agentflare 2 - 3 drolly
Aww, how close was that?! Read below for more details.
A2 - Azure Dragon
B7 - 2 Relics
C1 - Procrastination -
TargetD3 - Firefly Queen
E8 - Fog Shield
F4 - Sky Blitz
G9 - 2 Relics
H5 - Empathic Bond -
TargetI6 - 1 Relic
J11 - 2 Relics
K12 - 3 Relics
L10 - Chrysaora -
TargetRelics spent: 1
All card slots are ninja slots. Concerning the auxiliary ones: Chrysaora was rather useless, however, Procrastination saved my neck.
I was quite surprised that nobody went for an all-ninja pick given they allowed solid decks. After reading the first posts in this thread, I had an evil list in mind which contained all the builds that could defeat me instantly: Catatitans, Unstable Gas, heavy CC and everything that had too much fire in it (especially Rain of Fire against Fireflies).
Match 1: WinHover over cards for details, click for permalink
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I've already seen how effective a pure dragon deck can be so I went for one. Then I saw my opponent's
mark and the
pillars and thought I were lost. But agentflare seems to have overlooked the Catapult in slot I3. Instead he cast Gravity pull on his Titan and absorbed 4 turns' damage. Luckily his Colossal Dragon came out late which gave me 1 spare turn to blitz three Azures.
Match 2: LossHover over cards for details, click for permalink
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After the first success, I tried a mixed build in case he intended to Gravity Pull my creatures because that doesn't work too well with a Firefly swarm. The first queen got ragepotted twice, then four Lava Golems overwhelmed me. Fog Shield couldn't stop them.
Match 3: LossHover over cards for details, click for permalink
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Okay, screw FFQs for the rest of the match, this is about rushing the opponent as fast as possible. I didn't intend to use this deck but clearly saw the advantage of Procrastination against Golems and knew there wouldn't be any PC. Won the coin toss to start with 7 Wind Pillars. However, the dragons came quickly after that. Not so the shield. First Sky Dragon got ragepotted twice, defeat by one turn.
Match 4: WinHover over cards for details, click for permalink
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Okay, that was a bad draw and this is the best deck (How did I know agentflare would stick to the Lava Golem deck?). Let's try it again. Again, Procrastination didn't get into my hand; well, only at the point when two uncountered Sky Dragons blitzed 48 remaining HP to dust.
Match 5: WinHover over cards for details, click for permalink
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We both knew it had boiled down to having more luck than the other player. I couldn't help but add another shield to increase the odds of it getting drawn. This time it saved my neck by blocking the Golems and their growth. I could tell there were two Ragepots in agentflare's hand (what other card would he hold back?) and decided not to play my dragons. That was a mistake; it wouldn't have been so close otherwise. Well, look how close it was: I'm lacking 1 quanta to Sky Blitz on the penultimate turn. He double-ragepots my upped dragon, 1 upped and 1 unupped remain. That gives 44 damage, he had 43 left. One turn later I would have been defeated.
It's a pity you haven't won in Grid yet, agentflare, I had to admire how reliable your decks were. And these were good games, even if not they didn't conform to my preferred playing style.