Looking for Opinions on an Aetherial Gravity Deck

[Sir Rebrl]

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First off I want to put it out there that I feel a strong attachment to the Aetherial cards in general, so I don't really see myself ever eliminating them altogether. It's just not gonna happen. ^_^

That said, I'm experimenting with different core marks to augment with Aether, cause as much as I love it I can't play mono-Aether. Nope nope. So far I've tried Aetherial Entropic, Deathly Dark Aether, straight Dark Aether, and now I just recently decided to test the Aetherial Gravity combo. I haven't played it enough to notice specific issues, so for the time being I'm just looking for ideas and opinions from more experienced players, or even newbies since they've got fresh eyes and a less potentially biased view. If I do notice any problems with the deck as is, I'll be adding them to the bottom of this post.

For the time being, I'm still unsure of what cards I wish to upgrade (if any so far). Any ideas on that are welcome as well. For the time being, I'm bored with AI so my deck is intended for basic PVP with no upgrades.


Basic Thought Processes Behind Current Deck Build:

• I have a bias towards Gravity Pillars because, as I said, Gravity is my core Element and I'm using Aether as augmentation.
• I'm heavy on Pendulums because I like the idea of them as a former Magic player who was oft annoyed when I drew all black land cards and all white spells.
• My balance of Quanta Generators to other cards comes from (limited) experience dealing with Mana Drought (no energy generating cards in first few draws) and Mana Flood (all or almost all energy generating cards in first few draws) in Magic. As the experience was limited, any suggestions on that are most appreciated.
• I'm delighted that a Fractal-ated Oty makes wonderful snackage for a Quint-acular Momentum-acious Oty. Makes him big and strong.

Thanks in advance for all assistance! ^_^

All right, I've taken some advice and experience into consideration and my current deck is now thus:

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You may notice I've managed to cut back to 40 cards. ^_^

[Bloodthorn]

First thing i can say, is take out the dragons and add more armagios/chargers. Gravity dragons are the worst for their cost, and if your going for defense on the chimera, armagios are much more efficient. If damage, more chargers. The otyugh seems out of place, with there only being one, and may not be as essential to your deck if your going for rush. if going for control, more oty and no gravity pull. with the oty, a lightning can weaken most creatures to a workable level with oty. minus the black holes and maybe add 1 more shield. no short sword either, i would just wait and try and get another rare.

for now thats all i got, i shall test it in the trainer and see what i get and post a deck after.

[thatnewguy]

Let's see here's something you might like called fractal chargers:
http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,5396.0.html

Just because you like the element doesn't mean you have to use every card in that element Try to trim in down to 30 cards using only 1 kind of pend and use a main attack removing the cards you have 1-2 copies of (lobo,chimera, black hole, armagio), good start tho

[Sir Rebrl]

I mostly like the dragons cause they're a relatively high damage and one lightning won't frag it. I also kinda like having a Chimera that can deal some damage while it's alive, though I definitely agree that Armagio is more efficient for a hardcore defensive Chimera.

I have been considering a balance shift towards Chargers, so I'll definitely be giving that more serious thought.

As far as Lightning and Oty go, that's a good point I hadn't considered. I don't think I've even looked at Aether in the Bazaar since my Deathly Dark Aether deck. XD

The Black Holes have literally saved me from certain doom a couple times already (I've had the curious luck to hit up a bunch of total/partial rainbow deckers), so I'm gonna be kinda reluctant to let that go.

As far as things seeming out of balance or out of place, like my single Oty, it's just cause I haven't played Gravity and I'm experimenting with a variety of cards before I settle on a more focused strategy. No more purpose than that for having just one.

I have had the opportunity to fractal my Charger once or twice, with glorious results against my opponent who stubbornly reupped his Dimensional Shield every time it ran out. Definitely a good potential focus.

Thanks for the help!

[Bloodthorn]

as far as black holes go, they are much more situational and harder to make work without a more specialized strategy. The dimensional shields however are much less of a sporadic choice because every deck will have creatures, whereas not all will use all 12 elements, but i can see how they would be useful.

One other thing i could suggest, is experiment with catapults, as having that unblock-able damage, especially with an armagio can come in handy in a last ditch effort to win.

Glad i could help though, am still tweaking it a bit in the trainer to see what i can come up with.

[DrunkDestroyer]

So from what I've read you want to build a semi-original Gravity/Aether.
So preferrably not something boring like fractal chargers, something that actually makes use of the stregnths of both the elements.

Gravitys Stregnths: High HP, Avoid Shields, Control
Aethers Stregnths: Immortality, Shield Stalling, More Creatures

Control + Stall means I'm more inclined to make a stall with these elements than a changer rush.

...This is something I have come up with briefly. I am sure this is unoriginal, and could be fixed in so many ways, but its just something to throw out there and brainstorm with.

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[Sir Rebrl]

Since I changed my deck around a bit I've been noticing some really good things, and my win ratio has been steadily climbing again, so thanks again for all the advice.

DrunkDestroyer, the example deck is much appreciated and I'm definitely gonna give it some runs through the trainer to see how it feels for me.