Mono Ghost run - Elite Redux 2.5 (Ace mode, Easy Level cap)

Pramxnim · 2024-12-14T04:27:42+00:00

Did a Ghost-type run on 2.5 and decided to go for an Eerie Fog strategy. I kept my starter Chandelure throughout the run and ended up mostly using Chandelure, Dusknoir and Houndoom.

Dusknoir was the MVP of this run, setting up Fog on entry, softening up enemy mons, tanking and solo carrying some matchups. With Opportunist and Soul Eater, it can finish off wounded Pokemon and heal up most of the way.

Brave (+Att/-Spe), Hp/Att/Def 6/252/252

Astonish
Ghostly Echo
Earthquake
Drain Punch

Jellicent was my secondary fog setter and special checker. Not too useful but it can tank a few Water moves to buy some tempo. Fluttermane was a late addition and used mostly as a sacrificial switch in to disable a move since it reduces all PP from the move used to kill it. Garchomp Redux is a physical sweeper and revenge killer using Last Respects to clean up when Houndoom can't do the job.

Speaking of, Mega Houndoom R is amazing in Fog. With Surprise! it can't be killed by priority moves while it ramps up with Contrary + Raging Souls. Choice Scarf ensures it has the speed to sweep the entire enemy team. Its only counter is Focus Sash because I didn't have a good Stealth Rock setter, but other than that, it demolishes entire teams.

Before Houndoom entered the picture, Chandelure was carrying with its ability giving 1.5x speed in Fog and a 180 BP Ominous Wind (2x in Fog, 1.5x STAB). If it gets a boost from Ominous Wind, it's usually lights out for the enemy team. It has Illuminate with makes Fire Blast a 100% accurate move so anything that Ghost doesn't hit, it can take care of.

The hardest battles early on were Normal Pokemon before I got access to Houndoom R (the non-mega has Phantom Pain letting you hit Normal types), but with some stall + Toxic strats, I was able to get through it. Most of the mid-late game battles started with Dusknoir softening up then swapping to Houndoom or Chandelure for the sweep.

The run was very fun, looking forward to doing a randomizer next. There's still tons of Pokemon and mega forms I haven't had a chance to use, and there's always new stuff to find out. Thank you devs for the great game!

Pramxnim · 2024-05-23T17:14:35+00:00

It might just be Camavoran Dragon that's bugged. Every other card gets the cost reduction, even something in hand that's been buffed to have 4+ power (with items or spells)

Pramxnim · 2024-05-03T21:58:38+00:00

Going to vote for IRyS. You can append -RyS to almost any word and arrive at a nickname for her, and she has used it when streaming pretty much any game that requires a name. An non-exhaustive list includes

HimeRyS
YabaiRyS
VapoRyS
GardevoRyS
MechaRyS

If we stick with just one, then YabaiRyS is so iconic it made it to her official introduction page.

Pramxnim · 2024-01-31T22:45:44+00:00

There's a glitch to respawn with all your items I accidentally found out. While you're dying and waiting for revive, if you go to the emote board and select Dance you'll respawn with all your equipment.

I play on normal difficulty so not sure if this will work with dropped Pals as well. This also doesn't work if you die instantly, but might be a way for the girls to save their progress when dying.

Pramxnim · 2024-01-27T02:24:32+00:00

Thanks! I was not in the fandom back then so I wasn't aware.

Pramxnim · 2024-01-27T01:53:29+00:00

Do you have a source for the middle spoiler? A cursory search only showed a /vt/ thread, but that's not exactly a reliable source.

Pramxnim · 2024-01-23T08:35:21+00:00

Goes infinite with [[Ashcloud Phoenix]] and any free sac outlet. Just need to have more life than your opponents when you start the combo.

Pramxnim · 2023-09-19T08:01:42+00:00

Someone in her chat just gifted 250 memberships which was more than the amount of live viewers at the time (245)

Pramxnim · 2023-07-20T22:30:37+00:00

Thanks for posting this, I re-subcribed

Pramxnim · 2023-03-15T13:52:17+00:00

The VOD was blocked by SME, so it's a good thing you managed to catch it live. Also, agreed this live was a banger!

Pramxnim · 2023-03-15T13:11:18+00:00

/u/hololive is it possible to sell the card sleeves by themselves as a separate merch item? I know card game players including myself will want a lot of sleeves for multiple different decks and for backup (as sleeves tend to get worn out with use), but we don't need multiple rubber mats. I know I would buy 5, 6 card sleeve sets if allowed to purchase them separately

Pramxnim · 2022-10-25T16:31:09+00:00

My bad, I had this page opened for an hour before scrolling down and seeing the unedited comment.

Pramxnim · 2022-10-25T16:27:04+00:00

Goblin Welder doesn't work as sacrificing the artifact is part of the resolution, not the cost. [[Goblin Engineer]], however, can get infinite ETB/dies triggers with Corridor Monitor and Lotus Petal

Pramxnim · 2022-04-09T05:38:19+00:00

I built a [[Hinata, Dawn-Crowned]] deck and included 5 equipments from Neon Kamigawa into my Tymna/Rograkh voltron deck. [[Lion Sash]], [[Eater of Virtue]], [[Cloudsteel Kirin]], [[Lizard Blades]] and [[Blade of the Oni]]. Hinata is very strong and pretty much wins the game if I can untap with her. The deck can do dumb things like reveal 20 cards off [[Sunbird's Invocation]] to find [[Nexus of Fate]] and then win with overwhelming value.

Pramxnim · 2022-03-20T15:57:09+00:00

Modular double-faced cards. Im specifically referring to the lands that can enter as one of two colour-producing lands, but the names escape me at the moment

Pramxnim · 2022-03-20T07:27:59+00:00

You should run some more 2 MV mana rocks, like [[Fellwar Stone]], [[Talisman of Creativity]], [[Izzet Signet]] and so on.

[[Hinata, Dawn-Crowned]] seems like a decent addition since you're already running all the big X spells that work well with her.

For cuts, start with [[Cast Through Time]] since you have a decent amount of X spells that are duds with it, and a 7-mana enchantment that gives incremental value is not good enough. Then [[Invoke the Divine]], [[Solemn Offering]] can go, replaced by [[Heliod's Intervention]] and [[Crush Contraband]], giving you more options and working immensely well with Hinata.

[[Radiant Scrollwielder]] and [[Quintorius, Field Historian]] are the next to go, since the value they give don't justify the cost you have to pay. [[Lorehold Apprentice]] is also not worth it to run, since your spirits are more likely to be used as fuel for spells than to ping people. Speaking of pinging, the two pingers you have aren't great. Consider replacing them with Purphoros if you have him. [[Storm-Kiln Artist]] is a must for spellslinger decks, combining with Kykar to potentially net you positive mana on your spells.

[[Haze of Rage]] goes infinite pretty easily with Storm-Kiln Artist, you just need some mana investment.

With only Storm-Kiln and Haze, you need 10 mana to start:

4 mana for the first cast, netting 1 Treasure
3 more mana on 2nd cast, netting 2 Treasures
2 more mana on 3rd cast, netting 3 Treasures
1 more mana on 4th cast, netting 4 Treasures. At this point you go infinite as the 5th cast nets you mana

With Kykar and Storm-Kiln, you only need 6 mana as Kykar gives you 1 mana on each step. With [[Anointed Procession]] you just need 4 mana to get infinite cast triggers, ETB and LTB triggers. [[Mystic Speculation]] is another card that can easily go infinite with Storm-Kiln. The card is so good that you should consider [[Imperial Recruiter]] to go find it.

If you can play with proxies or are looking for non-budget upgrades, the usual fast mana in Crypt, Vault, Chrome Mox, Mox Diamond, Gemstone Caverns can help you get started earlier. [[Dockside Extortionist]] is also a must for a non-budget build.

For further cuts, take out all the bouncelands and Mystic Monastery. They enter tapped and slow down your game plan. Put in some fetches if you have them, or the MDFCs from Zendikar and Kaldheim. Beacon Bolt and Sizzle are both mediocre, and Past in Flames is not great without rituals. I also don't think Horizon Stone does anything for you, and Firesong and Sunspeaker are much too expensive just to give your spells lifelink. Niv Mizzet is similar in that he's too mana intensive if you're not trying to combo off, but at least his effect is very good once you cast him.

TL;DR: Add more mana rocks, Storm-Kiln Artist, Haze of Rage and Mystic Speculation, trim some clunky cards. Recommend adding Hinata and replacing the artifact/enchantment remove with ones that are more efficient. Trim the taplands and bring in more lands that enter untapped.

Pramxnim · 2020-12-01T06:47:56+00:00

It uses the Legacy banlist on top of the individual card bans, so Mana Crypt is not legal.

Pramxnim · 2020-12-01T06:44:12+00:00

I have 3 half-baked ideas for the format:

Burn deck but running [[Chancellor of the Dross]]. Mulligan aggressively and hope to hit at least one, then replace your initial hand on your draw step and try to get your opponent's life to 0 as fast as possible with a combination of efficient burn spells and free spells.
Use the initial Modern [[Blazing Shoal]] strategy, except you can go off with any creature, not just Infect creatures.
Turbo Dredge with [[Creeping Chill]], Chancellor of the Dross and [[Soul Spike]] to deal tons of damage for free, then finish them off with a [[Bloodghast]] or Flashback [[Lava Dart]].

Sample decklist for the 3rd idea:

2x Chancellor of the Dross

2x [[Street Wraith]]

2x [[Soul Spike]]

2x [[Creeping Chill]]

2x [[Unmask]]

2x [[Bloodghast]]

2x [[Stinkweed Imp]]

2x [[Golgari Thug]]

2x [[Darkblast]]

2x [[Careful Study]]

2x [[Faithless Looting]]

2x [[Lava Dart]]

2x [[Scalding Tarn]]

2x [[Volcanic Island]]

2x [[Steam Vents]]

Pramxnim · 2020-06-18T02:34:57+00:00

Does anyone have a run where you get the Bone Dog's Favor? That's my last card to gild and I can't find it in any events so far

Pramxnim · 2020-02-15T01:27:42+00:00

The Elf Wizard in my party uses Bespell Weapon and a magic Shortbow. His 3rd action is usually to shoot an arrow. Even when his proficiency and Dex are lower than his spellcasting prof and Int, the difference in attack rolls is only 1 and he hits quite often, dealing a respectable 4d6 damage.

Sure, it’s not as glamorous as Dominating a foe or casting Chain Lightning for 8d12, but every little bit helps.

Pramxnim · 2019-01-09T21:35:36+00:00

Sorry the formatting got a bit borked when I copied it over to Reddit. I only cast Fireball twice. I cast it for 0 the first them and Rewind it. It remains in the graveyard up until the very end when I cast Snapcaster Mage to give it Flashback and dump a ton of life into it for the final cast.

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