This is basically another Graboid rainbow, but it can be build without playing a single match, choosing
as the starter element.
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4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4vh 4vh 4vj 4vj 4vj 4vj 4vj 4vj 52o 52o 55q 55q 590 590 590 590 5c1 5c1 5f6 5f6 5lc 5og 5rr 61q 61q 8pm
Steps:
1. Remove all aether cards except lightning, black dragon, dagger, nightfall and sell them. (250
)
2. Sell them and get 2 quantum pillars and 6 novas. (94
)
3. Put them into your deck and take out 4 Devourers, 3 Parasites and 1 Dusk mantle and then sell them. (402
)
4. Buy 4 Graboids and 2 Lycanthropes. (62
)
5. Put the 6 new cards into your deck and take out 3 Steals and 3 Drain Lifes. Sell them. (299
)
6. Buy 2x Poison, 2x Momentum and 1 Fog Shield. Put them into your deck and sell 5 Obsidian Pillars. (161
)
7. Buy 2 Forest Spirits, 1 Holy Light, 1 Precognition and 1 Lightning and sell 5 Obsidian Pillars again. (52
)
8. Finally, buy 1 Deflagration and take out 1 Obsidian Pillar. Sell that Pillar and buy 1 more Deflagration. Take out the remaining Obsidian Pillar and add the Second Deflagration. Change your mark to Earth mark. (2
)
That's it! Keep that Obsidian Pillar for the "remove 1 card from your deck" and "buy and sell 1 card" quests.
Variations:
1. Replace Holy Light with a Freeze/Chrysaora. It might work better, but then excess light quanta will be wasted. Also, Forest Spirits eat up water quanta pretty fast.
2. Replace Deflagration with a Freeze/Chrysaora. Same water quanta issue here, but still a viable choice due to the coming Deflagration nerf in 1.29. You also get 1 more
.
3. Keep the Dagger and buy 1 less Deflagration/Holy Light. Not a bad choice as you end up with a bit more electrum. Again, due to the coming Deflagration nerf, buy 1 less Deflagration is more favourable.
This deck is by no means a good AI3 grinder, but it should be very helpful for completing the first quests and getting a few lucky wins against Elders.