Guest posts by Marthisdil

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Life / Re: The Ultimate Speed EM Deck

« on: May 09, 2011, 09:11:22 pm »

jmdt:  I do agree - when going against AI3 they do slow down the grinding speed (as you noted).  Also why I noted that my small changes are also good for grinding Top50 (i like a lil more challenge sometimes when wasting time).  Still averages a good win speed, still EM quite frequently, and can pull out some wins in T50 that you couldn't without the shields.

I 100% agree, if all you want to do is grind AI3, then dropping the shields and going with USEM or USEMosis is the way to go.

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Life / Re: The Ultimate Speed EM Deck

« on: May 04, 2011, 09:08:54 pm »

This variant probably slows down USEM's ultimate speed But yeah seems solid, you could try feral bonds if you are going for a longer game

Yeah - not really looking for a longer game as such...more along the lines of a bit of defense...the shields basically shut down firebolt decks (seen in top 50 sometimes)...plus reduces zerg deck damage (if you get the mana fast enough to cast it).  The Mitosis is just knowing when to play on what, but works great against antimatter - put it on the antimattered creature, and it just makes normal creatures....the AI won't ever nuke a creature it's antimattered, even with mitosis on it.

The sword was just a toss in as there are times where the games do get drawn out (rarely) - you technically could just remove it.

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Life / Re: The Ultimate Speed EM Deck

« on: May 04, 2011, 08:51:42 pm »

Here's a slightly modified version of the USEMosis that I've been using with great success:

6rk 7ac 7ac 7ac 7ac 7ac 7ae 7ae 7ae 7ae 7ae 7ag 7ag 7ag 7ag 7ag 7ai 7ai 7ai 7ai 7ai 7ai 7ak 7ak 7ap 7ap 7bu 7bu 7bu 7bu 7bu 8pn

(Deck pic attached).

Basically running 1 less frog, 1 less cockatrice, added in 2 jade shields...tossed in a long sword as proof against being decked by other 30 card decks...I've not run detailed analysis, but in AI3 I've only lost 2 games out of about 150 (bad draws are bad draws).  This deck also does well against Top50.

edit: again, didn't keep details - deck wins between turns 5-7 as usual....in top50, if you go against a deck with phase shields, just quit the game lol

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