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Rainbow Decks / Aflatoxin 30 card rainbow (unupped)

« on: January 29, 2010, 04:55:58 pm »

I've been playing with Aflatoxin as a way to create a massive army since I always enjoyed having it cast on my creatures. The result is a 30 card rainbow that uses eternity to stay alive forever.

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4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4vm 4vm 52s 52s 55r 55r 55r 55r 592 5c6 5c6 5c6 5ro 5up 5up 5up 621 621 6qq 8pl

It works great on AI5 and lower, but it's not up to the false gods for sure. I should upgrade it an see, but I don't think that would go so hot simply upgraded as is. The big benefit is that this deck will win with elemental mastery.

A big tip is to reverse time your malignant cells to have a seed if they get wiped out. If you are in control, and reserve three in your hand, a Fire Storm won't completely screw you.

Anyone have any suggestions?

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Darkness / Re: My take on mono-darkness

« on: January 08, 2010, 03:09:27 pm »

It's actually slightly slower, but I find it makes up for that with consistently beating more powerful decks.

I actual went -1 Drain Life, -1 Dusk Mantle, -1 Nightfall, +2 Steal, +1 Pillar.

The problem is the only available weapons are garbage compared to the other cards. Also, I normally steal their weapon anyways at higher levels. Right now I have lost a single game at level three with this build, and can win a good 40-50% of half-blood games (so long as my speed beats theirs).

Obviously it cannot beat FG reliably even upgraded, but I think it's cheaper and more reliable than fire in building a rainbow deck. It's also just a fun deck in general.

The one thing is that the deck fairs pretty well at top50 or level 5 because I can continually steal the dimensional shields for my own benefit and the AI gives me enough of an edge. Once you play the opponent's deck for a while you know about how much keep in reserve for drain life and what must be stolen, making your job much easier.

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Half Bloods / Re: Anyone else find level 5 AI to be way too easy?

« on: January 07, 2010, 05:34:27 pm »

While I voted for just right, it's not because the AI is good it's because level 5 is the only place ot access rares without challenging farm decks in top50.

Examples of terrible AI plays: mutating all my creatures into more powerful creatures, playing dissipation shield on top of the upgraded dissipation shield in the same turn, using rage potion on high life creatures with low attack, playing liquid shadow on my dragons when they were going to win the life race, etc.

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Darkness / My take on mono-darkness

« on: January 07, 2010, 05:24:06 pm »

This is the best from starter deck I could even think of. Starting with the darkness mark, I modified my deck to this with little effort:

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5uk 5uk 5uk 5uk 5uk 5uk 5uk 5uk 5ul 5ul 5ul 5um 5um 5um 5um 5um 5um 5uo 5uo 5up 5up 5up 5uq 5uq 5us 5us 5us 5us 5us 5us 8pt

Right now I am farming level 5 and top50 with great success. Yes I do less damage than the 6 dragon build, but I have a lot more creature control that ends up being lifesaving. I am considering dropping one drain life for a steal, but I'm torn on the matter.