Is Aether essential?

[cfreddy]

Well I use  all the time and I'm beating half-bloods.

[dragonhuman]

what about  its more present in FG deck because you need that extra card to get your stuff faster

[trytry3335]

I'm not sure if this would work well, but perhaps a deck could use a dissipation shield (upped or not) to stall pretty much as well as a phase shield against a fair amount of the gods.

Additionally, I think one of sacred girls suggested decks had no aether cards, relied on bonewalls and devour/firestorm.

[Glitch]

To answer your subject line's question: no.  I made a mono-entorpy anti-FG deck quite nicely.

[smuglapse]

To answer your subject line's question: yes.  I made a mono-entorpy anti-FG deck quite nicely.

Then wouldn't the answer be "no"?

I suppose you mean the final question in the OP.   

[Dm]

I think it's needed, 'cause the only other source of quint is anubis, that can die.


----Okay, it's not exactly needed.. but it helps, a lot.---

[johannhowitzer]

FGs have a triple-mark and huge decks and presumably no 6-like-cards cap, so they can pack all sorts of control of both kinds and it's very hard to exhaust their supply and still draw breath.  So quint and PA get more use there.  Is Aether as universal in PvP, AI3/5, or T50?  No, not really.  PvP especially, since you really don't know what to expect.  You get some wacky opponents there.

[smuglapse]

I think it's needed, 'cause the only other source of quint is anubis, that can die.


----Okay, it's not exactly needed.. but it helps, a lot.---

A way lot. 

But I hope Glitch is right and the new cards allow for alternate strategies.

FGs have a triple-mark and huge decks and presumably no 6-like-cards cap, so they can pack all sorts of control of both kinds and it's very hard to exhaust their supply and still draw breath.  So quint and PA get more use there.  Is Aether as universal in PvP, AI3/5, or T50?  No, not really.  PvP especially, since you really don't know what to expect.  You get some wacky opponents there.

Understood.  That's why I put this in the False God section.  Unfortunately, I based my War voting on my PvE experience, and I put  first.