Help me use Shard of Patience XD

[UndeadSpider1990]

As part of my determined but seemingly stupid campaign to find a powerful application of the Shard of Patience, I have come up with this

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It is not a fast deck but can be quite overwhelming if you can take control of the battle with Water/Death combos.

Bonewall, Plague and Arctic Squid make for a strong defence if you can get away with it, but I think maybe I'm doing too many things at once. For instance, Death Pendulums could help make sure I get that extra Water Quanta needed for the Squid... but I'm greedy, and like the first-turn Physalia only provided with Sapphire Pillars :3 Come to think of it greed may just be my biggest vice here, as it comes back into play as to when you play the Shards. Early is good so your Squidly ambitions aren't nipped at the bud (after all dead squid isn't called defence it's called Sushi). But too early means your next card draw is probably a Physalia and you're left kicking yourself.

Any thoughts / suggestions much appreciated. Any comments along the lines of 'It's crap get rid of the Shards' will be bluntly rejected

[Poker Alho]

try something that mixes water creatures with mitosis and SoP

you can stall pretty well with life and water so you should be able to make the setup and then play all the SoP for massive damage and maybe an OTK depending on the number of creatures in play

[Absol]

You do know that not only water critters benefit from SoP right?

A few idea:
Fractal Physalia SoP
Scorpion Swarm SoP (using Deathstalkers and Dune Scorps)
Malignant Swarm SoP Chimera

Though mostly borderline useless, they are fun. Probably.

[UndeadSpider1990]

You do know that not only water critters benefit from SoP right?

Yeah I know =p For this deck it still gives the Physalia and Octopuseseses (Octopi?) +2/+2. I have never managed to make a flood build anywhere near fast enough to be more use than a cannister of Helium (great for a laugh but not overly useful or good for you  ).

I made this (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,36225.0.html) in trainer once.

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My opinions of the above were described well enough by your earlier statement:

mostly borderline useless, they are fun. Probably.

What I'm trying to do is build a deck where the shard isn't just fun, but actually useful!  . Ikr =p I've lost it.

[UndeadSpider1990]

Fractal Mind Flayer seemed a nice idea. But ultimately it sucked

[furballdn]

RoL/hope with SoP? It dies to shields though.

[UndeadSpider1990]

RoL/hope with SoP? It dies to shields though.

RoL dies to FireShield anyway right? I've never really used the deck, but I imagine most people who do would say 'Why bother, Fractal Dragons does a better job in that situation'. But I like your thinking! Somebody also suggested SoP Malignant Cell Swarm + Chimera. Though my thinking says 23 cells on the field is annoyingly 2 short of 25 =p I.e. 23 Cells with 3 shards would do 94 damage. So you'd need a 4th Shard or some other critters (which if your opponents got wise could be a problem).

Must keep the ideas rolling in, lol.

[AnimationX]

Mitosis Physalia/Abyss Crawlers are probably the best option.

[Absol]

RoL/hope with SoP? It dies to shields though.

RoL dies to FireShield anyway right? I've never really used the deck, but I imagine most people who do would say 'Why bother, Fractal Dragons does a better job in that situation'. But I like your thinking! Somebody also suggested SoP Malignant Cell Swarm + Chimera. Though my thinking says 23 cells on the field is annoyingly 2 short of 25 =p I.e. 23 Cells with 3 shards would do 94 damage. So you'd need a 4th Shard or some other critters (which if your opponents got wise could be a problem).

Must keep the ideas rolling in, lol.

I suggest it. Though i got the idea from someone else. Credit to him.

Mitosis Physalia/Abyss Crawlers are probably the best option.

Mitosis? Too slow. Better use Fractal for that purpose.

[Mathematistic]

Some random stuff that came into my mind.

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Fractal+SoP spam+chimera=evil 
Feel free to modify it, it's just something i did in trainer.

Edit: 3 SoPs and 2 SoSes. SoSes are fun, and might give you surprises... good for a fun deck.

[Gandora]

RoL/hope with SoP? It dies to shields though.

RoL dies to FireShield anyway right? I've never really used the deck, but I imagine most people who do would say 'Why bother, Fractal Dragons does a better job in that situation'. But I like your thinking! Somebody also suggested SoP Malignant Cell Swarm + Chimera. Though my thinking says 23 cells on the field is annoyingly 2 short of 25 =p I.e. 23 Cells with 3 shards would do 94 damage. So you'd need a 4th Shard or some other critters (which if your opponents got wise could be a problem).

Must keep the ideas rolling in, lol.

I made chimera (and) cell + SoP decks.
just don't forget that it's more than possible that your cells will probably have done more than 6 dmg by the time you use SoP and chimera. also, as you mentioned it's not said that in a deck using that combo cells have to be your only critters. if you fear fire shield or unupped thorn carpace try to use sundials to stop your cells from attacking. and at last it's not a necessity to use chimera when your field is completely full. already with 16 cells using two SoP you got a nice 48 atk creature.
i just got an idea that some poison might be good, given that for aflatoxin i have quanta anyway. gotta search my old decks and try some modifications

[UndeadSpider1990]

your cells will probably have done more than 6 dmg by the time you use SoP and chimera

Oh yeah, duh!! Lol.