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Post by andreiw on Jul 28, 2012 19:20:24 GMT -5
Intentionally this was meant as a fun deck but I win surprisingly a lot of games with it. Mostly because the defendant is clueless:
Gold (26x)
5x Plentifull crop (speed)
5x den defense (speed)
5x family heirloom (deck control)
5x honest worker (speed and blocker)
5x forgotten temple (keykard!)
1x animus reboot (very important!)
Purple (8x)
5x political patronage (speed)
3x dama rossa (speed and blocker)
Green (16x)
1x daring experiment (cards)
5x ancient map (reduces deck to size 45)
5x knowledge is power (speed)
2x quick study (cards)
3x in-depth analysis (cards)
Synopsis: get as soon as possible a forgotten temple and change decks. This deck has absolutely no power at all so nothing to fear than a new forgotten temple from the other side so be ready to counter that. Second part is to collect the animus reboot so as soon as you changed decks and the opponent starts attacking with his last cards in hand drop the bomb. Also keep draw cards to fill your library with new cards of deck opponent.
It's totally fun if you see your opponent with a totally harmless deck and you start killing him with his own deck. Also he will empty his new deck very fast as he sees all the draw cards and wants to go in search of useful cards ;-).
The fun is that the most fearsome opponents are the ones with the lousiest deck because you realize the first cards you draw suck and you get killed by minor and inferior cards that were already on the board..
Just try it and see for yourself but keep in mind this deck needs to be played properly!
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Post by Brontobeuf on Jul 28, 2012 22:38:41 GMT -5
How do you prevent himto swap decks again?
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Post by coolkendude on Jul 29, 2012 1:35:34 GMT -5
How do you prevent himto swap decks again? Agree with this. You have to reduce Forgotten Temple to just 1 card and let Family Heirloom or Engineer's Workroom find it for you. Otherwise, your opponent will just switch it back... Unless you want the fun of switching decks over and over? |
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Post by andreiw on Jul 30, 2012 5:01:56 GMT -5
Countering a re-swap of the deck is easier then you think:
1) keep one forgotten temple and play it. In that case you recounter his counter
2) most players have anti sites/counters in their deck find them as soon as possible
3) before your opponent plays a new forgotten temple it takes quite a while 6 to cast and 10 to play.. Kill him before he does.. ;-)
4) keep the quick study if you can to find power card as soon as you swapped decks
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Post by demkon on Jul 30, 2012 8:44:33 GMT -5
I have a similar deck, but with just one forgotten temple in it. Just reduce the number of your temples to one and replace the 4 others with Engineers workroom. This will greatly improve the consistency of your deck and you won't have to even worry about a reswap. Plus the Engineers workroom makes your temple almost uncounterable if played correctly.
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Post by andreiw on Jul 30, 2012 11:03:47 GMT -5
demkon: interesting! Will try it out!
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Post by kackman73 on Jul 30, 2012 15:25:10 GMT -5
I've been messing with a Forgotten Temple deck myself. It certainly leads to quick games - either my Temple gets removed and I quit (since I have nothing else I can do), or it works and the opponent quits.  Anyway, I've been using Faith instead of Media - Source of All Life allows you to tutor the Forgotten Temple, since it is a Ruins, and Into the Light will allow you to bring FT into play as a Surprise. I also threw in Pilfer Supplies so that, ideally, I give my opponent as little time as possible to remove FT before I can activate it. I also tried using Architect's Sanctum for a bit, but it seemed to allow my opponent to regenerate the Forgotten Temple and use it himself. I'm not sure how, but perhaps I'm misunderstanding either how FT works or how AS works. |
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Post by coolkendude on Jul 30, 2012 15:41:10 GMT -5
I also tried using Architect's Sanctum for a bit, but it seemed to allow my opponent to regenerate the Forgotten Temple and use it himself. I'm not sure how, but perhaps I'm misunderstanding either how FT works or how AS works. And there's only 1 Forgotten Temple in your deck? |
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Post by kackman73 on Jul 30, 2012 15:54:21 GMT -5
I also tried using Architect's Sanctum for a bit, but it seemed to allow my opponent to regenerate the Forgotten Temple and use it himself. I'm not sure how, but perhaps I'm misunderstanding either how FT works or how AS works. And there's only 1 Forgotten Temple in your deck? Yep. In fact, I only own one Forgotten Temple so I couldn't even have put an extra in there by accident. |
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Post by kackman73 on Jul 31, 2012 12:37:00 GMT -5
I'm really enjoying playing a Forgotten Temple deck. I end up quitting early far more often than before (if FT gets countered or removed before I can use it, I'm done - although I'm figuring out ways around that), but I get to play many different decks when it works.
The story challenge in which you played with a different opponent's deck each time was my favorite, so I should've started doing this long ago.
Tip for FT decks:
Best method I've been able to employ to ensure that I get to play and use FT is as follows:
Play "Into the Light" asap (preferably your first move after using surprise income boosters).
Be sure to have at least 10 income and Pilfer Supplies in your hand - along with FT, of course.
Assuming that Into the Light resolved safely, wait until you have 9 gold, then immediately play:
FT -> Pilfer Supplies -> activate FT. Your opponent's only chance to prevent you from using FT is to play a removal card in the 2-3 seconds between you playing FT and activating it.
Edit to add: I wish that there were a way to see the opponent's deck size before we start. When I manage to activate Forgotten Temple and end up swapping for a deck with 200 cards in it, I almost feel sad.
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Post by Joek on Jul 31, 2012 15:18:45 GMT -5
I lost to a 200+ card deck with my forgotten temple deck... Because I drew only crap.
EDIT: From my opponent's deck, I mean. I pulled off the switch, then drew nothing but income from his sequence.
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Post by ironcladtrash on Jul 31, 2012 23:29:10 GMT -5
I made my own awhile ago to use 5 temples because using 1 it was too easy to for the opponent to get rid of and result in auto loss. The only way I figured how to play it was counter and wipe the board until you could draw your entire deck and then switch. That strategy still may work but is a lot harder now. Here was my thread on it. acreedrecollection.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=fun&action=display&thread=1373 |
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