scarab spamming is fun! remade

[the_unknown]

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hey its nubzftw1 and my message to you is scarab spam is fun as heck! anyways the main reason for me posting the deck is because it has been fixed up a little so here is the deck;

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4vj 4vj 4vj 4vj 592 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5ro 5ro 5rp 5rp 5rp 5rp 5rs 5rs 5rs 5rs 5se 5se 5se 5se 5t2 5t2 5t2 5t2 8pl

so thats the deck and here is a video review of the deck as promised in the original thread:

all creative and uncreative suggestions are welcomed as if your family has just got a new puppy, idk, anyways cya soon and remember; scarab spamming is great!

[furballdn]

Something tells me that you'll need a bit more quanta.

[I8SumOrangesNItWasK]

No protection other than Sundial which hurts you as much as it helps (and is not enough anyway).

http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,33820.0.html

Although, adding enchant artifact to my above deck is a good idea. Not for the pendulums, but for the weapon. (That deck is perfectly capable of working without its pendulums.)

[the_unknown]

No protection other than Sundial which hurts you as much as it helps (and is not enough anyway).

http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,33820.0.html

Although, adding enchant artifact to my above deck is a good idea. Not for the pendulums, but for the weapon. (That deck is perfectly capable of working without its pendulums.)

yes the pendulums are very helpful!! the sundial is enough stalling if you dont have the cards you need, you'll know if you watched the video, and besides what other stalling would i add?

Something tells me that you'll need a bit more quanta.

and no even with a 1 pillar draw i was able to get the quanta i needed to even the game. again its in the video.
i know i said all advice is very much welcome and appreciated but ive come across these troubles in my last thread for this deck and this is much an improvement, and i have proven that this deck comes by many knots that i get into...

[Ekki]

Well, look's basically OK to me. Some concerns though:

Something tells me that you'll need a bit more quanta.

You might have some quanta troubles there.

Also, that Enchant Artifact seems out of place. I mean, you're packing it (I guess) so that your Eternity doesn't get PC'd, but chances are that it will end up clogging your hand when you could have drawed a Sundial or Time Pillar. Also, 30-card decks are faster at drawing, and that would let you take out the Novas.

Other than that, I'd like to see this deck with 6 Pharaohs, since you need to draw one earlier in the game.

BTW, how is this deck doing in your tests??
EDIT: Seeing the video. You faced a 70-score guy in PvP, with Quantum pillars in his seemingly basic deck. Maybe you should try it in Arena (bronze is OK) or AI3/4, I see potential in the Pharaoh/SoR combo.

[ninetyfools]

Why enchant artifact? Otherwise the deck looks fine.

[the_unknown]

Well, look's basically OK to me. Some concerns though:

Something tells me that you'll need a bit more quanta.

You might have some quanta troubles there.

Also, that Enchant Artifact seems out of place. I mean, you're packing it (I guess) so that your Eternity doesn't get PC'd, but chances are that it will end up clogging your hand when you could have drawed a Sundial or Time Pillar. Also, 30-card decks are faster at drawing, and that would let you take out the Novas.

Other than that, I'd like to see this deck with 6 Pharaohs, since you need to draw one earlier in the game.

BTW, how is this deck doing in your tests??

i havent  bean counting games but im guessing 4 losses in pvp out of 50ish games and 3 in lv3\elders out of 50 but ill probly do some actual testing, and 6 pharohs is too many in my opinion

[the_unknown]

Why enchant artifact? Otherwise the deck looks fine.

enchant artifact is for the eternity, it got crushed and because of that i lost a game.

[Ekki]

Well, look's basically OK to me. Some concerns though:

Something tells me that you'll need a bit more quanta.

You might have some quanta troubles there.

Also, that Enchant Artifact seems out of place. I mean, you're packing it (I guess) so that your Eternity doesn't get PC'd, but chances are that it will end up clogging your hand when you could have drawed a Sundial or Time Pillar. Also, 30-card decks are faster at drawing, and that would let you take out the Novas.

Other than that, I'd like to see this deck with 6 Pharaohs, since you need to draw one earlier in the game.

BTW, how is this deck doing in your tests??

i havent  bean counting games but im guessing 4 losses in pvp out of 50ish games and 3 in lv3\elders out of 50 but ill probly do some actual testing, and 6 pharohs is too many in my opinion

Huh, OK, remember that PvP is full of 50-card-newish players, so it's just useful if you take in account against what deck you're winning (this requires some knowledge about decktypes and synergies to actually work), so I recommend AI3 and Arena for tests. As I said:

EDIT: Seeing the video. You faced a 70-score guy in PvP, with Quantum pillars in his seemingly basic deck. Maybe you should try it in Arena (bronze is OK) or AI3/4, I see potential in the Pharaoh/SoR combo.

Why enchant artifact? Otherwise the deck looks fine.

enchant artifact is for the eternity, it got crushed and because of that i lost a game.

That is a bad reasoning. Supposing that you will draw one single EA in your deck, right when you need it, and after you drew 2 novas, is not as useful as it seems. There will always be a counter to your deck (like an earlier Lobotomizer or Mind Flayers), and many soft counters like PC and CC, so you can't pack everything because you're making your Pharaohs less effective. I say focus on Scarab spamming and maybe in stalling early game (but sundials seem to do that OK).

I've seen a deck like this (even before the new SoR) farming Half-Bloods, so I guess this one will have even more potential.

[I8SumOrangesNItWasK]

What other stalls could you add? LOL, is the name "Procrastination" not enough of a hint as to what it does?

[Ekki]

What other stalls could you add? LOL, is the name "Procrastination" not enough of a hint as to what it does?

IDK if you refer to me but I'll suppose that
I think Sundials are OK to stall until the Scarabs are big enough, I just added that -maybe- a bit more stall could be of use, like Reverse Time or Gravity Pull, but those may make the deck too fat.
As I said:

*snip* maybe in stalling early game (but sundials seem to do that OK).

[the_unknown]

That is a bad reasoning. Supposing that you will draw one single EA in your deck, right when you need it, and after you drew 2 novas, is not as useful as it seems. There will always be a counter to your deck (like an earlier Lobotomizer or Mind Flayers), and many soft counters like PC and CC, so you can't pack everything because you're making your Pharaohs less effective. I say focus on Scarab spamming and maybe in stalling early game (but sundials seem to do that OK).
[/quote]i know it is slightly bad reasoning but ya know its what i prefer when you use it (if you use you can change it to your desire) but i figure having the weapon with an EA is helpful because i also partially use it as some sort of cc and if it gets destroyed then i would lose it (the fact i have this for pc is because what if my opponenet pulls out a super strong light dragon with tons of health how am i gonna eat it? i kow it still seems kinda pointless but i find it helpful)