But it can't deny quanta fast ... it gets a single Pest out turn 1 or 2, and Fractals usually come around turn 6. Plus, the first Fractal only gives about 4 Pests.
Just an example - my last game (though I was a bit lucky and opponent unlucky), platinum:
Enemy had double mark gravity and more than 150 life.
Turn 1. Enemy plays 2 fire towers. I play 4 pendulums and 2 pests.
Turn 2. Enemy plays SoG and destroys one my pendulum. I play 1 Pest and Dusk
Turn 3. One more pest
Turn 4. Vampire
Turn 5. Fractal and 3 pests - enemy now have no quanta (and two new pillars couldn't help him.
Then dagger, more pests, eclipse, fractal on vampires and win on 11 turn with EM.
Better example:
Enemy has gravity mark, 198 HP
Turn 1. Opponent plays 1 time pendulum, 2 time towers, dune scorpion.
I play 2 pendulums and 1 pest.
Turn 2. Dune scorpion, time tower.
Pendulum, pest
Turn 3. Dune scorpion, time tower.
Eclipse.
Turn 4. Dune scorpion.
Vampire.
Turn 5. Time pendulum.
Fractal, pest
Turn 6. Time pendulum, dune scorpion, pharaon.
Pendulum, 3 pests.
Turn 7. 2 Unstoppables on scorpions, 2 time towers.
Vampire dagger, dusk.
Turn 8. 2 time pendulums, pharaon
Turn 9. Black hole, time tower
Pendulum, fractal on vampire, 3 vampire.
Then EM win on turn 11.