you are both right.
you could build a faster deck, you could also build a deck which relies more on the gases, or ...., but thats not the idea of it. it's simply a deck with a high win rate, which is fun to play. you always have several options with this deck, this makes it slow, but also gives you some variety.
if you get the fireflies and don't get the nymphs, just play dragons and shards. also the extra fire quanta will help a little vs discord and devourers(not sure atm, if lvl3 has devourers
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if you get the nymph but no firefly. you get 6 damage that way, so it's not lost quanta. also you can make the AI waste steal and deflag on the gases or just prebuild them till you get a firefly
also tested it in bronze. made it to the special spin 5 times out of 6 tries.