Rage Against the Machine

[Scaredgirl]

Rage Against the Machine

I wanted to test out Steam Machine (new card in development) and here's what I came up with.

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It's a pretty simple deck. duo based on synergy between Steam Machine and Rage Elixir. I also Took Fire Buckler and 2 x Explosion to make the deck a bit more well-rounded.

Strategy:
- Use Rage Elixir to either get rid of opponent creatures or buff your Machines.

This deck is by no means the most awesome deck ever but it's a good introductory deck for Steam Machine.

What I think about Steam Machine? Well, to me it seems a bit underpowered. Cost of 2 is pretty high to pay each turn and guarantees that your Mark alone is not enough. Combined with the relatively high cost of Steam Machine, it's clear that 50/50 duo is pretty much the only deck that can use this card effectively. One other option of course is to take more like shields and Congeal, and make a kind of stalling deck to you time to get those Machines bigger, but even then you need a lof of Fire Pillars because that steam is not cheap.

Best part about this deck is that I got to name it after my favorite band.


Steam Machine is currently only available in the Trainer (http://www.elementsthegame.com/trainer).

EDIT:

Here's another deck I made. Nothing amazing really but maybe it can some day become. I posted it here as a reminder.

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[Essence]

What I think about Steam Machine? Well, to me it seems a bit underpowered. Cost of 2  is pretty high to pay each turn and guarantees that your Mark alone is not enough. Combined with the relatively high cost of Steam Machine, it's clear that 50/50   duo is pretty much the only deck that can use this card effectively. One other option of course is to take more  like shields and Congeal, and make a kind of stalling deck to you time to get those Machines bigger, but even then you need a lof of Fire Pillars because that steam is not cheap.

The funny thing is, it used to cost one more to activate and one more to cast, and it was reduced to it's current stats because I made those exact arguments to Zanz. 

[gamma1013]

That's still +4 damage for 2 fire quanta. If you have immolation or nova you can take care of that cost easily. Personally, I like having to rely on more than one or two cards to win. Overpowered cards make the game dull.

[Uncle Jellyfish]

I actually tried out both of those decks (with slight variations), and although they were fun and worked, they were quite slow compared to other decks. I love this card, but I still can't find a fast and effective way to make it work. =/

[TheoCT]

I actually tried out both of those decks (with slight variations), and although they were fun and worked, they were quite slow compared to other decks. I love this card, but I still can't find a fast and effective way to make it work. =/

Mono-water with SoR's. Congeals+shield+icebolt. Not positive on how fast it is, i'll eventually try it out.

[Uncle Jellyfish]

I actually tried out both of those decks (with slight variations), and although they were fun and worked, they were quite slow compared to other decks. I love this card, but I still can't find a fast and effective way to make it work. =/

Mono-water with SoR's. Congeals+shield+icebolt. Not positive on how fast it is, i'll eventually try it out.

I was trying to make decks WITHOUT SoR, since they are not readily available to everyone.

[Belthus]

I was losing games to AI-3. I don't see Steam Machines as the core of a good deck. One or two might work in a rainbow as the equivalent of a Lava Destroyer. Use Unstoppable and Quintessence on it and then keep pumping it up.

[crudmonkey]

this is a fast deck (i didnt make it, its jmizzle7s deck)

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[DevilLoss]

is the rage poiton version effective non upgrade there SG or only upgraded i also made a deck and i think its effective havent tested it in pvp 1 though cause its down but i have tested it agianst level threes and wroks very well heres the link to it on forums
http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,9115.0.html