Consistency/success of rainbow vs AI3+

[symphonix]

by symphonix

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  Missing card is Sanctuary

  After trying a few mono and duo decks, I ended up with this one.  The thinking when building it was to use the water and air cards to attack with the life and light cards in support.  Mark was chosen to get the ffqs out as fast as possible.

  I've found that against AI3, the deck tends to be streaky in that it either wins or loses frequently, with more losses than wins.  when playing higher than AI3 getting a win is extremely rare while pvp tends to be a toss up.

  I've tried changing the number/kind of the pillars and creatures in order to find a solution with little to no success.  My hope is get the deck to the point that it not only can win consistently at AI3, but be competitive at the higher levels.

[Essence]

Well, let's see.  Right off the bat, ditch the two Other weapons.  If you must have a weapon, buy a Shortbow.  You have an :airmark , after all.   But really, you have a Druidic Staff that you want in your weapon slot under 90% of circumstances anyway, so just skip the others.

Then, ditch the part of the deck altogether.  It does nothing relevant for you that can't be done better by Life (Horned Frogs > Blue Crawlers) or Air (Shockwave > Ice Bolt in most relevant cases).  Get rid of the Light part, too.  Blessing is OK, but not necessary, and if you want to keep Sanctuary, pay for it with your Fireflys, not with pillars.

Then, focus on the combos remaining between Life and Air.  You've got

Adrenaline + Dragonfly = fast quanta
Adrenaline + Frogs or +FFQ or even +Fireflies if necessary = fast damage
FFQ + Empathic Bond = mad healing
Druidic Staff + Flying Weapon + Adrenaline = mad healing

So, I look at that deck and basically what I see is a very sloppy version of a deck that should look like this:

by Essence

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Feel free to adjust to your playstyle. 

[symphonix]

Thanks, I'll definitely give it a try.