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sSethia

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Re: What to change. https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=8488.msg98186#msg98186
« Reply #12 on: June 21, 2010, 11:37:09 pm »
I'd use eternity if I had it.
And also, should I change the mark?
:timemark

Well this is if you took hourglasses.

If not, I think :lifemark would be good.
I put in two hourglasses because I couldn't afford the other two.
:timemark

Brownbear

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Re: What to change. https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=8488.msg98190#msg98190
« Reply #13 on: June 21, 2010, 11:41:16 pm »
I've been usin the deck and it is really lacking offense. With only 4 damage outputs there's not much to be done when I need to inflict pain.

sSethia

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Re: What to change. https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=8488.msg98206#msg98206
« Reply #14 on: June 22, 2010, 12:01:09 am »
I've been usin the deck and it is really lacking offense. With only 4 damage outputs there's not much to be done when I need to inflict pain.
In a standard time rainbow, you stall using Sundials and draw using Hourglasses. Once you have a Firefly Queen, Otyugh, and Fallen Elf on the table, the Otyugh eats the enemy creatures, creating Skeletons from the Boneyards. Then, the Fallen Elf comes along and mutates the Skeleton into something harder-hitting. All the while, you have your Firefly Queen generating Fireflies.

Because you don't have an Otyugh in your deck, you rely on other cards for creature control. This means that you have a Firefly Queen and a Fallen Elf for your combo. I would suggest bringing back the other Firefly Queen. Use the Fallen Elf either on the opponents strong monsters to lower their attack or on your Fireflies to raise their attack.

Brownbear

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Re: What to change. https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=8488.msg98695#msg98695
« Reply #15 on: June 22, 2010, 07:02:04 pm »
I've been usin the deck and it is really lacking offense. With only 4 damage outputs there's not much to be done when I need to inflict pain.
In a standard time rainbow, you stall using Sundials and draw using Hourglasses. Once you have a Firefly Queen, Otyugh, and Fallen Elf on the table, the Otyugh eats the enemy creatures, creating Skeletons from the Boneyards. Then, the Fallen Elf comes along and mutates the Skeleton into something harder-hitting. All the while, you have your Firefly Queen generating Fireflies.

Because you don't have an Otyugh in your deck, you rely on other cards for creature control. This means that you have a Firefly Queen and a Fallen Elf for your combo. I would suggest bringing back the other Firefly Queen. Use the Fallen Elf either on the opponents strong monsters to lower their attack or on your Fireflies to raise their attack.
Using the Fallen on the enemy is a bad idea because it's a Fallen Druid, therefore it usually makes the monster better, also, why not just add a few otyughs and two blessings to buff them up?

PhuzzY LogiK

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Re: What to change. https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=8488.msg98733#msg98733
« Reply #16 on: June 22, 2010, 07:49:35 pm »
I never used hourglasses because I feared out-decking. And I'm missing the Eternity so that's also a pain in the arse trying to get.
This was a mistake I made when I started a rainbow.

When he says to add 4 hourglasses, don't plan on playing all four.  You only have that many to increase your chances of drawing one early (they are useless during the endgame).  You should only be using one, or maybe two of them.  The other two can be used to replace one that is destroyed or stolen, or used as a decoy against the AI (so it targets the hourglass to destroy rather than your weapon or shield).  Do a crude calculation on how many turns it's going to take to kill your opponent and stop drawing 3-5+ cards before that (to account for an unexpected heal, etc.).  If you have all your creatures out and have control of the board, you can stop drawing earlier.  The hourglass is just there to speed things up a bit, since normally you have to stall while you get everything out.

Also, if you plan to play rainbows or any decks with time over 35 cards, make the hourglasses a priority upgrade.  Since you want to play them as early as possible, the cheaper cost is critical.

 

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