What next?

[rohlfo]

Hi guys,
so for the past few months I've been playing either a T50 rush deck (for rare farming) or a rainbow for AI5, which stated as SG's rainbow deck I think. Over time I've made changes to make it give more  on a win/EM.
Yesterday I decided rather than change the odd card I'll just restart my whole rainbow deck from scratch.
I must say success has been quite good! I've not played many games yet with it, and yes, it is slow, but so far I think all games have been EM with >100  reward

Anyway, thought I'd post and ask what next? What do I upgrade next? I'm guessing many would suggest making it smaller? Think that would def need to happen if ever taking on FGs. I'm also guessing some don't see the point of some of my card choices....sure, think I just wanted a bit of variation whilst I grind...lol
Thanks in advance for comment/opinions

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[pikachufan2164]

There are two options: you can either make it smaller, or keep it at 60 cards.

Smaller decks (~35 cards) have an Entropy mark and are mainly fuelled by Supernovas for fast early-game bursts of quanta. Wins against FGs are faster, but win rates are a bit lower.

60-card decks are generally Time mark and have lots of card drawing and early-game stall to use before it gains control of the board. Win rates are higher, but wins against FGs are slower.

Suppose you want to go the 60-card Timebow route. Here's a general formula for building them.

Quanta Balance: Generally, a 60-card Timebow needs 22 Quantum Towers. Novas are rather useless for Timebows, so take those out.

Basic Defense: 6 Sundial, 6 SoG, 4-5 Phase Shields. These will help you stall the early game while you draw your combo pieces.

Card Draw: 5-6 Hourglasses. You need to go through as much of your deck as you possibly can while your stalling can still protect you.

Creature Engine: 2-3 Oty, 1 FFQ, 1 Druid, 1 Boneyard, 2 Bone Wall, 2 Rain of Fire, 2 Quintessence. Pretty self-explanatory if you've played with classic Timebows before.

Support Cards: 1 Pulverizer, 1 Eternity, Bond, possibly a PA.

Other Stuff: You could consider adding another Quintessence and a Crusader to be able to keep both weapon effects in play. Miracle + Heal for EMs and early-game survival. There's roughly 5-10 cards worth of customization in a large Timebow, so see what works for you.

Some sample reference builds (may be a little bit outdated, but still more recent than the SGbow):

Pervepic's Timebow (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,5814.msg67447.html#msg67447)
Seravy's Timebow (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,4666.0.html)

[rohlfo]

Hi, thanks for reply, I've been away for a while so only just read it
In general, I see your points, I've searched bow decks on the forum and what you say is the traditional route. I guess I just wanted to try it a bit different, specifically as I'm also looking for >100HP EMs.

Didn't think about the Novas as it started small and I just kept adding without taking away lol, def something I'll do.
I think you need a heal/purify to help give high chance for EM and a couple of Stone Skins.
Also with new cards might be interesting to add 1 of them in for extra options.