Hello guys, I know that life decks with Ruster/Leaf Dragon and Emerald/Jade Dragon synergy are many, however I have searched the forums and I haven't found any deck which is much like this, so here we are:
Big version (40 cards)
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5c3 5c3 5c3 7ac 7ac 7ac 7ac 7ac 7ac 7ac 7ad 7ad 7ad 7ad 7af 7af 7af 7af 7af 7af 7ai 7ai 7ai 7ai 7am 7am 7am 7am 7am 7ap 7ap 7ap 7ap 7ap 7bu 7bu 7bu 7bu 7bu 7bu 8pq*This deck uses both Mitosised Leaf Dragons and Jade Dragons. The small ones are used to convert
quanta to 2x
and to deal with Gravity Shields or Bone Walls while the big ones are used against Diamond Shields, Wings, Fire Bucklers etc.
*Empathic Bonds are for continous healing.
*Unupped Thorn Carapaces are used instead of Spine Carapaces in order to be able to block nasty critters with just 1 atk (like Photons/Rays of Light).
*The Improved Heals are used as a last resort if you aren't gaining enough hp from your Feral Bonds and it is also to achieve Elemental Mastery.
*This deck is good against Half-Bloods:
Small version --> There was a Small version but it was removed due to lack of effectiveness. See the small version here:
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Small version (30 cards)
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5c3 5c3 7ac 7ac 7ac 7ac 7ad 7ad 7ad 7af 7af 7af 7af 7af 7ai 7ai 7ai 7am 7am 7am 7am 7ap 7ap 7ap 7ap 7bu 7bu 7bu 7bu 7bu 8pq After 40 games wiht version 1.30 Half-Bloods, the big deck has 26 wins (10 of them with EM) and 14 losses. So, in average, this deck has about a 65% win rate with a 25% chance of an EM win.
It is more likely to win
,
and
HB decks while it is more likely to lose from
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and
ones (Pandemoniums, Rain of Fires or Floods completely ruin this deck).
Strategies:
* If you are facing ,
1) Rely on your Thorn Carpaces to kill Immortals and Phase Dragons, while using Mitosis + Feral Bond + Leaf Dragon to heal yourself up.
2) Beware of Paraller Universes, the AI usually use it to duplicate a Jade Dragon of yours.
3) If there is a Lobotomiser out there, try not to summon only a single Leaf Dragon, but summon two each turn. By this way, only one Leaf Dragon will be Lobotomised and you will be able to use the Photosynthesis ability of the other one. Same goes with Mitosis; if there's a Lobotomiser, cast two Mitosis spells and only if you can use them at the same turn.
4) Use an army of mixed Mitosised dragons to defeat your opponent.
* If you are facing ,
1) Thorn shield is also a must here. Use Mitosis + Feral Bond + Leaf Dragon to heal yourself up.
2) Multiple Thunderstorms or Unstable Gases are a threat against your Leaf Dragons.
3) Don't be afraid of Wings, since both of your creature types are airborne.
4) Use an army of mixed Mitosised dragons to defeat your opponent.
* If you are facing 
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1) Beware of Steals! If you lose a single Feral Bond or Pillar/Pendulum is okay, but if you lose many of them would be disaster.
2) Avoid using Thorn Carpace if possible. Though your shield is very effective, it is also extremely dangerous if stolen and used against you. However, if your opponent hasn't a ton of steals, use Thorn to kill the Vampires and, if stolen, replace it with anothr one as soon as possible.
3) Create an army mostly of Jade Dragons (if possible) to defeat your opponent.
* If you are facing 
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1) Mitosis + Feral Bond + Leaf/Jade Dragon is vital here, because poison drains your health too fast.
2) Thorn Carpace will greatly help you here, even if it summons a bunch of Skeletons during the process.
3) Don't be very afraid of Alfatoxin. Try to summon a bunch of Dragons as soon as possible while enjoying the Malignant Cell's synergy with your Feral Bonds!
4) Use an army of Leaf Dragons if there is a Bone Wall around or an army of Jade Dragons if there is a Skull Shield.
* If you are facing 
,
1) Iridium Wardens are very annoying against your Jade Dragons, since they neither can attack nor use Mitosis while blocked. Don't uderestimate them!
2) Use your Thorns to deal with burrowed creatures. Use Mitosis + Feral Bond for attacking/healing.
3) Create an army of Jade Dragons, since they are your only creature able to bypass Titanium shields.
* If you are facing ,
1) Pray that they don't use Pandemonium! Mutation also may ruin your Mitosised dragons (especially the Jade ones).
2) Butterfly Effect is the nemesis of your deck! If the AI casts a Butterfly Effect on its creature, it will use it on your Thorn Carpace first (and it will use it again on your shield, if you play another Thorn), then on your Bonds and finally on your Pillars/Pendulums. Rely on your Mitosis to conjure a mixed army as fast as possible, since you cannot weaken your opponent with permanents anymore.
3) If a creature of yours is Antimattered, cast a Mitosis on it. Negative attacking creatures heal your opponent but they also ignore shield effects, making them immune to harmful shields; the AI has also the nice habit to avoid hurting your negative attacking creatures, so your Mitosis is safe casted upon that creature. Take in mind that a daughter creature of an Antimattered Mitosised mother has its normal positive attack statistics, so the effectivenes of Mitosis is not reduced, even if the mother is a negative creature.
4) Create an army of Leaf Dragons instead of the big Jade-ones, since they can destroy Dissipation Shields faster than their big counterparts.
* If you are facing :
1) Rely on the tough Jade Dragons. The small and weak Leaf Dragons won't stand a chance against the destructive Fire Shields, Fire Bolts and Rains of Fire. Use just one or two at a time to convert light quanta to life ones, enabling you to create the Jade Dragon army you desperately need.
2) Thorn Carpaces are easily destroyed, however try to use them nevertheless. If they poison any low-health Fire creature, it is dead meat (except for Phoenix, it is dead ash, lol).
3) Don't rely on the Mitosis + Feral Bond combination too much here, since Bonds are very vulnerable here and your opponent is very aggresive, you won't have time to expand this strategy.
* If you are facing 
:
1) Rely on the Leaf-ones to win here, since they can pass Gravity Shields, while Jade Dragons can't.
2) Use Mitosis + Feral Bond a lot here.
3) Thorn shields are almost useless here, except if you're facing an Otyugh. Play your Thron Carapace, throw a Leaf Dragon to feed the Otyugh, let the Otyugh attack you and get poisoned. Beware however in case it becomes Momentumed and bypass your shield, making it completely a waste of quanta.
* If you are facing :
1) This is your element, however you're probably going to face a rushing green deck with Frogs and Cockatrices rather than a Leaf-Jade deck like yours. Use your Thorn shield to poison them and do your Mitosis + Feral Bond combo (this combo is very likely to be used by your AI opponent too!).
2) Emerald shields can be bypassed only by Jade Dragons and they can also resist the Thorn's poison more than the Leaf-ones; create an army of them via Mitosis and strike your enemy to death.
* If you are facing :
1) Thron Shield completely ruins RoL/Hope strategy. Even the toughest Light creatures, like Angels and Dragons, will slowly fall after continous poisoning. Flying Morning Stars will also be annihilatied via the Thorns.
2) Feral Bonds will heal you a lot and you will need it.
3) Conjure an army formed of Jade Dragons (Light shields usually block at least 1 damage, so Leaf-ones have a problem of dealing damage here) and smite your enemy.
* If you are facing 
:
1) Summon a lot of creatures with the use of Mitosis, but beware of Reverse Time effects. Eternities are especially dangerous here and they can end your game if you're careless.
2) Your Thorn Carapace can destroy any army of Scarabs and Pharaohs slowly but surely; use it!
3) Try to rely mostly on your Leaf Dragons against a Time AI opponent. A Jade Dragon just hurts you too much if Reverse Timed.
* If you are facing :
1) Conjure at least a single Mitosised Jade Dragon and a Mitosised Leaf Dragon in the middle. If Flood is used, only the five center squares will be usable; if you have all of them full of a single creature type, it is probably game over.
2) Jade Dragons are needed to bypass Ice Shields. Rely mostly on them to attack. In flooded areas, use the Mitosised one you have on the center to create daughter Jade Dragons (they will probably drown after they attack, however it is the only way to hurt your Water enemy).
3) Thorns are pretty good in eliminating those annoying Arctic Squids and the rest water monsters!
4) Use as many Feral Bonds as possible. Since you can't have more than 5 creatures in a Flood, try to multiply your health-gaining with more Bonds on the field.
Well, that's all. Hope you have fun playing with this deck!
