Round 1 - Decks

[SteppingStone81]

Mrblonde vs Jaymanfu
My guess is they'll have two grabow decks, two pestal decks, a bunch of EQs, and 1-2 Entropy duos with discord.  The immo deck beats all of that handily unless you drawfail, plus it's unexpected, but I’m recommending that go to xdude.  The grabow will be good too.

Master of Death should not waste time on off element cards - mono death here.  (immo deck seems better for xdude and grabbow better for me vs earth)


Kevkev vs Pikachufan (lieutenant)
I expect Aether decks to change more than any other team.  A lot of new blood and Higs is creative and motivated.  Unfortunately this means I have no idea what to expect.  My guess is they’ll have 2x pestal and immophoenix.  Regarding the matchup I feel like purifies could be coming.  D/BH is interesting and would be completely unexpected.

I actually like D/BH here.  There is metagame both to showing this deck early and to concealing it ... on the balance, I think it better to show the deck early.


Xdude vs TNG
Gravity will have two D/BH decks, two grabow decks, a momentum deathstalker deck, and a phoenix deck.  D/BH where they try to stop us from reaching 7 quanta is the strongest possibility imo.  Countering discord requires you to either destroy them, block them, or use nova/immo to make discord less effective.  The deflag version of the immo deck would be win for blonde but it’s even winner here.

Daxx vs Vagman13 (lieutenant)
Others have given this matchup more thought than I have, so I’ll defer to them.  I think DoSA has some merit against Entropy, though, and we’re going to have to use more than one deck against them eventually.

i like specifically designed mumbow better than DoSA for this round ... also allows for use of fractal recluse elsewhere, e.g. vs light


ICB vs Edunavas
The three most likely decks we'll face are grabow, FFQ/hope, or a fire bolt deck.  The bolt deck they loved last War would be brilliant cuz they'd get around bonewall and have deflags for arsenic, our two most dangerous cards.  Maybe something like the RT deck I recommended here (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,23479.msg324757#msg324757) would be good given those possibilities?

wings deck


Xnoize vs Majofa (lieutenant)
This is why we have the fire counter.  I agree that a bolt deck is likely and maj has I think four fire marks, but I still like your chances.  I stated earlier that Fire is likely to stick purifies in immo decks, but the fire counter can still win by deckout.

anti-fire ... seems like the percentage play


SteppingStone vs Acsabi44
They have grabby rush and solid Darkness duos at their disposal but my guess is we’ll see a Light duo that could include any of the above: titanium shield to nullify arsenic, sanctuary, miracle, stoneskin, EQ, and wardens.  They also stall well with Water and Entropy.  D/BH works against stalls but fails definitely against sanctuary, probably against Darkness duos, and maybe against grabby rush.  Possibilities: fractal upped spiders, sundial deck with upped arsenics, the grabow with EQs.

grabow with EQs


Marvaddin vs RootRanger
I sorta like a Death rush with either Darkness or Fire splashed for PC here.  I feel like we can load up on critters and ignore CC and we might still be ok.

if we have fractal recluse available, might be good here (As per xdude)

[MrBlonde]

K all decks are posted.

Kev, you have mod rights so feel free to change up the deck if you like. Anyhow if anybody has comments on the decks go ahead =)

[SteppingStone81]

Stepping Stone

by SteppingStone81

Hover over cards for details, click for permalink

Deck import code : [Select]

4vj 4vj 4vj 4vj 4vj 4vj 52g 52g 52g 52l 52l 52p 52p 52q 52q 52t 52t 542 542 542 542 590 590 590 590 590 590 5f6 5on 61q 8pj

Big problem:  in my testing, I assumed earth mark, but the deck posted here uses entropy mark.  Do we need to talk to Kael / SG?

[kev]

Stepping Stone

by kevkev60614

Hover over cards for details, click for permalink

Deck import code : [Select]

4vj 4vj 4vj 4vj 4vj 4vj 52g 52g 52g 52l 52l 52p 52p 52q 52q 52t 52t 542 542 542 542 590 590 590 590 590 590 5f6 5on 61q 8pj

[10:54:11 AM] kevkev60614 [»] ddevans96z: you around? i have a problem.
[10:54:21 AM] RavingRabbid: Entropy deck shown the error in sanctuary.
[10:54:26 AM] ddevans96z [»] kevkev60614: I'm here
[10:54:27 AM] RavingRabbid: Too much healing, too much cost.
[10:54:41 AM] Shantu:
[10:55:04 AM] kevkev60614 [»] ddevans96z: check it: http://67.18.28.242/~eleforum/index.php/topic,23999.msg327986#msg327986
[10:55:15 AM] kevkev60614 [»] ddevans96z: Step's deck for Round 1 should've had an Earth mark.
[10:55:31 AM] dragonsdemesne: if you are spinning after win and just click ok will the spins happen without you seeing them or do you lose the potential cards
[10:55:33 AM] kevkev60614 [»] ddevans96z: i would have caught it and fixed it but the Forums were down.
[10:55:44 AM] kevkev60614 [»] ddevans96z: may i please fix the mark?
[10:55:48 AM] ddevans96z [»] kevkev60614: hm
[10:55:57 AM] Theonlyrealbeef: I never favored  ;P
[10:56:13 AM] Shantu: you lose the cards, Dragonsdemesne
[10:56:13 AM] RavingRabbid: I can now see even 0,25 mm errors.
[10:56:28 AM] ddevans96z [»] kevkev60614: I'll fix it for you
[10:56:34 AM] kevkev60614 [»] ddevans96z: thanks much

Big problem:  in my testing, I assumed earth mark, but the deck posted here uses entropy mark.  Do we need to talk to Kael / SG?

[SteppingStone81]

Stepping Stone

by SteppingStone81

Hover over cards for details, click for permalink

Deck import code : [Select]

4vj 4vj 4vj 4vj 4vj 4vj 52g 52g 52g 52l 52l 52p 52p 52q 52q 52t 52t 542 542 542 542 590 590 590 590 590 590 5f6 5on 61q 8pj

[10:54:11 AM] kevkev60614 [»] ddevans96z: you around? i have a problem.
[10:54:21 AM] RavingRabbid: Entropy deck shown the error in sanctuary.
[10:54:26 AM] ddevans96z [»] kevkev60614: I'm here
[10:54:27 AM] RavingRabbid: Too much healing, too much cost.
[10:54:41 AM] Shantu:
[10:55:04 AM] kevkev60614 [»] ddevans96z: check it: http://67.18.28.242/~eleforum/index.php/topic,23999.msg327986#msg327986
[10:55:15 AM] kevkev60614 [»] ddevans96z: Step's deck for Round 1 should've had an Earth mark.
[10:55:31 AM] dragonsdemesne: if you are spinning after win and just click ok will the spins happen without you seeing them or do you lose the potential cards
[10:55:33 AM] kevkev60614 [»] ddevans96z: i would have caught it and fixed it but the Forums were down.
[10:55:44 AM] kevkev60614 [»] ddevans96z: may i please fix the mark?
[10:55:48 AM] ddevans96z [»] kevkev60614: hm
[10:55:57 AM] Theonlyrealbeef: I never favored  ;P
[10:56:13 AM] Shantu: you lose the cards, Dragonsdemesne
[10:56:13 AM] RavingRabbid: I can now see even 0,25 mm errors.
[10:56:28 AM] ddevans96z [»] kevkev60614: I'll fix it for you
[10:56:34 AM] kevkev60614 [»] ddevans96z: thanks much

Big problem:  in my testing, I assumed earth mark, but the deck posted here uses entropy mark.  Do we need to talk to Kael / SG?

thanks for resolving this!  it will be nice to play more than 1 graboid

[MrBlonde]

Ugh my fault guys. I just grabbed the code from the thread but i should have looked it over. My fault guys, i didn't do my due diligence.