Oracle : Decay

[Newbiecake]

The upgraded one is horrible... So many shit cards drawn and no SNs. It was over before I could even put down a Jade Shield. -.-

[Higurashi]

Yeah, I've never won with it either. Novas or just all QT's ftw.

[siriosirio]

used the UP version by majofa in the first post and win whit EM. thanks majofa great deck 

[ddevans96]

I was messing around with an old deck I made a long time ago in trainer for FGs (sadly it was very unwieldy, and I'm still trying to tweak it) and I got Decay. I was surprised to see I managed to steamroll him with an early Sanc/PA combo. I isolated the major cards, tested it against him using the import function mulitple times, tweaked it, and ended with this:

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Fairly self explanatory. Don't play a Sanc unless you can PA it the same turn or if you have Destroy on the field - if he gets one it will take that much longer for your FMs to beat him down. Put BE on the second FM before quinting it, and destroy his dusk mantles and then his lobos (they'll be the only thing that can damage you.) Barring a lobo on the last turn before you kill him you'll easily get EM.

I had an eternity in there instead of using the third FM for pure attack, but never won with less than 6 cards left, so I decided it wasn't needed.

Maybe not as effective as the upped deck in the OP but I find it just as fun, if not more.

EDIT: Removed two towers. The deck as a whole is very effective. You could try swapping the mark to LIGHT as well, but this allows for a jade shield somewhat earlier. That one card is a killer against him. You could also replace a quint with aneternity if you find you're decking out.

[Xenocidius]

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It's quite easy to shut Decay down with either of these decks.

Get a Sanctuary out by second turn. Ideally protect it by then as well, although as long as he has no steals you'll be good for a few more turns. Even so, if you can get another one out you can still beat him. Once you have one protected Sanctuary out, don't play any more unless you can protect it immediately. You may want to protect your towers as well (especially with the Archangel version, as he could Fractal them).

The Morning Glory deck is more powerful (and more resistant to CC), but the Archangel deck is more reliable draw-wise.

If you get a protected Sanctuary out on turn 2, it's practically impossible to lose.

I've only tested it once (the top one, won), so despite the incredibly large sample space, don't take my word for it.

[Avenger]

This is my favourite (EM deck)

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[Isei]

I find that replacing the SOGs with Santuaries in CCYB works well.

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Half the time, I end up killing him with fractalled pests, since they drain all his dark quanta all the time.

And on second thought, those Antimatters shouldn't be in there, either.

[kirchj33]

I just got dominated using the upped deck in the OP.  I couldn't find my data anywhere, but I thought I remember Unupped CCYB (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,23978.0.html) being undefeated vs. Decay.  Sub in Jade Shields for Permfrosts and let it rip!  Up any and everything you can.

The decks Xenocidious posted look good as well.

[Bootsza]

I tried the Archangel version from Xenocidious and got destroyed by Siphon Life on my lobotomised angels after he had stolen light towers and fractalled them...

I think the Morning Glory version might be the business though.

[Xenocidius]

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I'd use this variant of CCYB. +Air Nymph and +Quint works well too. I don't include a Fractal, because Fractalling Pests gives him targets for Siphon Life, and I like to keep his hand clogged. -1 Hourglass could work (30-card CCYB ), but I like them as Steal targets.

I've heard good things about unupped CCYB against Decay. This variant should work:

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The heal helps with EM, but is irrelevant if you can smash Eclipses and Electrocuters.

[Angelic_Dawn]

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Used this, 
Basic Vamps because their cheaper,
Basic Shields, because theyr cheaper to.  (The vamps will outheal the tiny bit of dmg you should get anyway.)
Quantum T. Vs S.Nova (Because they generate a lot more energy over time so the Pests have a much harder time draining you and it'll be easyer to get the energy you need)

(Adrenaline And quint unupped because i dont have em laying around upped =p )


-Easy win.-


EM'd & Won: 135Coins, 1 Imp Steal & 2 Pests,  Yay lucky.

[ralouf]

In fact this guy made me thought this : unupped vampire are better to kill him than upped, except if decay play eclipse; Just take a look :

Damage with adren + momentum :

upped : 5+4+2 = 11
unupped : 3+3+3+3=12

with eclipse :

upped : 7+5+3=15
unupped : 5+4+2=11.