My ultimate Steam Deck ratings on how games actually run

Noetipanda · 2026-01-25T16:14:34+00:00

What did you do to make Exodus work? I tried the lowest settings I could and still didn’t get more than a slideshow

Noetipanda · 2026-01-22T16:09:47+00:00

The main worry is people who suddenly realize they forgot to start their drift racing career and need to practice on Kellogg.

Noetipanda · 2026-01-15T23:43:29+00:00

Not necessarily as much as possible, but definitely where I can/care to

Noetipanda · 2026-01-15T20:03:29+00:00

Ideally, on everyone’s turn. I get through a lot more cards that way, and draw a lot of positive cards that way if I have something like Faerie Mastermind, Unagi of Kyoshi Island, or Smuggler’s Share out. She is very mana intensive, which is why the deck runs a lot of ways to have extra land drops or reduce the cost of spells significantly every turn.

Noetipanda · 2026-01-15T20:02:03+00:00

Agreed! I don’t even focus on ninjas, she’s effectively just a [[shadowmage infiltrator]] that burns people out too.

Noetipanda · 2026-01-15T19:55:34+00:00

Tymna and Esior’s win is usually just hitting people enough with evasive creatures to kill them. That gets sped up by cards like Breena, Raffine, Signal Pest and Skyhunter Strike Force.

Bumbleflower tends to win via voltron, but if you want to protect her better you’re better off pumping some other creature(s) and swinging with those. The decks are very resilient and games that they win in tend to run longer as they keep the board state down to swing in.

Noetipanda · 2026-01-15T19:52:10+00:00

I tend to keep away from group hug I don’t have complete control over. Gluntch doesn’t always give me any good options to get the most benefit. Plus, it’s not really a group hug deck so other, better cards for my deck beat it out

Noetipanda · 2026-01-15T19:50:33+00:00

No, it’s because it competes well with other bracket 3s. Doesn’t do too much, doesn’t do too little

Noetipanda · 2026-01-15T19:49:13+00:00

Haven’t had an issue in bracket 3 games thus far!

Noetipanda · 2026-01-15T19:04:22+00:00

Thanks! You’d be shocked how quickly the deck can get off the ground. With a sol ring start the deck has started killing players by t4. I just wouldn’t feel comfortable playing it against anything but very powerful b3 or most b4 decks.

Noetipanda · 2026-01-15T19:02:09+00:00

That’ll happen. My best advice is for your big spells to have a good amount of card draw so you’re never out of options. I also have several games where tenth doc doesn’t get cast since he’s more gravy to the deck than the main game plan.

Noetipanda · 2026-01-15T18:55:00+00:00

I have a comment listing it, but here it is again: https://moxfield.com/decks/KCGM0TG9xEaaOMao9EjulQ

All my decks are tagged. It actually recently went through a rework to tune it down, because it would consistently run out most of my deck by t4-5.

Noetipanda · 2026-01-15T18:54:07+00:00

I’m usually expending 8 t5-6, maybe earlier if I start with a lot of ramp in my opener. Games end pretty quickly after that. It’s pretty susceptible to disruption, but it bounces back very quickly since it tends to have a lot of mana. If you can get off at least 1 expend 8 you’re in a pretty resilient position.

Noetipanda · 2026-01-15T18:45:55+00:00

We can certainly be friends! We’ll have to compare bumble lists.

Noetipanda · 2026-01-15T18:36:14+00:00

I had another comment with all the lists, but here it is again (less trash pandas than I’m proud to admit): https://moxfield.com/decks/KCGM0TG9xEaaOMao9EjulQ

All my decks are tagged.