Patient Crawling [Water/Aether] [SoP]

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 ??? = Shard of Patience (what else?!)
Here's my deck, my first deck posted. --First of all, if there is anything like this out there, I apologize, but I searched for the key cards and found nothing.

Also, I didn't do a lot of testing. I hope to do some soon, but I haven't had a lot of time lately. So, any of testing from YOU would be much appreciated.
The little testing I did was in AI3 and I won all but against the evil dimensional shields.

So you can play this a couple ways. Although I have 4 SoP in this, sometimes I just wouldn't get one. So you just play the crawlers and puffers, fractal them whenever you can, and win.
When you get an SoP I suggest playing it as soon as you have two or so creatures on the field. Usually you have time to build up their attacks to very devastating numbers.
Only play one SoP at a time. They stack but the effects aren't cumulative. Just remember, when you want to attack, get rid of the shard (occasionally I have forgotten and almost got killed)
I went back and forth on 6 AC and 2 Puffers or 5 and 3. But, I think maybe congeal would be good to take the place of 3 puffers. Regardless, I am 

I am not completely sure about the entire quanta scheme, but it usually works for me.
I know with this great community, this deck could become something reasonably decent. All criticism is completely welcomed.

It isn't hardly the best for AI3, but just a fun thing to do with these shards. I don't know how well it would do in the Arena, for I haven't hardly any of the cards for this.

[eaglgenes101]

Will this get better when SoP is buffed?

[furballdn]

Would flooding work? + 1 to 2 floodings to reduce damage taken and stats gained.

[nilsieboy]

what about unupped crawlers with a couple of floodings? you can play them faster in big numbers together with a stats bonus.

[Poker Alho]

this deck and SoP shows how badly water needs a quanta generator creature to use their cards to full extent

[dragonsdemesne]

I think 5 fractals is probably too many, but the idea is sound.  I posted one kind of like this in the arena, but I used more puffers and some arctic octopus.  (it's here: http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,28528.msg472635#msg472635 )  Modifying my arena deck, you could easily take out the voids, purifies, inundation, and a couple other cards, change the quanta balance, and use 3-4 fractals to do something like what you've done here.  I don't know if it would help or not, but I figure I'd link the deck in the hopes you might get some ideas.

[Dm]

this deck and SoP shows how badly water needs a quanta generator creature to use their cards to full extent

Yup.

Nothing to do with the fact we're using fractal in this deck.

[Opsinis]

Woops, this does belong in Beta decks, thanks for moving it, whoever.

I think 5 fractals is probably too many, but the idea is sound.  I posted one kind of like this in the arena, but I used more puffers and some arctic octopus.  (it's here: http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,28528.msg472635#msg472635 )  Modifying my arena deck, you could easily take out the voids, purifies, inundation, and a couple other cards, change the quanta balance, and use 3-4 fractals to do something like what you've done here.  I don't know if it would help or not, but I figure I'd link the deck in the hopes you might get some ideas.

Thanks, I suppose 5 or 4 fractals is okay. I guess you could take out a fractal and add a tower or puffer. Three fractals would work if the RNG liked you: meaning you usually got a lot of crawlers and a Shard to buff them to massive damage, if you didn't get a fractal.

this deck and SoP shows how badly water needs a quanta generator creature to use their cards to full extent

Yup.

Nothing to do with the fact we're using fractal in this deck.

Yep, poor   

what about unupped crawlers with a couple of floodings? you can play them faster in big numbers together with a stats bonus.

Would flooding work? + 1 to 2 floodings to reduce damage taken and stats gained.

I first used inundation for this deck but I didn't like it more than not using them.
If you use inundation then I suggest unnupped crawlers. You could get more of them out and hopefully you have enough Aether quanta and you haven't died yet.

Will this get better when SoP is buffed?

This was made using training so yeah, the Shards are Permanents.