Eredan's World

IF you are missing the expensive defensive cards you can also use some of the cards from adventure modes, especially the healing ones.

Hello and welcome back, I was away for a time as well and came back and found similarities to what you posted, however i had alot success in the old elo circuit. As mentioned above the meta has changed and is constanely changing. Many decks are based on new combos or on hit KO. Examples of combo Shadow war and compendium secret or the various attract lightning decks.

To sum up current elo and meta shifts. There are a handful of teir 1 decks, several of the involving character and event specific rewards, example character Scragh or item light and darkness shield. Where the top decks are based on these special event character or they tend to be mage or marauder decks, where most games its over by turn 4.  After these handful of top dogs, there are a whole slew of teir 2 decks which are very competitive making it a tight and hard to plan for the field since teir 2 deck strategies are so different. There has been influx of each guild receiving a new legendary and they all have been powerful and some are OP. Just about every release it can put a weaker deck to teir 1 / 2 with their new legendary.

I sold a bunch of my old cards to update them, and first deck i refell in love with again was Eclipse. If you are worried about mages, they have a action cards makes both of your spirit = o and increase your attack by number of mages alives.

As you are pointing out you don't see the same decks in level rooms as in elo, and even those 5 you mentioned will have very different variations. I present a new strategy and deck type for you then, show you the creative side, and a strategy instead of cards that will be competitive against the top decks, This my current project no chain.

Dandy
Psalm
Keizan

x3 roots
x3 hostile environment
x3 magical poison
x2 scouting the area
x2 bark amour
x2 wood protection

So take this and run with it.

I guess really this thread should be changed to how to get above 1600 elo rating using not one of the top 5 decks.

noz mages have been replaced by witchblades they just haven't really been around since Naya has come out. Surprised you didn't have yilth port on your list, or merc stall both are 1900 - 2000+ elo  decks whom for the most part beat almost all the decks you have mentioned.

How often do you come across a Desert Nomad deck?  Which Room?

I play mostly ELO and I come across Eclipse frequently in 1600+ elo rooms. With the recent release I have come across A healing variations using swarm of scrabs, but find that deck lacking the ablity to take advantage of situation and in win. I mostly encounter the healing variations where they stall you out in 1500-1649 rooms.

Do you play this guild?  If so, for what reason?
I have tried eclipse, played it for amusement and understanding of the decks., I did like how you are all in from the get go. No hestiation just go straight for the kill and leads to fast game, one way or another.

What is your opinion on the history of the Nomads?

don't know anything about them.

What is your opinion on the gameplay of the Nomads?

Eclipse has some very cards to support a archtype where everything works in one direction. That is massive amount of damage output as soon as possible. It has no setup time, and for the most part it is mindless. The combo offered to them, shows why this deck plays fast, opening up with a Nova and Solar Anger, on average will wipe even someone trying to countering this setup. Obestiy and Solaris, countering their action card to protect them them healing your guys like an instant paladin hammer. This tomb will be your grave two card combo is very dangerous. They are extremely fast, strong and good, a top teir contender and no matter what card you have and what moves you can make in preparition of those combo you still have a good chance of losing the game. The deck pressures you, at the same time if you are able to kill off one of their characters early on you eliminate alot of the one hit kill of this and can force them to crumble. Same time if any setup deck has a strong opening it can sacrifice one or two of it characters to take setup and take out the opposing three.

As for the more recent Swarm of Scrabs slow down deck, i see it having alot potential. The fact remains the longer a game goes on the more can go wrong. Not so much with this deck, as it attacks you defensively it is always healing. Sorya brings alot to the table and the deck goes to whittle you down and then kill off sorya wiping your field like dagger master.

Do you like / dislike their style of play and cards offered to them?

I believe they are have very strong support and cards that will be exclusive to them. Solaris is extremely strong and ensures survivable, while non exclusive cards such as nova scare me. For the archtype and what it adds to the field I believe them to be very balanced and needed for this game to keep on growing. Although there are times when i am fustrated playing against them, but that is more credit towards remembering not everything is fair. On the other hand i have seen no damage nova and solaris still not being able to bring their character above the 0 mark keeping them dead. I also believe travel ration is underrated card and Dazzle is under used.

Is their anything that strikes you as interesting with the Nomads (Graphics, game play, Music, Etc..)?

Their character art is amazing, I am very impressed by it. Reminds me of Legends of the Sand CCG, hope to see more awesome art work like this!

Is their anything that strikes you as boring with the Nomads (Graphics, game play, Music, Etc..)?

no comment

Nice build here what i suggest,

+2 Obestiy and +2 tadaa or fall outs for your -2 I hate brawlers and -2 mystics. help solve issues against abomb, daggers master and dual wielding

+2Ice barriers I personally would see better fit for this deck than -2 Magical attacks. increase your deck defensively, as right now you have more than enough offense.

Port is expensive there are different variations, some go directly for fast damage, Using Jayne as the other character with time bomb. This is how is differs then the above, but granted with the lack of heal you need to go all out from the get go, meaning opening up without a kle leading the charge with a port to chain to or multi tasking or the least desirable master craftmans, then you really no way getting around a fast lost.

x3 time bomb
x2 denotations
x1 Odds and ends
x2 smash

x4 port x3 multi tasking 2-3 craftmans, Lady Yilth = by itself is or over 250k. if you don't have that plus more to fill things out then don't try it. 4 port becuase you need port verison of klem, i don't even think you can play the nut verison in pirates.

Craftsman is another good deck, you can use foam giant version which includes ramen and jorus and a little bit of every item you can get hands on, golem can use any items without restriction.

Or the Kotoba build with Jorus, Ramen, Masmune

x3 Firon
x3 Good Jorus
x3 Multi Tasking
x3 Noodles
x2 Nodachi
x3 Master Craftman

this is a very good deck although it can lose to a property timed freeze.

But again if you can't afford the multitasking you can try craftsman build, but otherwise the decks struggle due to the main chaining card is gone.

Basically Area of effect spells or actions make it pretty easy.

Aoe Spells, such as lighting chain, unleash hell, and Storm.

Sap hearts using elfine bow

Abomb with dagger master

For the most part I agree with the above posters, The meta composed of 4-5 primary decks at 1600+. I have been a pro point player in mtg and played at nats in yugioh, and one things all these games have are 2 out of 3. I wish the elo was a match, more so in a tournament style with possibility of having being able to sideboard lets say 3 cards after game 1 & 2.  Now to have 5 contending deck for those games at any time is consider a positive, but then they rotate cards in and out. With the ability to rotate a few cards you main deck from a sideboard you can be more creative and have anti meta decks, thus keeping things fresh and creative.

Cards such as, anathematize, freeze, mental block, counterspell, sunburn and many others.  Value to decks will give additional components by being in my above suggested sideboard. No one likes cluttering potentially 10-20% of the deck to dead card draws.

Some cards such as Lady Yilith should be very good but due to lack of support of what i consider one of the core issues, lack of a archetype, control she ends up not being. I consider her a control card character, Basically against IHAS she is golden. It has be thinking that there is a lack of control decks. You can consider Courts, as the only control deck out there. Tempus does tries to be, but needs more support to take it to the next level. The traditional rock paper scissors interaction that card games have, is not present here. Combo beats beatdown, which beats Control in turn goes and beats combo.

Now in terms of card recycling I am totally with some of the above suggestions. I would like to be able to turn in cards for credit towards store cards. Another things I don't like since I am p2p is opening up basic starter deck cards. Such as Blast, Fight, discretion and that is an order, will not appear in packs. Instead of recycling how about not having these cards in packs.

Where I differ is on restriction lists, and banned cards. Typically games are settled in about 5 turns or less. I believe this has to how consistency draws are and ability to cycle to winning cards in your deck. So instead what I suggestion is consider elo with unique still at 1 but everything else you are only allowed to play 2 copies of the card in your deck. Due to chaining there are so many strong combo out there simply reducing each copy of potential combo will create a more dynamic and versatile game.

To the credit of the developers, the game mechanics and design has amazing amount of potential. I like the weekly mini releases, but still awaiting for separation from Fallen of the sky series to a possible expansions.