cost removed. Resistant.
Otyugh (B) HP and cost increased by 1.
Black Hole now absorbs 2 per element + 2 random quanta.
Shard of Focus turns into a Black Hole at 30hp. Gains 20 HP per Accretion.
 
Earth:
Antlion now starts burrowed, unburrowed base stats increased to 4|2 and 6|2. Unburrowing costs 1 earth.
Earthquake can now only destroy up to 2 pillars/pends in a stack.
Plate Armor now adds Resistant.
Shard of Integrity effect changed: Construct a Shard Golem out of the top 4 cards of your hand. Cost increased to 5|4.
Note: Same rules and effects as the current shard golem, but any card works now. Other cards give +2|+2. Upgraded cards no longer give a +1|+1 bonus.
 
Life:
Cockatrice changed to airborne. Resistant.
Forest Spirit HP set to 3. Upgraded cost reduced by 1.
Emerald Shield now loses Reflective after 5 turns. (B) damage reduction increased by 1, cost increased by 2. (Up) Cost reduced by 1.
Empathic Bond cost reduced by 2.
Mitosis cost reduced by 1.
Shard of Gratitude heals 5 regardless of mark.
 
Fire:
Fire Spirit attack increased by 2.
Fire Bolt damage rescaled to 2 + 2 per 7 fire.
Rage Potion rescaled to +6|-4 and +7|-5
Ash HP reduced to 3.
Shard of Bravery mark bonus removed.
 
Water:
Blue Crawler becomes cloaked in the presence of Flooding. (does not need to be in a flooded area)
Arctic Squid HP increased by 3.
Flooding upkeep removed.
Shard of Patience now has a 3-turn limit, and no longer increases HP.
 
Light:
Holy Light removed from the game.
Reflective Shield removed from the game.
Luciferin cost reduced by 1.
Solar Shield now has Reflective for the first 4 turns.
Guardian Angel (B) cost increased to 6, attack increased to 5.
Improved Blessing (Up) cost reduced by 1.
Shard of Divinity max HP increase set to 18 regardless of mark.
 
Air:
Dragonfly (B) cost reduced to 0.
Wyrm (B) attack increased by 1.
Fog Shield cost increased by 1.
Blue Nymph stats reduced to 2|2 and 3|2.
Shard of Freedom chance stack is now multiplicative. Cost increased by 1.
 
Time:
Fate Egg cost reduced to 1, ability cost increased to 3.
Golden Hourglass (B) cost increased to 6, ability cost reduced to 1.
Anubis cost reduced to 6.
Reverse Time cost increased by 1.
Sundial stasis removed, and delays creatures on play instead. Affects immortal creatures.
Procrastination now affects weapons.
 
Darkness:
Devourer cost increased by 1. Unupgraded and upgraded names switched.
Vampire Dagger cost increased by 1.
Cloak lasts 4 turns and no longer shows HP and quanta.
Shard of Void reduces max HP by 3 regardless of mark.
 
Aether:
Spark removed from the game.
Phase Salvager attack and cost reduced by 1. Airborne.
Lightning cost increased by 1.
Immortal attack reduced by 1, and increases by 1 each time a spell is used.
Dimensional Shield cost reduced by 1, duration reduced to 2 turns.
Fractal now leaves 2 card slots open.
Shard of Wisdom does not add attack for the first use on an immortal creature.

         

         

Spoiler for RootRanger:

Hello, Elements community! It has been a while since you've heard from me, so I'll give you the full story. A few months ago, I was contacted by an investor who was offering a considerable amount of money to me, on the condition that I would focus entirely on Elements, and he would have a small share of the revenues. I took him up on the offer and immediately began working to improve game balance, with help from a few veteran players. For now, I am only focusing on unupgraded cards, but the balance changes for upgraded cards will come soon. Without further ado, here are the changes we have decided on!
- zanzarino

• Quantum Pillar generates 2 random quanta per turn instead of 3.
  • Ultimately, our team found that "rainbow" decks, which use five or more Elements, were extremely powerful in unrestricted play. However, rainbows were more balanced in the "War" event, where use of Quantum Pillars is uncommon. Thus, we have decided to considerably weaken Quantum Pillar in both forms, to make rainbow decks less overpowering.
• Discord costs 6 instead of 3.
  • Another card which we found to be too effective was Discord. Our team considered this observation to be ironic, considering the "Discord" forum member. The entropy weapon was capable of completely dismantling non-rainbow decks, thus severely constricting the domain of viable decks (often referred to as the "metagame," apparently). We consider the cost increase to be appropriate.
• Dimensional Shield blocks damage for 2 turns instead of 3.
  • When I originally made this card, I had intended for it to block only 2 turns of damage. Unfortunately, a typo resulted in the Dimensional Shield which all of you are familiar with. Lamentably, I was never made aware of this typo, and Dimensional Shield was never changed until now. Seriously, nobody brought this to my attention! I can't believe you guys thought this card was balanced. Absolutely ridiculous.
• Fire Bolt costs 7 instead of 3.
  • Jonnington. Need I say more? I also dislike the number "3."
• Shard of RootRanger is removed from the game.
  • Our team discovered that even the very best players in the game were highly unlikely to win against RootRanger. In the face of considerable upgrade disadvantages, or extremely unlucky draws, we found that RootRanger was still capable of sealing a victory in almost every game. We found this effect to be most apparent in the "War" event, in which Element-centered teams compete against each other. In every single instance of the many repeated iterations of the event except for two, we observed that either the winning team used RootRanger, or there was no RootRanger in the event at all.
    

         

         

Spoiler for andretimpa:

Buffs

• Sword no longer has an active (allows the use of lucipherin with it)
• Cockatrice is now airborne (as it should have always been)
• Unupped Pegasus costs 3 (previously 4)
• Unupped/Upgraded Antlion has 4/5 hp (previously 3/4)
• Unupped Crusader's endow costs 2 (previously 3)
• Mutation is twice as likely to cast improve on abominations (80% instead of 40%) and it never kills them.
• Drain Life costs 2 (previously 3)
• Fate Egg costs 1 , with hatch costing 3 (instead of the other way around)
• Brimstone Eater has 3 attack (previously 2), Ash Eater now generates
• Unupped/Upgraded Mindgate costs 4 /3 (instead of 5/4)
• Upgraded Mindgate ability costs 1 (instead of 2)
• Fire Spirit/Spectre costs 1 /2 (instead of 2/3)
• Graviton Fire Eater costs 1 (instead of 2)
• Graviton Firemaster has 7 hp (instead of 6)
• Amber/Gravity Nymph costs 8 (instead of 9)
• Black/Dark Nymph are 5|5 / 6|6 (instead of 3|5 / 5|5)
• Unupped Dry Spell costs 1 (instead of 2)
• Unupped/Upgraded Wyrm has 4 hp (instead of 3)
• Virus is now poisonous (always bothered me too)
• Unupped/Upgraded Dusk Mantle costs 5 /3 (instead of 6/4)
• Guardian Angel costs 1 (instead of 3)
• Colossal/Massive Dragon now has momentum
• Unupped/Upgraded Gravity Shield costs 4 /2 (instead of 5/3)
• Blue Crawler has 4 hp (instead of 3)
• Gnome Rider/Gemfinder has 3 hp (instead of 2)

Nerfs

• Shard of Focus' hp increase is 10 per accretion (instead of 15), turns to a BH with more than 30 HP (instead of 45)
• Shard of Sacrifice's damage on play increased to 54 (unupped) / 48 (upped) (previously 48 / 40)
• Shard of Freedom has a maximum stack size of 3 (playing further copies does nothing)
• Psion isn't airborne anymore. It now has 3 hp (unupped) / 4 hp (upped) (previously 4/5)
• Unupped Dimensional Shield costs 5 , but only lasts 2 turns (previously 6 for 3 turns. The upped remains unchanged)
• Grey/Death Nymph's active costs 2 (instead of 1)
• Ash's hp is 4 (previously 5)
• Vampire Stiletto/Dagger costs 2 /3 (previously 1/2)
• Vampire Stiletto/Dagger attack is 3/5 (previously 4/6)
• Shard of Patience grants +2|+1 for regular creatures and +5|+2 for creatures in a flooded area (previously +2|+2 and +5|+5 respectively)
• Fractal costs 12 (unupped)/10 (upped) (previously 10/9)

         

         

Spoiler for inthisroom:

#6 Building the game.

- Mirror Shield now blocks 1 damage unupgraded and 2 damage when upgraded.
- Antimatter has its cost decreased to 7 quanta unupgraded.
- Graviton Fire Eater's ability now gives +2/+1.
- Shard of Integrity is removed.
- Seraph's cost is reduced to 8 quanta.
- Flying creatures now survive one round of flooding before drowning.
- Sundial now lasts 2 turns. (Yes, really)
- Psion stats are now 3/3 unupgraded and 4/4 upgraded.
         

         

Spoiler for Kuroaitou:

Building the Game


GENERAL:

• New Challenge modes/daily quests implemented! These include 'Play as a False God', Gambler mode (double your potential winnings or lose it all for a consecutive match using the same deck against certain AI), and 6 types of dailies that rotate weekly (Sunday's daily quest is randomized).
• World map now fully updated. Players are allowed to opt out of the map mode, but may not gain reputation or mark experience from daily quests or challenges while in the original mode.

New general passives introduced:

• Aquatic: Creatures with this passive will survive Flooding/Inundation spots. Aquatic creatures include: all water creatures (and the flown Trident), Horned Frog, Forest Spirit, Virus, and Malignant Cell. (Flying 'Other' weapons will not survive).
• Dragon: All of the main dragons will have this new passive. It will be used for a future patch.
• Attacking weapons are now affected by shield effects, such as: freeze, poison, and delay.

Bug Fixes:

• If two Reflective/Emerald Shields are on opposite side of play, and a player casts a spell or using a spell effect on a shield, instead of the shield reflecting, it will instead read ‘nullify’; the spell will not deal damage to either player. Reflective shields will work normally when only one is in play and spell damage is done towards the player with it.
• All healing-targeted effects and spells (Mend skill, Heal, Miracle, Purify, Holy Flash, and creatures with negative ATK + Wisdom) will not be reflected by any reflective shields.
• Relic may no longer be placed in decks.
• The Wisdom icon should display as its own icon separate from the Immaterial icon.
• If Deja Vu is targeted with Web, its copy will no longer have Airborne after using its skill.

Aether

• Immortal: Now has ‘Momentum’. Upgraded stats changed to 6/3. Upgraded cost reduced to 6 .
• Psion’s skill now renamed to ‘Wisdom’, and is a status effect (but it can still be lobotomized, similar to Momentum).
• Mind Gate skill cost reduced by 1 for both versions.
• Added cards:
  
  • Mesmer
  • Doppelganger
  • Dampening Shield

Air

• Wyrm: Attack increased to 4 for the non-upped version; both Wyrm and Elite Wyrm’s skill cost reduced to 1 .
• Blue Nymph/Air Nymph now has airborne.
• Added cards:
  
  • Falcon Lancer
  • Cloud
  • Dust Devil
  • Fly

Darkness

• Parasite/Bloodsucker gains the passive, “Feeder”: upon using infect, it will also receive +1/+2.
• Shard of Void buffed to 3 (4) max HP reduction (with Darkness mark).
• Added cards:
  
  • Intimidation
  • Harpy
  • Witherbeast
  • Paranoia

Death

• Soul Catchers now also generate 3/4 random quanta in addition to generating quanta.
• Vulture and Condor has its Scavenger skill augmented: it gains +2/+2 instead if a Death creature dies. Mutant creatures with Scavenger also gain this bonus.
• Plague unupped cost reduced by 1 .
• Unupgraded Aflatoxin cost reduced by 1 . Aflatoxin can now target players and deals 3 (4 upgraded) poison damage (Malignant Cell will not spawn if Aflatoxin is applied on a player).
  
• Added cards:
  
  • Outbreak
  • Sludge
  • Lich -> Phylactery

Earth

• Antlion now enters play burrowed. Cost for both versions reduced by 1. Stats changed from 2/3 (4/4) to 1/3 (2/4) – note that upon unburrowing, Antlion will have the same ATK as before.
• Plate Armor will remove Airborne from any creature.
• Shard of Integrity now states it will combine all cards (not just shards) in the player’s hand to form a shard golem. However, normal cards will offer lower stat bonuses in comparison to shards when Shard of Integrity consumes them.
• Earthquake and Quicksand now work on any stacked permanent; this includes Shards and Bonewall stacks.
• Added cards:
  
  • Ostrich
  • Ogre Worker
  • Clay Shield
  • Antlion's Den

Entropy

• Chaos Seed and Pandemonium now include ‘Purge’ and several other CC skills in their list of possible effects.
• Butterfly Effect cost for both versions is reduced by 1 . In addition, the 'Destroy' skill gained by Butterfly Effect has had its cost reduced by 1 .
• Added cards:
  • Ricochet
  • Arcane Barrier
  • Ogre Magi

Fire

• Fire Spirit/Fire Specter cost reduced by 1 .
• Upgraded Fire Nymph skill cost reduced by 1 .
• Fire Shield/Fire Buckler now affects players: players that have a weapon equipped will take 1 damage every time they attack a player using this shield.
• Added cards:
  
  • (Ogre) Berserker
  • Furnace
  • Overheat
  • Cauterizing Shield

Gravity

• Sapphire charger cost reduced by 1 .
• Colossal Dragon/Massive Dragon now have Momentum. Cost reduced by 1 for both.
• Gravity Shield cost reduced by 1 for both versions.
• Shard of Focus will turn into a Black Hole if its HP > 31. In addition, upon using Accretion, all allied creatures in play (or that enter play) that turn will be delayed.
• Gravity Pull now affects spell damage; damaging spells and poison used against a player will instead be redirected towards the creature afflicted with Gravity Pull.
• Graviton Fire Eater/Graviton Firemaster both gain 2 HP - 0/5 (0/6) -> 0/7 (0/8).
• Added cards:
  
  • Meteor
  • Ogre Giant
  • Orbital Shield
  • Pylon

Life

• Cockatrice/Elite Cockatrice gains the passive, “Glare”: Creatures or players that target it will be delayed for a turn (affects weapons as well).
• Heal can now both target creatures and players alike (including the enemy's).
• Thorn Carapace/Spine Carapace cost reduced by 1 . In addition, this shield now affects players - players that have a weapon equipped may now be poisoned every time they attack a player using this shield.
• Emerald Shield/Jade Shield cost reduced by 1 .
• Rustler/Leaf Dragon stats changed from 1/1 (1/3) to 1/3 (1/6).
• Added cards:
  
  • Omniplant –> Omniseed
  • Rejuvenation
  • Entanglement
  • Treant
  • Worg

Light

• Miracle can now target either player.
• Pegasus/Elite Pegasus cost reduced by 1 .
• Guardian Angel’s “Heal” ability renamed “Mend”, and may now target players in addition. Cost of both creatures increased by 1. Skill cost of “Mend” requires 2 to use. Mutant creatures will gain “Mend” instead of “Heal”.
• Added cards:
  • Purge
  • White Stag
  • Invoke
  • Cosmopolitan

Time

• Fate Egg now costs 2 . “Hatch” requires 2 to use. In addition, Scarabs, Devonian Dragon, and Immortal can now be properly hatched from a Fate Egg.
• Déjà vu’s skill now specifically states it will lose its ability on use.
• Procrastination/Turtle Shield now affects players: players that have a weapon equipped may have their weapon delayed every time they attack a player using this shield.
• Shard of Readiness can now target permanents.
• Precognition will also allow you to see the opponent's next drawn card unless they have a full hand.
• Added cards:
  • Amnesia
  • Horus
  • Recall

Water

• Blue Crawler/Abyss Crawler gains the passive, “Lurker”: If Flooding or Nightfall is in play, the Crawler will gain +1/+2.
• Ulitharid cost reduced by 1 .
• Flooding now states it will only kill creatures without the ‘Aquatic’ passive.
• Trident’s skill cost reduced by 1 for both versions. In addition, it now affects any stacked permanent (including shards and Bonewall).
• Nymph's Tears now works on any permanent, not just pillars and pendulums. Description made more concise.
• Ice Shield/Permafrost Shield now affects players: players that have a weapon equipped may have their weapon frozen every time they attack a player using this shield.
• Added cards:
  
  • Infuse
  • Coral Shield
  • Dark Kraken
  • Winter's Kiss

Other

• Added cards:
  • Spear
  • Metamorphosis
  • Harmonic Pillar

         

     

     

Spoiler for Trials #8 Task, Starting your Own Little War (Part 1 of 2):

         

Spoiler for Zawadx:

From Trials #8:
Starting Your Own Little War


You win or you die... or get gobbled up by the fangirls!

Weekly Tournament - Somedayth - A Game of Thrones - Upgraded

Special Rules

• Upgraded cards are allowed, but not required.
• There are six houses, as described below. Each house has two allowed elements and one restriction.
• Each deck must be built as a combination of exactly two house's rules. You may only use the elements  allowed by your two houses, and must abide by the restriction of both houses in the deck.
• You may not use deck which follows a house combination which you have used before in the tournament.

House Lannister Hear me roar!
Allowed Elements:
Restriction: At least 30% of your deck (Rounded up) must be comprised of cards which have a sell price of over 50 (in their unupgraded form) in the bazaar.

House Stark Winter is coming.
Allowed Elements:
Restriction: You must use 2 or more elements in your deck. Each element used must have an equal amount of cards.

House Baratheon Ours is the fury!
Allowed Elements:
Restriction: At least 6 cards in your deck must be some combination of Hammer, Momentum and Sky Blitz

House Greyjoy We do not sow.
Allowed Elements:
Restriction: For each copy of a shard you use, you must use 4 unupgraded cards.

House Tyrell Growing strong
Allowed Elements:
Restriction: At most 20% (rounded up) of your deck can be card which deal damage. This includes all creatures with at least 1 attack, all weapons, unstable gas and spells which deal damage.

House Targaeryen Fire and Blood
Allowed Elements:
Restriction: For each copy of Discord, Fire Bolt or Phoenix in your deck, you must include a copy of Relic

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Psiontal is weakened by the ruleset, but still pretty powerful. This version focuses less on the fractals, and is more about rushing the opponent down. Be as aggressive as you can, and use fractal as a trump card.

         

         

Spoiler for ProBacon:

From Trials 8: Starting Your Own Little War
This is an Upped/Sharded Idea.
Name: The Ants Go Marching One By One
Rules: Only creatures with 3 or less attack can be used.
Banned cards: Dim Shield, Fractal, Discord, Eternity, Earthquake, Fate Egg and Mutation

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Spoiler for Regyptic:

Starting Your Own Little War

2.B.A. Master

Upgraded cards and shards are allowed but not required.
At the start of the tournament, PM an element to the TO. These choices will be made public along with the brackets. For the rest of the tournament, all of your decks must be at least 50% from this element. The rest of your deck may be made up of cards from any element (including Other).
Decks may use any mark.
There is a ban list for each element based on the bans faced by that elements current Master in the previous trials. See spoiler.

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Spoiler for Aether:

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4tc 53e 5c7 5cg 5ig 5j2 5m6 5pa 5rk 5se 6rs 71u 7an 7b0 7h0 7hi 7km 7nq 7q4 7qu 8pn

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4vl 53e 593 5lm 5m6 5pa 61t 622 6u5 71u 77j 7k6 7km 7nq 80d 80i 8pq

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4vj 56i 593 5cq 5f6 5pa 5rk 5ro 5se 5up 61t 6u3 752 77j 7ba 7dm 7nq 7q4 7q8 7qu 7t9 80d 8ps

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4vl 53e 56i 593 5f6 5fu 5ic 5lm 5pa 5up 6u5 71u 752 77j 7dm 7ee 7gs 7k6 7nq 7t9 8pp

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Entering this as Aether, you’d definitely want a mono rush in your arsenal. It has fast damage from Recluses, shield bypass from Psions and support slots which can be adapted between pure rush with more creatures and Twin Universes or a more control oriented build with Thunderbolts or Silences depending on what you expect considering your opponents selected element. Here are Twin Universe and Thunderbolt variants.

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808 808 808 808 808 808 808 80b 80b 80b 80e 80g 80g 80g 80g 80g 80g 80l 80l 80l 80l 80l 80l 81q 81q 81q 81q 81q 81q 81q 8pu

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808 808 808 808 808 808 808 80a 80a 80a 80a 80a 80a 80e 80g 80g 80g 80g 80g 80g 80l 80l 80l 80l 81q 81q 81q 81q 81q 81q 8pu

         

         

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Task 8 – Starting your own little war
A Tournament of Thrones
Similar - http://elementscommunity.org/forum/tournament-archive/weekly-tournament-september-6th-winter-is-coming-unupgraded/msg1153969/#msg1153969
Also similar to Zawa's apparently

Each participant must pick a House to use for the entire tournament
Only 1 mono per match, duos must include at least 6 non-pill/pend of 2nd element

House Stark – water, aether, light
Ice, impenetrable walls, duty and honor

House Lannister – gravity, earth, entropy
World centered around them, own the earth, center of chaos in the realm

House Targaeryan – fire, air, life
Unbearnt, dragon rider, all life is valuable

White Walkers – dark, death, time
Undead creatures that persist through time
         

         

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Starting Your Own Little War
Unupped : You must kill your opponent in a single attack.
Shard of Bravery, Sundial, Shard of Divinity, Stoneskin and Golden Hourglass are banned.

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5op 5op 5op 5pa 5pa 5pa 5pa 5pu 5pu 5pu 5pu 5pu 5pu 5pu 5pu 5uk 5uk 5ul 5ul 5ul 5ul 5ul 5vi 5vi 5vi 5vi 5vi 5vi 606 606 8pt

A silly deck, based on using dragons & skyblitz AND void to get a win quicker than the opponent can gather his otk cards. Sofree add some shield penetration, and potential bonus damage. Might want to refine the amount of each card to make the combo more effective & gettable earlier.
         

     

[Afdarenty]

     

Spoiler for Trials #8 Task, Starting your Own Little War (Part 2 of 2):

         

Spoiler for Hyroen:

Sky Battle - Unupgraded
Special Rules

• Upgraded cards are banned.
• Shards are permitted in general, see exceptions below.
• All creatures in your deck (if any) must have the passive skill "Airborne."
• Flying Weapon | Animate Weapon may be used to produce creatures with the passive skill "Airborne."
• Each deck used may not use the Mark of Air.
• Wings are permitted however, are not advised.
• Decks must contain 35 cards or less. (28 cards max before drawing any cards, 27 cards after drawing for the first time.)
• Shard of Patience, Shard of Freedom, and Fire Bolt are banned.

Possible Deck

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5bs 5bs 5bs 5c5 5c5 5c5 5c5 5c5 5c5 5c7 5c7 5c7 5c7 5c7 5c7 5og 5og 5oi 5oi 5oi 5oi 5oi 5oi 5pu 5pu 5pu 5pu 5pu 5pu 5pu 8pn

         

         

Spoiler for Afdarenty:

Rules:
For each game, each player will PM the deck they will use to the Tournament Organiser (TO). The TO then shows the deck to the players opponent, who will select 1 non-pillar/pendulum card from the deck. All copies of the targeted card are replaced with Relic (or another unplayable card, if Relics are unavailable), then players use those decks as normal.

I like this idea because it makes players build decks in a different way to most tournaments, and completely prevents copy/pasting decks from other events. It makes players think a lot about how their deck can win without their most important card in each match. Inspired by the Bishop perk from the Grand Master Battle.

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7dm 7dm 7ms 7ms 7ms 7ms 7ms 7ms 7ms 7ms 7ms 7ms 7ms 7ms 7ms 7ms 7mu 7mu 7mu 7mv 7mv 7n5 7n5 7n5 7n7 7n7 7n8 7n8 7ng 7ng 8po

Running only 2-3 copies of a card helps limit the number of dead draws you will have. This deck is packed full of cards that can single handedly win games. Wings is extremely powerful if you remove the airbourne creatures from your opponents decks, Eagle's Eye is extremely powerful if you remove your opponents high health creatures, and Air Nymph almost forces people to remove it, protecting your other important cards.

         

         

Spoiler for chrispybacon84:

Starting Your Own Little War

Singular Focus (Unupped)

Singular Focus is an event where only mono decks are allowed, and certain quanta ranges can only be used. Quanta cards can be used in any quanta range (Marks count towards this as well). The following is for everything except quanta cards:
Small: Cards that cost 1-2 Quanta.
Medium: Cards that cost 3-5 Quanta
Large: Cards that cost 5+ Quanta

Examples for :

Small:

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5uk 5uk 5uk 5uk 5uk 5uk 5uk 5um 5um 5um 5um 5um 5um 5ur 5ur 5v1 5v1 5vi 5vi 5vi 5vi 5vi 5vi 606 606 606 606 606 606 606 8pt

Medium:

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5uk 5uk 5uk 5uk 5uk 5uk 5uk 5up 5up 5up 5uq 5uq 5us 5us 5us 5ut 5ut 5ut 5uv 5uv 5uv 5uv 5uv 5v2 5v2 606 606 606 606 606 606 8pt

Large:

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5uk 5uk 5uk 5uk 5uk 5uk 5uk 5uk 5ul 5ul 5ul 5ul 5ul 5ul 5uo 5uo 5uo 5uv 5uv 5v8 5v8 5v8 606 606 606 606 606 606 606 606 8pt

The elements will be 1d12 rolled for each participant in the tournament. They will build decks on the number they rolled (11 being ). Happy building and dueling!
         

         

Spoiler for ji412jo:

Now, this is a task I have to think about. Can't just re-use old trials stuff.

I Believe I can fly!
The only creatures you can use are airborne creatures. Shards and upgraded cards are not allowed.

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5uk 5uk 5uk 5uk 5uk 5uk 5ul 5ul 5ul 5ul 5ul 5ul 5uo 5uo 5up 5up 5ur 5ur 5uv 5uv 5uv 5uv 5uv 5uv 606 606 606 606 606 606 8pt

Most darkness creatures are airborne, including vampire which isn't in this deck. Why would this deck be strong? Are you kidding me? It's darkness.

         

         

Spoiler for DANIEELA:

From Trials #8:
Starting Your Own Little War
Twelve selected

Spoiler for Hidden:

15 minuts before the Tournament starts,all participants may declare if they want to be Leaders of teams.
If there are more than 2 applicants,TO-s will randomly pick 2 Leaders.
Then 2 of them will pick their teams in this way...
Leader 1 pick team member from all other participants and Leader 2 pick one element (randomly who starts with player/element)
Then opposite - Leader 2 pick member (from remaining members) and Leader 1 element (from remaining 11 elements)
This way untill we have 6 players in one and 5 in other team.
If there are more than 12 participants,for twelve spot all remaining(not selected) players must fight between them in b-o-3 (using mono decks from 12-th element).
This way both Teams will have 6 players and 6 elements,that they can use.
Brackets -
Leader gets starting number 1,first picked player gets 2,and so on...
Then they fight nr#1 vs nr#6 from other team (2 vs 5 , 3 vs 4...6 vs 1)
Avoiding fight between players from same team,untill one team is eliminated.
Remaining players (from same team) then fight for the Winner.
Deckbuilding -
Each player can use only elements that his Leader picked.
Using elements from other team is not allowed.
In each round every element can be used only once.
In each game only 2 elements can be used.( monos allowed,but they must also declare 2-nd element  after game)
EXAMPLE DECKS
Lets say that my Leader has picked 
R#1

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61o 61o 61o 61o 61o 61o 61o 61o 61s 61s 61s 61t 61t 61t 61t 61t 61t 61u 61u 61v 61v 61v 61v 61v 61v 63a 63a 63a 63a 63a 63a 63a 63a 8pu

i declare  as used elements (using both elements is allowed,but not required)

R#2

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 i declare 

R#3

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5i4 5i4 5i4 5i4 5i4 5i4 5i4 5i4 5i9 5i9 5ib 5ib 5ib 5ib 5ib 5id 5id 5id 5id 5id 5ih 5ih 5jm 5jm 5jm 5jm 5jm 5jm 5jm 5jm 8pp

i declare 
         

         

Spoiler for rob77dp:

Name of Task: Starting Your Own Little War
Evidence of Completion:

Starting Your Own Little War
"Without football, my life is worth nothing." --Cristiano Ronaldo

Tournament Idea: Footy Tournament... without a single ball, net, or header!

         

         

Spoiler for Jippy99:

Starting Your Own Little War

Three's Please
Rules:

• All cards must be cost a multiple of three quanta (excluding pillars/pends)
• The total deck size of each deck must be a multiple of three
• Each card must be in the deck a multiple of three times (including pillars/pends)
• The number of unique cards in a deck must be a multiple of three
• Three elements must be used in each deck
• Each element must make up at least 1/6 of the deck
• Decks can only contain elements that are multiples of three away from each other (for example, a deck can contain  ,  , and  )

A nice little twist on something that I feel we've done before, this includes all of the 3 related rules I could think of that allow for creativity without making the decks unplayable. I think it works better as an upped tourney because it gives the players more options in the cards they can use (see my deck below).

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5le 5le 5le 5lf 5lf 5lf 5uq 710 710 713 713 713 713 713 713 72i 72i 72i 72i 72i 7t4 7t4 7t4 7t9 7t9 7te 7te 7te 7te 7te 8pq

A mix of upped and unupped cards, the strategy is straightforward: cast liquid shadow on the buffed spiders and use the angels to heal them.

         

         

Spoiler for Fippe94:

Starting your own Little War
Can you count?

Your deck must contain 1 copy of one card, two copies of another card, three copies of another card and so on...
Your count can go up to 5 or 6.
The cost of any card must be higher than or equal to the cost of any card with lower amount of copies. In other words, the cost of the cards must be in reverse order of the copy count.
Pillars and pendulums can have any number of copies.

Example: I include 1 copy of card A, 2 copies of card B, 3 of card C, 4 of card D and 5 copies of card E.
The cost of card A must be higher than or equal to the cost of card B, which must be higher than or equal to the cost of card B and so on.

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52g 52g 52g 52g 52g 52g 52g 52g 52g 52g 52g 52g 52g 52g 52o 52o 52o 52o 52o 52o 52j 52j 52j 52j 52j 52p 52p 52p 52t 52t 52t 52t 52r 52r 52h 8pk

A balanced deck that can mostly play as a rush, but contains a few card to protect itself as well.

         

         

Spoiler for theelkspeaks:

Starting Your Own Little War

Humble the Monstrous: All creatures with 10+ ATK are banned, spells and permanents that cost 5+ are banned.

With cards like Fractal and Dim Shield banned, as well as some of the largest beatsticks removed, very few things can compete with a fast rush that also quakes the opponent away.

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58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58v 590 590 590 590 590 590 591 591 591 591 593 593 593 593 593 593 8ps

         

         

Spoiler for Discord:

Starting Your Own Little War
Turned around

Rules:

• Upgraded cards are banned.
• This tournament will go normally, though with a twist: The loser is the one that progresses to the next round.
• Each deck must have at least 5 creatures
• Each deck must have at least 3 spells
• Sundial, Precognition, Eternity, Golden Hourglass, Shard of Sacrifice, Shard or Bravery, Rewind, and Golden Nymph are banned
• Cannot make a deck that will garuntee an intentional loss

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http://dek.im/d/zE4vcz14vez24vkz14vmz24voz44vq8pj
~At least 5+ creatures
~At least 3+ spells
~The kinda deck that doesn't give you an intentional loss

         

         

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ELEMENTALGYMLEADER

Welcome! Trainers and elementals! Those who strive to be the best and catch them all, be it cards or pokemon. This is a special one time only opportunity to combine 2 of your favourite games and enjoy yourselves! This showdown is simple enough. All you have to do is beat the opposition and stand at the top!

Special Rules:

• Always read the second post! It contains equally important information most of the time.
• Upgraded cards are banned.
• Only elements that are included from both games are allowed: Death(Poison), Earth(Ground), Life(Grass), Fire, Water and Air(flying)
• Each Player may choose 2 elements/types from 2 pools. The starters: Fire, Life, Water and one of the other 3: Death, Earth, Air.
• Decks can be either monos or duos without a card limitation
• If a creature dies in a match, it cannot be used again in the same match(not game, match). For example you play the first game of the Bo3 and your pufferfish dies. You cant play pufferfish again in either the 2nd or if there is a 3rd game.
• Each element combination may not be used more than twice(applies to mono decks as well)

Possible element combinations:      ,      ,     

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53e 593 5fu 5j2 5pa 8po

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52o 52o 52o 52o 52o 52o 52q 52q 52q 52r 52r 52r 52r 542 542 542 542 542 542 542 542 542 5f4 5f4 5f4 5f4 5f4 5f4 5f8 5f8 8po

A duo deck of fire and death that focused on defense and CC which also takes advantage of the special rule that when a creature is killed it cannot be used in the same matchup again.

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5f4 5f4 5f6 5f6 5f9 5f9 5f9 5f9 5f9 5f9 5fa 5fa 5fa 5fa 5fa 5fa 5fc 5fc 5fc 5gi 5gi 5gi 5od 5od 5od 5od 5od 5od 5og 5og 8pr

[/deck]
A aggresive double-edged deck, that literally has to finish off the opponent. Immolation is a risky card in this format that since you sacrifice a creature, you wont be able to play it again in the same match.

         

         

Spoiler for andretimpa:

Material - Spiritual - Cardinal

• You can upgrade up to 50% of your deck, rounded down.
• Elements are divided into:
  
  • Material 
  • Spiritual 
  • Cardinal 
• At the beggining of the tournament you must choose one material element, one cardinal element and one spiritual element to be your personal elements. PM them to the TO and once all the players send their elements the TO will make the choices public. You cannot change your personal elements for the rest of the tournament.
• Your deck must be a trio with one spiritual, one cardinal and one material element, and it must use at least 5 cards from each element.
• Once you use an element in a game you can't use it again for the rest of the match, with the exception of your personal elements that can be used twice.
• Shards, Quantum Pillars, Discord, Black Hole, Earthquake, Nova, Immolation and their upgraded versions are banned.
• You may use any mark.

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55k 55k 55k 55k 55k 55k 55k 55k 55k 55k 55s 576 576 576 576 74c 74c 74c 74c 74c 7ae 7ae 7ae 7ae 7ae 7n2 7n2 7n2 7n2 7n2 8pn

         

         

Spoiler for worldwideweb3:

Weekly Tournament - <Month> <day> - Little War - [Upgraded]Tournament Organizers: Solaris, Ginyu, or mathman101

When? To find out your local time, check this link: <time link> <Countdown to tournament start goes here>

Where? Please enter the Tournament room at least 15 minutes before the tournament starts. Click "Rooms" in the top left to find it.

Rules Please read the PvP Tournament rules carefully before joining the tournament. Remember to also read the Special Rules listed below!

Prizes 1st place 5,000 electrum + Nymph/Mark + Trophy (Forum Icon) 2nd place 5,000 electrum 3rd place 4,000 electrum 4th place 3,000 electrum In case of 18 or more players, tournament prizes will be increased.

Points for the World Championship 1st place 4 points 2nd place 2 points 3rd place 1 point

NOTE: You need just one presentable forum post to be allowed to join tournaments; you can post it here. If this will be your first tournament, a Tournament Organizer will test your knowledge about the rules. So please be present in tournament room 30 minutes before the tournament starts.


Thanks to worldwideweb3 for this tournament idea!

Special Rules

• Always read the second post! It contains equally important information most of the time.
• Upgraded cards are allowed.
• Before the start of tourney, you must choose a side: Allies or Axis.

Allies:

• Britain:
• USA:

Axis:

• Germany:
• Japan:

• You are only allowed to use 1 country per round.
• Allies must use a minimum of 7 spells, and Axis must use a minimum of 7 creatures.
• <additional tweaking and TO balancing rules or limitations go here>

Tournament Organizers Note

If you think there is an overpowered card that ought to be banned, or you have some concerns about the tournament metagame, mechanics or other stuff, do NOT post it publicly in the comments or anywhere else on the Forums. Instead, send a private message to Tournament Organizers, who will privately discuss about it. Thanks for your cooperation.

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If my game is against allies, they will try and counter DBH by going for sancs. This deck has good damage potential, and can rush super quick.

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718 718 718 718 718 718 71a 71a 744 744 744 744 744 744 744 744 744 745 745 745 745 745 745 747 747 74i 74i 75m 75m 75m 8pk

         

         

Spoiler for Mathman101:

Beanstalks vs Flytraps

In a world where beanstalks reign over the world by growing tall above everything else, and flytraps show off their plainness before snapping their jaws around their enemies, these two mighty plants attempt to battle it out.

• Always read the second post! It contains equally important information most of the time.
• Upgraded cards are banned.
• All players will choose a faction for the tournament: Beanstalks or Flytraps
• Only 'Other' shields and weapons may be useds
• Each Faction may only use Cards from their allowed lists.

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Beanstalks are those creatures and spells that grow in some way shape or form.

Beanstalks

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4vh 52k 55q 55r 55u 562 58t 590 594 595 5c1 5c9 5f3 5fa 5ii 5j2 5lb 5lf 5ll 5m6 5oe 5op 5rh 5ri 5rq 5uq 5uv 62m 8pu

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Flytraps are those vanilla creatures that seem plain, and then sneak out a hidden attack(CC).

Flytraps

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4ve 4vf 52h 55n 55o 58q 58r 5bt 5bu 5c0 5c6 5f1 5f2 5f8 5i6 5i7 5id 5ih 5ij 5l9 5la 5of 5oh 5on 5rm 5ul 61p 61q 8pu

Can the beanstalks outgrow the snapping flytraps, or will the flytraps snap the beanstalks dead before they can grow too big?


Example Life deck:

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Beanstalk Deck - Growing Spirits as fast as possible with ability and SoPa, and use Mito on the large Spirits to create multiple more spirits to grow and overcome your opponent.

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4t4 4tc 5bs 5bs 5bs 5bs 5bs 5bs 5bs 5c1 5c1 5c1 5c1 5c1 5c1 5c9 5c9 5c9 5c9 5de 5de 5de 5de 5de 5de 5de 5j2 5j2 5j2 5j2 8pp

         

         

Spoiler for dawn to dusk:

Starting Your Own Little War
The Sun and the Moon

Sun elements are: , , , , ,
Moon elements are: , , , , ,

   • Before the Tournament begins, choose either Sun or Moon. This will correspond to your deckbuilding restrictions.
   • You must use at least 50% in-element with your corresponding set.
   • At least 25% of your deck must be of the set that you did not choose (eg if you chose Sun elements, you must have 25% of your deck of elements in the Moon set of elements)
   • Other cards are banned.
   • Cards banned (other than 'other') are chosen by Tournament Organisers.
   • Decks containing more than 2 elements are permitted as long as they abide by former rules.

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5li 5li 5li 5li 5lm 5lm 5lm 5lm 5lm 5lm 5ls 5ls 5uo 5uo 5up 5up 5up 5us 5us 5us 5us 5us 5us 606 606 606 606 606 606 606 606 606 606 606 606 606 606 606 606 606 8pq

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Spoiler for willng3:

Tournament name: Lucky Number 7

In the spirit of Elements's 7th birthday, I elected to create a tournament idea that revolves around the number 7 as a theme. The rules of the tournament are fairly straightforward but I would expect would still lead to quite a bit of strategizing:

Special Rules

• Always read the second post! It contains equally important information most of the time.
• All decks must start at 30 cards in size.
  
• Aside from cards that are outright banned and the deck size restriction, there are no deck restrictions. However, in order to win, you must deal the finishing blow with a card that deals 7 damage. If the last attack to hit either player's HP is greater than or less than seven, then that player will instead lose the game played. Screenshots taken of the last turn will be used as evidence in all circumstances.
• Shard of Freedom, Shard of Focus, Shard of Sacrifice, Shard of Serendipity, Catapult, Dusk Mantle, Fog, Lightning, Fire Bolt, Ice Bolt, Drain Life, Shockwave, and Eternity are all banned

Most of the ban choices here are simply to prevent situations where people can kill themselves with a spell card and then play it off as either the opponent killed them without fulfilling the correct terms, desyncs, etc. Fog and Dusk Mantle banned to prevent situations where they block the 7 damage dealers but not the others. Eternity because focusing on decking out the opponent really shouldn't be the goal here. SoFr and SoFo because nobody likes them. Added Catapult because it's not always obvious how much damage it deals.

For actual strategy...well, there's a lot to choose from. You can either focus on ensuring that you win as fast as possible with 7 damage or you can try and disrupt your opponent's creatures while also aiming to deal 7 damage. Buff cards such as Blessing and Chaos Power suddenly become weapons that can change your opponent's Attack suddenly and cause them to lose the duel. CC can then be used to prevent your own creatures from screwing you over. For an example deck using Life:

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5c1 5c1 5c1 5c1 5c1 5c1 5cg 5cg 7ai 7ai 7ai 7ai 7bu 7bu 7bu 7bu 7bu 7bu 7bu 7bu 7bu 7bu 7bu 7bu 7bu 7gr 7gr 7hi 7hi 7hi 8pp

Forest Spirits are the primary damage dealer, being able to get up to 7 Attack fairly easily. Green Nymphs in this case are actually meant to work against the opponent by Adrenaline'ing an opponent's creature and ultimately cause them to deal non-7 damage at the wrong time(s). SoP can be used to stall for a few turns if you don't want one of your Spirits attacking just yet, Octopuses are mainly for stalling your own creatures that grow to be too large. Heal can throw off opposing damage calculations and can also help you survive a bit longer.

Revising the ruleset to be damage in multiples of 7 rather than exactly 7 would be acceptable as well.
         

         

Spoiler for Solaris:

Starting Your Own Little War

Spoiler for Trials Hype Tournament:

Light Trials is the best one to watch, of course.

Weekly Tournament - May 8th - Trials Hype! - UnupgradedTournament Organizers: Ginyu, mathman101, or MeowMeowCat

When? To find out your local time, check this link: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20160430T10&p1=1440 Tournament has started.

Where? Please enter the Tournament room at least 15 minutes before the tournament starts. Click "Rooms" in the top left to find it.

Rules Please read the PvP Tournament rules carefully before joining the tournament. Remember to also read the Special Rules listed below!

Prizes 1st place 5,000 electrum + Nymph/Mark + Trophy (Forum Icon) 2nd place 5,000 electrum 3rd place 4,000 electrum 4th place 3,000 electrum In case of 18 or more players, tournament prizes will be increased.

Points for the World Championship 1st place 4 points 2nd place 2 points 3rd place 1 point

NOTE: You need just one presentable forum post to be allowed to join tournaments; you can post it here. If this will be your first tournament, a Tournament Organizer will test your knowledge about the rules. So please be present in tournament room 30 minutes before the tournament starts.



Special Rules

• Always read the second post! It contains equally important information most of the time.
• Upgraded cards and shards are banned.
• All the cards in your deck must start with a letter from the phrase "TRIALS HYPE", excluding pillars, pendulums, and marks..
• Auburn Nymph, Red Nymph, Purple Nymph, Arctic Squid, and Earthquake are banned.

Tournament Organizers Note

If you think there is an overpowered card that ought to be banned, or you have some concerns about the tournament metagame, mechanics or other stuff, do NOT post it publicly in the comments or anywhere else on the Forums. Instead, send a private message to Tournament Organizers, who will privately discuss about it. Thanks for your cooperation.

Spoiler for My deck:

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5bt 5bt 5bt 5bt 5bt 5bt 5bv 5bv 5bv 5bv 5bv 5bv 5c4 5c4 5l8 5l8 5l8 5l8 5l8 5l8 5l8 5l8 5l8 5l8 5l8 5l8 5mq 5mq 5mq 5mq 8pn

Rushtlers. Can be modified with Thorn Carapace if expecting small critter spam/adrenaline.

         

         

Spoiler for Kuroaitou:

Starting Your Own Little War

"IRON CHEF" Tournament!
-Use creature cards that fit into one of the following categories: 'Poultry/Beef', 'Seafood/Vegetarian', and 'Bugs/Exotic'. You may mix creatures of any category into a deck.
-Use spell cards that provide a form of 'cooking'/prep for your creatures:

• Frying/Grilling/Boiling/Microwaving: Immolation, Deflagration, Dry Spell, Holy Light
• Marinating/mixing: All alchemy spells except for Unstable Gas and Nymph's Tears
• Prepping (rinsing/cooling/confectionery/spices): Purify, Freeze, Butterfly Effect, Blessing-Momentum-Chaos Seed

-All upgrades are banned (potentially).
-All shards are banned (potentially).
-Any mark allowed.
-Most non-pillar/pendulum permanent cards are banned, except for cooking utensils (Dagger/Morning Star [for cutting], and Hammer/Pulverizer [for tenderizing]) and resources (Flooding [soaking/washing], and Sundial [timing]).

Allowed cards:

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4t3 4t5 4vi 4vn 4vo 52j 52k 52s 55l 55q 55r 55v 58v 590 591 595 5bu 5bv 5c0 5c1 5c7 5f6 5f9 5fb 5fc 5i5 5i6 5ia 5ib 5ie 5ih 5ij 5lb 5lc 5lf 5lh 5lj 5od 5oe 5ok 5ri 5rp 5rq 5rr 5um 5ut 5uu 5uv 620 621

Spoiler for Example deck!:

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4t5 4t5 55l 55l 55l 55l 55l 55l 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rq 5rq 5rq 5rq 5rq 5rq 5rr 5rr 5rr 5rr 5t2 5t2 5t2 5t2 5t2 5t2 5t2 8pl

         

         

Spoiler for JonathanCrazyJ:

Starting Your Own Little War

The Saint, The Demon and The God - Unupgraded

• Always read the second post! It contains equally important information most of the time.
• Upgraded cards and Shards are NOT allowed.
• Build 3 Decks. A Saint, A Demon and A God. Each type of deck has a set of Banned Cards, and a set of Key Cards
• In a Saint deck, you must use at least 8 copies of cards in the Saint Key Card list and may not use any cards from the Saint Banned Card list. The same goes for The Demon and The God decks and lists.
• All decks must include at least 2 non pillar/pendulum cards from more than one element (no monos).
• You may not change or edit your 3 decks once the Tournament begins.
• In all matches, you must use your Saint in Game 1, your Demon in Game 2, and your God if it reaches Game 3.
• Nova, Immolation and Quantum Pillar are universally banned.
• Feel free to ask a TO if your 3 decks are legal before the Tournament begins.

The Saint

Saint Bans

Saint Key Cards

The Demon

Demon Bans

Demon Key Cards

The God

God Bans

God Key Cards

Playable Water Decks

Spoiler for Playable Water Decks:

The Sanctified Saint

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5i4 5i4 5i4 5i4 5i8 5i8 5i8 5i8 5i8 5i8 5i9 5i9 5i9 5ia 5ia 5ih 5ih 5jm 5jm 5jm 5jm 5jm 5jm 5jm 5jm 5jm 5jm 5jm 5jm 5jm 5lg 5lh 5lh 5li 5li 5li 5li 5lm 5lm 5lm 5lm 5lm 5lm 5ls 5ls 5ls 8pq

The Steamed Demon

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5f4 5f4 5f4 5f4 5f4 5f4 5i9 5i9 5ii 5ii 5ii 5ii 5ii 5ii 5jm 5jm 5jm 5jm 5jm 5jm 5jm 5jm 5jm 5jm 5jm 5jm 5jm 5jm 5jm 5jm 5jm 8po

The Drowned God

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4vn 4vn 4vn 4vn 4vn 4vn 5i8 5i8 5i9 5i9 5i9 5i9 5ia 5ia 5ia 5ia 5ig 5ig 5ih 5ih 5ih 5ih 5jm 5jm 5jm 5jm 5jm 5jm 5jm 5jm 5jm 5jm 5jm 5jm 5jm 5jm 5jm 5jm 5jm 5jm 8pj

         

     

[rob77dp]

May I point out here that my Task #8 submission was good enough that TO's made it a reality the next weeks' Tournament?

Rob's idea post

The idea implemented!