Str3aks's Silver challenges

[Str3aks]

Simple thread to keep track of my decks created for arena.
Feedback is always welcome.  Enjoy!


09/13 - 09/16  :  Pulverizer

Level 27 Health Points 157/165 Max Upgraded 5 Oracle Upgraded 1 Mark Multiplier 2X Card(s) per Turn 1X Deck Size 1X

Win:Loss 12:17 Electrum Earned 90 Rank 371 Rating -85 Age (days) 3 Thumbs Up? 3 Thumbs Down? 9

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77f 58v 58v 58v 58v 55k 55k 55k 55k 55k 55k 55l 55p 55p 55r 55r 55r 55r 55r 576 576 58t 58t 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 745 745 745 7n2 8pl

Deck idea/description:
Didn't really have a great plan for this one. Figured I'd go with a mostly mono gravity deck with a splash of earth to make best use of Pulverizer's ability. From there I pretty much went with cards I had. I use Elite Chargers in one of my arena grinders, so I asked the oracle to use some upgraded cards. Then I figured I'd use the Animate Weapon because what else are you gonna do with 5 weapons? Beyond that it's really just Otyugh with a couple Plate Armors, filled up with pillars/pendulums. Looking back on it, I really needed more creatures. This deck probably made for some slow boring games.

[Str3aks]

09/16 - 09/22  :  Bone Dragon

Level 28 Health Points 76/140 Max Upgraded 0 Oracle Upgraded 0 Mark Multiplier 1X Card(s) per Turn 2X Deck Size 2X

Win:Loss 41:36 Electrum Earned 330 Rank 53 Rating 287 Age (days) 6 Thumbs Up? 14 Thumbs Down? 27

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52h 52h 52h 52h 52h 4vo 4vq 4vq 4vq 4vq 4vq 52g 52g 52g 52g 52g 52g 52g 52i 52i 52i 52i 52n 52n 52n 52n 52q 52q 52r 52r 52r 52r 52v 52v 52v 52v 542 542 542 542 8pj

Deck idea/description:
Ah, a dragon. I figured I'd keep it simple, focus on getting quanta and laying down dragons. Well, with all the death-synergy, I think I may have tried to do too much. My reasoning for including the cards I did should be pretty self explanatory for the most part. Butterfly Effect was just to make sure I had some sort of solution to mono-Aether. Virus for CC, and the rest, well, death synergy.
All in all, it did alright, I suppose. The oracle hasn't been giving me much else to work with, so I'm satisfied with how this one has done so far.

[Chapuz]

Following.

Boneyard pretty much sucks unless you plan a particular combo with Desiccation, I would have replaced the Viruses for Plagues and removed the yards to make the deck slimmer and with more CC.

[Str3aks]

Hey Chapuz, thanks for stopping by! I mostly created this thread for my personal records, but I'm happy to have an audience.

Today the Oracle decided to give me a kitty(Schrödinger's Cat), so I figured I'd try out your suggestions. Also, I seem to have jumped up 9 levels this week, so an extra 45 hp should help too.

09/22 - 09/26  :  Schrödinger's Cat

Level 37 Health Points 169/185 Max Upgraded 0 Oracle Upgraded 0 Mark Multiplier 1X Card(s) per Turn 2X Deck Size 2X

Win:Loss 25:12 Electrum Earned 198 Rank 44 Rating 499 Age (days) 4 Thumbs Up? 8 Thumbs Down? 17

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4vq 4vq 4vq 4vq 4vq 4vo 52g 52g 52g 52g 52g 52g 52h 52h 52h 52h 52h 52i 52k 52k 52p 52p 52p 52q 52q 52r 52r 52r 52r 52v 52v 52v 542 542 542 542 542 8pj

Deck idea/description:
So I started with the same deck from last time, then I removed the Boneyards and replaced the Viruses based on Chapuz's suggestions. When I made this deck last week I wanted to include some Vultures but decided against it to keep things simple. Now that I don't have the Boneyards and I'm not restricted to all five dragons, I decided to try them out. 4 dragons and 2 Vultures seem to be a good balance based on my (limited) testing. After tweaking the quanta sources, this is what I came up with.

Seeing as I shot up 9 levels since my last deck and I'm currently at level 37, this may be my last silver league deck unless the oracle gives me something fun.

Update: The oracle gave me a Black Hole today, and i just hit level 40! So this was indeed my last silver league deck (unless I have some huge losing streak and tank my score). When I have a chance later today, I'll create my gold league thread for my new decklist.

[zephyl]

Nice deck rates. I keep getting oracle cards that I can't figure out a deck with.

[Str3aks]

Welcome back to my Silver Arena thread! My first alt account has broken into the Silver league, so I'll be updating this thread occasionally instead of never. I mostly just log in to check the oracle for arena and a potential false god counter, but now that I'm in silver league, the arena should get more interesting.
Again, feedback is always welcome.  Enjoy!


12/06  :  Steam Machine
( In progress, gl hf! )

Level 21 Health Points 183/185 Max Upgraded 5 Oracle Upgraded 1 Mark Multiplier 1X Card(s) per Turn 1X Deck Size 1X

Win:Loss 4:7 Electrum Earned 42 Rank 245 Rating 7 Age (days) 1 Thumbs Up? 3 Thumbs Down? 1

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7h2 5ii 5ii 5ii 5ii 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f4 5f4 5f4 5f4 5f6 5f6 5f6 5f6 5f6 5f6 5f7 5fb 5fb 5i4 5i4 5i4 5i4 5i4 5i4 5i6 5i6 5i6 5i7 5i7 5i7 5i7 5ib 5ib 5jm 5jm 5jm 5jm 5jm 5jm 5jm 5jm 7dn 7gr 8po

Deck idea/description:
For better or worse, I have given the AI a control-oriented deck using the Steam Machine as the win condition. I think this would do much better if I had enough stat points for double draw AND a reasonable amount of health.
Writing this a day later, I'm wondering why I included the Blue Crawlers. Perhaps I should have replaced them with Ice Lance, or removed them entirely.