Wrath of Antevorta

[willng3]

I can't recall what led me to creating this deck, but suddenly I had an urge to create a Speedbow using my Golden Nymph which went very well.  However to make the deck usable for everyone I decided to modify it without the Nymph.

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This deck is ridiculously fast as you can expect from 4 Hourglasses in addition to the PSN Speedbow set up.  Against Silver League I had little problems running over my opponents and I have also managed to mirror the exact same behavior against Gold League (granted I have certainly lost to Gold League as well).  With good to slightly above average draws the deck can expect to deal 100 damage in 5 turns and deal over 100 damage within 6 turns without much resistance.
The above is the purest rush/speed form that I was able to produce.  In truth I have considered replacing the Chaos Power with a Silence to deal with decks that are heavier on Shields or other types of control, but the Chaos Power allows for faster damage during early games and also works well with the Pegasus.  There are a number of other cards that would fit as a replacement for it as well.
And for a glimpse at what I had started with:

Spoiler for The original/PvP version:

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I consider this to be more of a PvP variation than the above variant.  It's probably not fast enough to do as well in Arena, but the Hourglasses + the Nymph allow you to get exactly what you need faster in various circumstances which is very useful in competitive PvP.  Black Holes are a problem even with Sanctuary in the deck, but otherwise it's very well rounded.  Using the Cloaks to protect your Hourglasses and creatures as you burn through your deck is absolutely crippling.

[n00b]

I know you've been begging me to looking over for days, so I will... and if you click that little spoiler button, you'll see what I thought of it.

My official Seal of Approval! (patent pending)

[Xsshstex]

I like. I like.

[Toge111]

1st attempt: I did get one Frog out before immorush killed me. (-15)
2nd attempt: One crimson dragon killed me. (-15)
3rd attempt: Mono darkness dragon spam killed me. (-15)
4th attempt: Won against some weird gravity/fire deck (+64)
5th attempt: Mono gravity flying titans killed me. (-15)
6th attempt: Won against some QT/ flying weapon deck (+45)
7th attempt: Blach hole rainbow killed me. (-15)
8th attempt: Standard fire deck killed me. (-15)
9th attempt: Won against mono aether (+39)
10th attempt: Standard fire deck killed me. (-15)

So the winnings are 145 and losses were 105 electrum. I gained 40 electrum in this 20 minute playing session in silver league. Let's put this in perspective: That's one EM against AI3, which takes about 60 seconds

[willng3]

Jesus I'm glad that I never claimed the deck to be a guaranteed success against Arena; they were Trial runs to view the speed potential after all.

By all means keep informing me of the flaws of the decks I post here; I find your claims taken from small sample sizes to be quite helpful to improving my decks.

Also:
I forgot to make a note of this before I went on vacation, but this is the deck I had been using against AI4 before I went away:

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Didn't make much sense to keep the Ulitharid when I was aiming for pure speed so away it went.

And before someone "wastes" their time playing this atrocity of a deck, I had an estimated 70% win percentage against AI4 with TTWs ranging from 7-13 as the normal.  I am of course not insinuating that this is the world's best Half-blood grinder.