True Mortal VS False God (Weekly PvP Event) [6th week]

[kaempfer13]

I thought the purpose was to dumbfound the AI while giving it all the cards it needs to win (holy flash is free). I added the devourers, because I forgot the FGAI ups cards and I wanted to keep the AI from getting enough quanta to nuke me. My other decks contain cards that are not necessary to win (but dont hurt disregarding timeinvestment either), because I wanted to make them look more serious (in a proper deck they would synergize decently with the cards needed for the winning condition). I realize now that adding unnecessary cards is realistically just annoying while testing the deck.
You may use this deck as my submission:

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(wouldnt want to make it smaller due to SoVs unreliability)
or you can use my aflatoxin deck without the mpathetic bonds. Either should win quite consistently so pick your favourite.

[Malignant]

This better be creative >:(

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Spoiler for strategy stuff:

Salvager can prevent deckout! Woohoo.

The way this deck works is by using the fact that you don't draw a card when you have 8 cards.
AI target priority: Pulvy > Shield
So by keeping your hand full of junk, AI will just keep destroying your Pulvy, and then you play it. Forever. Until your opponent decks out.

You need the Tit Shield and at least 2 Purifies to be able to survive.

Try to have exactly 4 Earth Pillars and 1 Gravity Pillar out on the field. Keep the rest in your hand to reach the 7 card "limit". (Feel free to play more if you won't deckout though)

Bare minimum: 4 Earth Pillars, 1 Salvager, Tit Shield and Pulvy on the field, 7 cards in your hand (when you end turn) and +4 Purify counters thingie
And your opponent needs to have 2 Gravity Towers and Pulvy.

Though for some reason the opponent might not destroy yo Pulvy even if they have more than enough quanta, so be careful.

Also, there's no need to destroy anything with your own Pulvy.

[theelkspeaks]

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A deck that gives the FG side a (small) fighting chance, as it can technically Arsenic you to death, but still gives you enough healing and poison that you should be able to win this.

[Pineapple]

Joining False Gods.

Not banning Nymph's Tear? Clearly, my years of arena deck-building experience have culminated to this single moment:

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[mathman101]

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Strategy notes: play aflatoxin on your own spark, then get bone wall out. then watch as the cells slowly chip away at the opponents bone walls, and you stay safe behind your own wall.

[andretimpa]

Joining False Gods.

Not banning Nymph's Tear? Clearly, my years of arena deck-building experience have culminated to this single moment:

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Read the updated rules. ARTH needs to consider your deck creative. That's the deckbuilding restriction .

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Strategy notes: play aflatoxin on your own spark, then get bone wall out. then watch as the cells slowly chip away at the opponents bone walls, and you stay safe behind your own wall.

I don't think you even need the fractals. Once you get the BW you can just sit back and relax as each spark played means an extra bone for your shield. You could pretend the AI is not so stupid and pick lightning instead

[Qwandri]

Alright, this one's pretty simple. At first I built a full rainbow, but I have a bit of a revenge-fantasy thing going on in my head right now apparently, because it is INCREDIBLY satisfying to see a completely neutered dune scorpion deck across the table from you.

Stupid AI can't even play novas right

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I suggest you stop playing precogs once you get your first scorpion with momentum out, then you can watch them play themselves to death at your leisure.

[ARTHANASIOS]

Guys, just a reminder, I don't find abusing Nova's change to Supernova a 'Creative' abuse, but an 'Average' at best and as long as more and more people spam these kind of decks I may even find them 'Lame'.
Kaempfer13's deck is a different type of story, since it abuses SoV's inability to finish off an opponent. Actually, he could run the deck without Novae and use Devs to lure out the AI's Lightning for example. Very original thinking Kaempfer, +rep actually.

[Qwandri]

Guys, just a reminder, I don't find abusing Nova's change to Supernova a 'Creative' abuse, but an 'Average' at best and as long as more and more people spam these kind of decks I may even find them 'Lame'.
Kaempfer13's deck is a different type of story, since it abuses SoV's inability to finish off an opponent. Actually, he could run the deck without Novae and use Devs to lure out the AI's Lightning for example. Very original thinking Kaempfer, +rep actually.

I have to confess, I didn't look at the other decks in the thread before submitting my first idea. That may not have been the best idea in a thread about originality. Still, that was only the first thing I came up with. Drawing boards will be returned to.

[Qwandri]

Speaking of which... New deck:

Stupid AI can't even play shields right

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Did you know that the AI will literally always play hope over a mirror shield if it has one? Because I learned that today. In fact, hope seems to have the highest play priority among all shields for the AI.

Also, today I learned that the trainer caps fire quanta at 75, forcing me to improvise somewhat from my original plan of just saving my own 6 bolts. General play is mostly to get a reflective shield out as soon as humanly possible, then get some mindgates running and burn that 200 HP down. Save fire bolts until you need to clear room in your hand or have 75 quanta, mindgating will usually hold priority over playing a lightning if one would take quanta from the other, but make your own choice on that one. The AIs hand will eventually get clogged with unusable burn, forcing it to take one card draws, which will allow your mindgates to see every card of the opposing deck, guaranteeing you enough burn to finish the AI over a long enough time.

[Terran 3]

An interesting take on this event!

Here's hoping my deck's not too uncreative. 

Spoiler for Hidden:

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The main thing you need to do is to set up Titanium Shield, then field your creatures to hopefully outrush your opponent. While Chaos Power gives it a chance, you have Eternity to fling boosted Minor Abominations back into your opponent's deck, as well as preventing yourself from decking out with a bad draw. Chaos Seeds can be used to take care of boosted Minor Abominations, or to fish for a mutation if you're feeling cheeky.

EDIT: Actually, scratch that. This deck seems to get outrushed too easily.

[Regyptic]

Let's try another fairly simple idea;

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Strategy: Only play cards when your hand is full. Try to keep at least 2 spaces in the AIs hand.

Playing SoB with a full hand means they draw 3 cards while you draw 1. The AI will also fill up your hand using their SoB meaning you aren't drawing half the time while they are. Actually, this bit means you shouldn't even need to play the SoB's most games if you don't want to, but it's quicker if you do.

Spoiler for If you think this is boring and unoriginal:

So you don't like my deck? Fine, have fun playing this one out

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Strategy: Use Eternity/Photon so that you don't deck out.

This is basically abusing the AIs double draw 'advantage'. AI draws 2 cards a turn but only 1 weapon slot for Eternity and so should eventually deck out. The fun thing is, even a human playing the False God version of this deck should lose every time.

NOTE: Please don't actually play this. I'm not really sadistic enough to force you to play out a ~60 turn match. If you must play it then take out 29 pillars first. Then it's a more bearable ~30 turns . (Also the 30-card version is a better deck anyway as there's less risk of bottom decking Sancs against an early Eternity).