''Improved steal'' in 40 card deck rainbow against FG

[arzoo]

I don't get it, unless you can reliably draw a pulv and enchant it, steal is one of the only two other perm. control options in the game (not counting mutants). There's no other use for dark quanta, so the only advantage explosion has is meaningless. Nearly every false god in the game has at least one permanent you'd want, particularly those with hourglasses or cc weapons.

edit: not to mention you can usually nab a shield, gravity and dissipation often save my ass when I steal them, and diamond shield turns burrowers into minor nuisances.

[Glitch]

I would like to talk about ''Improved steal'' card. We found it in 40 cards deck like Ivalmian's deck.
- When I'm in a position of weakness, it does not change the situation
- When I'm in a position of strength, I do not need it.

After almost 200 games against the false gods, i seems it has never been helpful.

What do you think?

I think you're doing it wrong.

[czah]

At first I thought you might be referring to an improved steal, vs a normal steal.  Because that's true...I've RARELY had the 1 quantum make a difference.  I've not upgraded my steals, I've just won them and used the upgraded instead...But not having steal at all?!  That's ridiculous. =)  Very un-smart =)

[Seravy]

I don't play steal anymore, replaced it with a second copy of pulverizer.
Steal is bad for you if it destroys your key weapon or shield (eternity/phase shield/bone wall/pulverizer), and the stolen card is rarely better than what you can play from your deck yourself.
I play a 57 card time mark deck, not a 40 card entropy one, however, steal might be much better in a 40 card one because of it's speed.