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General Discussion / Re: I'm awesome! I have 12 of every card!

« on: July 27, 2011, 11:51:17 am »

I have completed.
I still need to find 11 rare cards: 5 shard, 5 shard and 1 Fahrenheit. (~12600 games played, score 272k.)
*updates*
10 rare cards: 5 shard, 5 shard and 1 Fahrenheit. * adds  *
9 rare cards: 5 4 shard and 5 shard (12773 games played)
8 rare cards: 4 shard and 5 4 shard (12863 games played)
7 rare cards: 4 shard and 4 3 shard (13022 games played)
6 rare cards: 4 shard and 3 2 shard (13174 games played)
5 rare cards: 4 3 shard and 2 shard (13180 games played)
4 rare cards: 3 2 shard and 2 shard (13216 games played)
3 rare cards: 2 shard and 2 1 shard (13289 games played)
2 rare cards: 2 1 shard and 1 shard (13295 games played)
1 rare cards: 1 shard and 1 0 shard (13305 games played)
0 cards: I'm awesome! (13499 games played, 286888 score) * adds *
  I'm awesome! I have 12 of every card! 8)

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Buff This Card! / Re: Grey Nymph

« on: July 25, 2011, 06:56:04 pm »

I agree with 10 men. If someone wants to use Aflatoxin is much better use it as simple card, which is cheaper and faster. Grey Nymph hasn't got any sense.
The easiest way to solve the problem is changing Nymph ability. I think that skill "Poison" will hurt more our opponent than all field with cells (which sometimes can kill us, when opponent destroy our shield...). Filling field with cells is also "theoretical", because it is easy to kill one cell and put other creature instead.
It wouldn't be OP when te skill cost will be higher. Simple Phylasia has got the same skill and it isn't OP. Here we will have bigger cost to put Nymph creature, but we can use it as mono deck (so it is balanced). Upped Poison makes 3 damage, unupped 2, and the same should do a Nymph.

That "Poison" idea is really good actually, but I'd still prefer Nymph having the CC-ability too. So what if Aflatoxin/Grey Nymph would have both: 1. the ability to turn creatures to Malignant Cells AND 2. by targeting opponent to give 1-2 Poison counters? Sure Aflatoxin would be just really overpriced Poison (8|6 instead of 1), but having that alternative use would nevertheless mean there was some use for the 2nd and 3rd copy too.

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Platinum League Decks / Re: zse best platinum decks

« on: July 19, 2011, 10:37:05 pm »

props on a really mean deck (black hole + charger so good)

still winning with half hp. 

There's also bunch of Steals to take care of Towers/Pendulums and Sanctuaries.   [ Darn those Cremation users, that can outplay my deck... ]
Happy hunting zombie0!

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Game Suggestions and Feedback / Re: Elite Creature Name Changes

« on: July 19, 2011, 07:00:19 pm »

   Firefly --> Moth 
   Elite Firefly --> Firefly 

   Firefly Queen --> Moth Queen 
   Elite Queen --> Firefly Queen 

Rooster | Cockatrice

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Platinum League Decks / zse best platinum decks (2x Top deck and more)

« on: July 18, 2011, 09:39:21 pm »

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Fire Dragon, 165, 30, 3x, 2x (on beta while 30 cards was possible)
161-13, peaked at 4th place
Last day with only 37 life 9-2

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Vampire Dagger, 195, 60, 2x, 2x
Day 7: 67 HP, started with 105-6, and RANK 1 After 12 h 115-6 with RANK 1. Rating 1043, >200 better than 2nd deck!
Day 8: After being 12 h with 1 HP: 122-14, 807 rating and Rank 1.  ???
Day 9: 122-22, Rank dropped to 10+  -->  New deck, finally.

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Silence, 200, 60, 2x, 2x
On day 1: 26-1, Rating 321, Rank 72
Day 2: 51-3, Rating 487, Rank 32
Day 3: 56-4, Rating 516, Rank 31
Day 4: 60-4, Rating 576, Rank 25

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Sky Blitz, 150, 60, 3x, 2x
Day 0: 15-2, Rating 59, Rank 188
Day 1: 23-3, Rating 91, Rank 141
Day 2: 35-6, Rating 79, Rank 142
Day 3: 44-8, Rating 80, Rank 123
Day 4: 50-11, Rating 14, Rank 224

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Archangel, 200, 60, 2x, 2x
Day 0: 10-0, Rating 100, Rank 132
Day 1: 16-0, Rating 160, Rank 88
Day 2: 29-0, Rating 290, Rank 34
Day 3: 35-0, Rating 350, Rank 24
Day 4: 42-1, Rating 380, Rank 13
Day 5: 54-2, Rating 468, Rank 5
Day 6: 58-3, Rating 480, Rank 8
Day 7: 72-7, Rating 544, Rank 7
Day 8: 74-15, 2 wins with 1 HP!
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Wings, 200, 60, 2x, 2x
Day 0: 9-1, Rating 78, Rank 170 (little modification: +1 Eagle & +4 quanta)
Day 1: 18-2, Rating 129, Rank 115
Day 2: 22-4, Rating 85, Rank 133

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Black Hole, 200, 60, 2x, 2x
Day 0: 12-0, Rating 75, Rank 110
Day 1: 25-1, Rating 164, Rank 53
Day 2: 34-3, Rating 183, Rank 55 (little modification: -1 Steal, +1 Charger, 4=all pendulums to towers)
Day 3: 46-4, Rating 266, Rank 31
Day 4: 54-4, Rating 348, Rank 16
Day 5: 60-5, Rating 392, Rank 8
Day 6: 66-5, Rating 464, Rank 7
Day 7: 76-5, Rating 562, Rank 5
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Black Hole, 1, 60, 3x, 2x (Major modifications for earlier deck to counter 1 hp effect: +6 SoD etc.)
Day 8: 12-7 (88-12), Rating dropped 562 --> 372 = -190, Rank dropped 5 --> 23
Day 9: 14-11 (90-16), Rating dropped 562 --> 227 = -335, Rank dropped to 39
200 on 2 days with 1 HP deck, not too bad.

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Graviton Guard, 200, 60, 2x, 2x
Day 0: 12-0, Rating 117, Rank 85
Day 1: 20-0, Rating 189, Rank 49
Day 2: 27-3, Rating 131, Rank 94

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Archangel, 150, 60, 3x, 2x
Day 0: 2-0, Rating 11, Rank 202
Day 1: 10-0, Rating 65, Rank 95
Day 2: 17-1, Rating 92, Rank 76
Day 5: 28-3, Rating 110, Rank 90

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Time Tower, 200, 60, 2x, 2x
Day 0: 11-2
Day 2: 30-2, Rating 176, Rank 54
Day 7: 55-12, Rating 20, Rank 201

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Cockatrice, 200, 60, 2x, 2x
Day 0: 11-1, Rating 70, Rank 115
Day 1: 23-2, Rating 155, Rank 63
Day 2: 32-3, Rating 214, Rank 34
Day 3: 40-4, Rating 262, Rank 19
Day 4: 44-4, Rating 308, Rank 16
Day 5: 48-7, Rating 233, Rank 34
Day 6: 55-7, Rating 302, Rank 12
Day 7: 61-7, Rating 356, Rank 4
*Changed to 3x mark since it's 1hp anyway.*
Day 8: 61-12 No wins to 1hp deck this time.
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Bone Dragon, 200, 60, 2x, 2x
Day 0: 9-0, Rating 85, Rank 91
Day 1: 12-1, Rating 80, Rank 145
Day 2: 19-1, Rating 142, Rank 79
Day 3: 20-2, Rating 109, Rank 94
Day 4: 29-9, Rating -64, Rank 319 *Surprised it lasted this long. *

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Mitosis, 200, 60, 2x, 2x
Day 0: 10-1, Rating 120, Rank 136
Day 1: 18-4, Rating 109, Rank 145
Day 3: 35-9, Rating 133, Rank 119
Day 4: 46-9, Rating 287, Rank 62
Day 5: 55-11, Rating 344, Rank 41
Day 6: 66-14, Rating 367, Rank 31
Day 7: 72-20, Rating 192, Rank 63

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Fahrenheit, 200, 60, 2x, 2x
On Day 3: 31-6, Rating 138, Rank 79
On Day 5: 51-12, Rating 178, Rank 69

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Voodoo Doll, 200, 60, 2x, 2x
Day 5: 59-8, Rating 494, Rank 5
Day 6: 67-9, Rating 570, Rank 2
On day 8: 76-21, Rating 188, Rank 73
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Phö, 200, 60, 2x, 2x
On day 4: 36-4, Rating 250, Rank 20
On day 5: 39-4, Rating 282, Rank 14
On day 6: 42-4, Rating 318, Rank 8
On day 8: 58-15, Rating 79, Rank 120

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Mummy, 200, 60, 2x, 2x
On day 6: 66-5, Rating 566, Rank 1

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Aflatoxin, 195, 60, 2x, 2x
Day 0: 8-0
Day 1: 14-4

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Anubis, 195,60,2x, 2x
Day 0: 5-6

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Rustler|Leaf Dragon, 170, 30, 3x, 2x
Day 0: 7-3

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Plague, 200, 60, 2x, 2x
Day 1: 11-1, Rating 59, Rank 149
Day 2: 16-4, Rating -11, Rank 272

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Long Sword, 200, 60, 2x,2x
Day 1: 10-3, Rating 43, Rank 171
Day 2: 17-5, Rating 50, Rank 155
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Buff This Card! / Re: Grey Nymph

« on: July 16, 2011, 09:23:00 am »

My two cents:

I think the grey nymph is one of the weaker nymphs.  I propose a different suggestion; give the grey nymph some attacking power.  The Aether Nymph, for instance, has an ability that isn't very good, especially in monoaether, but it has 7 (8 upgraded) attack, more than any other nymph has.  If the Grey Nymph had even a few points of attack it would be a lot better, I think. (2 unupgraded, 3 upgraded maybe?)  And for the record, I don't have any grey nymphs yet, so I have no stake in what happens to it :p

We don't want to NERF Nymph by doing that! Having 0 attack is great for this card, as it protects it from all negative effects Shields may cause.

For more verbose and detailed ranter on this same topic: http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,24612

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The Arena / Re: When the Oracle gives you a card, which ones should you skip?

« on: July 15, 2011, 08:52:34 pm »

Luciferase: AI uses it just to get that +10 HP heal, not for getting bunch of bioluminescent critters.
Holy Flash with Voodoo Doll: AI thinks it's a good spot to "Heal / Damage" Doll when it has 10 or less HP.

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General Discussion / Re: [Poll] How many nymphs do you have?

« on: July 15, 2011, 03:39:56 pm »

16th today
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17th today
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Now 18
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Duo-Decks / Re: Taking liquid antimatter to the next level (1.28 FG farmer)

« on: July 12, 2011, 03:22:37 pm »

Actually there is a way to beat Scorpio with decent %, but that includes exploiting a bug on Poison+Antimatter:
*snip*

Bug use detail is forbidden. By the way, i've found that bug to be inconsistent at best.

I think it falls to the same category as "exploiting AI stupidity" on not using Rewind/Eternity/Arctic Octopus/Fire Lance/etc. on it's creatures with Antimatter+Vampire.

That feature is also mentioned on The big bad list of known bugs!

7.  Antipoison
Symptoms:  Your health remains at a constant number despite being poisoned to death repeatedly.
Causes:  If the only creature you have in play is antimattered, it attacks at the same time poison does, meaning poison sends your opponent's health down to zero just before it heals them back up to whatever the antimattered attack is.

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Duo-Decks / Re: Taking liquid antimatter to the next level (1.28 FG farmer)

« on: July 12, 2011, 02:51:15 pm »

Scorpio (negligible % win): Always skip. Once in a blue moon you will see an early ice dragon and hopefully a crawler or two, and also have enough antimatter and CPs to ride them to victory. But mostly he will poison you to death before you get any good AM targets.

Actually there is a way to beat Scorpio with decent %, but that includes exploiting a bug on Poison+Antimatter:
If you're about to get lethal poison damage, and the creature #1 is Antimattered, you're not gonna lose.

As for the deck, does your score on average increase or decrease?

I've now tested this deck for 3 days getting increased score and loads of  

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The Arena / Re: So what did you just take down from the Arena?

« on: July 09, 2011, 11:46:21 am »

I tried to make something more interesting out of Cockatrices, but my 2 first builds were too much for AI intelligence:
1. AI don't know when to play Luciferase to get Hope shield up.
2. AI prefers targeting Mitosis-Cockatrice with Nymphs even if there was vanilla-Cockatrice next to it. ???
3. This lame boost & TU. Stupid deck enough for AI to use.

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Platinum 16/7  Rating -104  Rank 342

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The Arena / Re: So what did you just take down from the Arena?

« on: July 07, 2011, 07:32:03 am »

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Won / Lost   161 / 13   (9/2 on last day with 37 life )
Rating at the end ~1200    Rank ~5-10 (peaked at 4 for a short while)
Age 8  (no games with 1 life)
Original HP 165
Upped 30
3x Mark
2x Draw&Deck