Post your AI grind deck!

[sbxsat]

Here's the 30 card deck I use.

Fastest win: Turn 4 vs Gwenneth (T1 Spark, T2 2x Spark, T3 Bloodlust, T4 Bloodlust)
Average win: Turn 6 depending on whether Gwenneth is lucky and keeps on playing Into the Forest. I had the AI play it 3 consecutive times on me! So annoyed

Hero
Zaladar

Allies
4x Carniboar <--- play in T2, sacrifice all the rest (AI will always use Flaming Arrow or Poison Arrow on the first card you play)
3x Belladonna <--- if I play a card in T3 and in T4 I only have a choice of Brutal Minotaur or Belladone, i will sacrifice Belladonna (Gwenneth always use Special Delivery on Belladonna, Jasmine always distract Belladonna)
2x Death Mage Thaddeus <--- play this over Deathbone in T3
3x Brutal Minotaur <--- play 1x in T5, sacrifice the rest
4x Spark <--- play in T1, 2x in T2 (if the first Spark I put down dies before I can play out another, I sacrifice all other Sparks)
4x Hellsteed <--- helps Carniboar kill Puwen! It's pretty good surprisingly as it's cheap and you can play 2 of them in T2 to help your Spark, i.e. 3 resource for 3 damage. Also synergises well with Bloodlust because the more allies you have in play, the better Bloodlust is

Spells/Abilities
3x Bloodlust <--- always have 1 in hand
3x Shard of Power <--- keep 1 discard the rest
3x Acid Jet <--- keep 1 and sacrifice the rest


Turn Sequence
T1 Spark/Hellsteed or no card played
T2 Spark, if no Spark then Hellsteed/Carniboar (always play Spark if I have it)
T3 Death Mage Thaddeus/Hellsteed (if have Spark then play that instead unless first Spark is dead)
T4 Belladonna or Spark if have, Bloodlust if have 2, sacrifice Spark if first Spark is dead
T5 Brutal Minotaur
T6 win with Bloodlust

Edit 1:
Replaced Brutalis with Carniboar
Removed Armor of Ages
Removed Shadow Font <-- 4 cost for 3 damage is just bad!
Added Acid Jet <-- good when going for the win especially when AI played an armour/weapon card

Edit 2:
Removed Bad Santa and Bazaar
Removed Deathbone <--- useful to trigger Gwenneth's Death Traps but I needed to reduce card types to increase draw of the cards I wanted
Added Hellsteed
Added Shard of Power

[graphlem]

Nice, check mine out: http://www.shadowera.com/showthread....light=grindage

Main design difference between mine and yours is I went with no allies that cost more than 2 and the most expensive thing to cast is the shard/bloodlust. This deck type is fast enough you won't have time/need to cast stuff that costs 4, expecially AoA, that should come out ASAP.

Have fun tho, there are so many variants of this and they all work great

[sbxsat]

Just found that thread! Didn't realise there was a thread like this :b

I realise most people play against allyless custom AI decks. I find that utterly boring after a few games and came back to this.

You're right about Armor of Ages. After testing some more I find that it's not a good card not because it costs a lot to cast but because it causes the AI to target your allies!

I've edited the deck abit and included Carniboar! For 2 resources, it's great especially when Gwenneth plays Into the Forest and I have to attack enemy allies

p/s: I only play against Gwenneth. The other heroes annoy me to no end.

[Junk Style]

what is the AI doing so horribly wrong that this deck works so well against it?

I mean... most human players would obliterate this deck no?

[chanson311]

what is the AI doing so horribly wrong that this deck works so well against it?

I mean... most human players would obliterate this deck no?

The AI will completely ignore your allies with their allies. There are some spells and weapons that will target your allies, but it won't matter because of the massive rush you are using.

My grinder is similar to graphlem's and the one GS posted in another thread.

http://shadowera.gondorian.com/deck/....3se157.4se141

I max out one cc allies, BL, and shard. Throw in 3 BS and some 2attack 2cc allies to fill it out. Usually sac the 2cc allies and start with as many sparks as possible or snakes. Hellsteed only on T2 if needed. T3 shard if possible then BL t4. Just keep attacking and buffing and totally ignore the AI allies.

[wreon]

I max out one cc allies, BL, and shard. Throw in 3 BS and some 2attack 2cc allies to fill it out. Usually sac the 2cc allies and start with as many sparks as possible or snakes. Hellsteed only on T2 if needed. T3 shard if possible then BL t4. Just keep attacking and buffing and totally ignore the AI allies.

This. Add a bazaar if you're worried.