False God Competition: Forbidden Romance

[Essence]

Caliph (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,19689.0.html)

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Caliph's deck represents the friends and allies of a tribal leader from a valley where the Fire Tribe and the Sand Tribe have been warring for generations, and his story is too complex to summarize easily, so please read this first. (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,19689.0.html)  Suffice it to say, the Forbidden Romance is between the Caliph and his star-crossed lover, the exiled Princess of the Fire Tribe.

Caliph is a complex God, utilizing a variety of strategies to bring success.  His focus is on expensive creatures with powerful skills -- Anubis, Pharoah, and two breeds of Nymph -- with a few straight hitters -- Ruby Dragon, Fire Eater, and Minor Phoenixes -- as backup.  He brings strong creature control with Fire Storm, Scarabs, and Red Nymphs, a little bit of PC with Explosions, and if he gets Anubis and Aether Pendulum out at once, he can get quite annoying.  Red Nymphs can make Anubis, Pharaoh, and any advanced Scarabs into hard-hitting badasses as well.

At the same time, he's quite slow for an FG in most cases, and unless he does get Anubis out (rare), he suffers badly from strong creature control.  He also goes down hard to quanta denial -- the Pesty FG deck would probably be an 80% win here -- and he has very limited permanents, so even a little PC would do the job to keep him out of weapon and shield.

[TheonlyrealBeef]

Love Potion (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,19687)

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Now however, Love Potion has arrived, and has corrupted the Angels with his potions. Now all they can think of is love, they're no longer capable of understanding what is forbidden. The Archangels are about to decend upon the elemental world, and show you some of their love...

Strategy is the classic Raging angels with Liquid Shadow added to make more of a threat. I purposefully put only 4 Liquid Shadows in to prevent all Archangels from getting Liquid Shadowed (and thus not being able to heal eachother).

[Dragoon]

NIGHTINGALE

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106-word description:
Beautiful, grotesque; heavenly, earthly; light, darkness—there were many reasons why love between an Angel and a Gargoyle would never happen.  And yet, it did.  This deck fulfills the theme both in the Angel/Gargoyle cards as well as the Light/Darkness elements.  In play, this deck is like a toned down version of Decay but with creature damage instead of Siphon Life.  It uses Pests to slow you down while spamming Angels and Gargoyles for the kill.  A few Earth Pendulums help the Pests and Gargoyles withstand CC (Angels have the Heal ability).  A few weapons, shields, Steals and Miracles help round out the deck.

Link to thread (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,19693.new.html#new)

[Kamietsu]

Torch

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Eleven Nymphs, and one Queen to rule over them all. The Nymphs are for the Elementals, to help them prosper, grow, succeed in their battles. The Nymphs are to remain impartial, helping out whoever might need them. But plans don't always go accordingly. In a world where they exist solely for others, two nymphs have broken from the traditional path. The Life Nymph and the Fire Nymph were thought to be similar and yet worlds apart. The Fire Nymph gives power through destruction. the power it gives is sometimes so great, the creature won't survive. The Life Nymph helps those who are weak, enhancing their power and increasing their offensive output. Together they were thought of has hindering each other's strategy. But over time, they learned to work together and soon, a bittersweet romance bloomed between them. The Fire Nymph could safely get close to the Life Nymph for her great health, although she would suffer some injury. And the Life Nymph could enhance the Fire Nymph, helping her attack much more. Together, they are some of the few who can use their own ability and greatly benefit from it.

The Queen got word of their relationship and greatly disapproved, forcing them apart. They tried to raise up against her, but the army she could create on command proved too great. Instead, the Life and Fire Nymphs fled to the forest, where the Life Nymph could help protect their relationship. She great healing could keep them alive, while the Fire Nymph brought with her her destructive power. Using her abilities in the forest could create great misfortune, but at least they were together now, and forever.

Discussion Topic: http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,19697.msg267134#msg267134

[GG]

rsv....

*facepalm* Seems like Essence's gonna dominate this competition as well with his epic story =_=

and since when did antagon become a girl

[Kamietsu]

It's not as if the competition is about the story >> but yeah, it's gonna end up getting him a ton of votes.

[Mithcairion]

Yearning

Earth and sky, terra firma and heavans, dust and atmosphere.  For eons they looked upon each other with a hatred borne of jealousy. 

The earth was constantly reminded of all the constraints he faced as he gazed upon the creatures of the sky as they wheeled so effortlessly and freely.  He longed for the freedom they felt, even if only for his underlings.  Make no mistake, his spawn were solid, firm, and hardy.  The earth was always filled with an overwhelming sense of pride whenever he reveled in all that he had done, but still could not help but feel that there was a hole that needed to be filled.  The forbidden air held the key.

The air reveled in her freedom and loved to put on a show for anyone and everyone who cared to watch.  Her children were marvels, for they could wheel and dive effortlessly, using every current of wind to aid them.  As much cherished as her children were, they were transient.  That freedom came with a terrible price, as air's beloved children were fragile and delicate.  Every time one of her progeny came to an end, air wept and lashed out at all those around her.  Secretly, she longed for the stolid fortitude of her ancient enemy.

Yearning

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Years of jealousy led to a grudging respect between the earth and the air.  After millenia upon millenia, they began to share with one another the lack that they felt, only to realize they they could help one another.  Discovering just how well they could work together, a burgeoning affection began to blossom, just as new and tender as the first blossom of spring.  They could never be truly together, but they could help to fill the holes in each other.

First, a quick disclaimer:  This is my first attempt at a false god and and truly uncertain regarding quantum and AI issues, so any and all suggestions are welcome.

This deck is intended to mix some of the best of earth with some of the best of air.  While it does have a good amount of CC between the Basilisk's Bloods and Shockwaves, it doesn't have the repeatable CC that so many FG decks have, and this was on purpose.  The large amount of small, quanta generating creatures serve the dual purposes of doing early damage that we know tends to add up as well as provide an engine for the large quantum creatures and spells (Dragons, Sky Blitz, and Granite Skin).  My intent was to make a FG that had a good, but not insurmountable start, but a heavy finishing blow, should it be allowed to develop.  Also, what shields Yearning does have are transient in nature, and will disappear if not removed by the elemental.  One will also take note of the fact that Yearning has no PC whatsoever, again on purpose.

Let us bridge the earth and sky together.  They deserve to be happy, don't they?

http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,19699.msg267162#msg267162 (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,19699.msg267162#msg267162)

[Shantu]

Vengeance (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,19723.0.html)

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Once upon a time, there were two lovers: an elemental of Life and an elemental of Fire. Their love was great; so great, so burning, that envy filled the heart of other elementals. They wished to separate them, they wished to harm them. They tried to force the Life elemental to marry an elemental of Earth, against her will - but her lover would not let it happen. His raging flames engulfed the Earth elemental in flames and absorbed its essence. But the uncontrollable hunger of his flames could be calmed only by his lover. He embraced her within himself, absorbing her essence as well. But when he realized what he had done, he had nothing in his burning mind but Vengeance...

This deck was born from my hate of the famous Life Rush. Yeah, you get sick of it after playing it a hundred times in Top50. Anyway, this god is supposed to be a pure rush. However, there are problems with it - as tested with the help of Jen-I, the AI does not cremate upped frogs. They are probably too powerful (nerf them! ). The AI needs a 'fix' to play this deck properly.

[PlayerOa]

PLANET STAR

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It's summer, and all of the Chargers had secretly loved the Massive Dragon for a few years, but they din't say it to the Dragon. So all of them hunted Blessings so they can be cooler, and the Massive Dragon hopefully would love them. One day, the Charger named "Chail" found some Blessings and buffed himself. Then the Massive Dragon thought Chail was cool, but not nice. "Not my type," said the Dragon.
Suddenly, another Charger, called Chaim, found the big Chimera. Then all of the Chargers used that Chimera. "Now the Chimera is gone, forever," said a sixth of the part, the gone Charger "Chaip".
And after all that, the Massive Dragon still did't love them. But then the Archangel came, and brought them together.
Link: http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,19700.new.html#new

This is a pure rushing god, with NO control or healing (Archangel's "heal" isn't healing, right? )
Tried to make the story identical with the deck. And with the Chimera thing, I almost put it in my deck, but Chimera is one use, hey?

[Kamietsu]

Added a new rule to the competition:

11. Your submission must follow the format directly below. Any submission that does not follow this format will not be accepted. You can add whatever frills you want to your FG Proposal thread though. Please change your submission if they break this rule.

[Five In One]

Titanus

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Shortly thereafter, a beautiful woman from his rival nation, Ayrae, saved him from this fate by granting him the incredible, foreign ability of flight. With amazement from his newfound gift and the fact that one from a rival nation had saved his life, Titanus fell in love with her. He followed her to a marvelous tower, but overheard a heated argument about the woman she loved. They said she was to be executed for helping an enemy during wartime.

Furious at the people of Ayrae and betrayed by his own people, Titanus went mad. He brought the tower to the ground and started his rampage across the twelve nations in an attempt to avenge his loved one. He claimed to be a god, that his gifts made him more powerful than any other creature in the world.

Perhaps there was a bit of truth to his claims…

http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,19911.msg269545.html#new (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,19911.msg269545.html#new)

[moomoose]

im not quite getting it, what exactly is the format you are after?