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Illusia: The Rainbow Shoal 29 Dec 2016 14:54 #8572

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Please help!

Illusia has become the rainbow COAL in my stocking for me at Christmas.

I have pretty much breezed through this game until I made it to this map.

I have tried a strong colored deck which gets torn apart by Faustina's spell cards.

I have also tried a deck full of non-elemental creatures, but they failed to get the job done although I faired a lot better. Maybe they just weren't powerful enough creatures since I haven't sat and farmed cards.

The game has been pretty easy up to this point where I normally end up beating the computer by over 75% in most cases; so this map threw me a curve and I have yet to figure out how to proceed.

Any thoughts/guidance would be appreciated! Thanks!
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Illusia: The Rainbow Shoal 29 Dec 2016 15:30 #8573

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Welcome to the community!

Illusia definitely is challenging, with the sheer amount of special lands and warps that you seem to step on at the worst times.

I like to use a mostly-Neutral deck that is also anti-Neutral in this match. Armored Dragon, Saint and Banishing Ray work very well, as does Mothman (possibly with Phantasm to protect against Faustina's mass damage spells). Trade is very handy, and Telekinesis always works well against the AI (just move high-level creatures off their lands and snatch them for yourself!)

I also like to load up on spells that work well on the map itself, like Permission (cut your lap path in half), Manna and Spartoi (put Skeletons on random empty lands, which helps overcome the special land problem). Of course, including lots of Crusher and/or Poison Mind will help minimize things that are giving you trouble too.

Several of the cards I suggested have discard requirements, so you'll want to include plenty of extra card-drawing in your deck or you'll find yourself with an empty hand too often. Brass Idol is handy, and Metamorphose Belt works very well with it (since your enemy is sure to have a full hand, Grass Strider will consistently have high ST in battle).

You could also include the classic Goblin's Lair + Borgess + Red Cap strategy, which always gives the AI major problems. :)

Hope this helps!
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Illusia: The Rainbow Shoal 29 Dec 2016 15:40 #8574

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Andyman,


Thank you so much for the response! It looks like I need to farm some cards to proceed. Many of the cards you mentioned I still do not have.
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Illusia: The Rainbow Shoal 29 Dec 2016 18:01 #8575

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Happy to help, and our guides have you covered on the card farming too!

Card Farming - The Lazy Way

How To Get Many Cards Quickly

Reward Cards Chart

Unlocking E Cards
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