Weekly Featured Cards poll - Other

[Kuroaitou]

Despite there being a tie between Dragonfly (ugh) and Unstable Gas, I realized that Dragonfly would probably require the featured article more than Unstable Gas, not to mention I could use a challenge in regards to writing these things.

Dragonfly is another small critter creature that packs a tiny punch. While it has the same stats as a Photon (1|1), its ability to generate 1 quanta each turn, regardless of whether it’s upgraded or not can help supplement decks that often focus on playing Air cards quickly and efficiently.

The Air element generally relies on its pillars, towers, and pendulums to gain quanta, but that’s where the Dragonfly comes in. While the Dragonfly requires 1 to play, as long as it doesn’t die that turn, one quanta will also be generated. From this, Dragonfly technically replenishes the cost needed to use it; its upgraded form Damselfly requires no quanta to use however, allowing it to act as an offensive pillar that can’t be targeted by Earthquake or other permanent control. Damselfly also has 2 ATK in comparison to its unupped counterpart, but both versions are still vulnerable towards all CC.

Because of its potential in a mono-deck, Damselfly is often paired up with various Air cards, especially those that have expensive abilities. The Wyrm, for example, is a decent attacker that uses a lot of quanta in order to use its ability, Dive. Having multiple Dragonflies or Damselflies on the field can help players use the Dive ability more often due to the quanta generation, while also simultaneously dealing modest damage to opponents. Likewise, the rare weapon for Air, Owl’s Eye, requires :2 air per turn in order to use its Snipe skill, which can often drain users quickly depending on the durability of the enemy’s creatures. Having a few Dragonflies in any mono-Air deck can significantly speed up the deck and often ease up the stress on quanta for such abilities.

Sky Blitz is one of the most potentially expensive cards to use in a deck with airborne creatures, especially as it drains all quanta. However, Dragonflies work well with Sky Blitz in two ways. Firstly upon playing Sky Blitz, Dragonflies can help refuel quanta to the player; the second is that the creatures also benefit from Sky Blitz as they are also airborne (like all of the other Air creatures, excluding the Nymph). With several upped Damselflies in the field, a Sky Blitz can double the damage from two ATK to four, making them incredibly potent attackers worth their cost, and that’s not including any other buffs used on them beforehand.

To add on a surprise tactic, one could use Immolation on a Damselfly in order to reap a large amount of quanta for Fire creatures (like a Lava Golem or Phoenix) and abilities (Unstable Gas). The same tactic could be theoretically used on a Dragonfly, but because Dragonfly is not free, the combo can be considered a bit slower than the upped format. In either case though, Air and Fire have numerous synergies within their cards, and in this case, as both of these provide near-instant quanta, Cremation and/or Damselfly can help fuel an Air-Fire duo-deck easily.

Dragonfly can be a highly overshadowed card due to its low stats, but what it lacks it damage and durability is compensated by a nifty ability that often helps many -heavy decks within the game.

Quick Facts:
Generates one quanta per turn when in play (both forms).
Dragonfly’s upgraded form, Damselfly, does not require any quanta to play and has double the ATK in comparison.

Use This Card Together With:
Wyrm | Elite Wyrm
Sky Blitz | Sky Blitz
Immolation | Cremation

Decks Using This Card:
Powerful Wyrms (Air Rush) (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,12895.0.html)
Damseltal Blitz (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,23190.0.html)
Damsels in Distress: The Best of Both Wyrms (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,21928.0.html)

Time polls now up! 

[TheIdioticIdiot]

um... where is GotP
it won me a tournament...
so I really would like to vote for it...

[Kuroaitou]

um... where is GotP
it won me a tournament...
so I really would like to vote for it...

I would like to reiterate a post that I made in the past (no pun intended):

NOTE: 1.27 cards will not be included in the poll until April 3rd, based on this post - http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,20703.msg302200#msg302200

The reason I stated this is because of the fact that new cards need to be given a leeway time (I said a month just so that it'd be easier for counting) for multiple strategies, counters, and decks to be created around the card, as well as a deep analysis by the community on what works best with it. Also, people should remember that you shouldn't just vote for the new cards because they're new. You should vote for cards that you'd like to see information about (whether it'd be new or old combos and synergies, as well as the complete analysis of the mechanics of the card in question), since the information is going to be provided on the wiki.

[TheIdioticIdiot]

*facepalm*
precognition it is...

[PlayerOa]

Dune Scorpion is epic.
But Rewind is more cool, and deserves an article 8)
Rewind +1

[Funkyvenom]

pharaoh is the best!

[Falcon4415]

Voted for one of the most game-changing cards in PvP, even if it is severely looked down upon by most people.

[RootRanger]

Same. For me, it was reverse time. Priceless against graboids, nova, and immolation. Great against stat boosting cards. Decent against cards with abilities to slow them down. Even against vanilla creatures it slows their draw by one turn.

[Bhlewos]

Picked Dune Scorpion, it's a really fun card to play with (though not to play against...).

[Monox D. I-Fly]

I voted for Pharaoh, which produces Scarab. A really annoying combo.   

[Funkyvenom]

another pharaoh fan!

[ffun]

Another vote for Rewind - great, flexible card with so many uses, and often underrated by players.