My starter decks and modifications done

[neuroleptics]

Well, this is not a guide but rather my own opinions. Anyone can freely add their own. This is created as this thread exist ----> http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,41748.msg518044.html#msg518044
As many beginners face problems with their stater decks, many chose to quit, many who stay finds the interesting part of this game, be it war, tournament, forum games or even card ideas that one can never say that this game is dull. But certainly, this game, as of any other card games, has still rooms for improvement.

For this section, i'm picking some of my favourite elements. Please add in other elements too. Thanks

 

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4sa 4sa 4sa 4t3 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f1 5f1 5f1 5f1 5f2 5f3 5f3 5f4 5f4 5f4 5f5 5f6 5f6 5f8 5f8 5f9 5f9 5f9 5i4 5i4 5i4 5i6 5i7 5ia 8po

This is the starter deck.
Let's look at the basic aspect, the quanta (mana). In this game, you have either quantas generating creatures or pillars & pendulums.
Quantas are important as you need to store that up for you to cast a card. the quantas required for a single card to be played are written on the top right of the card.
These cards can be upgraded once you finish the quest. There is a button, written quest and you move on to play AI's in Level 0 to level 2 (let's stop at this level for the moment)

I would advice that you sell the water pillars and quantum pillars, blue crawler, freeze and purify. Make a mono deck first before venturing into duo or more elements.
Go to bazaar. But let's complete level 0 first, and then you will be directed to click on the button ' Your Deck'
Click on the unwanted cards and they will be taken out

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4t3 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f1 5f1 5f1 5f1 5f2 5f3 5f3 5f4 5f4 5f4 5f5 5f6 5f6 5f8 5f8 5f9 5f9 5f9 5i6 8po

now it looks like this
The cards taken out ....Go to bazaar, sell that, but, if you wish to keep; don't. (refer the bottom regarding cards to buy.....and in the bazaar, the same thing click on the cards above means buy!!! the bottom column....SELL

When playing level zero, i urged you to look at the cards you have carefully, even the creature has skills, you'll not be able to use that at the turn you place the card. Don't be in a hurry to immolate a creature then unless you need fire quantas fast. In this deck a fire spirit's attack is build up each turn by clicking on them (it's a creature with ablaze as its skill) so, what other creatures you can immolate and sacrifice? Ash eater. Let them deal some damage first before immolate them unless you have other sources of attack such as fire spirit.

I've taken out

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4sa 4sa 4sa 5f0 5f0 5i4 5i4 5i4 5i7 5ia

for the dagger, no quanta is required, so i retained that
purify can be use on yourself or creatures should they be poisoned. There are other uses but i don't want to add more confusion. Relax, As you play, you will know.

The Cards

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crimson dragon, you need to have 10 fire quantas for that card to be played.
fire bolt, please read the description and do the maths. You can also target the AIs directly and deal (pure damage to them/ hp bar)
fire shield causes the enemy's creatures hp to decrease by 1 per turn, but in this level, this card is basically not needed, save up for other stuff.
Should they cast a weapon or shield, you can 'deflagrade' that...well, as their pillars are too many and more often than not useless, like your starter deck, don't bother to use deflagration on those.
rain of fire....causing 3 damage to enemy's creatures on field. the hp is written at the bottom right of the art. example 5/ 1 means it has 5 attack and 1 hp.

Now after playing level zero, click on the quest againt....you will receive 10 electrums.
You can purchase extra cars once you have enough electrums (money)

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these are a few that i recommend

well, as you complete the quests, you will be given a rare card, pick Fahrenheit then in this case.

The decks that i chose
This is the upgraded
if you have 1500 electrums (dun worry, if you are hard core like me, you can get this done in 3 days at most.

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5f2 5f2 6rl 7dg 7dg 7dg 7dg 7dg 7dg 7di 7dm 7dm 7dp 7dp 7dp 7dp 7dp 7dq 7dq 7dq 7dq 7dq 7ds 7ds 7ds 7ds 7gq 809 809 809 809 8pm

up the pillars first, phoenix next,........ immolation, then ball lightning last. Dragons don't need to be upgraded. I did that just for fun.

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5fc 5fc 77e 77e 77e 77e 77e 7dg 7dg 7dg 7dm 7dm 7dn 7dp 7dp 7dp 7dp 7dp 7dp 7dq 7dq 7dq 7dq 7dq 7dq 7ds 7ds 7ds 7f2 7f2 8po

This is the upgraded ones too, but you can own the un-upgraded but as for this deck, i upped the gem finders first. of course, the pillars next, phoenix(es) ensue and the lava...but if you have the first deck done first( the above) These are Naplam's decksthat you can find in forum. "Gems Of Destruction"

This is an example, should you choose other elements, well, i've yet to post, but i'm hoping more will post their deck ideas on the starter decks

 

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This is your starter deck

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4sa 4sa 4sa 4t3 5uk 5uk 5uk 5uk 5uk 5uk 5uk 5uk 5uk 5uk 5uk 5uk 5ul 5um 5um 5um 5um 5un 5un 5un 5uo 5up 5up 5up 5uq 5us 5us 5us 61o 61o 61o 61o 61p 61q 61r 61s 8pt

Firstly, don't expect much from this.....Don't be too greedy, you just can't put every card in and expect the combos to work perfectly
As i've explained above, 'll just summarize
play level 0
click quest, get the 10  reward
You will be directed to click on the button 'Your Deck'
Now take out the unwanted cards. I recommend that you start with mono element.

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So for this deck, take out

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4sa 4sa 4sa 61o 61o 61o 61o 61q 61r 61s

You must have a minimum of 30 cards

the deck looks like this now

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4t3 5uk 5uk 5uk 5uk 5uk 5uk 5uk 5uk 5uk 5uk 5uk 5uk 5ul 5um 5um 5um 5um 5un 5un 5un 5uo 5up 5up 5up 5uq 5us 5us 5us 61p 8pt

You can sell, or retain the cards in Bazaar. Remove by clicking...the cards moved to the column below, so be sure click the cards at the column below to sell. The above is buy.  is your money

Now, you need more attack, gain enough  by playing AIs up to level 2 (for the moment) and buy. You must have a rough idea of what your deck will turn into at least, so i suggest a pestal deck. The unupgraded works perfectly just as the upgraded

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7t6 7t6 7t6 7t6 7t6 7t6 7t8 7t9 7t9 7t9 7t9 7ta 7ta 7tb 7td 7td 7um 7um 7um 7um 7um 7um 7um 7um 7um 7um 80i 80i 80i 80i 8pu

now, try to built this deck. This deck can even be used against platinum decks in arena. Important: Search for 'pestal' deck in the forum for more information on how to play this
http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,32633.msg412575.html#msg412575.....Now, LOOK AT pikachufan2164's reply. I've been using the deck, and please, as the arenas have lost of different double drawing and some 200 hp, DO NOT expect to win every match. But there are times that you can even win with full hp, enabling you to get doubled award

Buy nightfall, then devourers, next minor vampires, steal last, then aim for fractal. You can change the mark by visiting 'Your Deck and click on the mark.
Complete the quests and you will be given a rare, in this case choose Vampire Stiletto as your weapon.

Note: Quantas are important as you need to store that up for you to cast a card. the quantas required for a single card to be played are written on the top right of the card.
          the hp of a creature is written at the bottom right of the art. example 5/ 1 means it has 5 attack and 1 hp
          creatures that have skills.......You will not be able to use skill at the turn you place the card. Wait until the next turn.

        

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This is your starter deck

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4sa 4sa 4sa 4t3 52g 52g 52g 52g 52g 52g 52g 52g 52g 52g 52g 52g 52h 52i 52i 52i 52i 52j 52k 52k 52m 52m 52m 52n 52n 52o 52o 52p 52r 55k 55k 55k 55l 55n 55q 55r 8pk

Firstly, don't expect much from this.....Don't be too greedy, you just can't put every card in and expect the combos to work perfectly, aim for mono element first
As i've explained above, 'll just summarize
play level 0
click quest, get the 10  reward
You will be directed to click on the button 'Your Deck'
Now take out the unwanted cards. I recommend that you start with mono element.

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So for this deck, take out

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4sa 4sa 4sa 55k 55k 55k 55l 55n 55q 55r

You must have a minimum of 30 cards

the deck looks like this now

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4t3 52g 52g 52g 52g 52g 52g 52g 52g 52g 52g 52g 52g 52h 52i 52i 52i 52i 52j 52k 52k 52m 52m 52m 52n 52n 52o 52o 52p 52r 8pk

You can sell, or retain the cards in Bazaar. Remove by clicking...the cards moved to the column below, so be sure click the cards at the column below to sell. The above is buy.  is your money

Now, you need more attack, now the pillars gives you too much quantas (unnecessary). Never mind, gain enough  by playing AIs up to level 2 (for the moment) and buy. You must have a rough idea of what your deck will turn into at least, so i suggest you read this http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,30685.0.html

1st step- take out the extra pillars, replace that with cards you have just bought (preferably creature cards....you need more attack)
You can change the mark by visiting 'Your Deck and click on the mark.
Complete the quests and you will be given a rare, in this case choose Arsenic as your weapon.

Right now i can only give this

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Modify into other decks. read the description first. The vultures gain attack when a creature dies....the bone wall gain 2 charges per dead creature. Now if you time well, the virus can be placed first together with other creatures, boneyard ensures that when you cast the virus---skill (the virus dies at the same time), skeletons are generated and if you happen to place a bonewall, its charges increases by 2 and vultures gain 1 attack. poison enables you to deal damage to opponents even when your creatures attack are blocked by the shields (pure damage).
Now if you wish to go for duo, visit this page http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,37538.msg471638.html#msg471638

Note: Quantas are important as you need to store that up for you to cast a card. the quantas required for a single card to be played are written on the top right of the card.
          the hp of a creature is written at the bottom right of the art. example 5/1 means it has 5 attack and 1 hp
          creatures that have skills.......You will not be able to use skill at the turn you place the card. Wait until the next turn.

This is my deck, used for any AIs, now i use this for arena farming. previously used against FGs

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710 710 710 710 710 710 711 711 713 713 713 713 713 713 718 718 718 718 718 71a 71a 71b 71u 71u 71u 71u 71u 72i 72i 72i 8pk

Now, i'll introduce shards.....one of the rare cards. You can't possibly get this deck without some effort place into shard farming

 

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Basically, you can start with any elements
Read one of the above (in spoiler), and this is the deck easy to be built and cost- wise.

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  Rares 

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4vl 500 50a 52q 534 53e 55s 568 56i 58v 59c 59m 5c5 5cg 5cq 5f7 5fk 5fu 5ic 5io 5j2 5lh 5li 5ls 5m6 5ol 5p0 5pa 5ro 5s4 5se 5ur 5v8 5vi 61u 62c 62m

The nymphs are not available in spins, you will get relic instead

General

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As Chapuz suggested, you can visit http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,1190.0.html
but as for how to progress, there are decks suggested above.

Forum is the place you can get your information with ease.
http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,21501.0/topicseen.html
http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,3369.0/topicseen.html

To check whether your quantas sources are enough?
http://elements.alanbeam.net/qi.php

[Chapuz]

You should take a look at Deckbuilding 101 in the tutorial section to see some starter decks too. There can be made different, but hey are quite optimized.

[neuroleptics]

You should take a look at Deckbuilding 101 in the tutorial section to see some starter decks too. There can be made different, but hey are quite optimized.

Thanks. My aim is to create a thread that beginners would be able to find ....the keywords for search are 'starter deck' and 'modifications'. I hope they will see this too-----> http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,1190.0.html