Deck help, trying to beat shields in earth rush deck

[sashima8]

When playing the earth rush deck I find the only thing that really stops me is shields like phase shields and I was trying to find a way to incorporate a strategy that would overcome it...

well anyway here's 2 ideas I have so far and would love for any help you can give!

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58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58u 58u 590 590 590 591 591 591 591 591 591 593 593 5aa 5aa 5aa 5f5 5f6 5f6 5f6 5gi 5gi 5gi 5gi 5rj 5rl 5rl 5rl 77g 77g 77g 8ps

Deck idea 1: 40
Stone Pillar: 9
Gnome Rider: 2
Graboid: 3
Shrieker: 6
Earth Pendulum: 3
Fire Shield
Deflagaration: 3
Fire Pendulum: 4
Procrastination
Golden Hourglass: 3
Elite Graboid: 3


 

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55q 55q 55q 55v 55v 576 576 576 576 576 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58u 58u 58v 590 590 590 591 591 591 591 591 591 593 593 5aa 5aa 5rl 5rl 77g 77g 77g 8ps

Momentum: 3
Black hole: 2
Gravity Pendulum: 5
Earth Pillar: 9
Gnome Rider: 2
Pulverizer
Graboid: 3
Shrieker: 6
Earthquake: 2
Earth Pendulum: 2
Golden Hourglass: 2
Elite Graboid: 3

Help would be much appreciated

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When playing the earth rush deck I find the only thing that really stops me is shields like phase shields and I was trying to find a way to incorporate a strategy that would overcome it...

well anyway here's 2 ideas I have so far and would love for any help you can give!



[spoiler=Idea 1][deck author=sashima8] 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58u 58u 590 590 590 591 591 591 591 591 591 593 593 5aa 5aa 5aa 5f5 5f6 5f6 5f6 5gi 5gi 5gi 5gi 5rj 5rl 5rl 5rl 77g 77g 77g 8ps[/deck][/spoiler]

Deck idea 1: 40
Stone Pillar: 9
Gnome Rider: 2
Graboid: 3
Shrieker: 6
Earth Pendulum: 3
Fire Shield
Deflagaration: 3
Fire Pendulum: 4
Procrastination
Golden Hourglass: 3
Elite Graboid: 3


[spoiler=Idea 2] [deck author=sashima8]55q 55q 55q 55v 55v 576 576 576 576 576 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58u 58u 58v 590 590 590 591 591 591 591 591 591 593 593 5aa 5aa 5rl 5rl 77g 77g 77g 8ps[/deck][/spoiler]

Momentum: 3
Black hole: 2
Gravity Pendulum: 5
Earth Pillar: 9
Gnome Rider: 2
Pulverizer
Graboid: 3
Shrieker: 6
Earthquake: 2
Earth Pendulum: 2
Golden Hourglass: 2
Elite Graboid: 3

Help would be much appreciatedThe deck builder button (below the left align button) is really useful. It give an image of what your deck looks like, which also lets you easily tell how many cards are in the deck by counting columns.

For both ideas, try to streamline it- get rid of cards that don't help your overall strategy, like gnome rider or black hole. Also, check out the QI calculator (http://www.quantum-index.com/qi.php)

[sashima8]

thank you very much, I didn't know about that. That helps a lot

[Manipul8r]

Further than streamlining, you need to focus on rushing if you're making a rush deck.  You don't want to have to build quanta up for the hourglass because by the time you have enough quanta to start drawing. you could have played a graboid and evolved it instead of playing the hourglass and activating it.  Just pillars and creatures plus a time mark is enough to start with, and it's usually best to have 30 cards in rushes so you get exactly what you need.  Check out other rush decks in the forum and you'll get a better sense of the general deck structure you want.

P.S., there's always a counter for everything, but even if you find a way to counter shields you might start losing to something else and/or there will be a new counter to your counter.