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On the Vineyards. The effect is very powerful.

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I haven't even come close to Grandmaster, but I can confidently review the dolls now. If you go second, you're screwed (you fall behind in tempo, even by Firstverter standards). If you don't have Silva on turns 3-4-5, you're screwed. If the Noys don't arrive by turn 9, you're screwed. If Co-Co-Co doesn't arrive against Heaven and Wayne, you're screwed. If Basil doesn't arrive against Sword and Forest, you're screwed. If only one Basil arrives against Sword, you're screwed by the second Arthur. If Substick doesn't arrive against Mars, you're screwed. If Shiro doesn't arrive in the mid-game, you're screwed. If two Noys and two Orchidkas arrive, but you can't generate enough mana, you're screwed. If you get matched against a Tank that hasn't bricked, you're screwed. If you spend all your cards and topdeck without drawing anything (which isn't in the deck, except for the Spinaria cycle and possible Ladders/Purhart), you're screwed. If you go first, have Silva and Automaton on turn 3, Silva and Flower Doll on turn 3, another one or two Silvas on turn 3+, Paracelsus with Hamelins for the evolution turn, Loco with Hamelins against Heaven and Dragon, put Shiro into free play on turn 4+, have a lot of mana by turns 8-9 with Orchidka/Noy and a heavily damaged opponent, then you're doing great today; if you were alive, your *most esteemed father would be proud of you, and you're crushing your opponent. tl;dr - The deck relies on early Silva, Paracelsus, and successfully drawing the right answers and finishers with reserved mana right around turns 8-9. If any of these conditions aren't met, you're going to lose. Tank screws you over even under these conditions if it rolls well; Seraph Blade helps, but not much, because it's expensive, and with such poor draws, it's more likely that two other Tanks will arrive for them than a second Seraph for you. Sword is more likely to screw you over than not, although it's possible to beat it if you again play an early Silva and damage its face in the late game so that you can then finish it off with Orc-Noy. And these are the two most cancerous and common matchups in the current meta; draw your own conclusions. --- In artifacts, Silva is very good; you can play without Sapphire against pure Radiants, and you can simply win on the board. You can use it on Analyzing without Axel, you can use it on low-mana generators without clogging up your pool until Deuski, you can use it on Ferventa, trading it for a 2/2. Of course, in this post, I'm only talking about Silva's acceleration; its default body on turn 7 is additional functionality that is rarely implemented effectively.

Come on, her default model is pretty good, and you can find many uses for it.

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After playing with all three GBF leaders that I have, I've come to the conclusion that Silva > Vira > Corva. Of course, this is from the perspective of how I evaluate them as leader material. Vira is good, but there are certain issues with the voice acting due to some poorly chosen phrases. Corva is generally quite mediocre, and I can't even pinpoint why - maybe it's the combination of white and green colors, or maybe it's the grating phrase on evolution... But Silva looks good both in idle mode and on evolution, and the voice acting is not too annoying, which helps to avoid getting tired after many games in a row.

Ugh, will I really have to go into unlimited mode...? I managed to get wins in rotation with all the other classes, but I can't seem to win with Blood :(

I struggled to get into it, even with the anime-style visuals. But I eventually got hooked. It's still better than the regular rotation.

The class has been removed from the game.

I managed to get some blood spilled on the arena and was among the first in the rotation on the old battlefields. The win rate wasn't great, but it was enough for me. I'm not sure if it's possible these days, with millions of tanks and swords, but it's worth a try. There were quite a few of them even back then. Yesterday, I pushed myself so hard that my veins bulged, and I almost had an anal prolapse, but I managed to finish a rune, a forest, and even a dungeon in one evening. 3/2 in a forest game – not great in the heal-ward-tank meta, 1/4 in a rune game – not great in the board-flood, spell-resist meta. Then I spent another eternity grinding in ranked with the same issues. But I tried Uruk in the rune game – I thought it would be trash, but it was actually fun and even effective. Just not in this meta. I finished the dungeon in an unlimited game on oil, and it was awful.

Yesterday, I played in a Grand Prix with a 4-1 aggro deck and didn't expect it to perform so well. The first two tanks were defeated quite easily by turn 6. I guess I've finally mastered the secret skill of topdecking the right cards (especially the Fae Driver) with this deck.
I still need to get 4 wins with the Dragon (it's tough without Zoe, and I don't want to craft her yet) and the Blood deck (I was playing on the Arena), and I have zero wins with the Shadow deck for the entire event. Maybe I'll try Unlimited today.

Don't play unlimited mode; play rotation mode. If you encounter a tough opponent, you'll be completely defeated.

As for me, I've already completed all the missions. Everything is in unlimited mode except for the portal. But I can't seem to qualify for the tournament. It's an awkward feeling; it's like I didn't really want to, but it's still a bit disappointing.

He was lazy and only closed the rune with the sword. Moreover, closing the rune in rotation was very easy, playing through the Chimera.

I just tried a mid-range Vale deck. It's a really cool deck, but you definitely need to craft the third Curve. It's a must-have. Its threads are very good for trades, for buffing the Macaque, and so on, and so forth. I'm playing with Yggdrasil (because I can), and it performs well there too – its draw spell helped me fully proc Selvin, 3 cards for 2 mana, basically. Overall, the deck is very interesting, although not super strong. The only thing is, it was funny against Warrior – all the guides say to go aggressive and not drag it out, but I beat two Warrior opponents in long battles. True, they didn't get Arthurs (or only got one...), and I consistently used half my hand to clear the board each time.

Apparently, I finally mastered the secret skill of topdecking the right cards (specifically, the Fey Driver).

This jerk trolled me yesterday when I sat for three turns with just one lousy Fey in my hand, waiting for him to show up so I could finish off his 2 HP. In the end, I had to lose my entire board and hand except for that Fey, and the opponent played a Ward. And that's when I finally drew the Fey Driver. I wanted to gouge his eyes out.

Moreover, it was easy to close the Rune in the rotation by playing through the Chimera.

Looks like the bums on C-ranks don't have the resources for a Midsword, which is why you can play with the Rune so freely. But then they wouldn't be on C-ranks, haha.

I was finishing the Shadow campaign in unlimited mode on Oil, and it was awful.

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It seems that players at C-ranks don't have the resources for a mid-tier sword, which is why they can play with Rune decks without any issues. If they could, they wouldn't be stuck at C-ranks, haha.

Well, yes, there are fewer players using meta decks there, as far as I can tell. In the unlimited format, where I'm at roughly the same rank, it's worse. And in Grand Prix, even with the same Chimera deck (there are no other rotational decks), I couldn't climb higher than 3 out of 5.

Playing a meta deck definitely helps me in tournaments >_>
(I messed up the last attempt with a mid-sword deck; before that, I tried Tenko-Haven, Lion-Haven, and aggro-Sylvan).

So, I should have played with my best deck.