(Part I Wiki Article)Thanks goes out to Jdmt for letting me write about his study.
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http://elementswiki.co.cc/articles/turns-to-win-study-compilation-by-jdmt/Part II (making a unique FG deck)Alright here is my FG deck. This actually is my very first deck i tried creating for this trial. I ended up making no alterations although halfway through i'm sure i would have. After beating 6 FG's fairly quick i ran into a rough patch so i tried creating a couple other decks that were complete fail (a 54 card timebow and a water/death deck). Afterwords i decided to go back to my original hoping that i could just somehow knock off the other 6 FG's. Surprisingly i ended up beating the next 6 in a reasonable amount of time but i had a minor mishap where when i defeated Miracle for my final win i accidently saved it over my DreamCatcher file. Luckily enough i ended up with DC again and managed to beat him.
The ? mark is the deathstalker. Honestly for the most part the deathstalker really is not a great card for this deck. I would have been better off with just 3 recluses i think. Shields really mess this card up and most of the FG's have shields that completely block it. I did get a few wins fractaling the deathstalker but i think a recluse would have been just as good.
All and all though it's not a bad deck and i think my record was something like 13-25. Had to reset so many matches since i kept getting the same FG's i beat over and over. Never did get to face Paradox or Divine Glory.
If i had to fix the deck i would take out the deathstalker, replace it with another recluse and maybe throw in another lobotomizer. Getting an early lobotomizer really is critical in a lot of the matchups. Also maybe another death tower but pushing the deck to 38 probably wouldn't be wise.
6rn 6rn 6rn 6rn 710 710 710 710 710 710 710 710 713 713 719 719 719 719 71a 71b 71b 71e 7ta 7ta 808 808 808 808 808 808 808 80d 80d 80e 80i 80iChaos LordAn early fractaled recluse allowed me to bust through his dis shield. Deathstalker.... useless
DecayMy bone shield was over 60 at one point. He got out a late eclipse and i didn't play mine. The additional poison from the deathstalker did help here since that dusk shield is pretty annoying.
Dream CatcherGotta get lucky vs DC. First game i beat him i had an early lobo and actually had to lobo 3 butterfly effects and lucky enough each time he either didn't have enough
or just chose not to blow anything up. 2nd game i was able to bonewall/plague combo him enough and early fractal recluse did enough damage. Obviously by looking at the screenshot i barely pulled this one out.
ElidinisEarly lobo made this game easy.
Fire QueenEarly lobo again made this easy. Had a fun 67 poison counter here but a fractaled recluse would have worked as well.
GravitonFractaled Deathstalker helped here since it poisoned the oty's and getting a 22 poison counter was helpful since i probably would have run out of creatures.
IncarnateIncarnate's pretty hard with this deck. You just have to hope he doesn't throw up bonewalls. Got lucky here since i think he only threw up one and the poison from the deathstalkers were key.
MiracleAnother hard FG for this deck (took me 4 tries i think). This deck just doesn't have enough stall and they can get damage out pretty quick. One game i had a 10 attack pegasus out first round. In the 2nd round he had 13 attack and was doing 26 with dive. Needless to say that was a quick game. In the game i won i got lucky because he played a Light Dragon the turn before or he would have miracled.
MorteFractaled recluse for the win. I'm actually surprised i was able to get wins vs both the bonewall/plague decks. Once those walls get up and they start chaining them it's almost impossible to beat especially since my CC will only make their wall bigger and they have plenty of CC as well.
NeptuneWell we all know Neptune is lol. Are there FG farm decks that actually lose to him?
ObliteratorJust need to be fast and hope he doesn't get a pulvy up and momentumed creatures. I think it took me 6 tries for this one and admit this win won't happen very often.
OsirisBarely held him off for the win here. Early lobo really is the only way you win here.
