Survivability for Vulture Feeder

[Camoninja]

I liked how many death effects I could make with Thorns and Malignant Cells, and the wonderful thing about the thorns is it leaves some behind to make more. If it sets up properly, it's really amazing.
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The problem with the deck is it almost never manages to set up in time, and I get killed before I get to see the vultures grow. Is there anything I can do to make sure I live longer?

[Amphetryon]

I would try:
-1 Aflatoxin
-1 Death Pendulum
+2 Virus.  Virus works to provide a two-fold boost to your Vultures, and you're running pretty quanta-heavy given a deck devoid of dragons or other huge critters.

The other change that springs to mind a using a bone wall in place of a thorn carapace, as it will provide more consistent stall at the cost of some slow removal.

[MatrimKK]

how does your quanta feel? are you over producing?
main thing I noticed at a glance is lack of multiples of key cards.
if you don't draw these it won't work for sure. 

[Pineapple]

Heal.

[Mithcairion]

You could also end up making this a mono and replace the Shields + Adrenalines with Skull Shields and Plagues to help speed up the dying process.

[MatrimKK]

I dont' think skull shield counts as a death effect???
I'm not really sure, can anyone comfirm this?

[Camoninja]

Version 2- Being tested right now. I haven't tried some cards, I'll make more decks and compare them. Heals help a lot more than Bonds, I'm finding.

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[MatrimKK]

looks to be a definate improvement, you also were able to increase the copies of key cards

[Sevs]

bonds with malignant cells on your side is huge source of healing.

[Camoninja]

Hm, hadn't thought of that. Maybe I'll trade a couple of the heals for bonds after all. And if they get killed, it only increases your own damage.

[thatnewguy]

Your second deck seems a lot better, but you still have the simple problem that you have no shield that blocks the 1 damage that malignant cells damage after you completely fill up their side of the field. I'd change at least 1 thorn carapace out for a skull shield or an emerald shield so you don't have to worry about damage anymore. Also, to really get the full effect of the vultures + afla combo you should probably add a couple of plagues and maybe a mitosis while decreasing the size of your initial vultures to fill your own side with vultures while they get filled with malignant cells. So, we should probably add 2-3 plagues and 1-2 mitosis while -1 or 2 vultures also, -1 thorn carapace +1 skull shield/emerald shield.

by thenewguy

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So, we've taken care of that, but what if they play a creatureless deck? We still want damage, right? So, lets add an arsenic or two as well for constant damage.

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Still a great idea I would like to see you complete =]