Phase 3 - Community Vote

[lava golem]

I already voted, but I'd like to ask some things for my own personal curiosity:

Why do you like the element?
What is your favorite card?
What is your favorite synergy with ?

I like the Earth element because it's perfect for rushing, it's got 3 main creatures that do great for rushing, antlions, graboids and steel golems thats for upped and for unupped sad to say that only the graboid has the same potential to tear the the opponents HP as quick as it does in an upped vs. upped scenarios if unupped vs unupped decks. The only card to protect your dear permanents is in Earth, as well as the shield which blocks 3 damage all by itself, effectively slowing down fractal decks by a lot.

Favorite Earth card is probably the steel golem, for one, as mentioned before is that it's extremely good for rushing the heck out of people and second it's got 9 hp for just 4 earth quanta. The card is in-vulnerable to CC (almost ) and if RT'd it can be played back for just 4 earth quanta, unlike the shrieker which costs 8 earth.

Earth/Gravity is pretty awesome and destructive, Heavy armor/Otyugh, Earthquakes/BH, Pulverizer, BB/Armagio. There are so many ways to wreak havoc with those duos. Although it looks like earth seems pretty good compared to Darkness as well with the pest/gargoyle stuff, BB/Voodoo. I still like Gravity duo with Earth the best, it's really fun to play around with in trainer. I also like how it seems Rage Elixir was made just to get in combo with Heavy armor... Heavy armor is also useful for buffing up Fire's fragile creatures. Also, my favorite card, Lava Golem is also a very good candidate for Fire/earth duos, similar decks with Hermes.

[QuantumT]

I'm going to take this in a bit different direction than most and ask you a little about deckbuilding.

What (war legal) decks would you build to defeat these two decks?

The decks should be all unupped and preferably not involve and nymphs as you don't know who will have to face down the decks.

Also, though the decks should be targeted counters, they shouldn't fall apart against other decks.

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EDIT: Slight change on the wording to clarify.

[lava golem]

I'm going to take this in a bit different direction than most and ask you a little about deckbuilding.

What (war legal) decks would you build to defeat these two decks?

The decks should be all unupped and preferably not involve and nymphs as you don't know who will have to face down the decks.

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4vj 4vj 4vj 4vj 4vj 4vj 4vl 4vl 4vl 4vl 50u 50u 50u 50u 50u 590 590 590 590 590 590 593 593 593 593 5f6 5og 5oi 5oi 61qI'm not looking for some completely tested deck that totally owns them, more a deck that should in theory work as an expression of deck building creativity.

EDIT: Slight change on the wording to clarify.

Pandebonium counter:

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A typical deckout with purifies, just to add with the frustration, some titanium shields to stop arsenic completely. 

Discord/Graboid

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An Earth-based variant I made of Antagon's speedbow, pretty effective against the deck Discord/Graboid.

[einherjar145]

Hello!. I got a couple of questions for u guys.

1. Which of these qualities should a Master have and why?(Pls choose one from the list.)
   
    Honesty,Compassion,Passion, Diligence,Integrity,Patience,Respectful,Attitude or Others.(if any)

2. Which of these qualities should a Master NOT have and why?(Pls choose one from the list.)

   Boastfulness,Proud,Laziness,Disrespectful towards others,Dishonesty,Ill-Tempered, or Others.(if any)

[Kakerlake]

Thanks for the questions, I updated the first post again. Have fun reading it

Any moar queshtuns?
The harder the better =)
A mathematical equation wouldn't be bad either once in a while - I can even prove that 2=1 ^^ (with a little mistake in it, of course)
Or something random is also always welcome.

[einherjar145]

Hey guys!. I got a deckbuliding question for u guys too.(Have Fun!)

What kind of deck(s) would You use to counter the decks below.

The decks should be all unupped and preferably having no nymphs as you wont know who would have to face the decks.

You would have to use your own element and another element to make the deck. Try and make a deck which ppl would understand how to use it easily.

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[Kakerlake]

What kind of deck(s) would You use to counter the decks below.

The decks should be all unupped and preferably having no nymphs as you wont know who would have to face the decks.

You would have to use your own element and another element to make the deck. Try and make a deck which ppl would understand how to use it easily.

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1st:

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Pretty simple: Mash Discord or shield, EQ always a 3pack, or 2pack. And throw AM'ed or near dead poisoned Dragon in opponent's face.

Or: a boring version:

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2nd:

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58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58q 58q 591 591 591 591 591 591 593 593 593 5ia 5ia 5ia 5ia 5ia 5iaEQing pillars will reduce opponents rewinding so you can keep hitting him with whatever you like.
To clear out the poison, purify is a must, funny thing is, purify will mostly counter opponents sundials as well.
If you get lucky, there won't be a shield for a long time. If you don't, well then it just takes twice as long.

[xdude]

If you get your wings out before the opponent poisons you, you win. Simple as that.

Yeah... no. Momentum.

[Kakerlake]

If you get your wings out before the opponent poisons you, you win. Simple as that.

Yeah... no. Momentum.

Ah lol, whops xD
I saw the deck and automatically thought of the Elder deck which uses blessings instead of momentum. Guess that's what mixed me up. Will be edited shortly with an actual counter ^^

[$$$man]

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Adrenaline > Bonewall
Heal Delays poison
Burrow > Pandemonium

Theory works

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BB's > Grabbys
Stoneskins > Offense

Theory works
It was harder building decks that could play well against other decks, while still countering this one.

Hey guys!. I got a deckbuliding question for u guys too.(Have Fun!)

What kind of deck(s) would You use to counter the decks below.

The decks should be all unupped and preferably having no nymphs as you wont know who would have to face the decks.

You would have to use your own element and another element to make the deck. Try and make a deck which ppl would understand how to use it easily.

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Devs > Mark cards.
EQ > Eternity/Procrastination (They cost too much)
Overquanta production > Reverse time.

Theory works.

Hello!. I got a couple of questions for u guys.

1. Which of these qualities should a Master have and why?(Pls choose one from the list.)
   
    Honesty,Compassion,Passion, Diligence,Integrity,Patience,Respectful,Attitude or Others.(if any)

2. Which of these qualities should a Master NOT have and why?(Pls choose one from the list.)

   Boastfulness,Proud,Laziness,Disrespectful towards others,Dishonesty,Ill-Tempered, or Others.(if any)

1. Really, I can't pick, all those traits are great and Vital to being a master. There is none that is better then the other, I would say patience is the least vital.

2. Again, can't decide, just some terrible characteristics. I would say that laziness is the worst, since masters are usually required to do some sort of work.

[Terroking]

Ok, since my previous post is still on page one, I'll answer everything I left for later here.

Why earth?

It's one of the best elements for stalling, rushing, quanta denial, total field control, centering on for Rainbows, and building specific counters to other decks.

What does Earth symbolize for you?
What will you do for this element as a Master? What is your vision?

What does the Element Earth symbolize? (Be precise, concise and complete)
What types of cards does Earth need in game to finish covering the Element Earth?

Earth symbolizes stability, strength, resilence, and being really, really hard to stop.

My vision? Well, I personally don't see anything wrong with anything right now. My vision is to see what comes next

Primarily, a source of mono CC, actual creature killing power, some better quanta production, and more special mechanics.

Many people see Earth for its feared Graboid, and think almost every other card sucks. How would you prove them wrong?

I'd show them some of Earth's other really, really good cards like Steel Golem, Antlion, BB, and EQ. In the unupped format, though, all I could really say is "Look over there at Phase Shield/Immolation/Nova."

I could also show them our War archive.

What do each of you feel that you can bring or do for that is not being done now?  This goes for TerroKing as well.  You have been around for a long time now, do you ever feel like  has grown stale for you?

More cards and mechanics, really. Tridents too, could use a nice buff. For the second question: No, not really. I feel it's been too long between new cards (Hopefully Zanz will fix this in 1.27 ) it's always been really good. The only thing that gets stale is answering these same questions over and over -.-

Q: If you can, express your playing style in a poem (length doesn't matter) when it comes to using Earth cards in decks.

You stall or you rush
The result is the same
Whatever you face, you'll always win fame.

You can try to go fast;
You can try to go slow.

Whatever you do,
I can out rush or out stall you.

>.<

Why do you like the element?
What is your favorite card?
What is your favorite synergy with ?

Because it's a sort of jack-of-all trades, like Darkness or Water, but does it better than both of them, and can specialize very well.

It's sort of a tie between Diamond Shield and Steel Golem, simply due to the sheer strength of both cards.

Favorite? Definitely Earth/Gravity Field control, sort of like how Obliterator is, but better made and with BB and Auburns as CC.

What (war legal) decks would you build to defeat these two decks?

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Pandebonium counter:

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Discord/Graboid:

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Hello!. I got a couple of questions for u guys.

1. Which of these qualities should a Master have and why?(Pls choose one from the list.)
   
    Honesty,Compassion,Passion, Diligence,Integrity,Patience,Respectful,Attitude or Others.(if any)

2. Which of these qualities should a Master NOT have and why?(Pls choose one from the list.)

   Boastfulness,Proud,Laziness,Disrespectful towards others,Dishonesty,Ill-Tempered, or Others.(if any)

1. Patience. With enough patience, everything you need to know can be learned

2. Dishonesty. This is the worst quality to be in any person, ever. Unfortunately it's also probably the most prominent.

Hey guys!. I got a deckbuliding question for u guys too.(Have Fun!)

What kind of deck(s) would You use to counter the decks below.

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Phew. Done. If I do end up losing in the next 5 Trials, one good thing will be that the repetition of the same exact question will finally be over.

[$$$man]

 If you know why I'm saying this, you get a cookie.

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