anti god necromancer deck

[didia]

I'm still on the way to get a deck that suits my style well. I'm getting really close now. Here we are:

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So far i lost only once against chaos lord (after 20 games). He made terrific mutants early and i had no way to deal with them. But sometimes, you can get away with TU. The last fight, i got a 20/20 devourer  to resist his good start.

 I tried to play smaller decks (30 cards) but it was hard against gods like rainbow.

If i was to add a card, i would take a queen (to get more creatures+ fire quanta) or another otyugh. I nearly lost one game against rainbow because of bad play. he killed my oty after an early sortie and i wasted my firestorms and was left with only a few creatures and no way to get more. Fortunately he decked out just before killing me.

Maybe i use two many towers, if i compare to other anti god decks but i hate to have a bad draw (no towers at start). I also played with protect artifact and animate weapon but these cards are not essential if you know the AI well. For top 50, it would be a nice add though.

The strengh:

This deck is unstoppable if you have a decent draw (pillars+ hourglass).

The weakness:

With so many cards you still might get a bad draw.

Also, it's simple to play. The gods will waste their spells on your skels. Then you play your anubis and protect oty and druid. TU is also very useful and compensates for the small number of creatures.

[Scaredgirl]

If you have time, please post a screenshot of your deck. It's easier to read that way.

Tutorial here: http://elementstheforum.smfforfree3.com/index.php/topic,1012.0.html (http://elementstheforum.smfforfree3.com/index.php/topic,1012.0.html)

[Daxx]

And if you wouldn't mind, could you keep a record of your fights against the gods - i.e. your win/loss ratio vs. each god - and post it on this thread so people can compare it to other decks? This looks like an interesting deck and it would be good to see how it compares to others.

[didia]

http://www.screencast.com/t/YjRiZDcwN

I don't understand how to put the image directly. For the stats, i will start to record them and give them to you when i have enough games.

[didia]

After my good start, i was very optimistic about this deck but after testing it more i started to get a lot of bad draws. I wanted to play at least 10 games with each god to have enough material but i think i played it enough to have a better idea of its potential.

Fire Queen  10/10 (10 EM)
Miracle        7/7   (7 EM)
Incarnate    6/6   (5 EM)
Graviton      6/7   (6 EM)
Chaos Lord   5/6  (5 EM)

These ones are easy as you have a lot of creatures for your graveyard, and they have weak permanent control.

Gemini       4/7 (4 EM) gives some problems as i don't have a good permanent control and not many ways to deal with his dragons if i don't get oty+druid+ pulv
                               quickly enough
Morte        4/6  (3 EM)  bad draw+ quick poison = death

Seism        4/8  (4 EM) sometimes annoying if he has a good draw but the score could have been better because i played stupidly twice (playing all my pillars on first
                                turn mechanically before looking at the opponent )

Scorpio      2/5 (2 EM)  a little better than Morte but still very beatable. If you draw bond+yard+firestorm quickly enough, it should be ok.

Rainbow     1/4  (1 EM) i played badly in 1 game but he's difficult anyway with this deck.

Hermes      2/10  (1 EM) ouch, this one is a big problem. Sometimes i get the setup but his firelances often kill me.

[Daxx]

Thanks didia, those are some interesting numbers.

[jmizzle7]

How are you playing your Twin Universes against Hermes? You should use both of them on a very large golem. The trick with Hermes is to beat him before he can lance you do death. He really can't deal with large creatures, so TU a huge golem once or twice and smash face.

[Uncle Jellyfish]

How are you playing your Twin Universes against Hermes? You should use both of them on a very large golem. The trick with Hermes is to beat him before he can lance you do death. He really can't deal with large creatures, so TU a huge golem once or twice and smash face.

It should also be noted that if you TU a huge creature (like one of his golems) he'll likely waste his Lances on that creature instead of your HP.

[jmizzle7]

Not entirely. There is a threshold of quanta that the AI reaches where it will no longer target your creatures but target your face instead. It's somewhere around 40 or 50.

[Uncle Jellyfish]

Not entirely. There is a threshold of quanta that the AI reaches where it will no longer target your creatures but target your face instead. It's somewhere around 40 or 50.

Didn't know that. Thanks for the update.

[Evil Hamster]

I thought it was roughly based on your strongest creature on the board- if he can kill a creature he'll do that, but if he'll overkill it too much he'll hit you instead.

But I could be wrong.

[didia]

Interesting strategy Jmizzle. I usually kill the golems quickly and his shield is a problem for the skels. I might try to let them alive if i can afford it. Also, his Farenheit is quite annoying. I'm now testing the deck with 2 more pulv instead of the TU. So it will be for later.