top 50 is expensive - a total noob question

[nothingmattered]

hi
im new to elements (only played 600 games so far lol - record: 346-306)
i have a    rainbow/otyugh/little critter deck  and its better than 80% against A3, so im trying to build up rares to sell by playing top 50
but like every click into it costs 15 and if you get some monster deck and click out again you lose the money     
and sometimes its 5 or 6 or more clicks to get a farm and even if you happen to master the game you still lose money
and my rating dips hardcore as well
is there something im missing?
its bad enough i have crappy luck IN the games but to have it just looking for a game is depressing
thanks

[Hyroen]

Tough. If you're losing too much versus AI4, stick with AI3.

If you're having difficulties I advise you to check out some of these decks HERE (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,17903.0.html).

[Stickmasterluke]

Yeah.. there is no fountain of free electrum in Elements. And just a heads up, you should be saving your rares, not selling them. You will regret it later when you want to use them but cannot buy them in the Bazaar.

[nothingmattered]

perhaps i wasnt clear and rereading my post i realize i wasnt clear
i want to play the farms in the top 50
and its expensive poking around waiting for the farms to come up
i was looking for a way to perhaps more directly find them
as for selling the rares why not? ive played about a week and gotten many of them, some more than twice

[OldTrees]

perhaps i wasnt clear and rereading my post i realize i wasnt clear
i want to play the farms in the top 50
and its expensive poking around waiting for the farms to come up
i was looking for a way to perhaps more directly find them
as for selling the rares why not? ive played about a week and gotten many of them, some more than twice

1) Farms will always be rare. There is no method to fight only farms. It is farms and real decks or nothing.
2) Typically saving 6 of each rare is a good idea considering the time it takes to acquire and that most decks that use rares use more than 2 of each.

[nothingmattered]

thank you old trees
i appreciate that your answers were on point and direct

[Daytripper]

T50 is not that hard, you should build a deck with a decent win ratio, then you don't lose money. If you abandon the match, you lose yes. No way around that. I can't believe anyone would be looking the farms up.  What a drag.

[chum3]

Just of note, sometimes the list isn't up-to-date. So you might be passing over a farm by not even attempting the match.

[Destiny]

Here's a tip. The most well known player to put out farms is Rastafla. If you see him, go for it.