Unupped Scarab-Firefly combination deck

[-Levi-]

Hi everyone, I already posted this in the trio&quartet section, then realized it actually belongs here  :facepalm
Please bear with me though since this is my first own topic on this forum 

After experimenting with both firefly and scarab decks of different types, and after creating a  / duo scarab deck with SoF and Sky Blitz I thought I'd give a Firefly-Scarab deck a try:

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I'm still testing it, so the quanta-balance my be a bit off and I'm not sure about whether or not I should include sundial at all.
I decided to try it because it's a time card which can make use of the fireflies' light quanta, and I figured it would help stall during my setup phase while also letting me draw essential cards or more pillars, but by the time I get to the point of summoning fireflies it tends to hinder me more than it helps.

Another thing is the lack of shields: I could include either a fog shield or a procrastination, both of which are awesome, but I wanted to make this deck as fast as possible and I figured the scarabs would at least provide some CC while I swarm the field. Hope is out of the question, since I wouldn't get quite as many

Is this a practical deck idea? Is there some other card/strategy I could use with this deck that I' unaware of?

[Fippe94]

It does not seem very practical. You should focus on either Firefly Queen or Pharaoh in your deck, not both. Having two creature generators seems a bit pointless, and they both require lots of quanta from different elements.

[Chapuz]

FFQ decks require A LOT of quanta of 2 elements to be efficient, and the  generated must be used for something, like Hope, Sanctuaries or Miracles. They require a lot of  quanta to be efficient too.
Pharaoh decks also require a lot of quanta and that much of needed quanta makes it incompatible with FFQs.

Why do you want to have both Phars and FFQs?

[-Levi-]

Just an experiment, mainly out of curiosity. I wanted to see if there's some unexpected synergy, such as scarabs feeding on fireflies to break through shields while being more difficult to CC than a 3/2 creature.
After testing it for a while it's apparent that this makes the deck too slow to work properly, but it was fun to experient with anyway.

Btw I just read your OTK Deckbuilding guide and made myself a rage-voodoo OTK deck, extremely fun and actually pretty versatile to play with if modded correctly 

[Chapuz]

Just an experiment, mainly out of curiosity. I wanted to see if there's some unexpected synergy, such as scarabs feeding on fireflies to break through shields while being more difficult to CC than a 3/2 creature.
After testing it for a while it's apparent that this makes the deck too slow to work properly, but it was fun to experient with anyway.

Btw I just read your OTK Deckbuilding guide and made myself a rage-voodoo OTK deck, extremely fun and actually pretty versatile to play with if modded correctly 

Heh you can send me the deck code for feedback whenever you want!

[iDaire]

Both of those main creatures involve a lot of quanta and decks involving one of them tend to have them as the only strategy since one deck can only produce so much quanta in one turn.

[Gunthar]

This deck looks not very practical. Better rid off of the FFQ and replace them with scarabs. 2 Wind pillars are changed to gravity pendulums. Mark is changed to time. 2 further wind pillars are changed to time factories.
rest 3 wind pillars should be replaced with another Shard of Readiness and 2 hour glasses to speed the deck up. Replace the remaining shard of Freedom with if available the Eternity weapon or with an additional sun dial