Starter Decks - Now with 60 cards!

[Malignant]

It isn't a rare in WoE.

[Shantu]

Which mark will UW players use? Or is it their own decision? If so, do they take a mark skill too from one of the elemental trees?

[Scaredgirl]

Which mark will UW players use? Or is it their own decision? If so, do they take a mark skill too from one of the elemental trees?

UW starts with "Revenge" and one of the 12 Mark skills. They can pick any of them.

[Shantu]

Ah, I see. Will normal elementals be able to choose +1 skill too in the beginning? (So UW players don't get an advantage with +1 skill)

[Kuroaitou]

Ah, I see. Will normal elementals be able to choose +1 skill too in the beginning? (So UW players don't get an advantage with +1 skill)

Pretty much.

http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,17354.0.html#post_skills

*At level 1, you must take a Mark of your element (or 'Revenge' if you are Underworld) and one other Tier 1 skill of your element. Starting from level 2, you can take skills from any of the 13 skill trees.

[Shantu]

Ah, sorry. Last time I read the rules that wasn't there. :p

[homoaddictus]

The fire deck has no crappy cards and has immolation rush written all over it. Also, I think giving Air players 3 fog shields + 6 SW makes their starting deck more powerful than the others.

Boosting the starting card vault to 60 cards is a fantastic idea, but the drawback is that with 60 mono cards and a limited card pool, starter decks became more unbalanced.

[Higurashi]

Hehe.. playing Aether will be a fun challenge at the start. It could use some Phase Spiders for variety, perhaps? As a side note, I personally find Earth's deck to contain the best card mix. Earthquakes, 6 Dragons and Stone Skins.. yes please. Especially since the latter was buffed.
In the end though, mixing in other elements in deck-building will be pivotal for many at the start, and to that end we'll find more uses out of the given cards. On the whole, I agree with Xinef's comments on Aether, but I'm sure the decks will be much more balanced when this shindig kicks off. :>

[Anothebrother]

Is it really necessary for to have 6 emerald shields that aren't that helpful and are expensive while most decks (, , , , etc) don't even have any shields...maybe could some be substituted with some adrenalines or thorn shields?

[ddevans96]

Is it really necessary for to have 6 emerald shields that aren't that helpful and are expensive while most decks (, , , , etc) don't even have any shields...maybe could some be substituted with some adrenalines or thorn shields?

Thorn shields are rare in WoE. They can only be gotten through crafting.

[Zafari]

Shouldn't these decks contain some of the new cards? Say, Schrödinger's Cats, Crusaders or Soul Catchers?

[Ekki]

I just realised that the Earth doesn't have any Shrieker/Graboid. IDK if they are rare or whatever, but Fire got Lava Golems in its starter deck...

P.S. All in all, I like this decks. Great job!