Abominations of Light [AI4]

[Gandora]

So, I got inspired by this deck.

Wanting to build a Hope deck myself, here's what came to my mind:

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Spoiler for Original Duo Version:

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The quanta is just right except for mid-to-late game of course.
Since the deck is rather slow with its damage output you should try to save the quanta for Pandemonium if you draw it early. Otherwise spam your creatures and build up hope early.
Against AI4 even a damage reduction of 2 can safe your life.
Maxwells is mainly against dragons and BE for shields or Lobotomize.
Maxwell, Pandemonium and BE are all mid-game luxury (except you're being rushed). Therefore your main goal still is to spam Abominations and Werewolfs to build up your Hope shield.
5 Luciferase give you consistent light production and also often enough heal to endure those one or two extra turns you need to have enough quanta to play the shield.

Long Sword can be replaced with Vamp Dagger, I just didn't do so because I wanted it to be a Duo (and it's annoying if it gets stolen and your opponent suddenly gets 6 heal a turn).

I searched for it and haven't found anything similar. I'm sure it could be made unupped with major quanta rebalancing (unupped Abomination is much more expensive as is the activation of Lycantropes skill).

Against AI4, in the few tests I did, it went 12:3 (original version) but I'm pretty sure I was lucky having lots of slow decks as opponents.

Feedback is appreciated and have fun playing

[serprex]

You don't need to fear Vamp Dagger being stolen once you have Hope secured. & if mass CC kills it then stolen vamp dagger is the least of your problems

[Youpla]

Nice deck

Do you really need those Pendulums?

[Scaramanga]

Very nice! Thx for the reference.

I just felt I had to do more decks on the theme. You will find them here: Glowing Fish

[Gandora]

You don't need to fear Vamp Dagger being stolen once you have Hope secured. & if mass CC kills it then stolen vamp dagger is the least of your problems

That's true. My main reason was really for it to be a Duo Original is Duo. OP updated. but of course it'd be more beneficial to use a Vamp Dagger, no matter if there's PC or not
Oh, and in my current version I replaced the Sword for a 4th Hope since sometimes I had the quanta and the creatures but not the shield which can be very frustrating ^^

Nice deck

Do you really need those Pendulums?

Thanks, and no xD
I first had the idea of using steals but noticed they are of very limited use. So I reduced the amount of Pends in case I have many Werewolfs in my starting hand. But usually I then lack the quanta to play them all... So... They're rarely useful but you can keep them if you want some minimal Earthquake protection
EDIT: I changed the OP deck accordingly

Very nice! Thx for the reference.

I just felt I had to do more decks on the theme. You will find them here: Glowing Fish

Haha, you're welcome! Thanks for the inspiration and for referencing me on your glowing fish