Finally got 'em, playing Quick variant. I had 4 losses to Moreric, Chrofuze, Arial, and Chrcord. Their respective causes were deckout due to massive Bone Wall, two Pharaohs I couldn't kill, two FFQs I couldn't kill, and an overwhelming of creatures due to 3 Hourglasses.
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5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f4 5f4 5f4 5f4 5f4 5f4 5f5 5f5 5f5 5f6 5f7 5f7 5f7 5gi 5gi 5gi 5gi 5gi 5gi 5gi 5gi 5gi 5li 5lm 5lm 5lm 5lm 5lm 5lm 5rk 5rp 5rp 5rp 5rp 5rp 5t2 8pqThe last cards to be unupgraded were Sundials and Fire Shields. The RT and Time Pendulum are there so that the deck is legal.
I found it interesting how the gap in difficulty for HBs far exceeds that for FGs. One game you have Arial, who is spawning two fireflies every turn with a few dragons to boot, and then later you have Aethes (my final opponent) who begins the game with a Spark+Salvager combo and later in the game plays PU on a Salvager, twice.
Ultimately there was a lot of luck in the last couple games, where my deck was extremely weak due to its difficulty in playing its Sundials. I was fortunate not to have a difficult opponent twice in a row. It really might not have made it if I were unupgrading 1 card at a time.
