A quest strategy question

[Chris H.]

I currently have a 106 wins and 6 losses record. I am not this good at magic. I decided when I started this quest that I would only keep white, red and colorless cards. I sold the rest and used the credits to fund my trips to the Bazaar and was able to upgrade fairly quickly.

I was able to buy and train the wall and wolf very early in my quest. This made a big difference in my ability to win. I am starting to get a little bored with my WR deck but am unable to build other decks using the other colors. I do not think that I would sell so many cards again in the future.

This current quest was an interesting experiment. I think it is good if people feel they need a quick start and will not likely want to play past 125 wins or so.

[timmermac]

I'm now 78-48 after going 3-3 last night. I'm not finding that any of the decks are overwhelmingly unfair. I suspect that I'm only losing because I'm playing with all of my cards. <grin> I'm probably going to keep playing this way until I get all of the components for my various decks put together. I did get a Crucible of Fire yesterday, so a dragon deck is now a possibility.

[Chris H.]

I just won a Mox Jet and was prepared to jump off of the roof as I have sold off all of my black cards.

At least I was able to put together a 40 card white only deck which I designed to handle one of the tough quest assignment decks that Snacko submitted. I needed it.

[timmermac]

Note to self: (Self!) Playing a deck with Emrakul, the Aeons Torn against a deck with Bribery in it really isn't a good idea. Luckily, I had the opponent down far enough that the computer thought it wisest not to attack. (whew!)

[timmermac]

With the release of a new version, it's time to retire another quest. This one ends at 86-52. The new one will start when I get home and download the new version. I'll probably be playing with the whole collection (minus cumulative upkeep items and Snow-Covered basic land) until I get my decks together with this one.

[timmermac]

Started off the new version with a 2-4 record. I've already picked up a couple of slivers. Looked through the main deck editor and don't see any new slivers. We are getting the rest of them soon, right? *ahem* RIGHT??

[DennisBergkamp]

Haha, I'll see if I can add a few

[timmermac]

Oww... Bamm Bamm Rubble 1 is moderately nasty. Aven Trailblazer + Power Armor = *gulp*!

Edit: Although, the computer didn't actually *use* the Power Armor... interesting.

[timmermac]

7-19 so far on this quest. Don't have any pets yet. Playing with all of the cards. I got a Rorix Bladewing not too long before I quit for the morning.

[Chris H.]

I have not had a chance to start a new quest yet and I am still playing my WR deck.

I took a break today and was able to finally play against the new quest deck, Private Domain. I barely won the first game and lost the second game. The third game was a nail biter. The computer took me down to only 8 life before I was able to turn things around. I finally won the match.

[timmermac]

I'm 8-25 (or 26, I'm not sure atm.) and playing with a smaller deck, as I had to sell off a bunch of stuff so that I could grab a Doubling Season that I saw in the card shop. 1065 credits for that bad boy. I think I had to dump of 50-70 cards just to get together those credit. My card pool is now just over 300 cards with right about half of them being lands. If I get to 81 losses before I get to 81 wins, I'm going to put together a red deck and start whaling away at the computer, as red decks usually = wins for me.

[timmermac]

I'm currently something like 22-46 at the moment. Playing with both the entire collection and with a red deck. Got a Battle of Wits, so the collection is looking more interesting.

[timmermac]

I retired the quest from the 7/16 beta with a 27-54 record. I'm now fairly well into a quest with the 7/31 beta and currently stand with a 14-17 record. I'm current playing a Red/Green/White deck. The best cards I have right now are a Lu Bu, Master At Arms, a Tarmogoyf, a Platinum Angel, a Serra Ascendant, and a Dragonmaster Outcast.

[Rob Cashwalker]

Where do you find the time to play so many games?

I'm still running my quest at 43/41 for 4 months... (since it's in my eclipse/SVN, I don't stop and start between versions)

[timmermac]

This is pretty much what I do when I'm not working or sleeping.