Upgraded Darkness Rush

[TheonlyrealBeef]

"Darkness can't rush"
"Darkness is the slowest element"

To hell with that, I tried my best to make this deck as fast as possible
I did some preliminary tests and it's the fastest ai3 grinding Darkness Rush I've seen thus far, with nice win rate, EM rate and what not! It also has steals specifically to counter those annoying permanents these new ai3 have. Anyway, enjoy

Dragons are intentionally left unupped cause of their lower cost.
Biggest problem this deck can get is a bad draw that's low on pillars/pendulums.
This deck might need some practice to figure out how best to use it against which ai. Like playing Eclipse over more Gargoyles against the Steam Machine ai that uses Rain of Fire.

by TheonlyrealBeef

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Preliminary testing (by TheonlyrealBeef)
Games: 50 Avg. ttw: 7.260 ttw, Avg. Time: 62.86 sec/game, Losses: 0, EM: 9
turn 5: 2
turn 6: 17
turn 7: 13
turn 8: 6
turn 9: 9
turn 10: 2
turn 11: 1

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Not trying to offend you or something, but making a 7.26 ttw deck and claiming it's the fastest mono doesn't make Darkness sound exactly fast

[TheonlyrealBeef]

Not trying to offend you or something, but making a 7.26 ttw deck and claiming it's the fastest mono doesn't make Darkness sound exactly fast

Well I heard that in the previous ttw study the fastest mono Darkness had the lowest ttw of them all, upon testing it with the new ai that was 8.546. So then 7.260 is still a lot faster

And no, it's not wickedly fast, but not slow either.

[badivan1]

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I figured that dragons are simply too expensive to make the rush fast enough.  Bloodsuckers are cheap, but with Eclipse, they deal 3+2 damage ; hence I included them.  While I've done no TTW study, I think it's an interesting alternative.

Note : the ?? is the Darkness mark for AI import purposes.

[TheonlyrealBeef]

I've tried Bloodsuckers once, they make tasty Otyugh snacks and lack damage. Black Dragons can withstand most cc once, which managed to make me win quite some times. You'll also want Steals with the new Elders, Dim Shield chaining is awkward... But yeah, that's more about winning more than winning faster.

[badivan1]

I've tried Bloodsuckers once, they make tasty Otyugh snacks and lack damage. Black Dragons can withstand most cc once, which managed to make me win quite some times. You'll also want Steals with the new Elders, Dim Shield chaining is awkward... But yeah, that's more about winning more than winning faster.

I admit that Bloodsuckers are fragile.  My reasoning though is that with Eclipse, they can deal decent damage, especially with Gargoyle support.  My attempt was simply an exercise to explore the boundaries of MonoDark Rush : while the deck is not resilient, I'm happy with the speed it can achieve.

[InsignificantWeeaboo]

I created a variation of this for an arena deck in Gold leauge. I think it peaked somewhere in the top 10s.

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Still has the same TTW as the original. Dusk Mantle helps lessen damage while the Dagger fills up HP. Cloaks protect the creatures from Shockwaves and Lightnings. Another Steal just in case a really pesky shield/weapon is in play.