Posts from Shadowverse

The portal hard-counters the neutral forest, generally speaking.

That’s exactly what I mean, and that’s why I’m grateful to all the tier list creators.

An example of a situation where Badb Cath carries better than Ektar.



On the next turn, the opponent wiped my board with an artifact machine gun (Deus effect active since turn 6, plus they cast Acceleratum again, Ceres killed with Radiant), but didn't play anything that would save them from Aisha. However, had I played Ektar earlier instead of Badb Cath, I would have dealt slightly more damage with zombies, but then I wouldn same been able to close the fight with Aisha; there wouldn't have been enough shadows. Though, I was also lucky he didn't draw any Mystics.

Ceres is the MVP in the Midten-Portal matchup. Neither artifacts (except Radiant) nor dolls can remove her, and there is a shortage of sufficiently strong followers; it's almost impossible to deal with her without Evo, unless using removal, which usually isn't run in large quantities. This isn't the first time I've beaten Portal with Shadow because Ceres stays on the board for too long...

Iron Staffers, OLD AMPLIFIER - this guy plays great.

Ceres is the MVP in the mid-tier portal matchup.

And not just that. Sword players also benefit from it, and there's a general opinion that it's super OP. I always compare it in my head to the mentioned cock spinners and sigh quietly. But yes, I've lost a couple of times purely because of it, when the Rift wasn't working, but I usually play with three. However, there have been many times when I'm on the attack, and I have a Rift in my hand from the first turns, and the opponent puts Ceres on an empty board, immediately kills one of my units on the Ivory Tower, and happily passes the turn, thinking they've made a powerful play, but I just banish it with a wave of my hand. It's always satisfying, the most ideal target for a Rift in this matchup. Once, I even banned two in a row, and the opponent just conceded, lol.

except for removal, which is usually not played in large numbers

This is one of the reasons (though far from the main one) why that deck from the tier list is complete garbage. One Rift and two banishes - seriously, guys, I hope you don't do that. This isn't the first time I've seen a portal deck online with this kind of nonsense instead of three Rifts, and it really triggers me every time. In January, it was viable to play three Rifts plus three banishes because there was the Illusionist + a lot of Death. Now, banishes are no longer needed, and only retrogrades play with them; Death can be defeated without them, and they are literally not needed for anything else. But ignoring the Rift and playing with only ONE - you really have to be clueless. It's the best single-target removal in the game - better than Dance of Death. You just banish without hesitation, and it also draws you an artifact, and you control the Resonance. It's a billion targets for use in many matchups - any Valet neutrals, Aerin's creations, Dashkin's creations, Kektars, Alberts, just for 0 PP with a Deuce and Accelerate and Abuse artifacts, it helped me win dozens of games. But no, we don't want that; we want to play a crappy 2/2 unit for 3 mana on the third turn and forget about tempo. We'll take one Rift, as they said online, BECAUSE WE DON'T NEED MORE))) We also don't think about consistency or consecutive banishes. May fiberglass rain down on such people.

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Does anyone have an animated Airship Whale? I just got one from a pack and I was amazed by the animation. They did a great job.

Two, it seems. I like the animation on this map more.

I haven't seen it... What's there?

It didn't translate well in the screenshots, but the main idea is clear.

That's a case where even two Ceres weren't enough.

Didn't the anti-agro strategy work against the agro deck? Oh well.

He didn't do anything for three turns, then summoned two Cerberuses. I calculated and decided that instead of trying to get rid of them, it's better to attack directly.

Face is the place.

There are some real addicts in ranked play today. I'm playing Portal. First, a Shadow deck – it's a standard mid-range deck, and on turn six, they drop Odilia. I quickly grab her with Rift, and it turns out to be Dark Alice. With all the necessary cards by turn 9-10: Test, two Chloe, and Arka. And, of course, the second ban didn't work out. (Why even have Odilia there? It just ruins the combo.)
Then, an Aggro-Sylvan deck follows. I defend, everything's fine, I'm at 7 health, and I kill him on the next turn, and he has an empty hand. And then he topdecks WARDEN and kills me. It's fun, to say the least.

Fall from Grace

There's only one copy of this card, and it's anime-style. And I didn't notice it for a long time – on the phone, if you don't zoom in, it's not that obvious. But the animation is good, though.

Today I had the worst game in history: three Sapphires, three Accelerators, two Bio Productions, and one Icarus. Basically, there was nothing to play with; there have been bad draws before, but this was something else entirely. And it was against a Neutral Rune deck, which is easily defeated. Yet, the guy was struggling and taking his time until turn 10 because the deck just doesn't do anything. Then he played Zeus on turn 10, and I conceded.

At first I was like, but then chapter two:





I’ve started losing more often, and sometimes even cringing at Latin nicknames, although I didn't pay attention to them before. Your face when you see a Reddit teenager from some backwater place with an edgy nickname and flair, who came to farm wins in ranked games using a cheesy deck:



By the way, I don't have Baphomets in my Neutral Blade deck, even though everyone plays with them. Instead, I have three Emeralds, which have saved me many times – sometimes as removal, and sometimes as Storm. I think that either you crush your opponent within seven or eight turns, or you lose anyway. In theory, you can use them to draw Cats, but you might also end up drawing Wolves or yourself. And Cats already love me and always come when called; sometimes, I even leave them in my hand during mulligan. So, I'm all for full aggression.

Did you see the video with the new map? It's a reprint of Vanka's map. It's a very interesting map, I think Vengeance will dominate in both formats, and Control might also be a contender. Bloodcraft has a chance to survive.

Bloodcraft has a chance to survive.

Reprint of Vanka.