Sparkball deck

[Syrius]

I don't have ze awesome name for this one yet ;(. What inspired me to make this deck was a KC DM deck that I never got to build (or at least not well), namely a Cutthroat+Static Warp deck. Now, how close this deck here actually is to that one, I don't know, but the point is it all started from me trying to use Avian Blitzkrieg like a Cutthroat Skyterror. Anyways, the deck:



Creatures (28 Lightning, 28 Total):
2 x Velaren, Stratus Knight --- [cost 6 Lightning]
3 x Avian Blitzkrieg --- [cost 3 Lightning]
4 x Shinanigan --- [cost 3 Lightning]
2 x Ultimus Prime --- [cost 8 Lightning]
3 x Motor Coil --- [cost 5 Lightning]
4 x Skyhunter Elisia --- [cost 4 Lightning]
2 x Jet Paradox --- [cost 6 Lightning]
4 x Avant Garde --- [cost 2 Lightning]
4 x Gemini Lancer --- [cost 3 Lightning]

Spells (4 Radiance, 6 Lightning, 10 Total):
2 x Ion Storm --- [cost 7 Lightning]
3 x Falcon Strike --- [cost 2 Lightning]
1 x Streak Lightning --- [cost 6 Lightning]
4 x Quickfire Sedative --- [cost 2 Radiance]

Runes (2 Radiance, 2 Total):
2 x Unity Matrix --- [cost 2 Radiance]

Cost info:
1 :
2 : RR RR RR LL LL LL L
3 : LL LL LL LL LL L
4 : LL LL
5 : LL L
6 : LL LL L
7 : LL
8 : LL

Average cost = 3.75

Creatures / Spells / Runes: 28/10/2

6 Radiance, 0 Wind, 0 Ice, 0 Water, 0 Gravity, 0 Earth, 0 Fire, 34 Lightning

Blockers: 30.000002% (12/40).
Damage 2: 15.000001% (6/40).
Responcers: 17.5% (7/40).


This deck still needs to undergo heavy testing, but this is not its initial form. I have tried Skylia, Hypno Sway, Fair Wind, Rius Meteor, Revolutionary Ragnar,Star Grasp, Action Bolt and even Startle Sienna tempted me for a little while. I initially intended to make this a Lightning-Fire deck with added Radiance, but it pretty much turned out pure Lightning, except for Quickfire and Unity Matrix.

UNITY MATRIX! Lemme rant a bit about it: when targeting a single card, it works as a reusable +4000 powerup. But that is not all; I can use it to share Avian Blitzkrieg's blitzkrieg-ness, it can share the blocker effect of different cards (speaking of which, 12 blockers IS kind of a lot, but for now it seems fitting), it can spread the untap effects of Jet Paradox and Motor Coil, it can multiply the effect of Ultimus Prime, it can give various powerups by sharing Gemini Lancer's and Elisia's effect (not to mention what happens when I use Unity on the same race) and it can give the [damage 2] of my big hitters to other creatures. Yes, THAT is all.

The early game of this deck has been kinda lame and weird, especially since most relevant early creatures were T3. I wasn't willing to add any other t2 except Avant Garde (Brave Hessus tempted me but no Fire)(speaking of which, Avant+Shina ftw!!), so I took out superfluous stuff and added Falcon Strike. Somewhere along the line I decided Unity was going to be my only powerup.

There are amounts that bug me: I want to use Streak Lightning but not much space for it, I think I want a third Ion Storm, maybe giving up a Quickfire, I wish Unity could be at 3x and then there's the 2x Velaren and 2x Jet Paradox. Well, I guess all will be solved in time.

If you have any thoughts/suggestions, let me know.

Here's a sample duel from an earlier version: http://forum.kirricorp.net/viewtopic.php?f=125&t=6151