2 rares, 2 upgrades: a DUO FG Killer for the Masses. Updated 22-3-11

[Kiduterus]

Just wanted to drop in and say thanks for this deck.  I set it up this afternoon and won 10 FG matches (mostly Neptune and Ferox) and 2 upped cards.

Edit: Just beat Neptune (again) and won TWO upped cards, including an Arctic Octopus!  That being said, Neptune is listed as "Kinda Hard" for this deck in the OP; I have found that this deck REAMS Neptune.  I am 5/5 against Neptune, but maybe that is just my good luck.

[allanpike]

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[Kiduterus]

I beat Gemini pretty easily with this deck, although I got lucky in that he 1) never got his lobo out, and 2) he momentumed his lower HP creatures instead of his 30 HP dragons, so I was able to eat all of his momentumed creatures with my Oty.

Edit:  I'm now 3 for 3 facing Gemini with this deck.  As long as you Quint your Oty the Lobo is no huge deal.  He is definitely tough (especially if he uses his momentums on his Colossal Dragons), but beatable.

[Nonemo]

I had some great luck with my own half-upgraded variant of this deck (have elite Oty, some upg. aether cards, and threw in electrocutor and 3 SoG as well), playing maybe 30 matches (ditches not counted) and winning 10 of them, netting 7 upgraded cards tonight. Pretty neat for a low-budget deck! 

But really, Osiris seems impossible to beat. What's he doing in the "easy" section of the FG:s in this thread? I've met him six or seven times with this deck now, and I don't even start damaging him for real before I'm finito. Of course 6 games are hardly statistical proof for anything, but even when I get a good starting hand it's impossible to keep up. As Osiris pumps out Pharaohs I try to devour the scarabs, maybe lightning bolt a pharaoh to devour him and make the flow of scarabs less abundant. Then a turtle shield comes up, my Oty is delayed and the pharaohs take the time to create some three or four extra scarabs, meaning one turn later there are like six-eight scarabs around, devouring anything I put on the table. I've had bad luck quinting the Oty in time, but as long as I can devour only one critter every second turn, that's really not going to make any difference anyway once the spammed momentums add up.

Okay, so that's the end of my whining.  Now over to the important stuff - Am I missing something here?

[Baily18]

i think this was made before Osiris had momentums.

[Nonemo]

i think this was made before Osiris had momentums.

Ahh. Well, that would explain a lot actually. Still a nice deck though.

[Kiduterus]

Just a quick note on strategy vs. Destiny with this deck; OP says to save your Quint for animated Titans, but in practice I think it is better to use it on an Oty, and devour Fate Eggs and Fallen Elves to save time until you can get your Phase Shields up.  Once you have the Phase Shield chain going, Destiny will Chaos Power the crap out of something into the 20+/20+ range.  Just PU that 2-4 times for an instant KO.

[lokiburn4]

there are a few unupgraded options now! (so long as you have the rares) I guess the path is to get a decent t50 deck, then get the weapons you need, then go from there.

[TheForbiddenOracle]

Don't forget the shards, and I recommend you switch decks when you get enough electrum, possibly the CCYB deck. In terms of wins and saving electrum, I believe it is far more effective than SG's Rainbow.

[gavsword]

Here is what I'm currently running. I've found upping the titans are more effective for the 3rd upgrade slot that PU's. I really like this deck though. Thank Essence, thanks Yaladilae. This deck is a pretty decent grinder, especially for the cost

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[Kiduterus]

Just wanted to note that the new Catapult/Trebuchet card works really nicely with this deck.  Animated Titans deal 30 damage when launched, frozen Titans (against Neptune) deal 36 damage, and infected Titans (against Morte/Incarnate) deal 30 damage and poison the opponent.  The one time 30 damage also helps against FGs with Miracle where a sudden kill is most effective.

[Colonel Forbin]

I won my first victory against a False God ever with a variant of this deck.  It was against Hermes, a "Kinda Hard" FG.

So first things first: thanks to Essence and Yaladilae.

I just wanted to share my observations and experiences.  I don't know if anyone cares, but it might help other newbs who are just now starting to collect enough electrum to upgrade in earnest.

I used the mostly unupped version of yaladilae's variant (see reply #10)
Like his deck, I have Elite Otys x2 and an Animate Weapon.  I also added SoG x2 and Elec x2.

Observations:
(1) Shards of Gratitude are critical.  I played this deck without the SoGs and Elecs 15 times before this, and lost every single match badly.  In this match, Hermes had me Fire Lanced down to 12.  Without SoG, it would have been another loss.

(2) I still needed a nearly perfect initial draw to win. 
- Initial draw had the Animate Weapon, an Oty, and a Shard. 
- I drew a Quint third turn, just as I had enough quanta to play both Oty + Quint.  That bugger saved my life until I could get my Dimensional Shields up. 
- Then I played my Shard.
- I drew just the right number of shields through the midgame, about 1 draw out or 3..

(3) After the Oty devoured the initial rush, I had an pretty poor draw through mid-game (other than the Shields)
- I only had 2 Aether pillars through my first 10 turns. 
- I didn't draw a Titan for Animation until nearly the end of the match when it didn't matter.
- I drew both Electrocutors mid game when I couldn't play them because I needed to save quanta for Dim Shield.  I wound up having to discard one.  Never did play the other one.  The dead draws nearly got me killed.

(4) After I finally drew a couple more Aether Pillars in the endgame, things got a lot easier.
- I was finally able to bank Aether quanta for one of the 4 Parallel Universes in my hand.  It still took like 5 turns.
- Finally drew a Titan, which I Animated.
- Finally, i was able to PU that huge Lava Destroyer that had grown out of Oty range to 29/29.
- Two turns later, it was over.

(5) I got really lucky with the Hermes draw and AI.
- Early on, he double-Plate Armored a Brimstone Eater instead of Fire Spectre.  My Oty could eat one, but not the other.  That Brimstone Eater lasted until the second to last round.  If he had been growing a Fire Spirit that whole time instead, I'd also probably be dead.
- Other than that, he marched a perfect diet of creatures one by one straight into my Oty's gullet.
- He never got a fire shield up.
- He wasted his Explosions early.  I only remembered getting my Dim Shield exploded once, in the early mid-game.  Maybe he exploded a gravity pillar?  If he had saved it for later, when his Lava Destroyer was bigger, I would have lost.

(6) I only got 48 Electrum and no cards for my win. 

 Conclusions:
(1) Shards of Gratitude are critical.  I'm going to upgrade and add 2 more.
(2) Do NOT add Electrocutors unless you need them.  All I know is: you don't need them for Hermes.
(3) Considering how much luck I needed to win, how long it took, and how little I got out of it, I suspect grinding T50 is better bang for your buck.  But I will try a few more times before I can know for sure.  Besides, this is more fun.