Bows and Fireflies

[truddy02]

by truddy02

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Blanks are short bows.  This is a deck that takes advantage of the quanta production of fireflies and the other cost of bows.

Strategy:

Fireflies first
Animate Bows
If you have air cards to play, play them first so the bows use the light quanta.
Fog shield because it is cheap and the deck isn't that fast.
Eagle Eyes for CC.
Dragons for late hard hitters if you need to get over shields.

[Mavyrk]

May I ask how this deck takes advantage of the light quanta produced from fireflies? No card in your deck uses light quanta that I can see.

Perhaps you meant to use white dragons instead of azure dragons? Which is probably a better choice anyways, because the white dragons are 10/10s instead of 9/6s.

[truddy02]

The idea is that the bows don't use as much of your air quanta as they would in another mono-air.  If you play all your air quanta before playing a bow it costs the light quanta.  If you cannot run it all the way to zero it still randomly uses light or air also saving you air quanta.

[Mavyrk]

The idea is that the bows don't use as much of your air quanta as they would in another mono-air.  If you play all your air quanta before playing a bow it costs the light quanta.  If you cannot run it all the way to zero it still randomly uses light or air also saving you air quanta.

However, by the time you ramp up to the quanta necessary for your dragons, you already have your weapons in play, possibly animated, and WAAAAY more light quanta than you would ever need.

If you switch the dragons over to light dragons, they become 10/10s, and soak up the extra light quanta that you're going to have, since short bows only cost 2 quanta (you get that much the second turn a single firefly is out). It would greatly speed your deck up.

[truddy02]

I could see it going either way on the dragons.  Most of the air cards, other than the dragons, are quite cheap.  In testing, by the time you are ready to put a dragon out air and light are pretty even.  It depends on how quickly you get fireflies out, any creature or permanent control you are up against and how many of your bows match up with flying weapons.  My intention was to make an effective mono-air deck that used something at least somewhat original but I will say that light dragons could be used instead and also be effective.

[Supersonique]

I think a miracle could be also a good idea.

[sSethia]

I think having only 7 pillars in a 30 card deck is too little.

[ratchetspyro94]

Looks like a decent test deck for me Ill try it 

[ratchetspyro94]

I think having only 7 pillars in a 30 card deck is too little.

Ya it does.

[truddy02]

I think having only 7 pillars in a 30 card deck is too little.

I didn't do super extensive testing on but I really didn't have much of a quanta problem.  Almost everything is this deck costs very little quanta to play plus you are generating quanta that helps pay for the bows from the fireflies.  The dragons rarely even get into play, they are there just for a finishing blow if you are facing a shield or excessive healing that makes it hard to put your opponent away.  If you wanted more towers I would say swap 1-2 fireflies for towers.

[Toimu13]

May I ask how this deck takes advantage of the light quanta produced from fireflies? No card in your deck uses light quanta that I can see.

Perhaps you meant to use white dragons instead of azure dragons? Which is probably a better choice anyways, because the white dragons are 10/10s instead of 9/6s.

Yeah, put some Light creatures in.

[genraenera]

Anyone else thinking Elite Pegasus?