(Nearly) No Bazaar Challenge

[Treldon]

HolyCow47
Day #8

Oracle gave Chaos Power

Began playing Ai3. Overall it was a good choice, however I have the following conclusions
#1 - I need CC
#2 - Steam machine deck is OP  Especially with the nymph coming up in the first 3 turns

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Spoiler for Day #8 Card pool:

Score: 706
W/L: 121/46
 : 1547

[Treldon]

HolyCow47
Day #9

Oracle gave Darkness Pendulum. Reeeal helpful....

From spins I got a Chimera, a Dim shield and a Fallen Elf

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Spoiler for Day #9 Card pool:

Score: 760
W/L: 130/52
 : 1681



Um...is anyone else even doing this?

[Tsmuji]

Um...is anyone else even doing this?

Yeah, I reset mine about a week ago because I felt like I was stuck in a bit of a rut, chose entropy again to be as fair as possible. So far in a pretty similar place to you with 3,214 score and 183/68 W/L. Sticking with solid bronze grinding for now, my arena deck which is literally just mono entropy running cockatrice off mark is somehow in top 25 as well so I can't complain.

[Higurashi]

There's no rule that says you have to post every day, mate. After the first few days my posts would be the same until I reach certain milestones.

[Sera]

Taking a break from mine - I did play a bit but there wasn't anything much to say other than "more cards".

[Higurashi]

Day unknown




Today, everything just seems to fall apart.
Your touch will cause Zanzarino's head to explode.  For our sake, don't use it!

That's my second Nymph, the first being Golden Nymph that I'm still using in my Arena deck. It's 47/32 after 6 days at rank 15 right now. Trying it with 3 SoFo's and more Gravy pends for one day did not work out. Overquanta'd mostly Time rush with 20-ish quanta including 3 Gravy pends for Scarabs and the one Pharaoh works better.

Lionheart

Muahaha.. down goes my first False God. I've gathered Shards of Patience and am using a soapbow against Bronze, which symbolically is very fitting for my quest. Takes a lot of patience, but a few days ago I did win my first Phoenix. Trouble is, those will be the easy part.

Lionheart fell to this junk, which actually isn't too bad:

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Current soapbow:

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Also, Lionheart awarded me:

[Dinobrat]

New name: Rodorino
Starting mark: Water

Look forward to actually trying on it.

[kirbylover314]

She's beautiful.



Over the time from my first week of using the crapbow and getting my first nymph, I have made that crapbow not suck, to the point that it is a halfassed grabbow:

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Cardpool:

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Cards you can't see are Elite Wyrm and Turquoise Nymph

[Dinobrat]

After he was born, Rodorino starts slaughtering level 1 slimes and level 2 goblins, taking a break every now and then to spar with his buddies Taketoshi and DerpingDerpDerp. Less than 5 hours after he was born, he broke the 150 score barrier that was holding him from his freedom.

77 wins.
29 losses.

He decided to take 6 hour nap and awoke feeling fresh and anew. He proceeded to slaughter the usual monsters but with a smattering of level 3 wolves thrown in once they wandered too close. Lo behold, heres a race of boss monsters, those foul Bronze-skinned Amazonians. These auto-sarcophagic creatures were strong enough to give him more than a fair fight, especially when they came at him in swarms. He's heard legends of these creatures dropping special items for those few heroes who could defeat enough of them, but alas, Rodorino could not disprove or prove this tale. He could only hope it was true. He decides to spar with a few of the other heroes around him, but they were no match for his might and power. Less than 24 hours after he was born, he leveled up to become a mighty level 7 hero. It was time to go to the elders to gain his weapon of ascension. With the seals released, the Morning Star, The sword of Lucifer Himself will be wielded by a mortal man for the first time since the dawn of the Falling. "This is MY time", proclaims Rodorino, thrusting out his scrawny chest and stroking his little goatee.

90 wins.
42 losses.

His mighty new weapon for hunting those foul beings who deposed of his deity, Lucifer.

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But first, back to the auto-sarcophagic beings, those foul Bronze-Skinned Amazonians. He will see what those special items these foul beings drop. This time he will slaughter many before he is taken down.

Lucifer will rise again. Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Lucifer R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn

[AD TienzuStorm]

New start, rolled Water. Naming account Cryosis because why not.

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I wake up, dizzy. Where am I? I sit up, and look down to see a pouch on my lap. I open it and find a deck of cards. I shuffle through them, curious.

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I immediately take a liking to the Water cards. I decide to trim the deck of Light and also remove a Chrysaora, not liking its ties with Death. I would've removed the other one as well, but it appears as if I cannot. No matter, I shall let it be for now.

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I put the removed cards in the pouch and slide the deck into my pocket. I get up and start walking, hoping to find somebody. Almost immediately, I come across a small child. She notices me, then immediately pulls out her own deck of cards and throws out a few. Pillars of many colors sprouted out from the cards, and she looks at me expectantly. Almost instinctively, I know what to do. I take out my own deck and spike a few cards into the ground in front of me. A row of pillars made of water came up, along with a single Quantum Pillar.

I can feel the deck in my hands heating up, and I can almost hear the cards trying to get onto the battlefield. I finally relent, letting loose a huge Ice Dragon onto the child. A Blue Crawler follows suit, tearing at the child's health. More of the child's multicolored pillars come out. It seems as if that is all it can do.

But, right as I thought that, a Fallen Elf comes out and scratches me. It's a negligible wound, but I don't like the feeling. I summon some icy power and freeze it solid.

The child sends out some more creatures, but I freeze those as well. Meanwhile, my own army has been viciously attacking, and the child looks close to death. But I feel no mercy and let my creatures continue.

In a last feeble attempt, the child tries poisoning my dragon, but it's too late. I walk over, a bolt of ice in hand, and finish her. I look through her belongings, but all she has is a measly coin.


After some more journeying, I stumble across somebody around the same age as me. He looks at me, then pulls out his deck of cards. I sigh. It seems as if all people do here is fight. I guess I won't be getting any answers from him either. I proceed to brutally murdering him as well. I'm starting to like my icy powers.

But, that kid only had two coins. It seems as if I won't be getting money or answers.


The third person I pass is a fat old man who has a ring of elements floating around him. He doesn't seem to want to fight. Instead, he gives me an Amethyst Pillar, a few coins, and a fortune. It also seems as if he has given me a Toadfish to aid in future battles. Strange fellow, but I accept the gifts.

And then I found another person.

This time, it's a fully grown man, and he immediately gets out Obsidian and Water Pillars. He gets out a Devourer and starts freezing my forces.

I smile. This might actually be a challenge then.

He immediately follows with a crowd of Chrysaora and Fire Spirits, while I counter with a Blue Crawler. His Fire Spirit was starting to get rather large, and that's when I was forced to hide behind my icy shield. The spirit froze, and I had some breathing space.

But the man wouldn't let that last long. He started fighting with a small Dagger, slicing at my shield.

I thought it was rather pitiful, but he suddenly backs up and reveals that he was a distraction, allowing him to summon a Crimson Dragon and Ash Eater without me noticing. Thankfully, the dragon's claw hit a particular icy patch on my shield, and the ice traveled up its arm and froze it solid. My Toadfish then proceeded to inflate, poisoning the frozen creature.

I manage to get up close, but then a Fire Shield comes into play, and my Toadfish succumbs to the heat. While I'm distracted by that, the man steals my own icy shield, turning my own power against me. I curse under my breath, then form a bolt of ice in each hand and kill the man. It was close, but I won.

.. The man had 7 coins.

I decide to rest for the day. I'll pick up trying to figure out where I am tomorrow.

[Dinobrat]

Sorry about the story being too long. Because of its length, I decided to put it in spoiler tabs so it wouldn't full the page too much.

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After slaughtering many of those foul Amazonians and not getting any legendary drops, Rodorino came up to a cave dug into the middle of mountain. Inside the cave was the Amazonian's chieftain , a huge hulking male by the name of MickBrass. He just so happens to be the first male of this tribe that he had seen. Behind the brute was a quavering little grey skinned girl chained to a obscenely large mattress. As soon as she saw Rodorino, she started crying for help. With a backhand swing of his meaty fist, MickBrass knocked her off of the bed, breaking the chains in the process. She flew into the wall and collapsed against the floor, not moving. Rodorino knew he could not defeat this brute in a fair fight, so he started to panic. "How can I get that girl out of here safely? How would I be able to even get to her? That brute is blocking the path!", he said to himself. "Leave now if you want to live!" a deep sultry voice rolling through the chamber said. "The nymph girl is mine." Feeling his will falter beneath the tones of the voice, he looked around for the source of the voice. The only two beings in the room besides him were the little girl, and the chieftain. His shock at the voice of the chieftain speaking broke his stupor, and reaching into his bag he flung a vial of poison at the beast. It did not matter that he could not hit the broad side of a barn when using objects from a distance, this guy was practically big as a castle. The poison vial shatters against the being's broad metallic colored chest and started eating away at his flesh. Roaring with pain, the beast picked up a club bigger than two Rodorinos and the little girl put together. Charging at Rodorino, he swings the massive club as easily as Rodorino would swing a butter knife. Dodging to the side, Rodorino attempted to reach in his bag again to pull another item out, but he did not dodge fully. The club made contact with his left arm and turned the bone to dust from the impact. The pain dimming his senses, he clumsily reached into his bag in the hopes of pulling out his weapon. The creature beginning to charge again, Rodorino pulled out the statue of the Dragon of Ice. He threw it at the beast to distract it enough so that he could reach into his bag again. The beast swings his club at it like a bat and shatters the statue in the air. A flash of light, and a rush of cold wind blew through the cavern as out of the broken statue came a dragon of pure deep blue ice. Every time its wings moved flapped, cold drafts of air blew through the room, covering everything with layers of frost. The beast swung his bat at the dragon roaring with fury and pain, but the poison had finally started to get to it. Its blow knocked the dragon to the side, cracking it in the process. Blue liquid started to leak from the dragons wound. As soon as it hit the floor, the temperature dropped even further. Bellowing with a sound much like glaciers grinding against each other, the dragon started attacking the chieftain. Watching in awe as these two titanic beasts fought, Rodorino realized the dragon was on the losing end of the battle. As the blue liquid drained from the dragon, it grew smaller and less blue. Rodorino ran to grab the little girl and started to run out of the room. Realizing he should help the dragon out, he rached into his bag one last time. Pulling out his wand of crystal, he shot a bolt of pure ice at the two fighting beasts. The ice splashed over the dragon, not effecting it one iota, and froze the mighty bronze arm that held the club. Roaring with fear as the ice started to spread up toward the weapon, he tried to let the club go before it froze. Poison still sapping his strength, he started to fall in the direction of the massive weight of the frozen arm and club duo. As soon as it made contact with the ground, it shattered with a sound so loud, Rodorino could barely hear it. The dragon got the full brunt of the sound, and as it traveled along the dragons frame, it shattered into a cloud of mist. Swooshing back into the shape of a dragon, the mist solidified and fell to floor at Rodorino's feet. Picking it up he instinctively knew he wouldn't be able to summon this dragon again. Least not until he could figure out how to recharge the energy in it. Picking the girl back up, he left the cavern, his boneless arm still flapping with wet sounds behind him.

100 wins.
49 losses.

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On the way back to his home, he stopped at a town to get food for the little girl. People stared at her as they walked through the town. He heard them muttering about death, and cells, and evil. He decided to get the food and to eat it on the walk back home. Outside the town he is beset upon by a group of vagabonds. "Give us the girl, and we'll let you live!" they say with a sneer. Least, that's what they would be saying if he hadn't called out a blue crawler from its statue. The size of a small dog, and as fast as a cheetah, the creatures tentacles and 6 legs make it more than a match for these vagabonds. Once he started getting close to the town, he started hearing screams and bellows of pain and fear. And rising above those was a sound that chilled his spine...The giggling laughter of a being who enjoyed tormenting the weak. It was a sound that just screamed "evil." He started running, the little girl trying to keep up. he makes it to his home, and finds it in shambles. A being who moved like liquid was holding one of the elders up by his neck,with a trident held in one of its other hands.The other elders lay around the compound, some of them missing legs, some missing arms, and others missing heads. Rodorino yells to try and distract the strange being. Looking at him, the being laughs, and started speaking with a voice that went from something as melodious as a bubbling brook to something as rough as two stones of granite being drug down a chalk board. "I am Terrius, the scion of a union born of the elements of Earth and Water. Bow before me, for I can drown you, or crush you where you stand." With that, Terrius stabbed the elder he was holding with his trident, then dropped him on the ground. Pointing his trident toward Rodorino, he tells him "You're next young one." With that he started rolling across the ground toward Rodorino and the girl. Reaching into his bag, Rodorino draws out his weapon, the holy sword Morning Star. "Go hide," he tells the girl. As she runs off, he summons a blue crawler and tells it to go watch over her. He then summons another blue crawler, and channeling the holy power within the sword he blesses the creature. The creature grows in size to be as big as a horse, and as strong as a rhino. He tells it to attack Terrius who stopped a few yards away, and is now regarding Rodorino with interest. "Boy," Terrius says,"you are an interesting specimen, you might be more fun that those puny old toys who couldn't handle playing with me. The blessed blue crawler keens in a high pitched squeal and disappears from your sight, appearing behind Terrius almost instantly. It's tentacles swish through the air to grab hold of one of Terrius's arms. With barely an instants pause, Terrius summons the power of the cold to freeze the crawler. The now helpless creature is stuck there until the effect wears off. Poking the creature with his trident, Terrius grunts. He realizes he wont be able to move with the crawler holding onto his arm, so he rips the arm off. He turns back toward Rodorino just in time to see him swinging the shining white blade at his face. He blocks the blade with his trident. Rodorino jumps out of the way so that the golden dragon he called can attack. The shining dragon lights up the night with a blast that rivals the sun. Wounded and now afraid, Terrius starts to flee. Rodorino uses his sword to bless the frozen blue crawler a second time. The blessing melts the ice, and the creature grows in size and power to rival the light dragon. With the light dragon harrying it from the air, and the blue crawler blocking its retreat, Terrius uses the power of his trident to cause an earthquake. Rodorino reaches into his bag for his wand, then cast a bolt of ice at Terrius. It didn't freeze him, but it did manage to slow him enough that Rodorino could catch up. Terrius, now almost finished, starts to beg for his life. "I can give you power beyond compare. Riches to boggle the mind. You would never wa..." With a final slash of the holy blade, Rodorino cuts Terrius' head off. He calls for the little girl, and his other blue crawler. "We'll go rest in a cave tonight." he says. They walk off into the distance, the dead and dying behind them.

Oracle Gift and Oracle Story

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Later that night, Rodorino wakes up. He looks around and sees the little girl peacefully sleeping beside his body. He does wonder why he can see himself, but isn't that worried. He has more pressing concerns. Most notably, a buzzing in his ears, calling him outside the cave. As he ducks through the cave entrance, he sees a fat man in the distance waving at him. As he walks up to the fat man, the fat man tells him to follow him. "I am the Oracle, and I will explain some things. Please save your questions until the end. That creature you fought earlier was a Halfblood. It is a cross between two of the 12 major elements in the world. Though, there are some halfbloods who are half human, but they are rare. That girl you have with you, she is a nymph. She is a notable example of the second type of halfblood. She is the daughter of Death, and as such, she can use some of His powers. You should keep her safe, as when she learns how to use her power, she will become a valuable ally. she does need to unlock her power though, and you will help her with that. You have to name her. But not any old name, you have to get her name from communing with Death himself. I will help you with that. In the distance there, do you see those pillars? Those are elementals. They are not the Original elementals, but instead pieces that fell off when the elementals were fighting for dominion. The bigger the elemental is, the more power you will be able to draw from that element, and the more beings you will be able to summon. Be careful though, draw from a single elemental too much, too often, and you wont have that elemental to use when you need it later. Do you notice how the water elemental is waning? Thats because you drew from its power too much from it when you fought MickBrass, and then drew even more to fight those bandits and Terrius. Give the elemental some time to regain her energy, or you'll be in for a rude awakening later. Also, when you name the girl, her powers will be locked into the elemental you commune with to get her name. So when she uses her powers, she'll be borrowing your elemental's energy." Now that hes done explaining, he proceeds to ask Rodorino if he had any questions. Looking pleased when Rodorino shakes his head, he proceeds to hand Rodorino a handful of coins, and summons a pet to help protect Rodorino on his travels. "Every now and then, I'll bring you back here to commune with a random element each day. Each time you do, you will learn a new power from that element. Tonight though, you will commune with the death element to learn the girls name." With that the Oracle steps out of the way and pushes Rodorino into the death elemental pillar. Reeling from the shock of making contact with Death, Rodorino is immersed in power. Images of flies buzzing around corpses piled high, images of disease rotting people from the inside out, images of the cold beyond, and even images of the dead themselves getting out of their graves and stepping back in the light of day to fight for a cause they never knew in life. Falling backwards, his senses still reeling, the images fade away, leaving a word in their place: Samarissa. His eyes closes, his consciousness fades, as that word burns itself into his mind like a brand. Waking later, he sees the girl still sleeping next to him. Musing over his dream, he remembers the word. "Your name is Samarissa," he says to the sleeping girl. As he says the name, she shivers in her sleep and makes a little happy sound. Pulling the blanket over her, he sits in the entrance of the cave until she wakes in the morning. "Good morning Samarissa," he says, with a gentle smile on his face. "Is that name for me?" Samarissa asks. "Indeed it is." "Samarissa is happy." she proclaims. She then sits in the cave entrance beside him. They both stare into the distant lands, each thinking their own thoughts. Each wondering what the new day will Bring.

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[AD TienzuStorm]

Day two for Cryosis:

Spoiler for for adventure numero dos:

I get up at dawn and set off again. There's no point in sleeping any longer than that. I need to find out where I am and who I am as well.

I suddenly stop. It's the fat man again. Did I go in a circle? No way, I made sure that I kept going the same direction I was going yesterday..

I tentatively walk up to him, and get the same response as yesterday. He hands me a few coins, a fortune, and a pillar, this time one from the element of Death. This time, my battle aid is a measly Virus. I would've killed it if it weren't for the fact that it's on my side.

I take the gifts and keep going. I come to a strange little building labeled "The Elder Warehouse". The door was open, and I step in.

It seems to be empty, but when I walk in, the door closes behind me and a light turns on, revealing an old woman shuffling a deck of cards.

This must be some sort of fight club then. I get in a ready stance and pull out my own deck.

A lady carrying an umbrella walks into the middle of the room, right in between the old man and me. She counts down from three, then lifts the umbrella and floats up. I stare up at her for a second. My first blunder.

The old woman was fast, faster than I could've imagined. She threw out her cards like throwing stars, slicing cleanly onto the ground and sprouting pillars. I quickly focus and get my own pillars out.

Her method of summoning cards was frightening. I quickly got my trusty shield of ice and readied myself for anything.

She pulls out a card and throws it in the air, which transforms into a beautiful blue bow. She catches it and aims it at me. A blast of air like an arrow hit my shield, but the impact still hurt. Her power was amazing.

She then followed up with a blast to something beside me. I look over and see a dead Virus. I had forgotten about the gift the fat man had given me, and now I didn't even have my small advantage.

A bit angered, I throw a blade of ice at her, and to my surprise, the ice completely engulfed the bow, freezing it solid. I let out a small sigh of relief as I get my ferocious Ice Dragon onto the field. I'm on the attack now.

The old woman cowers a bit at my dragon's powerful blows, and I almost feel pity for her, taking blows without even a basic shield to protect herself. But I push that thought to the back of my head. I already made the mistake of being distracted once, I'm not going to make that same mistake again.

She finally manages to pull out a creature: a queen of some sorts. It flutters around and scratches me with its long bug arms. Thankfully, it hits a particular spot on my shield, and it freezes as well.

It seems as if she isn't too powerful after all. I pull out a Chrysaora and let it do its job, since I'd gotten some Quantum Pillars out earlier. The old woman cried out as the poisonous stinger injected itself into her arm.

She uses her other arm to get out another bug queen, all the while gripping the spot where the stinger had penetrated her skin, which was starting to bleed. But, I point a finger at it, and it freezes immediately as well. I let my creatures attack, my Chrysaora getting in three more stings. But, I get a bit too cocky, and that's blunder number two. I hadn't noticed that her bow had thawed out, and with a mighty blast, it shot down my Ice Dragon. It flailed around a bit in the air, then as it started to steady itself, the old woman clapped with such force that a huge shockwave bursted out, utterly pulverizing my dragon.

I sent out a Blue Crawler to compensate for the loss, but she shoots that down too. My Chrysaora gets in an additional sting before it too is shot down.

I start to sweat nervously. Her queens had thawed and were starting to spawn fireflies, which flew around me, their bright lights shining in my eyes, making it difficult to concentrate. Meanwhile, she pulled out some artifacts that I know no name for, and they start glowing with a bright green light. The light moved from her creatures to herself, seemingly healing her. She was getting her energy back, and if I didn't kill her soon, she would be back in tip top shape.

I fumble around, the lights all getting into my head. I stumble, then find the energy to shoot one last bolt of ice. Unfortunately, she's already healed too much, and she shrugs off the hit.

The old woman takes out one final card before I succumb to the army of bugs: a Hope.

She has Hope. My eyes close. I do not.


I wake up outside of the building, my cards scattered around me. There was a folded piece of paper next to me. I sit up and unfold it.

"Come back when you're more experienced. Thank you, the Elders"

I clench my fist. I will beat them to a pulp. But they have a point. I need to train. I get up, gather my cards, then head back to hopefully find some different opponents.

Tada.