need help building AI5 / FG killer deck

[dimondghost]

well I am hoarding person, can't seem to sell the cards I will and I keep making these wild decks that only sometimes win... against ai3/ai5 and very rarely against FG.

Attaching picture of my deck and cards (mess) I have right now.

Is there a good deck I should be aiming for FG/AI5 grind?

(http://www.screenshotdumpster.com/view/m7Gbd51520/deck)

[plastiqe]

Looks like you've got all the parts that a beginning rainbow usually has.  I'd only suggest cutting the deck size down a bit.  You could probably get away with a few less Hourglasses, Steal, Elf, Feral Bond, Pillars, Animate Weapon, Owl's Eye... I'm no expert on rainbows though, if you're having fun with your own creation then stick with it.

If you wanna see what the experts suggest, have a look at this thread:
http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,1615.0.html

[dimondghost]

Looks like you've got all the parts that a beginning rainbow usually has.  I'd only suggest cutting the deck size down a bit.  You could probably get away with a few less Hourglasses, Steal, Elf, Feral Bond, Pillars, Animate Weapon, Owl's Eye... I'm no expert on rainbows though, if you're having fun with your own creation then stick with it.

If you wanna see what the experts suggest, have a look at this thread:
http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,1615.0.html

Yeah, my deck size is a problem I do like that deck that you linked. I have a tri weapon deck I could never decide on what weapon to take, but yeah looks like i really need one, since stealing one is also an option

[Cambadillac]

OK, you have a great start to an ai5 farmer.
Lets trim the deck down a bit. its a bit chubby.

remove
-1 steal
-animate weapon (if you make it to the point where you need to rewind creatures, it most likely means that you dont need creature control (owl eye) anymore)
-2 golden hourglass (its not good when you have like 2 extra in your hand)
-1 or 2 bonds (you will be low on life quant and you dont need that much)
-6 pillars (again, you will not need that much)
-1 elf (not needed)

13 cards gone!
now add:
-1 RoF
-2 quints

that makes 40  8)

[bigbadbanana]

OK, you have a great start to an ai5 farmer.
Lets trim the deck down a bit. its a bit chubby.

remove
-1 steal
-animate weapon (if you make it to the point where you need to rewind creatures, it most likely means that you dont need creature control (owl eye) anymore)
-2 golden hourglass (its not good when you have like 2 extra in your hand)
-1 or 2 bonds (you will be low on life quant and you dont need that much)
-6 pillars (again, you will not need that much)
-1 elf (not needed)

13 cards gone!
now add:
-1 RoF
-2 quints

that makes 40  8)

I agree with everything here except for the additional RoF. You also only need to add one quint. You can even take out the owl's eye, it is unneeded creature control once you have elite otyughs. Also, you will NEED a protect artifact.

[dimondghost]

OK, you have a great start to an ai5 farmer.
Lets trim the deck down a bit. its a bit chubby.

remove
-1 steal
-animate weapon (if you make it to the point where you need to rewind creatures, it most likely means that you dont need creature control (owl eye) anymore)
-2 golden hourglass (its not good when you have like 2 extra in your hand)
-1 or 2 bonds (you will be low on life quant and you dont need that much)
-6 pillars (again, you will not need that much)
-1 elf (not needed)

13 cards gone!
now add:
-1 RoF
-2 quints

that makes 40  8)

I agree with everything here except for the additional RoF. You also only need to add one quint. You can even take out the owl's eye, it is unneeded creature control once you have elite otyughs. Also, you will NEED a protect artifact.

OK, you have a great start to an ai5 farmer.
Lets trim the deck down a bit. its a bit chubby.

remove
-1 steal
-animate weapon (if you make it to the point where you need to rewind creatures, it most likely means that you dont need creature control (owl eye) anymore)
-2 golden hourglass (its not good when you have like 2 extra in your hand)
-1 or 2 bonds (you will be low on life quant and you dont need that much)
-6 pillars (again, you will not need that much)
-1 elf (not needed)

13 cards gone!
now add:
-1 RoF
-2 quints

that makes 40  8)

I agree with everything here except for the additional RoF. You also only need to add one quint. You can even take out the owl's eye, it is unneeded creature control once you have elite otyughs. Also, you will NEED a protect artifact.

whats RoF???

[icybraker]

Rain of Fire. Nice card.

We definitely need an abbreviations list in the forum.

[Essence]

And I have to disagree about running a single RoF.  It's too vital to turning the game around to risk it being in the bottom 3 cards of your deck, and against some FGs the ONLY chance you have of a turnaround is a double-RoF.  (Sounds gross, eh?)

[Wesley Gibson]

You should check out the thread I started a few days ago about my Eternity-less rainbow.  The win rate today against the lvl 5 AI has been almost perfect, with only 2 losses out of a significant number of games.  Only 2 wins weren't mastery.