"Tactical" Graboid/Shrieker Deck

[ItzSean]

Hi everyone. Ever since I've started, I have taken a liking to the standard Shrieker rush. But its really.. boring.. SO i did some tinkering and i came up with this.

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I've tried variations of replacing the grav. pillars with time factories and the pulvy with an eternity, but i found it kinda redundant since i already have a few RT's in my deck If all goes as planned, i will be fully upgrading this. 

Discuss/Suggestions Please?

Once you get further along upgrading, consider elite antlions instead of shiekers.   2 for a 4/4 is nice.   

That is a good idea, but i did some looking, steel golems for just 2 more , i can have 2 more attack and almost double life. Yes.... i know..it goes against the standard image of a "rush", being lowcost, fast dmging creatures, but thats why its not a rush..more or less..

Edit: I changed the deck to what it will look like fully upgraded.
Edit2: -3 grav. tower -1 pulvy -2 E. shiekers +2 Steel Golems +1 Quicksand
Edit3: changed title to "deck" so it wont be called/suggested to be built like one :3

[Tea is good]

Interesting. I would like to know the target level of this deck. Not so sure about the pulvy or the skins if this is for level 3-4.

[ItzSean]

Pvp 2, T50, and/or the occasional AI5

The pulvy is to rid yourself of pesky shields (IE permafrost/buckler/phase/spine) in pvp or any other occasion, and the skins is to increase electrum reward at the end, or possible butt-saver.

[bojengles77]

There's too much going on. Having an extra set of towers for one card, that you may or may not draw before the towers or when you need it, will clog up your hand. Also, having one stone skin makes it so you are relying on having that card out of 34 when you're about to die, if you don't, its a waste of a card in the deck. The shards add healing, but they're taking the place of something else in your hand as well. The effectiveness of shrieker rush comes from the fact that you're playing 1 or 2 10 damage creatures nearly every turn, and this is slowed down by other cards clogging up your hand. Maybe its less boring, but its also less effective.

If you want to try a variation, I'd try adding maybe one or two cards, not 4 or 5 - the simpler, the better. Or you could try an earthquake / rewind variation where you cut off their quanta supply then rewind their creatures so they can't play them. However, if you like this and it works for you, keep going with it!

[Clathius]

Once you start adding control, you slow down your rush;  once you slow down your rush, you need control.

So the more control you add, the more you need.

On the flip side, if you have enough rush, you don't need control.   

I'd trim out much of the control cards aside from earthquakes and reverse time.   

Consider upgrading your pillars next.   Once they are upgraded, adjust that the tower amount so that in your first hand you have 3 towers most of the time >>>  First turn, you drop the three towers and slap a graboid on the table.

Once you get further along upgrading, consider elite antlions instead of shiekers.   2 for a 4/4 is nice.   

[ItzSean]

Bump ._. Any more suggestions?

[unionruler]

Bump ._. Any more suggestions?

Just to remind you what I said in chat--if you want a rush go all out for it, don't need the defence. You don't want to have to win if it takes a prolonged game anyway. Do something basic like this:

6x Graboid, 4x Shrieker, 3x Quicksand, 3x Rewind, 14x Stone Tower_____ Mark