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Notable upgrades list https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=12958.msg164618#msg164618
« on: September 25, 2010, 01:27:41 pm »
In search for important upgrades I found that upgrading some cards changes the nature of how they play in decks. For example Animate Weapon costs 1 :air when unupgraded, but when you upgrade it it costs 1 untyped quantum. This means it can be played in mono decks without air towers or air mark.

I made this list with aim to make difference between non-essential upgrades that only change the basic parameters of card and those that have larger impact on deck's usefulness. Hopefully this will guide players when looking for cards to upgrade.


Better ability:
 :aether Lobotomizer (reduced cost)
 :air Damselfly (gain :air)
 :darkness Nightfall (+1 attack for all)
 :death Virus (infect all enemies)
 :death Grey Nymph (reduced cost)
 :earth Gnome Rider (gain :earth)
 :earth Plate Armor (+3 armor)
 :earth Pulverizer (reduced cost)
 :entropy Lycanthrope (reduced cost)
 :fire Ash Eater (gain  :fire)
 :gravity Otyugh
 :time Golden Hourglass (reduced cost)
 :time Anubis (reduced cost)
 :light Photon (gain  :light)
 :water Freeze (+1 duration)
 :water Arctic Squid (+1 duration)
 :water Trident (reduced cost)
Shard of Divinity
Shard of Gratitude
Shard of Readiness

Ability change:
 :air Firefly
 :entropy Dissipation Shield
 :entropy Chaos Seed
 :entropy Pandemonium
 :entropy Mutation
 :entropy Fallen Elf
 :fire Rage Potion
 :fire Fire Nymph
 :water Toadfish

Breeds better creatures:
 :air Firefly Queen
 :death Boneyard
 :death Mummy
 :earth Graboid
 :time Fate Egg
 :time Pharaoh

Quantum changes:
 :air Flying Weapon (untyped)
 :entropy Nova (entropy)
 :light Luciferin (untyped)
 :time Sundial (untyped)

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Re: Key upgrades list https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=12958.msg164626#msg164626
« Reply #1 on: September 25, 2010, 01:37:11 pm »
i would never advice some cards on that list
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Re: Key upgrades list https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=12958.msg164642#msg164642
« Reply #2 on: September 25, 2010, 02:20:43 pm »
It's not a list of "these cards you want to upgrade", but a list of cards that change certain properties when upgraded. Perhaps topic title is misleading. Way to read these tables is to take an upgraded deck and see if it has any cards that appear on these lists. Upgrading those cards should give highest returns.

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Re: Key upgrades list https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=12958.msg164643#msg164643
« Reply #3 on: September 25, 2010, 02:25:34 pm »
Yeah, changing the title is a must. Something like "Notable upgrades list" would be excellent.

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Re: Notable upgrades list https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=12958.msg164695#msg164695
« Reply #4 on: September 25, 2010, 03:59:20 pm »
I approve much of a thread like this. Some cards when upped makes a huge difference in how its used. The problem is that it changes over time and to draw the line between cards. Which ones are more important? Is the change big enough to warrant its mention? Etc.
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Re: Notable upgrades list https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=12958.msg164700#msg164700
« Reply #5 on: September 25, 2010, 04:04:42 pm »
Useful. People need to know about the trainer more. A while ago I saw the AI use the retrovirus while I had never seen it before. I thought: That thing is infecting everything?? (Though improved plague is not much different.)
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Re: Notable upgrades list https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=12958.msg164719#msg164719
« Reply #6 on: September 25, 2010, 04:51:19 pm »

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Re: Notable upgrades list https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=12958.msg164720#msg164720
« Reply #7 on: September 25, 2010, 04:53:55 pm »
Angel -> Archangel. Huge attack boost.
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Re: Notable upgrades list https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=12958.msg164733#msg164733
« Reply #8 on: September 25, 2010, 05:48:49 pm »

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Re: Notable upgrades list https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=12958.msg165168#msg165168
« Reply #9 on: September 26, 2010, 02:04:00 pm »
i was about to search for smuglapse's thread about pretty much the same thing before noticing he already did it himself
though i must say while yours is...much simpler, his thread will probably scare off the newbies

 

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