Put up the text from a chat 3 of us had earlier. It has some strategy and enemy intel you others might could find useful. I put it as a spoiler so we don't have to scroll past it every time.
[13:33] hobnob5000: we have possibly one of the harder rounds this time
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[13:33] xdude: Drag will kick Zeru's ass with BH's... that guy is too predictable
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[13:34] hobnob5000: Hmm, well Zeru is the guy who dethroned Jmizzle
[13:34] hobnob5000: we must take him seriously
[13:35] drag: Hopefully today I'll put up intel on entropy
[13:35] drag: I think Zeru has lost both rounds though
[13:35] hobnob5000: oh?
[13:35] hobnob5000: :L
[13:35] xdude: No, he won the first
[13:35] xdude: Zeru is a bad team Master, from what I've heard
[13:35] hobnob5000: ouch
[13:36] xdude: he made bad last min changes to decks and stuff
[13:36] hobnob5000: well we need candle to have first dibs at vault
[13:36] drag: hmm . . .
[13:36] hobnob5000: after that, it can be you two
[13:36] drag: yeah, i'm worried about candle's fight
[13:36] xdude: Or, we could make all decks great
[13:37] hobnob5000: we HAVE to beat Earth
[13:37] xdude: we could deck them out... but they could be expecting this..
[13:37] hobnob5000: our dignity depends on it
[13:37] hobnob5000: well we have RoLs, that's an advantage
[13:37] drag: yeah, EQs make deck-outs harder
[13:37] hobnob5000: so pillars might not be in great needs
[13:37] drag: candle can't use RoL
[13:38] hobnob5000: oh yeah
[13:38] drag: he has to use photon+luci
[13:38] hobnob5000: brb, nature calls
[13:38] xdude: also, Darkness is gonna be easy
[13:38] xdude: they only have like 27 pillars or so left
[13:39] drag: agreed. and actually, i don't think zeru will be too bad.
[13:39] xdude: exactly
[13:39] xdude: but then again... we have 2 times Death
[13:39] drag: two death decks will be interesting
[13:39] drag: yeah. we just played them last round
[13:40] drag: fortunately, they lost most of their games
[13:40] xdude: and they have a tough round
[13:40] xdude: and could choose to give one of us a free win
[13:40] xdude: most likely implosion
[13:41] xdude: I've talked to Malduk
[13:41] drag: yeah? and what does he say?
[13:41] xdude: they have 4 Masters, implosion and corrum
[13:41] xdude: they said they could make a suicider
[13:41] xdude: and he, personally, doesn't want to give Terro a free win
[13:41] xdude: so we could be the ones picked.
[13:42] xdude: most likely imp, since blond wouldn't want to lose
[13:42] drag: good. i'll take it.
[13:42] xdude: he also said it's not his decision, that was just what he was thinking about it
[13:42] drag: i think earth might think we
[13:42] drag: *we'll try to deck them out and pack direct damage cards
[13:42] xdude: most likely, they willl
[13:42] xdude: what about rushing them?
[13:42] drag: at least enough to use in conjunction with some creatures
[13:42] hobnob5000: *flushes chain*
[13:43] drag: *hobnob watches waste swirl around*
[13:43] hobnob5000: wheeeeeeeee
[13:43] xdude: lol
[13:44] drag: we could try rushing them. i imagine they wouldn't suscpect that
[13:44] hobnob5000: hmm, immolation rush?
[13:44] xdude: that's brilliant
[13:44] drag: bloody brilliant hobnob
[13:45] xdude: but
[13:45] hobnob5000: I hope you aren't being sarcastic
[13:45] hobnob5000: oh, there's always a "but"
[13:45] xdude: if they're expecting RoL/Hope they won't be packing EQ's
[13:45] drag: no. i think that's a good possibility
[13:45] xdude: if they're expecting a deck out though...
[13:46] hobnob5000: It's a game of bluff this, double bluff that
[13:46] drag: Then, they'll pack a lot of direct damage which would also double as CC, yeeeah.
[13:46] hobnob5000: hmm, we wan't miracles then?
[13:46] xdude: which would be screwed by pheonixes
[13:47] hobnob5000: hmm, yeah
[13:47] drag: I think they might pack EQs still against a Hope deck to stop us from using Fractal
[13:47] hobnob5000: btw guys, I won't be here at all tomorrow, and for tomorrow afternoon
[13:47] xdude: I suppose
[13:47] xdude: OK Hob
[13:47] drag: k
[13:47] hobnob5000: *day after tommor afternoon
[13:48] drag: phoenixes are slow, but they would survive against CC.
[13:48] hobnob5000: yeah
[13:48] hobnob5000: does earth actually have any damage spells
[13:49] xdude: they'll most likely combo with Fire
[13:49] hobnob5000: hmm, hermes = hard
[13:49] xdude: Hermes os more LIke Fire then Earth
[13:49] hobnob5000: hmm, true
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[13:50] drag: hob, the only direct damage spells i saw was poison
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[13:50] drag: so, they might not have any.
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[13:51] drag: they have lots of deflags though, so we shouldn't try phase shields
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[13:53] drag: so any thoughts about your game hob?
[13:53] hobnob5000: hmm, well time
[13:53] hobnob5000: have we played them yet?
[13:54] drag: nope. they've been doing ok i think. fair to middling
[13:54] hobnob5000: hmm
[13:54] hobnob5000: they're hangin'
[13:55] drag: i think that UG deck was originally designed as anti-Time
[13:55] drag: To avoid Rewinds/Eternity and Procrastination shield
[13:55] hobnob5000: hmm
[13:55] hobnob5000: well it worked vs water
[13:55] xdude: hob, use it to win again
[13:56] hobnob5000: :L
[13:56] hobnob5000: should I really?
[13:56] drag: mmm . . . maybe. it'll work better if you packed a third fog shield
[13:56] hobnob5000: definitely
[13:56] hobnob5000: It took too long to draw
[13:57] hobnob5000: what would we lose then?
[13:57] xdude: a Miracle?
[13:57] xdude: we're in dire need of those
[13:57] hobnob5000: :L
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[13:58] hobnob5000: I needed those miracles
[13:58] xdude: were, vs Water, yes
[13:58] drag: yeah, they definitely saved your tail
[13:58] xdude: well*
[13:58] hobnob5000: I shall review the deck
[13:59] hobnob5000: perhaps lose an MS
[13:59] xdude: MS is good early dmg
[13:59] hobnob5000: well there's 3 in there
[13:59] drag: hmm . . . what if he went with UGs and flying Stars?
[14:00] xdude: Drag, I'll make threads for each of the elements and post winning decks
[14:00] hobnob5000: and I think fog is more important than MS
[14:00] hobnob5000: early game
[14:00] xdude: and post they're cards
[14:00] xdude: their(
[14:00] hobnob5000: it can block a LOT of damage
[14:00] xdude: their*
[14:00] drag: k.
[14:00] xdude: I think that's fine Hob. take the Star out
[14:00] xdude: erm... help would be appreciated
[14:01] drag: with what? the enemy decks?
[14:01] xdude: yes
[14:01] xdude: I started Aether
[14:01] xdude: if you could just copy your info in new threads or something
[14:01] hobnob5000: :L
[14:01] hobnob5000: I'll post my deck in the round 3 decks
[14:01] hobnob5000: then I'll start
[14:01] xdude: but...
[14:02] xdude: then again
[14:02] xdude: how do we know what they still have?
[14:02] xdude: that's just too much mess
[14:02] xdude: grr
[14:02] xdude: too little time
[14:02] drag: yeah, it gets kinda complicated xdude.
[14:02] drag: it took longer than i thought to do water
[14:03] drag: and then i find out they're out of the war.
[14:03] xdude: we don't really need those
[14:03] xdude: it's too much work, and we'd better do some counters
[14:03] xdude: plus, we don't know what they still have after round 2
[14:04] drag: ok then. let's find some decks!
[14:04] hobnob5000: I've posted my deck
[14:04] drag: who first?
[14:04] hobnob5000: RNG time
[14:05] drag: RNG?
[14:05] hobnob5000: implosion
[14:05] hobnob5000: he's getting one for free most likely isn't he
[14:05] xdude: not sure
[14:05] drag: he's against death yeah?
[14:05] xdude: they could give Terro a free one
[14:06] hobnob5000: hmm
[14:06] xdude: after all... he's Terro
[14:06] hobnob5000: yeah, seeing as he's like, Semi-invinsible
[14:06] drag: Death is more diffiult because of Bone Wall
[14:06] drag: We don't get easy hits in with MS
[14:06] xdude: they don't have many walls
[14:06] hobnob5000: I would say spam, but then we have plague
[14:06] drag: let me see how many walls they've lost
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[14:09] drag: they lost 7 bone walls
[14:09] hobnob5000: hmm
[14:09] hobnob5000: they could still have 11
[14:09] drag: 5 of them to us
[14:09] xdude: lolz xD
[14:09] hobnob5000: booyah
[14:10] hobnob5000: so we can't rule out bone walls
[14:11] xdude: oh, shoot
[14:11] hobnob5000: but, it depends on how many they took in the first place
[14:12] drag: what's that xdude?
[14:12] xdude: I really wanted to rule out bone walls
[14:12] hobnob5000: :L
[14:12] xdude: 11 left, dammit
[14:12] drag: only 2 people used Bone Walls in their Round 2 decks.
[14:12] hobnob5000: if they took 18, that is
[14:12] drag: and they lost all of them
[14:13] drag: i mean, the people who used them lost
[14:13] xdude: what about round 1?
[14:15] drag: They used 7 in the first round
[14:15] xdude: oh, they lost none
[14:15] xdude: anyways...
[14:15] drag: and won every game that used them
[14:15] xdude: what about easier match-ups first?
[14:16] drag: how many pharaohs do you have xdude?
[14:16] xdude: full 6
[14:16] xdude: we have none in vault tho
[14:16] drag: how about you play hobnob with a Pharaoh deck and see if Hob's deck is fast enough to beat mass critters
[14:17] hobnob5000: I shall get my deck out
[14:17] xdude: full 12 actually
[14:17] xdude: OK
[14:17] drag: i only have 2 unupped pharaohs and 2 upped pharaohs
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[14:20] hobnob5000: :L, 3 gas starting hand
[14:21] xdude: lol, nice
[14:21] hobnob5000: do I blow up as they come?
[14:21] hobnob5000: Or save up?
[14:22] hobnob5000: when I play them that is
[14:22] xdude: depends of the deck
[14:22] drag: if you can kill crits then blow them up i'd say
[14:22] xdude: unless they have heals
[14:22] drag: if you think they can heal, save up
[14:22] hobnob5000: hmm
[14:22] hobnob5000: Time doesn't heal much does it
[14:22] xdude: (my deck will deck out
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[14:23] drag: only way to heal is light, earth, and life
[14:23] drag: and if they have earth, saving won't help anyways since they can get hp above 100
[14:23] hobnob5000: yeah
[14:23] xdude: amd Darkness and Grav
[14:23] xdude: and entropy (well, not vs you)
[14:24] drag: yeah, i suppose. forgot about those
[14:24] drag: first round they lost a lot of earth cards so i doubt they have stone skin
[14:25] hobnob5000: lets hope
[14:25] drag: or at least can make much use of one if they did. they lost a lot of stone pillars round 1
[14:26] hobnob5000: still no MS
[14:26] xdude: I drew too much, I could deck out
[14:26] hobnob5000: I have no miracle in hand
[14:26] drag: Why not make it 31 cards and add a 3rd MS?
[14:26] hobnob5000: 2 fogs though
[14:26] drag: lol
[14:26] hobnob5000: hmm, then I can save a card
[14:27] drag: true, i suppose you want to be able to find those Miracles and UGs fast
[14:27] xdude: o.O
[14:27] xdude: ok, this spam is bad
[14:28] hobnob5000: I lost
[14:28] xdude: dammit
[14:28] xdude: try again?
[14:28] hobnob5000: If I pack another MS, shall we see
[14:28] drag: Good news is I've only seen 5 Pharaohs. and they lost 2 of them
[14:29] xdude: hob, who are you fighting?
[14:29] drag: they may not have packed much because everybody might not have many of them
[14:29] hobnob5000: Flying Fahrenheit
[14:29] hobnob5000: that's who I'm facing
[14:29] xdude: also, solar buckler could help a lil
[14:30] drag: fog shield is better
[14:30] drag: i think
[14:30] xdude: hmm
[14:30] hobnob5000: they're situational
[14:30] xdude: well, that would block like half the damage vs these shields
[14:30] xdude: vs these crits*
[14:32] hobnob5000: dema is no longer skipping btw
[14:32] drag: yeah, but i doubt they'll play Pharaoh. in both rounds, Flying Farenheit didn't have Pharaohs. Maybe he doesn't have them?
[14:33] drag: also they lost their fractals, so don't need to worry about fractal scarabs
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[14:34] drag: i take that back. they could possibly salvage some fractals in a game they won. but they would still need the aether pillars which...
[14:34] drag: they lost
[14:35] xdude: early MS makes me cry
[14:36] hobnob5000: yeah
[14:36] drag: who's winning?
[14:36] hobnob5000: with 3, an early one is likely to come
[14:37] xdude: ^
[14:37] xdude: is winning
[14:37] drag: so, they have dimensional shields, lightnings, devourers they could duo. and they seem to have a number of dragons too
[14:37] hobnob5000: there we go
[14:38] xdude: devo's would be like really bad
[14:38] hobnob5000: who, time?
[14:38] hobnob5000: yeah
[14:38] hobnob5000: air quanta is tight
[14:38] xdude: Fire is even tighter..
[14:38] drag: true . . .
[14:39] drag: what if he packed more air pillars and shockwaves?
[14:39] hobnob5000: I done some calculations on the chances of getting an MS in the first hand, and it's better than half
[14:39] drag: yeah, you should get 1 in your first 10 cards basically
[14:39] drag: same with fog shield
[14:40] hobnob5000: if you want first 10, then it's about 7/10 chance
[14:40] hobnob5000: same with fog
[14:40] xdude: Mkay, this is done with
[14:40] hobnob5000: so, we keep this deck or not
[14:40] drag: you think pharaoh deck is faster than a dragon deck?
[14:41] xdude: We should keep it
[14:41] hobnob5000: okay
[14:41] hobnob5000: but with extra MS
[14:41] xdude: drag, we just won vs Dragon deck, remember?
[14:41] hobnob5000: so 3 fog, 3 MS
[14:41] drag: lol, true
[14:41] drag: but it was really close
[14:41] hobnob5000: I have to go
[14:41] xdude: 1st would've been won as well if he would've saved the gases
[14:42] hobnob5000: sorry
[14:42] xdude: OK, cya
[14:42] drag: k. cya hob
[14:42] hobnob5000: I might be on later today, or Sunday
[14:42] xdude: OK,a nother easy deck: vs Darkness
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[14:43] drag: how has darkness been doing?
[14:44] xdude: running out of pillars
[14:44] xdude: they have like less than 30
[14:45] xdude: I also have a friend in that team
[14:45] xdude: Troh
[14:45] drag: ah. nice
[14:46] xdude: I hope they won't Fractal Devio
[14:46] xdude: devo*
[14:46] xdude: that would be damn evil
[14:47] drag: yeah. well they lost 2 games this round
[14:47] drag: and they lost 4 devourers
[14:47] drag: and their fractals
[14:47] drag: possibily. it was their big 53 card deck
[14:47] xdude: wul, lost Fractals, wut where?
[14:47] drag: against icy
[14:48] drag: they might try to save it if they have enough darkness cards
[14:48] xdude: they're not lost
[14:48] xdude: so they have em in the vault, most likely
[14:48] xdude: ready to kill us with em
[14:49] drag: well, we need something to protect against 3/3 vamps then
[14:49] xdude: deck outer?
[14:49] drag: lol
[14:49] drag: they have Drain Lifes too
[14:50] xdude: mirror
[14:50] drag: in fact, if they could afford it, they might go with Fractal Devourers plus DL for the kill
[14:50] drag: yeah, we definitely should take mirror shield
[14:50] drag: but if they nightfall, we're still dead
[14:50] xdude: yet again, I don't think they'd go with DL
[14:50] xdude: but we should still take it lol
[14:51] drag: yeah, i didn't think unit would use UG, but he did
[14:51] drag: good thing i had deflags
[14:51] xdude: and you won xD
[14:51] xdude: yep
[14:51] drag: so what can overcome devourers?
[14:52] drag: RoF. but we don't have any
[14:53] xdude: plague?
[14:53] drag: we could pick up two if i remember right
[14:53] xdude: yep
[14:54] drag: EE? nvm. They'll have steal
[14:54] drag: What about Flying Adrenaline'd Staves?
[14:55] xdude: mm
[14:55] xdude: but then
[14:55] xdude: we need to not play any Flying MS's this game
[14:55] drag: Cheap and lots of healing
[14:55] xdude: this turn*
[14:55] drag: yeah, you think anyone will need them?
[14:55] xdude: dunno, they;re a good overall deck
[14:55] drag: true. it'd be a shame to lose them
[14:56] drag: but, might work. plus we can then take Shockwaves against his parasites
[14:56] xdude: mmkay. seems nice
[14:57] drag: whoever is playing would need to be able to decide on whether to use Shockwave or FW
[14:57] drag: since it's just gonna be powered by Air Mark.
[14:57] xdude: and Helios doesn't have many rares
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[14:57] drag: bummer
[14:58] drag: might be a little risky anyways if they got an early devourer
[14:58] xdude: or an elec
[14:58] xdude: i think it could take the healing away
[14:59] drag: yeah maybe.
[14:59] drag: hey, i gotta go now too. i'll copy this text and edit it to post later
