for the record, i called the one guy an idiot because he didnt make much sense, but look at the other guys name, theidioticidiot, wtf did you want me to call him? but w/e
If any of you have ever played a pillarless deck you would realize that you have a good chance of not drawing what you need. The precogs help here. If I draw 2 destroyers, 1 vamp dagger, 2 cremations, 2 precogs, I can't play anything, so I end my turn. Next turn I draw another destroyer, but now I can play a precog. And if I happen to draw a spark now I can cremate it and use the other precog as well. Since when did drawing cards slow down a deck? Even when screwed over in the initial starting hand, this deck can recover quickly and still manage to get a 4 or 6 turn kill even when nothing is played the first turn.
The phoenix has a power of 7, that is why I use them. Why use 2 cards to do 8 damage when you can use 1 card to do 7. This helps thin out the deck even more. More damage, fewer cards.
Gavels deal 1 more damage than vamp daggers, yet the vamp daggers heal you. It's not a tough choice if you have no defense at all.
Lava Destroyer growth is really not all that important since this is a rush deck.
7, 14, 21, 28, 35, 42 - 6 turns, no growth - total dmg done
7, 16, 27, 40, 55, 72 - 6 turns, growth - total dmg done
Sure it really does seem after 6 turns that increasing the destroyers dmg really might make a difference but
1 destroyer played first turn, 2 more played second turn, which is a very common thing to have happen
7, 16, 23, 30, 37, 44
0, 7, 16, 23, 30, 37 - 116, growth only from earth from cremate, 2 growthed once, total dmg done, not even using the earth from cremate
0, 7, 14, 21, 28, 35
total = 7, 30, 53, 74, 95, 116
assuming the deck is also pillarless, but using earth mark, the first destroyer will be buffed each turn, 1 other one can be buffed twice, from the 2 cremates, or each other one once.
7, 16, 27, 40, 55, 72
0, 7, 16, 23, 30, 37 - 146, growth of 1 for 6 turns, other 2 growth each once from earth from cremate
0, 7, 16, 23, 30, 37
total = 7, 30, 59, 86, 115, 146
So instead of wasting that earth mark just for buffing a destroyer, why not put it to good use.
Remember, the above was comparing growth from earth gained from cremates only to as much growth as possible using the same cards but earth mark. This is assuming that nothing else except those 3 destroyers are out dealing damage.
Precog use depends on if I draw them or not obviously. I use them when I get them though. The deck is effectively a 24 card deck because of them.
