I actually figured that already, SoFo is way too vulnerable and will most likely get killed as soon as you spawn it.
This deck doesn't take away the initial problem I had, with a rather often bad draw from the start. It'll always be weak against fire stalls, but in many other cases getting that first pulv, ult, oty or whatever in the game is very important to have a head start and prevent your own creature being devoured/lobo'd etc. The main problem I encounter is that if you don't get a QT in a starting draw it will always result in you having to discard a card and not being able to bring out your first creature by at least turn 3 or even 4. This means the AI will pretty much always be ahead of you with control creatures already on the field to take care of anything you bring out.
It might be that I'm playing it wrong? I see it as a rush and spawn anything i can as soon as possible unless I'm 100% certain it'll be devoured or w/e straight away anyways.
No, no, I'm noticing the same problems. Quite often I'll get that bad initial draw, which often results in my having to discard something relatively valuable early on, and usually losing (depending on what the RNG decides to give me when I use a shard). Using a SoSe too early will also result in difficulties, especially if you're not paying attention to quanta.
Before I got my 5th shard, I was using a Discord as a replacement (alongside the pre-Nova nerf version of the deck). I actually had better success that way than after I picked up my final SoSe. Granted, I found I usually wound up with 2 to 4 Discords throughout the course of a match (due to SoSe), but at least then I didn't feel so irked discarding one if I had to. Since I nabbed that final SoSe, I've been swapping out cards one at a time and testing, and I seem to have had the most luck (grinding gold, streak-wise) with this:
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6qq 6qq 6qq 6qq 6qq 6qq 6s1 6s1 6s1 6s1 6tt 6u3 6u3 6u3 6u3 6u3 6u3 6u5 71b 74b 77f 7ap 7do 7gv 7k5 7n3 7qk 7t9 7t9 80b 8pj
I know, not much of a departure from the original, and I'm lucky enough to have that Golden Nymph, but I think this might be a bit more accessible for those with either (a) not enough shards to complete the deck; or (b) a preference for more creatures over Adreno (Mitosis). I also found a Fire Storm in place of the Golem can make for a nice change.
Incidentally, before I spun my 4th SoSe, I was using a Fallen Druid in its place. I suppose a Spectre would also suffice, without putting too much of a strain on quanta. And btw, I'm currently on a 5-0 win streak in Platinum, using the above deck.