Hm, yeah.. I've done a lot of testing in the past with Monoaether vs. UG/Blitz decks that have Deflags due to several PvP Events, and Monoaether wins surprisingly often. That's why I felt comfy with going mono against Air, here. More Deflags and it would've been different. Good job deuce and jippy. :>
What?!?! I thought this was a counter RNG fail! My mind is blown...
It's definitely not strong enough to be called a counter, just theoretically works in a way that Monoaether can't handle. The problem is that Air has no way of mitigating the damage from Phase Dragons outside of Fog Shield, and they do faster damage than one might think. Faster than UG's most of the time, even with Fog out by the middle of the game, so it comes down to physical damage vs. Dim Shields, where the number of Deflags is the decisive factor.
Here's a different match-up that comes to mind:
http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,21155.msg288632#msg288632The speed I lost due to having Deflags was just barely worth it as I blew up UG's and Fogs. Probably could've done as well with a mono.