SoI - Steroids of Impatience

[UndeadSpider1990]

[PLEASE READ BEFORE COMMENTING]
I did not build this thinking it would be a super-awesome awe-inspiring deck of ultimate PvP pwnage okay? It was made on the trainer for a laugh and I'm not actually going to bother upgrading the cards! Please by all means suggest how you might consider taking the idea and putting it into a well-balanced deck, but otherwise please refrain from blurting out its many inadequacies. Great!  8)

I call this Steroids of Impatience because I've so far been unable to use Shards of Patience effectively (any tips there?), and because Epinephrine is a steroid  (go on, I'm waiting for someone to tell me otherwise) that gets rid of the need to wait.

Here's how it works:
Bugs! --> Power! --> Drugged-up bugs!!
--> Fun poison =D

Just cross your fingers you don't spot any big, fiery clouds on the horizon because everything in here has 3 HP!

by UndeadSpider

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Blank cards are Shard of Patience (tips on how to make them appear? D:)

[Calindu]

Remove those recluses and add some bone walls in, SoP+adrenaline combo sure is fun, good work!

[dragonsdemesne]

Well, I certainly like the idea behind this deck; I haven't seen this done before.  I think I'd replace the spiders with shard of sacrifices to stall while the poison works its magic.  The only problem with that is that it makes it too much like SPlat's retarded cousin, so you might want to ignore my suggestion and keep the deck more unique.

I almost never do this, but +rep for thinking of an idea I hadn't thought of myself.  (pretty much the only thing I give rep for)

[Toimu13]

Cool idea, I tweaked it some:

6x SoP

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You have cards with a low cost, so you don't need very many upped Pendulums to run the deck.  You could even replace 1 with a Skull Shield to protect yourself better versus opponents that creature spam.

Epinephrine on Scorps does make them attack 4 times a turns, but only poison 2 of those attacks.

The down side to SoP is that it stops ALL your creatures from attack for 1 turn.  Try to play 2+ Scorps before using SoP (all on the same turn) and/or have Epinephrine on your Scorps before dropping SoP.

SoP is one of the new cards and the code isn't in the forums yet to show the picture with the deck-image.

[SnoWeb]

Part A - Science
All steroids have the typical following tetracyclic structure:

Examples of steroids include the dietary fat cholesterol, the sex hormones estradiol and testosterone, and the anti-inflammatory drug dexamethasone.

Epinephrine on the contrary has the following structure:

It is therefore completely erroneous to claim that epinephrine is a steroid. Its structure is however very close to amphetamines (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphetamines) (which make you impatient).


Part B - Element the Game

It is indeed a clever Idea to use Adrenaline (which is exactly the same as epinephrine) to overcome the delay. It is extremely pleasurable to use deathstalker and adrenaline in combination.

I find however, that the deck lacks a bit of defence. From toimu13's version (which I find a bit better). I would try to had some healing (maybe -1/2 epi, -1/2 pendulum, +2/3 heal).

Side note: Is there already a posted version for the equivalent with dune?

[UndeadSpider1990]

Thanks for the upbeat responses, and thanks for the science SnoWeb! I feel more cleverer already 

I too would be curious to see an effective Dunescorp version

[Levy]

Thanks for the upbeat responses, and thanks for the science SnoWeb! I feel more cleverer already 

I too would be curious to see an effective Dunescorp version

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I just put this together after seeing your comment. I used to use a deck similar to this, but i wasn't vary pleased. It is quite effective with the right opening hand though. you guys can improve it as you see fit

[fred]

Unfortunately the Epinephrine only gives one extra poison counter on a desert scorp, so given the low creature count, if you were going to add green you would be better off using forest scorps.

[UndeadSpider1990]

You should have a play with the trainer Fred [*Edit: I think I meant Levy*] (www.elementsthegame/trainer), you can play about with upgrade cards without actually having to buy them

[UndeadSpider1990]

Dunescorpion version by Gandora: http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,36679.0.html (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,36679.0.html)

Spoiler for wild goose chase: