Posts from Shadowverse

As many packs as there are, that’s how many years she has.

111 packs - 15 legendaries.



And also...



Animated alternative Alexiel! What are the odds of that... :o It's almost a pity I'm not her fan. This is the eighth time I've pulled an alternative (an extra Aria dropped from the recent giveaway), I have four leaders among them now.

The legendary pack saved from the GP finale was also pleasing, I got an animated Tia from it. Maybe now I'll even craft one up to a full set and make a proper forest deck, since I've been doing forest dailies with a highlander...

Yesterday, I went to Tier 2 on Rune to farm for the only decent Faith-based deck and just for fun (lol). Surprisingly, I won three very convincing games, one close one, and only lost to a Rune player with a similar deck. By some miracle, I didn't face Haven, Academy, or Dungeon, so the sample isn't perfect and there were no opponents with heavily board-centric decks, which are always a major counter, but I crushed the rest. Overall, it has become much stronger and more enjoyable on the arena than before. It turns out the solution was obvious all along. Who would have thought that all it took was to get rid of most of the awkward, terrible spellboost cards, add more nukes with additional effects, include more decent units, and give them nukes and sigil generation?

Now you're a Haven main. I had a similar experience. In the first 60 packs, I got an Animated Dasha, whom I didn't really like before, and in the same expansion, she became a master in Rune.

I actually main the Portal class more in spite of it than because of it: it hasn't been kind to me in terms of legendary drops since its release. Over the course of a year, I've only gotten a total of 5 legendaries for it, one of each. But on the Rune class, legendaries drop in droves every expansion, and the most meme-worthy ones always drop as full sets or more (Stella, Witch, Prophetess). Although, to be fair, I also play the Rune class quite a bit compared to other classes.

I just got an animated swordsman on a portal from a legal pack. This also highlights the importance of waiting for the rotation before printing.

I don't really pay attention to what drops or doesn't drop. I just grind for the collection across all classes.

Yesterday, I went to Tier 2 on Rune to farm for the only decent Faction-specific spellboost card + just for fun (lol). To my surprise, I won three very convincing games, one close one, and only lost to Rune with a similar deck. Miraculously, I didn't face Sword, Portal, or Shadow, so the sample isn't 100%, and there were no board-control-focused opponents, who are always the main counter, but I crushed the rest.
Overall, it has become much stronger and more enjoyable on the Arena than before. It turns out the solution was obvious all along. Who would have thought that all it took was to get rid of most of the clunky, terrible spellboost cards, add more nukes with additional effects, create more decent units, and give them nukes and sigil generation?

Yes, Rune has been good on the Arena for some time now, in particular thanks to this card, this card. The day before the expansion was released, I got a 5-0 win with it, and I took a screenshot of the deck:



With the release of the expansion, Chain Lightning rotated out of Tier 2 (which is actually a good thing, because it's not the most fun part of the class), but all the other cards are still relevant.

Abyss Summoner is the main win condition for Rune in this format, so it's almost always an autopick. I think I won almost all of my matches thanks to it. As far as I remember, it was even quite meta in Constructed for a short time... Budding Genius is basically playing a Golem at a standard cost and getting the Evolution back for free, because activating this effect is not a problem in Tier 2. The class also has a whole bunch of other cards that are good in this format, like Graya, Caliostro, but in general, Locken has already described them.



So, this is what you can do with it...

Now you're a Haven main.

It doesn't sound that unbelievable, considering that, judging by the stats, Haven is my second favorite class, lol.



But seriously, I'm not even sure if I really want to make it my main... No, I will definitely try it, but I'm so used to Garuda, I've been using him since time immemorial, and I've never had the desire to change him... The best leader after Mordecai!

The Abyss Summoner is the main win condition for the Rune in this format, so it's almost always an autopick. I think I won almost all my matches thanks to it. As far as I remember, it was even quite meta in Construct for a short period...

I remember once drafting three or four summoners, and I still lost with a 0-1 score. But that was still in the terrible bot matches, where there weren't any good cards yet. Everyone was complaining online that the arena was broken now, but in reality, they were just lucky, because losing a board for the Rune with its old tools was very easy, and a summoner on an empty board against a full board of some garbage deck, like Sword, when Isabella has 9 HP and Erika has 18, didn't really help. But now it's different, and now summoners aren't even that necessary anymore, because there are enough reach spells and because you can finally play a tempo game and have at least some board presence. I haven't played Omen at all.


I'll post this too; it's been a while since I got a five-star rating...





So, what can be done about this?

I decided to swap the leaders for Sword and Forest. With the release of Altersphere, I swapped Dietrich for Selvin and Persik for Albert. In the next add-on, I'll swap them back. I'm not sure, maybe for variety, I'll swap Urias for Medusa, since I got her, but I'm not sure, Urias is definitely better.

I'm also trying to play with the Medusa right now, just to test it out, although I don't really like it. As for the classes where I have more than one leader, I usually just put them in different decks.

Is there anything memorable from these decks?



I saw a guy pull it out against me on turn 8, and I was inspired to do something similar. So far, I've only managed to do it on turn 10; the Destroyers weren't coming up. It was a bit of a shock to me that the "original cost" is considered to be the acceleration cost of the card when accelerating, that is, the Seer itself works great as a card for 10.

And all it needed was to add a decent, cost-reducing spellboost card for 9 and an excellent draw card for 7, which is essentially free. I'm playing Medusa more because I can, plus it can theoretically clear out various wards that block the Seer's path to the enemy. I think the Chimera is also okay.

But Mystery is still more stable, yes. Especially with the new teacher, which allows you to cast a Sorcerer on turn 9 if needed.

Who is stronger: Medusa or Vampire?

Who is cooler: Medusa or Vampire?

Anyone is cooler than Vampire.

I play Medusa more because I can, plus she can theoretically clear out various wards that block the Seer's path to the enemy.

Alexander is a reasonable person.


Is this a reference to Dr. Cat?

Urias.

Who is stronger: Medusa or Vampire?

Urias.

Exactly. And if we're talking specifically about leaders, then Vampire is better, in my opinion. But if the leader's artwork was the gold Medusa from the classic game, then I would reconsider.