Armagio Acceleration Deck (Un-upgraded)

[Bhlewos]

This is a mono-gravity deck based off of this deck (http://elementswiki.co.cc/decks/armagio-accelerated/) made by Nite93.

by Bhlewos

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Cards with the "??" image are meant to be Acceleration.

Deck Make-Up:
Gravity Mark
1 - Gravity Pillar (14)
2 - Armagio (6)
3 - Otyugh (2)
4 - Acceleration (6)
5 - Gravity Shield (1)
6 - Hammer (1)

I did a few rounds of testing with AI3s, AI2s, and (just because) AI1s, and got these results:

AI3: 20|10 - 66.67%
AI2: 35|5 - 87.50%
AI1: 30|0 - 100%

The basic strategy behind this deck is to get a bunch of quanta in the first few turns, then play a couple of Armagios with Acceleration. Otyugh is for CC, and I usually save one or two Armagios to use Gravity Pull. Gravity Shield is there to help Otyugh with CC and deal with the cases where the opponent has Parallel Universe.

Pros:
- Consistently good against rush decks, one Armagio can soak up the damage in the beginning to allow you time to get out the Accelerated ones. The damage you do usually outweighs your opponent's eventually as well.
- Pretty good against Life, Death, and Fire decks, same reason as above; your attack > opponent's attack. The Armagios can also shrug off Poison effects pretty easily due to their high HP, and Otyughs can eat the low-HP creatures common to these three elements.

Cons:
- An opponent with Reverse Time/Rewind can be a headache, since if you're not careful you'll burn through your Accelerations as you play the same Armagio over and over again.
- Parallel Universe is a good counter to this deck, though Gravity Shield is there to correct that problem. This defense is still not perfect though, since the Gravity Shield is vulnerable to Steals and Deflags. Aether decks also have Phase Shields which can sometimes stall you long enough to make a difference.

Additional Notes:
- Nite93's version of the deck which has Momentums can be an alternative counter to the Gravity Shield/Phase Shield/Other Shields problem.

This deck is far from perfect and I'm testing out different versions of these. Constructive Criticism and thoughts on how to improve this are more than welcome. Thanks!

[GG]

good deck. horribly slow, but at least it's not fragile to most creature controls unlike other unupped gravity decks. Also, against stalls, Armagio acceleration proves to be useful since after 10+ turns, those armagios get damn scary

[killybob]

pretty good deck for people who are new to the game and need a good ai3 grinder. well done. one suggestion may be to replace armagios with dragons. i can see that there would be quanta problems but it does add to the attack.

[SteppingStone81]

Good starter mono-gravity deck for AI3 grinding.  Two suggestions:

1.  replace half of pillars with pendula (EQ protection)

2.  add a chimera (allowing all of the damage potential built up by your armagios to bypass annoying shields like gravity/dimension/wings/etc.)

[killybob]

yes and you may find that, after you have some accelerated armagios you will have quite a build up of excess quanta. get some little mid game cards as well if at all possible

[Bhlewos]

SteppingStone, I took your advice and did both of those things, the deck improved a lot. The Chimeras especially helped in those situations where the opponent either stole my Gravity Shield or had one of their own. Thanks!

girlsgeneration, yeah, they're pretty good against stalls too, though weak against denials I've found out today.

killybob, what would you say are mid-game cards? I'm still new to a lot of the terminology in this game.

[SteppingStone81]

SteppingStone, I took your advice and did both of those things, the deck improved a lot. The Chimeras especially helped in those situations where the opponent either stole my Gravity Shield or had one of their own. Thanks!

Awesome. 

The earthquake protection is very situational, but in a mono gravity deck, there is essentially no downside to using half pillars and half pendula.

The chimera is a cool mid- to late- game card for gravity.  You might considering adding a second chimera to decrease the probability of not drawing your chimera in time, although this hurts your deck whenever the chimera is not necessary.  This is a stylistic choice.

[slayerboy]

Having good luck with some changes I made to this deck.  No EM's, but decent win rate vs AI3 and some T50.

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Accelerating Chimeras is fun!

I almost never get to utilize the Oty's unless I'm coming across a deck with smaller creatures.  Thinking about replacing them with Catapults.

[Captain Scibra]

Well you could replace the Otyughs with Momentum if you feel that's a good idea, or more Chimeras so they dont get in deep easily.  Not too fond of unupgraded decks ever since being able to farm AI5/AI6 at an efficient rate, but this could actually be a good war deck even.

[KingOfArmagio]

I use the same deck but without otys or gravity shields, and black holes and momentums instead.

[Monox D. I-Fly]

Just as I thought that you'll post a deck like this soon.
That's right. Armagio + Acceleration = Win.
Maybe the only way to beat this deck with mine is by saving my  quanta up to about 110, then attack your HP using 5 Ice Bolts.