Though sometimes it's the other way around.
I remember once playing 2 quantum towers and 1 time tower (+ time mark)... and playing a pharaoh second turn ;P
This means my mark and tower generated 3
![Time :time](https://elementscommunity.org/forum/Smileys/solosmileys/../../../images/Misc/time18x18.png)
, while quantum towers generated 6
![Time :time](https://elementscommunity.org/forum/Smileys/solosmileys/../../../images/Misc/time18x18.png)
out of 12 total quanta they produced.
Sometimes I can play a permafrost (7
![Water :water](https://elementscommunity.org/forum/Smileys/solosmileys/../../../images/Misc/water18x18.png)
) before I get a single
![Air :air](https://elementscommunity.org/forum/Smileys/solosmileys/../../../images/Misc/air18x18.png)
to play a fog shield, though that happens really rarely.
As for decay, yes... pests seem to dislike
![Aether :aether](https://elementscommunity.org/forum/Smileys/solosmileys/../../../images/Misc/aether18x18.png)
. The last time I fought him I had only
![Aether :aether](https://elementscommunity.org/forum/Smileys/solosmileys/../../../images/Misc/aether18x18.png)
and
![Time :time](https://elementscommunity.org/forum/Smileys/solosmileys/../../../images/Misc/time18x18.png)
quanta remaining for a number of turns, but I finally managed to cast a plague and a quinted pharaoh in the meantime.