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Re: Basic Rainbow deck https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=18044.msg231035#msg231035
« Reply #12 on: December 22, 2010, 08:47:26 pm »
yes, i got it now.
i did 5 games vs FG, i won the last.
i got 125 gold for win, and i lost about the same.   no new cards.
the all thing took me more than 20 mins i think.
its too hard without upgrades, i think.
im going back to my old decks, till ill get stronger.
or is it a better rainbow deck to farm the FG?
Yes, the games take some time.
Yes, you will loose a lot of games.

But i works. A setup like this earned me my first upped cards. Farming AI3 might be more profitable, but for me challenging FGs is definitely more fun. By time, you learn how to play with this deck and by learning your win rate will go up a bit.
some stuff: using fallen elf to mutate enemies, that oty might eat them. using eternity to constantly rewind enemies to slow them down, always draw extra cards before acting, you might find something useful and so on

As unupped it is VERY slow and vulnerable, i added some additional defense cards, back when i used it:
+1 dim shield, +1 bone wall (so you can waste one at the beginning), +1 quint (to protect elf, ffq AND oty), +1 hourglass, +1 q. pillar
you might even try an antimatter or two

it is essential, that you play an hourglass asap...without drawing extra cards your dead meat. you will be overwhelmed.

therefore hourglasses are high on the upgrade priority list.
as are otys, maybe there even more important.
next for me were dim shields...but SG prefers elf -> druid (improves your damage)

concerning shards: i switched from bonds to shards when i had 4 shards. shards are more helpful at the beginning to soften early attacks, bonds are better when you established your lock and you need fewer of them. you might want to exchange 1 bond for a miracle, if you have one...worked quite well for me.

for more information take a look at the link i posted above...

valley

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Re: Basic Rainbow deck https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=18044.msg232096#msg232096
« Reply #13 on: December 24, 2010, 08:48:50 am »
ok , thanks all.
i started to win some fg now :)
i upgraded all my hourglasses and otys.

i have a question about quintessence...
on what i should use them?
i usually try to use them on 1 oty, and the fireqeen.
therefore, the other oty and the elf, are dieing almost instatly when i take them out...
am i doing right?

funplay

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Re: Basic Rainbow deck https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=18044.msg232129#msg232129
« Reply #14 on: December 24, 2010, 11:16:07 am »
ok , thanks all.
i started to win some fg now :)
i upgraded all my hourglasses and otys.

i have a question about quintessence...
on what i should use them?
i usually try to use them on 1 oty, and the fireqeen.
therefore, the other oty and the elf, are dieing almost instatly when i take them out...
am i doing right?
1. happy to hear that the deck worked out for you :)
2. this deck is easiest to play with 3 quintessence.

CONS:
a) there are some gods quint is not needed -> just one more useless card
b) you are a bit more likely to draw more quints- so it will happen more often, that you have 1-2 quints on hand, but no creature.
--> less effective
PROS:
a) you are more likely to have a quint on your hand early, so you can play quinted creatures earlier.
b) you can play a quint on oty, ffq and elf. This garantees, that you will be able to setup your combo.
--> more reliable quints

I added the additional quint to my deck and for me the Pros outweight the Cons...it drove me crazy, having that urgently needed oty on my hand, but lacking the needed quint...

3. quinting is very situational and dependent on the FG you face. Just some guidelines:

- most of the time you will want to quint 1 oty as early as possible.

- the 2. highest priority is on elf, most of the time, as elf can also mutate skeletons

- if creatures are too big for oty to eat, u might try to play elf first -> mutating enemies can help sometimes...and can devastate you sometimes...can nicely be paired with eternity. mutate -> rewind

- if boneyard got destroyed, u can try quinting ffq, spam some flies to make the FG fire their creature control on the flies...once he stops casting, u can try playing elf unquinted...he might survive some turns to mutate some flies...

- if god has some permanent creature control (like owls eye, electrocutor), try playing 2 creatures at once. if your lucky, he will kill/neutralize the one you dont need...

 

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