I had this idea right from the start
I have a devourer deck that works very well but it only did well early on.
It had 6 steals and 6 devourers to immediately control the opponent's quantum input.
Late game was different because the opponent usually had time to build their supply up and i was limited to stealing the max 6 pillars/towers and at max 6 devourers sucking up 6 quantum, not much. Fractal changes all that by giving you a VERY strong mid to late game quantum control.
here is the deck mark is aether
This deck is about TIMING and manipulating the odds so you can predict and will get certain cards at certain times.
I think it can be agreed upon that even without fractal, the early game can be VERY annoying for opponents and very successful for you. So getting and casting fractal early should not be the goal. The goal is to use a combination of steals and devourers to control the game early. Any threats that arise will then be dispatched with thunderbolt.
6 pest
3 steals
4 thunderbolt
thats 13 cheap cards that can be used early to control.
I would have added more steals but i wanted to keep deck at 30.
there are 7 obsidian towers so getting one in your first hand is HIGHLY likely.
4 aether towers means you will get one by at least card 12/13 (thats 5 turns after opening hand) which is the perfect time to use fractal when you have stored enough dark quantum to drop a bunch of pest. It is pointless to get fractal early when you cant use it, it is a wasted draw then.
Using my titan deck as reference, i find that in a deck of 30 cards, if you have four of a card, the odds are VERY high that you will draw at least 1 by turn 5 (12/13 cards in which translates to 18 cards left in deck) I find that to be the perfect time to use fractal.
This deck is currently 9-0 vs lvl 5s (even though they get X3 quantum). thats 100% so far. I dont try or care about lvl 3s 8)
I cant wait to try this pvp. It will be evil.
Notice what turn it is and how COMPLETE deck control is already established. Game over. Even if i didnt get eclipse early, it is still game.