Instosis [FG][OTK][Arena]

[Sevs]

Can sb. give me a hint how to get the shards, please?

I built the Wrecking ball (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=32982.0) to farm bronze arena. Played at least 300 games and got 2 Shards! Seriously, there must be a shorter way...

Thx for help

Shards are not easy.  and probably the wrong thread

I've been running this deck for a bit now and with upped sundials, it does screw up the mulligan a bit. To compensate I'd suggest
- 2 hourglasses
+ 1 time pillar
+ 1 phase shield

I always get clogged up with too many hourglasses in my hand and time quanta is more often than not in short supply.

I have tried with just -1 sundial +1 phase shield just not extensively enough to definitively say it is better or worse. Phase shield is always an interesting addition.

[Chapuz]

FGs destroy hourglasses before than the phase shield. I have been trying it, although I almost never have to break the sundial chain. The secret is to know when to discard a hourglass.

[Absol]

Finally finished upping this deck today. This was a triumph.
And whoa! The winrate is really insane!
Just hope that zanz won't nerf SoR Probably not, seeing as this use a 8-card combo, which is pretty hard.

[Corri]

i got my SoR very quick to build this deck and its almost full upgraded

[taejin]

Sundials works well because it stops all creatures. Phase Shields would only be an option is your opponent has creatures that do not have momentum.  Otherwise, they still get through and hurt you. 

Also, if your Sundial gets stolen (which never really happens, iirc) the stall is still in play.  But if your Phase Shield is stolen, then you lose the protection all together.

(btw, I, too, want to add my thanks for sharing this deck.  I thought that I would do some FG farming again, noticed this deck, and was surprised at how well it works.)

[Night_Zero]

Got all the cards to build this deck though most are not upped.  What would be the order in which to up this deck and is it currently one of the better decks out there?  I keep making decks to discover that they are no longer useful for arena/FG.  Example: Built firestall right when I started then discovered it was useless.  Then a RoL/Hope deck which still works its just so slow and boring.  Then built a rainbow rush deck and it's mostly upped and it's fun but between the two which is better?  Below are the rush and this deck with what I am using.  Is the win rate still 70% against FGs?  I had 0 luck but like I said, very few cards are upped which I know hurts it.

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4vd 52r 5c2 5c7 5fa 5ia 5if 5up 6qq 6qq 6qq 6qq 6qq 6qq 6u3 6u3 6u3 6u3 6u3 6u3 71a 745 74f 77f 77g 7dl 7k5 7n3 7q5 7q5 7t9 80b 8pj

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[Jenkar]

Completely upped, it owns.

[Night_Zero]

Completely upped, it owns.

Order to upgrade cards in?  Pillars first as in other decks?

[Atico]

Finally finished upping this deck today. This was a triumph.
And whoa! The winrate is really insane!
Just hope that zanz won't nerf SoR Probably not, seeing as this use a 8-card combo, which is pretty hard.

I think that making Dragon 11/5 can also hurts...

[Jenkar]

Completely upped, it owns.

Order to upgrade cards in?  Pillars first as in other decks?

Probably that, followed by the shards.

[Sevs]

Completely upped, it owns.

Order to upgrade cards in?  Pillars first as in other decks?

Dragon, SN are absolutely required. The rest of the upgrade order should be

Hourglasses --> Time towers --> Skyblitz -->Shards of Readiness--> Mitosis --> Chimera --> Sundial

[Zso_Zso]

I finally got my 4th SoR (upped from a Platinum arena special spin) and so I could complete this deck -- fully upped.
Then I dived into FG farming, but it looks like I have horrible luck today... From the first 10 games, I got 1 win and 9 losses   

3 of them were Dark-matter, 3 times Hecate, but I also lost to Incarnate and Serket due to horrible draw -- no hourglass at all until 8 or 10 cards left and I die.
I even lost a game to Akebono due to running out of sundials before I had all the combo cards (1 SoR and sky-blitz was still missing) -- I started the chain at 52 HP and he already had 2 dragons with overdrive so I could not have waited another turn (Titan was also up).

Everybody says this deck works so great, and now that I finally got the cards to build it I got terrible luck with it...