Opinions on my changes to a popular deck

[pillslanger]

Just fishing for criticism on a couple of changes I made to Scaredgirl's Nonupgraded Rainbow deck: http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,1615.0.html (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,1615.0.html)

Before someone else says it: I have yet to actually use this deck against false gods exclusively, so I imagine the addition of cards will slow it down until I can upgrade my hourglasses which is my plan in the end anyways.

I decided to add 3 more pillars, 1 quintessence, and an Anubis.  I have had better success with these tweaks against Halfbloods, and it makes playing the AI more interesting.  My concern is even once I have the cards to upgrade if it would still be viable against FG's.  I like the Anubis for keeping me from worrying about what sort of control is in the AI's hand when I'm playing FG's because they always seem to have exactly what I don't want them to.  He does cost a lot of time quantum in a deck that is already stretched thin for time.  However, I find that I really like playing in Anubis and quintessing him before the AI can do anything to him.  Once I have him on the field, I can bring in any creature I want one per turn without fear of repercussions.

So, thoughts?  Good? Bad? Indifferent?

[Irkalia]

The problem with Anubis is his huge cost. If I could make him the last card in my deck every game he'd be amazing, but if you draw him in the first 20 cards he's either going to be discarded or just sit in your hand, not helping you survive.

That said, if it makes the grind more interesting for you then do it - having a random card or two in rainbow won't throw the balance off so far that you won't win, it'll just (generally) make it slightly worse. Keeping it interesting is gonna be more important than the odd win here and there when it comes to FG grinding.

This is mostly just opinion ofc, and adding him may result in people making variations of your rainbow in a months time instead of SG's. Experiment till you find the build that suits you

[Essence]

I actually played with a single Elite Anubis in my FG deck for quite some time (before Quintessence came out).  It's an incredible mid-game control-establishing card, and I loved it even if it did sit in my hand for a while first.

But that's just me.

[TheMadEvil]

my only problem is between the hourglasses, sundials, and eventual eternity, how much time do you really have left? I usually have at most 2 per turn, and that's if I get lucky and gain 6 or so from pillars...
I'm running a mostly unupped version of SG's, using Supernovas