Charged up da Rainbow...Where's mah Pot o' Gold?

[jmdt]

After working on the first speedbow to use pendulums (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,11972.0.html), I decided to play with the concept and see what other craziness I could come up with.  Using a gravity mark puts you just in the range to have a charger spam accompanied with small fry from the supernovas.  With chargers, you lose the weakness to shields the previous version faced as essentially a weenie rush.

Not a lot of games tested yet, but this kid is pretty fast.

As always, all suggestions and feedback are welcomed.

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[willng3]

I do like the idea of this deck quite a bit, but I can't help but think that 4 Chargers might be a bit much.  As to what you could substitute...I have no suggestions on this part.

[guolin]

I do like the idea of this deck quite a bit, but I can't help but think that 4 Chargers might be a bit much.  As to what you could substitute...I have no suggestions on this part.

4 Chargers are optimal - CC decks may be deadly.

[willng3]

I do like the idea of this deck quite a bit, but I can't help but think that 4 Chargers might be a bit much.  As to what you could substitute...I have no suggestions on this part.

4 Chargers are optimal - CC decks may be deadly.

I understand that, but my concern is primarily with what this will do if quantum denial is prevalent (and based on my experiences with speedbows, this is quite a common problem).  IMHO the last thing a speedbow needs is less chance of an unsuccessful launch, which is what I fear will occur in these circumstances.

[Higurashi]

Initial testing shows I like Werewolves, Arsenics and Fog Shields in this. But that'd also make it less original, eh? Still, Werewolves are nice. I get quanta to spend a lot of the time.

[guolin]

Initial testing shows I like Werewolves, Arsenics and Fog Shields in this. But that'd also make it less original, eh? Still, Werewolves are nice. I get quanta to spend a lot of the time.

Werewolf is unpopular because it blocks both Supernova and Vampire in the early game.

[Higurashi]

It's not for early game. Especially evident since this deck has Precogs.

[jmdt]

Initial testing shows I like Werewolves, Arsenics and Fog Shields in this. But that'd also make it less original, eh? Still, Werewolves are nice. I get quanta to spend a lot of the time.

Werewolf is unpopular because it blocks both Supernova and Vampire in the early game.

Exactly.  I dislike how werewolf often sits in my hand when I draw it early.

[willng3]

I got around to messing with this deck today...and my previous fears are completely false; the Pends offer much more quanta production than I had previously assumed.  Extremely solid, nice work

[Rastafla]

Adding a gavel would be optimal in there, 7 dmg for 2 quanta due to the gravity mark.

[willng3]

Adding a gavel would be optimal in there, 7 dmg for 2 quanta due to the gravity mark.

The one issue with this is that in the event you don't receive a surplus of Supernovae (say 1-2 in this case), this has the potential to disrupt the quanta balance of the other elements.  For instance, you use the 2 Supernovae, play Gavel.  Gavel drains you of 1 and 1 .  Next turn you draw Abyss Crawler.  Bummer :/

[jmdt]

In light of 1.26, I need to reexamine this deck.