Unfortunately, FG's can't have Shards. I don't remember why right now, but believe me that it was a good argument. Sorry to be the party screwer
i dont remember ever seeing a good argument. all i remember is seeing is FGs cant have shards in huge red letters on a thread i posted. there is nothing about it in the rules, and it is in fact explicitly stated to be legal in the "beat my FG" thread.
Shards used to be found exclusively through either donating or T50.
Since their used to be a "Rarity" thing with them (They are special because of the donation thing) any serious suggestion to include shards in an AI deck weren't to be considered. I don't know how this argument stands now, but the "Beat my False God" thread is different, since it's not designed for actual game suggestions but more to test the limits of difficulty in an AI deck.
I personally don't think it
really matters in this section since it's likely that no ideas will be considered for the game until another competition comes out.
More on topic... I don't understand why it's called machine...