Paradox
Paradox has 2 copies of each of the following cards :
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| Mark: 3 Time |
| Creature control: None |
| Permanent control: None |
Strategy:
Paradox will play elite deja vu, ray of light(elite photons) and golden hourglass in first turns. Sometimes he blesses deja vu before to duplicate and gets a pair of 5/5 creatures. If you have a creature with higher attack than him, he will copy your creature instead. He uses hourglasses like all Fake Gods; every turn except when he has as many cards as you. He will play Miracle within the margin that you can do damage, plus a bit more. This means he expects you to do a bit more damage next round, like all FG's.
Also, his rays of light load up his light quanta so he can Miracle. It's a pain to have to start over, so better to do your damage in big chunks.
OTKs don't need to be worried about Paradox, as their defenses and means of attack completely shut off Paradox's strategy. Save the momentum or Chimera until you can OTK paradox, or you'll find a wave of TU'd things crushing you.
Scarabs and Otyugh are very welcome and are effective also non upgraded. If possible quintessence your otyughs or immortalize them with an anubis, or pack Rain of Fire and hold it for when Paradox TU's the otyugh.
Paradox is a joke with a Hope deck. Lobotomise his Rays of Light to stop him from using Miracle and it's over even faster. If not, you'll just have to shock him like you do with Miracle and Divine Glory: play one or two Fractal's worth of RoL's and two or three Archangels/Light Dragons to speed up the damage, then calculate how much you can do in one turn and play it all.
Oracle Counter
Elemental Masteries come easy with this deck.
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Non-upgraded and rareless, RoL/Hope can be used, thanks to Paradox's abundance of Rays of Light.
Lobotomize his Rays of Lights, so that he can’t save up for Miracles or Blessing his creatures. Fractal his Rays of Lights to provide your own Light quanta to fuel your Hope shield. Then Fractal your own Dragons for the win. Be careful not to put out a Dragon too early, or he will Twin Universe it many, many times.
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