drolly 3 - 1 ji412jo
I misread the rules before picking. I thought that you gain 10-n Relics where n is the maximum of the following: For each card, take the number of times it has been picked in Round 1. Yes, I counted the number of occurences. I chose to go for 8 Relics according to this assumptions but ironically, my picks are worth 8 Relics with respect to the actual rules as I take it (except if I've overlooked something, correct me if I'm wrong).
A8 - Reflective Shield
B6 - Spark
C11 - Lava Golem
D1 - Gravity Pull
E2 - Silence (Target)
F3 - Freeze
G4 - Immolation
H9 - Phase Dragon
I7 - Sundial
J10 - Toadfish (Target)
K12 - Plate Armor
L5 - Photon
Relics spent: 0
Didn't anyone think of building a stupid Immo/Golem Rush yet? Yes, it's very vulnerable but still effective if not countered quickly.
Match 1: WinHover over cards for details, click for permalink
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The best rush I could build: Plate Armor for Golems against things like Fire Shield or weak early bolts. Randomly thrown in CC via Gravity Pull and Freeze. If you get overwhelmed and have a bad draw yourself, Sundial can help you out. Yeah, my opponent had Dune Scorpions but bad luck:
@#!$# i need to draw my miracles and reverse times and sundials!
Match 2: LossHover over cards for details, click for permalink
5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5f9 5f9 5f9 5f9 5f9 5f9 5fa 5fa 5fa 5fa 5i7 5i7 5l9 5l9 5l9 5l9 5rp 5rp 5rp 61p 61p 624 624 624 624 624 8pu
Oh, my opponent is using Reverse Time and Miracle? Time to get my Silences. Unfortunately, I played 3 of them too early to prevent Scorpions. He reversed my only Golem 3 times which screwed me completely. Poison ensued.
Match 3: WinHover over cards for details, click for permalink
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Back to the roots: It's better to have a steady
quanta flow against Reverse Time. After two uncountered Golems it seemed like I'd won. Got lucky that he didn't draw any of his 6 sundials, after two turns of stall I'd have lost.
Match 4: WinHover over cards for details, click for permalink
55t 55t 55t 55t 55t 55t 61o 61o 61o 61o 61o 61o 61o 61o 61o 61o 61o 61o 61v 61v 61v 61v 61v 61v 624 624 624 624 624 624 8pl
The deck marked "for very special cases" in my library. Uses only auxiliary picks but is immune against RT, isn't it? And Gravity Pull can break the poison flow. And Silence against you-know-what and you-know-what - okay, I'll take it this time. It went very well, I didn't even face a Scorpion. Obviously he wanted to deck me out. Miscalculated the Silence chain but won anyway because of the 3rd Dragon appearing in time
Yay for my first Grid win 8) but kudos to ji412jo because I had to admit that I got quite lucky
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