So what did you just take down from the Arena?

[1world24]

The time has come to  take down the deck that went over expectations and got these results

rank 2
rating 1924
254 wins
115 wins
days 8
hp 1
bronze league

cards
6 phoenix,immolation,photon
5, elite graboid
4 qt
3 nova
1 lycan,fog shield,forest spirit graboid and 1 arsenic

[Jangoo]

Here's the first deck I submitted to the Arena, which did quite well for itself, peaking out at 5th place:

So ... what happened after that? It just rapidly dropped out within a day or two?

Hi, reader.  Scan a bit further down:

When I retired this deck it was because I was so happy to have spun a Nova -- ironically, the resultant rainbow denial deck I built didn't do nearly as well as this beast

 

[willng3]

Just took down a deck consisting of Graboids, GotP, Eternity, EQ and Precogs.  Added Precogs after the minimum deck size was raised and oddly enough it actually seemed to raise my winrate quite a bit.  It peaked at number 5 before it fell out because my deck didn't receive a single play for almost 8 hours and dropped to 16 as a result.  The ending record was 119-8 or so I believe.

[hainkarga]

Well, here is my spoiler. I'm at level63 platinum league. When i first saw arena online, I quickly made a terrible test deck that went 13-11. Then i modified it into this and now my W-L is 40-13, only losing 2 games .Oracle card is graviton mercenary.

Best defense is offense, no CC, no PC, no shields. And rainbows are for sissies!

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[jmdt]

Was 116 and 10 in Platinum.

I heard reports of 28 attack oty; that could eat even a massive dragon.  The 2-3 times I tesed against it, I couldn't even play a card.  I'd love to know who beat it and what they used.

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[hainkarga]

@jmdt
Looks much better than mine. Especially with my odd graviton guards imposed by the oracle. But hi5 for discord / BH power!

Edit: In my tests, i found nymphs (i guess this makes 4 nymphs in actual deck) better if the game drags. But do you think i should have replaced nymphs with 2 more BH ?

[jmdt]

@jmdt
Looks much better than mine. Especially with my odd graviton guards imposed by the oracle. But hi5 for discord / BH power!

Edit: In my tests, i found nymphs (i guess this makes 4 nymphs in actual deck) better if the game drags. But do you think i should have replaced nymphs with 2 more BH ?

If I had nymphs, I'd run them or probably 1.  You have to remember that your cards are doubled.  So since I used 6 BH, my deck had 12.  Nymphs have more staying power, but are also much slower to get into play and cause you to need more towers to run your deck effectively.  You really only need 1 nymph to permalock your opponent and you have plenty or stalling with the discord and black holes to get one out.  I'd add more BH, go with 1 nymph, more discord, less pillars and more attackers.  The mark is sufficent to play discord and CP without assistance from pends (assuming you have 3x mark).

[Qwandri]

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I got lucky enough to spin quantum tower, and, needing the electrum, posted my speedbow. Haven't taken it down yet, and it is currently 95-4, at rank 9. Considering that it's already been up for some time, I'm taking it down tomorrow.

[SnoWeb]

[Amilir]

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I can't say I'm too proud of this one, but it worked fairly well.  145 HP, 30 upgrades, 3x mark, 2x draw.  Emerald dragon. 

[Essence]

Well, after 3 days of having a relic farm up, I got no plays in 12 hours at Rank 371, so I took it down.  Dunno why that happened, maybe just bad luck, but I figured it was enough to declare the results: currently a farm on Platinum lasts about 3 days.

So any time you spin up a rare or a pillar, go for it! 8)

[Higurashi]

I contemplated making a comical diary thread of sorts for Arena, but I'm not one to make so egocentric threads. This is better.
Decks and days are approximates, because I don't remember them perfectly.

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x3 Mark, 200 HP, x2 Draw/deck.
W-L: 46-6

I've always enjoyed having some targets of my own to boost Bone Wall, but I didn't think it would do as well as it did with so few towers x)

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x2 Mark, 200 HP, x2 Draw/Deck.
W-L: 19-1

Ah, Squidbow. One of the most fun control rainbow decks. Also did better than I thought x)
I used Aboms so the AI wouldn't be able to play any Entropy cards before Snova. It's dumb with Lycans that way.

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x2 Mark, 200 HP, x2 Draw/Deck.
W-L: High 20's - aprox. 2

Yeah, I was feeling mean. It wasn't appreciated, as I was hoping >=)

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x2 Mark, 200 hp, x2 Draw/Deck.
W-L: Aprox. 26-2

AMbow! Pretty fun, pretty damn dangerous. Having to pack 35 cards really lets you take everything you want. :>

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x3 Mark, 200 HP, x2 Draw/Deck.
W-L: In the 30s - below 10

Now, I knew AI can't use Cats very well at all, but I didn't know they sucked this bad. I left it up for a day and had a decent winrate, but when I tried playing it.. here's one example scenario: 4 Cats on the field, Bone Wall up, 20 . AI used the ability of ONE Cat. But I didn't wanna make another Pandebonium, so I left it there when I spun Chimera next day, and it still did fine. :>